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  1. BrianDell

    When to have medical exam

    "Some doctors on the panel and their staff completely misunderstand the system and perpetuate myths about it." Based on my actual experience I've come to the conclusion that most Panel Physicians in fact understand the system quite well and it's in fact posters to online forums who "perpetuate...
  2. BrianDell

    how reliable is the ecas status?

    In other words, you're effectively "in progress" even though it doesn't indicate on e-CAS that've you've gone in progress. So you're closer to the finish line than e-CAS is reporting. And then there's cases like ours where we've been "Decision Made" for five weeks running with no idea when...
  3. BrianDell

    OCTOBER 2014 OUTLAND APPLICATIONS!

    "July 20th '15 DM" Unfortunately "DM" isn't necessarily the end of the waiting. Tomorrow it'll be five weeks for us since DM and still no sign of when we can expect confirmation of permanence residence to arrive. Passport was requested at the same time as "Decision Made" and the passport...
  4. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    "In February 2015, received an email that file was transferred to Hong Kong Visa Office." Every other mainland applicant I've heard about had their files transferred to HK on March 25. You're sure about February? "On July 2, 2015 received an email from Hong Kong Visa Office requesting...
  5. BrianDell

    UCI number on PR application

    Any given individual will always only have one CIC-assigned UCI during their lifetime. That's why it's "Unique". So the UCI that appeared on any communication from CIC concerning a temporary resident visa (TRV), even just a rejection letter saying no TRV for you, should be entered as the UCI...
  6. BrianDell

    Risk of waiting VO to request medical exam result

    I agree with not waiting to do the medical until it is requested by the overseas visa office, but I don't agree with doing it prior to sending in anything. There's no evidence that anything is gained so long as the medical is done before the overseas office starts looking at the file and they...
  7. BrianDell

    Risk of waiting VO to request medical exam result

    "That is them requesting it." No, it isn't. If the original poster insists that it is, his credibility with his wife is going to be further compromised when she goes to the panel physician and she's told that she doesn't appear in the system he has access to and there's no record of a request...
  8. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    On October 20 Kysorb said his passport request (PPR) said, "The Embassy only asks you to fill out the self-addressed return waybill. Please do NOT include any form of payment related to the courier cost." I've seen this reported on other forums as well. Users said that they only paid...
  9. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    In the end EMS was prepared to deliver with just "person responsible" or some such generic phrase in place of the name and so went with EMS since it wasn't clear Fedex or DHL would be better. I'm still annoyed at SF Express at wasting so much of our time by taking the passport and then later...
  10. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    We've been "Decision Made" for more than a week now but have gotten a ridiculous runaround from mainland couriers with respect to sending her passport to Beijing VAC. SF Express now says they won't deliver to the address without a name and phone number. That didn't stop them from taking...
  11. BrianDell

    Chinese Girlfreind visa got refused ...

    You're denied because there's a suspected romantic interest. There isn't a check-off box for that, so they checked off something else. Given this reason, consider whether her income, assets, or travel history would make much difference. It's the tie to Canada that they are concerned about...
  12. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    Email arrived 3:36 AM Eastern time requesting passport (send to Beijing VAC managed by VFS, oddly enough), RPRF receipt (I already paid this, though), and 3 photos at the specs required for a PR card. Promptly checked e-CAS and it's "Decision Made" :D
  13. BrianDell

    visa office e-mail form not loading

    I was told For all e-mail correspondence with the [name of overseas] office, you are requested to use the enquiries form at: https://dmp-portal.cic.gc.ca/cicemail/intro-eng.aspx?mission=[overseas office] But https://dmp-portal.cic.gc.ca/cicemail/intro-eng.aspx isn't loading. The browser...
  14. BrianDell

    Victim of False Accusation of Marriage Fraud

    "I landed in canada in Feb'12... after couple of weeks... i recieved my PR card and i flew back." I think you need to explain how the basis on which you received that card continued to apply after you received it. The impression is created that as far as you were concerned, the marriage was...
  15. BrianDell

    OCTOBER 2014 OUTLAND APPLICATIONS!

    So you sent in your passport unsolicited sometime prior to June 2 or in your case the applicant is from a entry visa exempt country? Looking at the September spreadsheet it appears that "in progress" can drag on for months. The significance of the "in progress" milestone probably varies by...
  16. BrianDell

    OCTOBER 2014 OUTLAND APPLICATIONS!

    I can't update it. My file went "in process" on June 3. I'm curious as to why the people who indicate an "in process" date generally don't report ever getting DM2 (at least not yet) whereas those that report DM2 don't report ever going "in process". Would it be correct to say that if you're a...
  17. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    My wife was also living in Chengdu until she moved back to Chongqing earlier this month and I've flown the United flight from Chengdu to San Fran. United flies it with the 787 so is a relatively nice flight. Your wife would have to have a US visa to go through any US airport on her way to...
  18. BrianDell

    Hong Kong timeline

    Checked E-CAS today for update, there were still no updates last week. Pleased to finally see: "We started processing your application on June 3, 2015." Timeline has been: Oct 17 2014 AOR1 (Mississauga acknowledges receipt) early January 2015 DM1 (sponsor approved) no AOR2 Mar 25 2015 BJ to...
  19. BrianDell

    OCTOBER 2014 OUTLAND APPLICATIONS!

    No, I'm not "confusing 2 issues here." There's only one issue: whether a visitor visa rejection is relevant. Misrepresentation only comes into this in that Section 40 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act mentions "material facts relating to a relevant matter" and the cases that that...
  20. BrianDell

    OCTOBER 2014 OUTLAND APPLICATIONS!

    "why would a pr application be denied because of failed visitor visas?" If someone was denied a visit visa twice and shortly after the second denial commenced a relationship with a Canadian, one could see how that might raise suspicions about the motivations of the PR applicant. Of course, the...