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I'm with you hatrang, let's hope that everything's going to go a lot faster for the July people and everyone else because of the new forms! Can't wait to see the first July applicants getting their AIPs. I can't believe that it's been 5 1/2 months already since we applied. Let's hope this means...

Congrats! And thank you for keeping us posted. The wait it's getting agonizing, it was a lot easier to endure while we were seeing all those big jumps. For how long has it been stuck on April 30th now? 4 weeks? That seems like it's worse than it was around Christmas.

Folks, I'm confused. I have applied for PR (inland) and I'm currently working on a closed temporary work permit which is most likely going to expire before we get AIP. I have filed an application for an OWP together with the PR application. Once my current closed TWP expires, will I be on...

I think you would have to apply for a temporary work permit at this point, because the work permit application you send to Vegreville will only be processed once you get AIP and is for an open work permit, as opposed to a closed job/employer specific permit. I just renewed my closed permit a...

Cic must still be working on something even though they don't update- I received my renewed closed work permit yesterday, even though they are not officially working on the submission date yet. Gives me some hope we still might see an update today. My theory is they dont update until all...

I can't believe it's been more than 4 months already that our application was received! I was really getting my hopes up that CIC was speeding up the processing times, but now we haven't seen any jump in 3 or 4 weeks? Very disappointing. Every holiday seems to slow everything down again. I'm...

It's so bizarre that this seems to happen to a few people- my hubby is Canadian as well and was born here, he got his Client ID per email about 3 months after they received our application. I wonder if they just send it to people who have applied late last year? After July?

Thanks for answering! It seems like most people leave this forum for good once they get AIP/landed... Personally, I've been living in Canada for almost 4 years already, working in academia- but my jobs were all LMO exempt. I didn't have much luck applying for other positions- I think they...

Hi, We people in the Inland 2011 thread who are still waiting wonder a lot how people are doing who got AIP or PR already after applying as a sponsored spouse. If anyone of you is still out there, please share your experiences. Have you found a job already? Was it difficult to get a foot in...

I have a question how you guys dealt with your medicals. I did mine in June 2011, but couldn't do the x-ray because I was pregnant at the time. They told me to come back in once the baby is born. Well, she's 6 months now, and in theory I could go and just get the x-ray, but I'm wondering if I...

To those of you who applied for OHIP already- do you still have the 3 month waiting period even though your were living in Ontario already, or did you get your temporary "card" right away?

Congrats everyone for their good news! I wonder if we're going to see a jump into April today? This would be AWESOME! Please CIC, keep moving like this!

Missha, I hope you get well soon! I had the same thing a couple of weeks ago, it sucked. Particularly the cough was REALLY bad. Tomorrow it's been 3 months that our application was received. Hopefully only 9 months more to go, if that! I'm so happy for everyone who received good news over the...

Without a new permit, you won't be able to renew your SIN, and without a valid SIN your employer can't pay you. Usually it's no issue to just continue working if you can manage to go without pay and then just collect a big cheque after successful renewal. Not sure what would happen if they...

I'm glad to see that almost all Jan 2011 applicants have been approved. It's been almost 2 months now that we submitted our application. The first month went by very quickly because of the holidays, but now it really seems to be dragging on. I had a job interview and I'm in the race for a...

Congratulations MrMass! And, how random that they called you to let you know... I didn't think they would do that! Today it's been a month already that our application was received. 10 more to go! Sigh. Too bad there wasn't any jump over Christmas, but I didn't expect it, really.

I'm a postdoc, too, and I renewed my temporary work permit 3 times already. However since it is still a temporary work permit (but LMO exempt), he would still need a new contract/offer letter to do so. You have to submit the new job offer letter stating the salary with your (online) application...

Yeah, I really wonder what the common denominator is for those cases, other than the July date? If there is any? The problem is, we'll never know, which is too bad.

Thank goodness I have several time consuming hobbies (knitting, quilting) and a young baby, so I'm planning on just focusing on that during the waiting period. I'm just not a very patient person, and I tend to worry about things. I'm still working for a few months anyway, so that's good. What...

What a great Christmas gift, congratulations!