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Nice! That means you'll get there about a week after me. =) I m already busy going through all my stuff deciding what to bring and what to throw/give away... =)

Congratulations, Heleina and tme! =D

Well, I don't have a job either. =/ Gonna start looking when I get there. Now I need to prepare the move and say goodbye to everyone. Only 3 weeks left here.... O_O

Hey Panda, my bf and I included the following: utility/mobile phone bills in my name to prove residence at the same address as my bf about 20-30 photos boarding passes letters from our parents stating that our relationship is genuine and continuing other proof that connects us (camping tags...

@ direstrife: Yes, I am a German citizen living in Germany. =) As whoopi said, you can only apply for the country you are a citizen of or that you have lived in for at least a year. @ ange: Well, I would think that we did have a straight-forward case. =) We've been together for four years, not...

I called the doctor in Germany first and was told that it would cost about 250 Euros. Just for fun I called the Canadian doctor and was told that costs in Canada would be 150 CAD. Obviously, I decided to get the medical done in Canada while visiting. In the end, I only paid 135 CAD which is...

Good luck from me, too! Hope your process goes as smoothly as mine! =)

Hey Ange, in my case the decision was made on the same day they started processing, too. I was worried as well, but they approved my boyfriend as a sponsor. If you check my time line you will see that Berlin was extremely fast in my case. It took one month to receive an answer from Mississauga...

Hey there, first of all I would get private health insurance until your gf can get OHIP coverage (which will take at least three months). Second, your gf should be eligible for health care coverage in both Ontario and Quebec after three months as far as I know (just wrote my Bachelor's Thesis on...

Thanks, guys! I shall keep you posted on the progress. Haven't looked at the documents, yet, since they arrived at my parents' place. I will be moving to Ottawa, Ontario. My boyfriend and I already lived there together when I was in Canada on my study permit. I'll be moving on the 5th of...

Hey everybody! Just wanted to let you know that I've been GRANTED permanent residence. =D The visa was issued on the 24 September 2009 and arrived today. I will be moving to Canada in November instead of just visiting. Stoked! Overall, the application has been processed just over two months...

@ Alice: That's really good to hear! =D Good luck on the second stage! And, obviously, good luck to every one else as well! =) I just logged into Ecas and A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE! =D Canada here I come!?! ;-) Waiting for the letter to arrive....

Hey Panda, not sure if my application is successful, yet, but my boyfriend and I applied as a common-law couple. I am from Germany and he is Canadian. We've been together for 4 years next week. Just sent in a bunch of pics and letters from our parents. Nothing notarized, but everything in...

@ Alice: Sorry to hear that your application is being returned, but at least you will find out what is missing in a week and then you can send them the additional information. Hopefully it wont be information that is hard to come by. Keeping the fingers crossed! =)

Sooo, I got the letter now. It says that I have 60 days to mail in what they want. They can check several boxes; mine say to send a valid passport and fill out some details, like height and eye colour. =) It also says that processing will take a MINIMUM of ten days. I just hope that they will...

Thanks guys! =D I m not sure if Berlin requests the passports early on. I haven't seen the letter, yet, myself. My Mom will scan the letter later and send it to me. Maybe that will make it clear. She did say, though, that it said sth about processing taking 10 days. I ll post here when I see the...

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know: I GOT MY PASSPORT REQUEST!!!! =D Yay! My Mom called today to let me know that they received a letter from the Berlin Visa Office requesting my passport to be sent to them within the next 60 days.... =) It hasn't even been two months, yet. Really psyched!!! =D

Hey TripleP, as you can see my application status changed to "in process" about one week after the sponsorship approval was sent out. Since it takes about a week to mail sth from Canada to Germany with regular mail, they must have started processing one or two days after receiving it. Pretty...

@ Lylyth: Good luck to you, too! =) @ Algerina: Good to hear that you could finally log on to Ecas. Funny how the UK and England are not the same. =) I almost tried to long in with the Democratic Republic of Germany as place of birth. Haha. Only noticed after that there were two different...

Actually, the photos requested are the same as for passports in Germany . They are called biometric photos and have the same specifications as those requested by CIC.