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UPDATE: My wife just got an email: her passport has now been requested by the Beijing VO!!!!!!! As we preemptively sent her passport in last week, they already have it so hopefully, it won't take long to send it back with a nice shiny visa in it! Stay positive people! You will not have to...

We got the sponsorship approval on June 25th, 2012 and it took until August 6th, for the Beijing VO to change our online status to "In process". The strange part is that when I clicked on the "In process" link, it said they had been processing the application in Beijing since July 31st! So it...

Yes, if you're not not Chinese and you're applying for residency to move to Canada via the Beijing VO, I would not send in your passport prematurely. I would just wait until they request your passport. At that point, you'd have to accept that you'd be without your passport for around a month or...

My wife swears by it. She's said others have sent it in as we did and got their residents permit. I think they understand that everyone is anxious and looks past the issue. Also, if I were a visa officer and got someone's passport before I needed it, it would save me time as well. I bet they...

So it doesn't say "in process" yet? Mine says Decision Made for Sponsorship and for the Application it says In Process. When I click on the In Process link it tells me they have been processing my wife's application since July 31st. However, they didn't post this message until August 6th, which...

A little off topic, but to let you know, the Beijing VO is one of the fastest in the world. You could apply to that one and then move to Europe. Lots of people do that.

All you have to do is put add a letter with the passport stating your application number and they'll put it with your application.

Yes, it's ok, because my wife was reading other posts (in Chinese) about sending your passport in early and apparently, many people do it. The worst they could do is send it back, but they wouldn't do that because they'd have to spend more money.

Hey everyone/anyone, Just saw that our status was updated on website to "In Process"! Finally! I was approved as a sponsor and the application was forwarded to the Beijing VO on June 25, 2012 and they only started processing the application for my wife on July 31st, 2012. So, they've been...

Yes, I would always recommend being as thorough as possible. I know in China, many people get rejected for tourist visas because they hand in quick, sloppy and lacking applications. My wife got her tourist visas no problem both times because she was (overly) thorough.

Hey everyone, I haven't really seen many people who seem to be going through the Beijing VO here. The China applicants thread has been pretty quiet, but I would love to know how people are doing with their apps. I was approved as a sponsor on June 25th, 2012, and have yet to hear anything, but...

I would print out a copy of the website where it says it could take longer than 120 days, and then I would mail it to the VO you are going through. And I would send them an email as well stating that. But hopefully you can get what you need from the RCMP before 120 are up.

I would include any place lived in, even if you didn't include it before. You won't get in trouble, you can just say you forget to put it in that time. If you can't remember the exact address, give as much information as you can. From what I've heard on forums, being detailed makes all the...

Same here, ours was approved and sent out on June 25th, 2012. Still no update on the website, but there is something I noticed: My wife changed her phone number so we had to email the VO (Beijing) and we got a reply from them saying our application was in process. So I recommend emailing them...

Wow, that is fast! Just 3 weeks! It's now been more than a month for us, so hopefully we hear something soon. We were actually thinking of sending in her passport even though they haven't asked for it yet because we have some updated photos we want to send in.

Good luck! My wife is now waiting for Beijing to ask for her passport. My sponsorship approval was on June 25th, 2012, so hopefully we hear something soon too.

We got our sponsorship approval on June 25th, 2012. Then we had to email the Beijing office because we changed my wife's phone number. The email we got back from them stated that our app was in process. That was July 12th. Apparently, the Beijing office is one of the quickest in the world...

Hey everyone, My wife and I are going through the Beijing office for her immigration to Canada. Our application was received in Mississauga on March 15th, 2012. I was approved as a sponsor on June 25th, 2012 and the application was sent to the Beijing office on the same date. At least, I...

Hey all, I was pretty quiet in this thread as my wife and I were patiently waiting. But I'm happy to say that I have been approved as a sponsor (June 26th, 2012). We were approved through the Ottawa office since they received our application on March 15th, 2012. It took 2 weeks longer than the...

Thanks for adding us to the list :D