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    SPOUSE / FAMILY CLASS timeline MANILA Visa Office PHILIPPINES

    Can goods are allowed by customs. But meat products are not be allowed. Technically, cheese can not go through. You can risk it by not declaring but there is a fine for it if you get caught, and worst you might not be admitted. Good luck.
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    CEM (Manila) FC1 (Family Class-Spouse) - LamPAST processing Times

    If your application is BEYOND the posted PROCESSING TIMES, we would like to share your thoughts and experiences here. It would be nice to share your time lines too. Having this topic, others would know where they are. If we observe a pattern, learn what to do or not to do to avoid the...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    Because Canadian Citizen yong father nya, you have to apply for a Canadian Passport for the child. Because the child is automatically a Canadian Citizen: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/citizenship.asp "In general, you are a Canadian citizen if you were born outside Canada...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    swertehan lang. Sometimes, they say if the first stop over is Vancouver and evening, faster and less strict.
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @tingz If you could wait for 30 days and afford 5$; CAIPS notes will help inform you what has happened so far. I had the same problem. six months in, I got worried and ordered CAIPS notes. To find out that one mail from the embassy did not arrive asking me for various documents. Five months...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @raniloc For FC1 - Proof of funds is not a condition for landing, unlike the independent immigrant classes. But bank draft would be safe. For your RPRF, did you send the receipt to CPC-M already. It takes time for CPC-M to update the computer. In my case it took them 15 days to write me a...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    It would be better for the MP to have the CAIPS notes on hand to let him eknow in advance what to say when they scrutinize the VO.
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @ashwooddream wallet size pictures is a good idea. Or you could get a contact print type in an 8" x 10" sheet that you can order through walmart.ca and have it picked up in Canada so that you do not need to mail. You mentioned "remitance slips". Make sure that these are amounts from Canada to...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @ashwooddream Be sure to get the "long form" of marriage certificate from Alberta.
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @nice2010 The requester's reference number can be the client number of the one in Canada, may not be necessarily your spouse. There should be one 5475 per person 18 and older. Don't forget to let your spouse sign this even though he/she is not the requester. But only only ONE 5563, once lang...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    That is exactly the site: Fill out the first two forms. Please read through page 169 of this thread.
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @ceskat ONLY TICK the portion Electronic Notes (information notes abroad): [ ] CAIPS [ ] GCMS *** DO NOT *** tick any other specially the next line which is "Visa File Abroad". If yu check this, they will pull out your file from the queue and photo copy all your documents in their file.
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    @ January The GCMS (the replacement for CAIPS) is self explanatory unlike the old CAIPS. This is what I got in the report: NOTES: 8 Created Date: 2011/01/28 23:51:52 Created By: XX99998 Updated Date: 2011/01/28 23:51:52 Updated By: XX99999 Restricted: No Label: General Office: Manila Text...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    Two parts ito: The applicant in the Philipines fills this up: cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5475E.pdf Then, the person in Canada applies for the CAIPS note using this form: cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5563E.pdf Then mail both forms with $5 check paid to the Receiver General of...
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    SPOUSE / FAMILY CLASS timeline MANILA Visa Office PHILIPPINES

    I have been reading through the forum each and everyday since March 2011. Wala akong ma-contribute ka di ako nag-signup. Anyway, I have something to contribute now and in a way, I could vent out my emotions. My husband applied for sponsorship at CPC-M on November 22, 2010. VO-Manila received it...
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    SPOUSE VISA TIMELINES AND ONLINE UPDATES ~MANILA OFFICE~ BATCH DECEMBER ONWARDS

    I have been reading through the forum each and everyday since March 2011. Wala akong ma-contribute ka di ako nag-signup. Anyway, I have something to contribute now and in a way, I could vent out my emotions. My husband applied for sponsorship at CPC-M on November 22, 2010. VO-Manila received it...