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Does anyone know why the Manila VO has passports for so long? It seems most of the other VOs will request passport only after DM and the passport is returned within hours or at most a couple of days. What does one do if they need their passport to travel? Some of the dates I have seen...

Perhaps my reply is a little late. I am not sure the two year rule is applicable if they have a child together.

Don't book tickets until you have visa. All you need is an itinerary which you can create on expedia, save and print.

Once you have the SA and have started the PR process, you have to return to your home country when you receive the PPR. By making the PR application you've acknowledged that your long-term intention is to immigrate to Canada. If you can demonstrate that you have the financial means and...

I don't believe we had any chance of getting the TRV until we were able to file the PR and receive sponsor approval. By doing so we demonstrated our intention to proceed with an "outland" application which will require my partner to return to PH when she receives a PPR. You may have the same...

That is a good suggestion. I think we would like to be able to return to PH for other reasons too, but would have to weigh the risk of them not granting another TRV. Ideally we would like to have the multiple-entry TRV which would allow us to travel to other places and return to Canada (e.g...

I know that is an option, but we will return to PH. We committed to follow the process, so we will return and re-apply for another TRV if no PPR is on the horizon. If we are granted 6 months at entry, that will give us until next May. Our flight is booked for next week with a January return...

FYI, we applied for TRV about a week back, shortly after receiving the SA approval and confirmation that file was at Manila VO. We were surprised to get passport request the following day (TRV refused 4 times in 2014). Passport sent by courier on Tuesday and back in my partners hands on Sunday...

Update on the TRV. My partner received her passport back on Sunday with single-entry TRV. At least we will be able to spend the holidays together in Toronto. We hope she can stay for as long as granted, unless we get passport request for the PR from Manila sooner.

Mikeymyke, I think we have been approved on the 5th try based on the request for passport. I am not getting too excited yet until we get the passport back with the visa. The situation did change every time we applied. The 5th time, the only thing different is that we have made the PR...

We applied for TRV yesterday again (after 4 rejections this year), just 12 days after receiving sponsor approval. There is a 15 month processing time for Manila. Today we received a request for passport. Fingers crossed; we hope we will get TRV.

New twist my friends. My partner applied for a TRV yesterday. She, I will say we, have 4 rejections since January, which of course we hoped would only help with our PR application. Two hours ago we received a request for passport, we hope for TRV. We hope 5th try is lucky; I will post when I...

Thanks guys. Clearly we hoped to be able to file under more favourable circumstances. There are some notes here about withdrawing our application. I see no point in this until we have a change in circumstances - are either able to live together for 12 months or get married. If we are able to...

Thanks again for all your input. Regardless of the chances and the time, we have no better alternatives at the moment. In the meantime we will also keep applying for TRVs. I travel to see my partner every few months but can usually only go for two weeks at most due to child care obligations...

Hey Mikeymyke, did you and your partner file under conjugal class? Also, it looks to me like you were able to get a TRV while you were waiting for the PR.

Thanks Ponga. The quote you highlighted in your prior post is correct. We have to establish that we have insurmountable barriers to becoming common-law partners. I believe we have those barriers and that we have demonstrated that in our application. Of course, assessing the application will...

I really appreciate everyone's input here. Really, I am looking for first-hand experience.

In fact, I am still married. I am legally separated, but my divorce will likely not to be finalized for some time yet. I have children and my partner has not been able to meet and get to know them. I have commitments to my children, both as a parent and legally, that I cannot meet by living in...

Thanks for your advice on getting married. In Canada, there is no requirement to get married. Marriage is a choice and couples may choose not to be married. This is quite clear in the CICs own manuals which I have read in minute detail. See the third paragraph of 5.45 below from the CICs...

EBUENCONS, you had the passport request in May 2014?