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OH my God, so many happy people in this forum today :) Congratulations boujasim and rorita :) I'm so happy for you guys!!! My husband dropped off his passport on Sunday and he picked it up today (Monday) with his visa and I booked his flight and he's comign to Toronto 2morrow!! I had the...

Hola boujasim :) como stas? :P You've totally been MIA the last few months. I didn't even know you had an interview!!! Hope it went well. Heck maybe you're in Canada already :) You guessed it ... the ugly sentence is in there. Here is the body of the letter (see below). So, I asked my husband...

thanks rorita, i hope you will be next. By the way, do you remember Tram1984? her first application to damascus was refused, she went to ADR, lost and then re-applied again to Damascus after she had a baby? Well her second application was initiated around the same time as my husbands (March...

Hi everyone, This morning at work I tried checking into my husband's email (yes, i have his password :P). I didn't expect to see anything since I checked at 7:30am Toronto time. But, lo and behold, he had received an email from the Embassy requesting his passport, 2 photos, his Iraqi...

No worries. I understand you. My husband is also not working and just hanging out in Damascus. He says he will either die from boredom and anxiety unless he passes out from the heat. My personal opinion about writing them an e-mail -- don't do it yet. Your lawyer has written them twice and...

Good luck :)

Rorita, I don't think your file is undergoing further background checks because if that had been the case, the Embassy would have replied to your lawyer that they are awaiting the results of your background checks and once those are received they would be in a position to continue processing...

I also sometimes wonder whether I'll be mentally stable by the time this ordeal is finished :) Unlike you, I don't know if I'll be so charitable :) I wonder if I'll feel a great urge to write to CSIS to ask for an update at the end of each month as a stress reliever or send e-mails to the...

In response to the previous question, no inquiring into CSIS doesn't bring about a delay, as far as I can tell. Rjessome, thankfully, my husband's background checks are done. It took over a year but they're done. I don't know if we did anything that helped quicken the process. It didn't feel...

Your CAIPS notes should indicate whether your background checks are done. Under "STATUS" there are two columns "SEC" and "CRIM". In the last last CAIPS notes I requested, under the CRIM section it states "1" which I believe indicates a pass on the criminal checks. Under "SEC" it is blank. I...

I just remembered from another thread you mentioning that you are reading up on immigration cases for your classwork and deduced that you're studying something law related :) If more of those consultants were like you, and were actually in touch with and knowledgeable about the process, they...

Thanks rorita76, I've been dealing with Damascus for 15 months so I've unwittingly become familiar with their procedures. Marlena, I live in Canada I'm sponsoring my husband from (northern) Iraq. He had his interview at the end of March. I wrote about that experience (and a lot more) at the...

Marlena, when you get the interview letter from the Damascus Embassy, it tells you that you can have the interview in english or french and if you need a translator an Arabic or Farsi speaking interpreter will be provided to you by the Embassy (no charge). If you speak another language, ie...

Yes, i sent the letter recently and the contact should still be good. You can also send it to the Director of CSIS who was Jim Judd but I heard he resigned. You can also go to CSIS's website and write the letter to whoever is the Public Liaison officer under "contact us". But, if you are...

If I recall correctly, mimi123's husband wasn't working in Lebanon (because he couldn't get a work permit). And they had not made arrangements to lease an apartment in Canada. Although mimi123 was working and her english was fluent I don't know about the husband (the sponsor) so his background...

Yes, they always reply by mail within 30-35 days. If it is the 3rd or 4th time you are writing to them, the response can even be quicker. I can say that they're quite 'expeditious' in their replies. It doesn't matter how long (or short) your letter is or how persuasive you may think you...

Here's one of the first letters I faxed to CSIS (along with the contact person): BY FAX (1-613-231-0672) Attn: Mrs. Hierlihy Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) 1941 Ogilvie Rd Ottawa ON K1J 1B7 Dear Mrs. Hierlihy: RE: Permanent Residence Application of [enter name]...

Thanks rorita_76. From what you just stated, it seems like your file is also at its final stages of processing and it is going through its final review. If I understood correctly from your previous posts, your husband is now living in or has rented an apartment in Ontario and as long as he...

hi everyone, I'm sponsoring my husband from Iraq and going through the Damascus office. I don't want to discourage anyone since my husband's security checks took 13 months (!!) to complete but they are completed now and the Embassy requested last week that he re-do his medical exam. He had done...

Congratulations Jorman :) Do you mind if you also tell us where your wife is? I'm just wondering if applications from a particular country are super fast compared to others... Thanks!