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Vienna sent my COPR to the old address as well although they had the new one on file for almost 1 year. I only found this out because I contacted Vienna about my DM.

Send them everything. They want more proof? They will get it ;-)

How long have you been in Canada? If your work permit was valid for at least 12 months you can apply outland through Ottawa. Current processing time is around 5-8 months to become a PR. If you apply outland through Vienna you are looking into 12-17 months. Both outland VO's are faster than...

When you apply inland it has nothing to do with Vienna. Your file will be processed in Mississauga. Processing time is 1.5-2 years and during this time you are not allowed to leave the country. The first time you might hear from Mississauga will be around after 12 months for stage 1 approval. At...

Important: from now on stop referring to her as your girlfriend. She is your common-law partner/spouse. Some VO's are pretty picky when it comes to this. I know it from my GCMS notes ;-)

This is the sponsorship approval. To see the current status on the application you have to login with the file number or applicant's UCI number + the applicant's name and DOB

Re: Landing in Canada question They just wanted my passport and COPR. Nothing else.

Tracking number from Canada Post. No word from Vienna. My documents arrived in Vienna on March 13th, my GCMS notes said Vienna started looking at them on April 16th and made a decision on April 17. This is also the date on my COPR

Joint rental agreement is great :-) And the list for the shared expenses should help for sure. Now get the statutory declarations from friends and family + supporting documents and pictures for your relationship and you should be fine :-) Try Ottawa. Once you had a valid work permit for at...

I got DM 1 month after they received my additional documents. You are almost there :D

Re: Landing in Canada question Your spouse doesn't have to be with you. I think in my case it was better that my spouse was with me otherwise the officer would have been even meaner

It will be difficult to prove that you have lived together for 12 months. I had way more supporting documents than you have but the embassy still asked for more. That you filed taxes together as common-law is perfect. That's an important document. - Do you have a joint rental agreement? If...

Re: Landing in Canada question I was in Canada throughout the process as well. I live in Calgary and when I received my COPR I drove down to Coutts to land. 1. You don't need a US visa because you actually don't enter the US. You tell the US officer that you want to flagpole. He will take...

I think October is one of the active months of the Vienna VO. Afterwards it will be quiet for another few until they will be awake for another month. In other VO groups you can see progress every week, in the Vienna group about every 3 months. I'm so glad it's all over for me (hey, I've been a...

Congrats. This means they probably extended your medical for 12 months. My COPR was only valid for 3 weeks when I received it ;-)

Have you ever backpacked in Asia or other third world countries? There is no such thing as hotel receipts, bus tickets, boat tickets for most of the times. The only proof would have been plane tickets. Hard to prove living together when you travel through these countries

We moved in together on April 20, 2012 and applied on April 20, 2013. I'm a PR now so it must be exactly 1 year ;-) 1 year for immigration, 1 year for taxes and depending on the province 2 or 3 years for the provincial requirements when it comes to death, splitting up etc.

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I got approval after 12 months when the processing time was 14. But yes, Vienna is really slow and you have to be patient :-( Good luck

Julia123, haven't you lived in Canada for over 12 months already? Then you would be allowed to apply through Ottawa which is really fast. You could be approved within 3-6 months instead of 17+. As soon as you have a visa for 12 months or longer (study permit, work permit) you are allowed to...