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I've found this process to be pretty stressful, but ultimately quicker than I thought. I've also received a timely reply to each of the 2 emails I've sent to London. It is a touch disheartening to see people go In Process after you, and have a DM made whilst you are still waiting, but each...

Flew premium economy with BA on the last trip over. Worth every penny. Except it was a free upgrade :)

Nice one! Congratulations :)

I'm trying not to fall into the 'Checking ECAS on the hour every hour' trap but it's hard now I'm in process! Has anyone who has a decision made ever noticed that a change in status has occurred during the day? i.e in the morning you're still in process, but in the afternoon you had a decision...

Quite a few factors judging by the circumstances of those people experiencing delays: 1. Your nationality, and those with dual nationality. 2. Having travelled extensively, lived out of your home country, and spending 6 months or more in a country not of your nationality. 3. Criminal records...

1. You can track your application online usually a week or so after your have received an email that the Case processing Centre on Mississauga has received your application. You can enter your unique application numbers to bring up your info and status. 2. You will receive a 'Confirmation of...

It sure is! Congratulations on your Decision Made and all the best :)

*censored word* A BRICK!!! I'm 'In Process' since Aug 13th!!! I've been checking every day since before then but just logged in after a few days camping and there it is. I have seen how long it has taken some people once processing has started, but still...this is awesome news. :) The timing...

Awesome! Good news :) Hope your wait is a short one from here.

Latest developments with the strike: http://www.pafso.com/news_releases.php?newsID=161

From what I can tell, it seems if you have lived together in a relationship for 2 years or more before getting married, your PR should be unconditional. It mentions about dating for 4 years but, and this is classic CIC ambiguity and lack of clarity, that could either mean living together or...

Conditional PR was brought in from Oct 2012 to prevent abuse of the system. This means you must remain in your relationship (marriage or common law) for 2 years after you 'land' in order you to retain PR. It applies if you have been common law or married for 2 years or less and do not have any...

Happy days! Interesting that you got a DM on a Sunday. Makes you wonder if they were clearing out the ones very close to completion before the full strike started today...

This is a hunch, but it's quite possible that the person/persons responsible for sending out the COPR's will not be a senior member of staff or a PAFSO member. Also, manager's at the London HC are not striking so will be doing some of the work too. Therefore those who got DM's this week might...

Congrats! as you're not on the spreadsheet, when did you send your app and when did you get sponsor approval out of interest?

Same! As a rough anecdotal conclusion from the spreadsheet, it seems common law applications take a bit longer which is understandable given they need to make sure our relationships are kosher. Of course there are some exceptions to timescales but by and large, it seems to be so.

A ray of light at last! Albeit a ray of light subject to certain conditions ;) We should be thankful that decisions are still being made and work done in London. It's a full stop in several overseas missions.

Woohoo!!! Congratulations :) Must be a great and very relieving feeling! All the best.

Fuck sake! How annoying is that. They just love the bureaucracy.

Dare I say it, but things could be worse given the current circumstances. My understanding is that VO's are still working in London, at least in a work to rule capacity. As you can read from this article, some of the embassies have stopped working entirely. London might well join in and ramp up...