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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    Hi there, Yes we just were caught all in the wrong time. Our original application was in Buffalo and sat there until they closed then sat in Ottawa for 6 months (without us knowing) before it was transfered to LA almost a year after the sponsor was approved. By the time that an officer looked...
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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    The main of the letter states: We are pleased to inform you that the processing of your application for permanent residence in Canada has been completed. You are required to submit your passport(s), photographs by MAIL within the next THIRTY (30) days from the date of this letter. As the...
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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    Hi all, My husband and I received an email Tuesday (after exactly 2 years of waiting!!) from LA stating: We are pleased to inform you that the processing of your application for permanent residence in Canada has been completed. Now in the email they state at one part to send the passport to...
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    OHIP and SIN timelines

    Oh this is wonderful! I will definatly try. He has had a Ontario Licence for over a year now so that will help too. We might just go try tomorrow which is great!
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    OHIP and SIN timelines

    Yes he has been here as a visitor with me for almost 2.5 years so no worries there :) So the email we got that starts out like this... is this enough to go to OHIP to try?? We are pleased to inform you that the processing of your application for permanent residence in Canada has been...
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    Do we send original Passport or copies??

    We received the request for passport yesterday from the LA office (US Spousal Sponsorship outside Canada). In the email, it states to send the original valid passport but then it also says: If you and/or your dependent(s) hold a passport from a visa exempt country, this office will NOT require...
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    OHIP and SIN timelines

    Good morning, My husband (US citizen) has just recieved notice that is application for Permanent Residency has been completed. (exactly 2 years of waiting:) :)) We are sending his passport to the LA Visa office today for processing (copies right?) Question: Does the 3 month waiting period for...
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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    Hi there, My husband and I had to apply for rehabilitation too (petty misdomenor - stole a CD 7 years ago). We submitted original app for permenent residency September 2011 and then got notice Feb 2013 that we needed rehabilitation (our app was originally in Buffalo so we were put to the side...
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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    Good morning, Question: Once you get your CORP, at what point can you apply for your SIN? Can do you it before you go to the border to officially land? When we went to get my husband (US citizen) driver's license, they told us once we have the letter of conditional approval, we could go to the...
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    Los Angeles Visa Office Applicants Check in here! :)

    Good morning all Anyone heard anything about the walkouts and strike affecting the LA office? From what I can find, it is not affecting our office however I'm just checking. Thanks!
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    Do we need an RCMP background check?

    Does anyone know if the application for rehabilitation will take an additional year on top of spousal sponsorship? We submitted our spousal application September 2011 to Buffalo and now it is in LA and now need to apply for rehabilitation. Seeing as it has already been in review for 19 months...
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    Rehabilitation issues?

    Hi there, I am sponsoring my husband for Permanent residency from Outside canada (us citizen) and our application has been in process for 19 months already and we found out we now have to apply for Rehabilitation. This 2-4 week for processing... would that apply to us once we submit the...
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    Rehabilitation- RCMP check and Rehabilitation certificate??

    Hi there, I am sponsoring my husband for Permanent residency outside canada. He is a US citizen. We've been waiting 19 months and they are now asking for more information. Due to a petty misdemeanor (theft of a CD over 5 years ago with no other convictions) we are now being asking to apply for...
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    Do we need an RCMP background check?

    Well to be honest, it must have been erased. When we gathered the information at the beginning of the process we submitted the FBI check and it showed nothing of the conviction. However on the application they still ask if there were any convictions so we were truthful and put it down. Then...
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    Do we need an RCMP background check?

    Hi there, I am sponsoring my husband for Permanent residency outside canada. He is a US citizen. We've been waiting 19 months and they are now asking for more information. Due to a petty misdemeanor (theft of a CD over 5 years ago with no other convictions) we are now being asking to apply for...
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    LA office asking for another medical 18 months later

    Hi there, We are in the 18th month since the beginning of our application (outland US Citizen spousal sponsorship). Our application was transferred from Buffalo to Ottawa and now to LA in January. We just received an email with the medical forms attached. They did not give us any update on our...
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    17 months and still waiting?

    Hi there, Just really want to see if this is normal or if anyone else is on the same page. Our originally visa office was Buffalo but they've closed that so I was not sure what post to put this on. I applied to sponsor my spouse (us citizen) via outland application back in September 2011. I...
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    Contacting your MP

    Thanks all I think we will try to contact them. Question about the timelines then... our application was sent to Mississauga for me to be approved as a sponsor September 2011, then I was approved November 2011. Then the website stated that our application was in process Jan 2012. Buffalo...
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    Contacting your MP

    Hi all! My husband (us citizen) and I (canadian) are questioning if we should contact our MP about our application at this time. We submitted our app in September 2011 (outland) and it went to Buffalo Jan, 2012. From there they transfered it to Ottawa and now to LA. At this point it is almost...
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    Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

    Hi there, We just got word that our file has been transfered to LA recently (didn't tell us when). We filed back in September of 2011 so it was transfered from Buffalo- to Ottawa- and now LA... Last we heard from them in January 2012 the interview had been waved and they requested some...