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Good day Minister Kenney and MP Toet, I am writing to you with my concerns regarding the decision making process at the Visa Office in Manila. I have just received notice that my wife has been requested to redo her medical as they expired in December of 2012. Through several calls to the CIC...

Good day, I would like to formally lodge a complaint concerning the instructions to retake medicals. It is my understanding that VO's can extend medical results up to a year beyond their expiry date? Why has this not been done in my case? CIC requires that all documents be submitted together...

Thanks XXXXX, I can tell you what I know. They have sent her a letter to redo her medical which expired December 2012. That is the first we have heard from Manila since her file was sent there in October. I have had a few calls to CIC concerned about the fact that her medical has expired and...

Att: Michael MacKenzie and All Interested Parties, Please be advised that my wife (Mrs CanadianJeepGuy) has received notice of her extended medical and request for chest X-rays and a visit with a panel physician as of May 1st 2013 Manila time. She has still not received any notice to submit her...

This one was to my MP's assistant: Thank you for your reply XXXXX. Concerning the re-medical CIC requires these to be submitted at the beginning of the entire process. Seeing as they have increased the processing time to 1 year from receipt in Manila their policy automatically pushes the...

Back by popular demand!!!!! Not really.....just one person..... I will post copies of the emails I sent to get some movement on my wife's application. They are in no particular order since it took forever to find them again. I hope that they give anyone who's interested some idea of my...

Step is correct. It would have be notarized.

Great news Wella. Make sure the transcript is in English or French. If they send it to you in Chinese you will have to find someone to translate the document.

It doesn't matter what the posted times are. They are arbitrary. The issue also is not the volumes. The government has intentionally reduced the service. You continue to pay more for less. That is the Conservative recipe for fiscal responsibility. The longer the processing takes the more it...

When contacting your MP's its important that you state that CIC's own processing policy is 6 months. So any time beyond that is intentionally made by CIC. If they counter that volumes have bogged things down then you tell them the government is hired to provide these services in a reasonable...

Can you contact the bureau in China responsible for the PC's and ask them to send you a letter denying you a PC? Then send that to CEM.

Happy New Year to all my fellow "Manila Thread" vagabonds!! May 2014 see processing times reduced to the actual benchmark of 6 months.

People who do not have issues with the process have no need of a forum. This was intended as more of a rhetorical question as it would not have cost you much compared to those of us with spouses from non exempt countries not directly attached to Canada. Your experience as an American...

I never asked you what it cost you to immigrate. I told you what it cost me to get my wife here. I personally don't care what it cost you. The point I was making is that your position is greatly advantaged being from the States and doesn't necessarily reflect the reality that the bulk of...

Are you working? did you win the lottery or have a lot of savings? CIC wants to make sure that you will not require social assistance. In your sponsorship application you will state your employment situation.

The process is easy. We all fill out the same forms and submit the same required supporting documents. The stress comes from the excessive waiting, the redoing of medicals and additional expenses imposed because CIC can't meet their own mandate. How much did it cost you to immigrate? For my wife...

There is no income requirement but you would have to explain how you plan to manage your husbands financial needs.

In my experience here the bulk of applicants are from non exempt visa countries where there is no luxury of crossing one border. Americans have a unique experience due to geography. My issue has always been based on the huge disparity between CIC policies and what you really get. If the process...

You are applying from outside Canada then your application goes to Mississauga. Processing time says 26 months.

Good luck with that. Your best bet is to join the association of your profession here in Canada. That's where I would start. That will put you in touch with others who have immigrated and found work in their field. Networking from the strength of being a member of your professional association...