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Good on you for pursuing them SM. Have you managed to make any progress finding a potential school for your daughter? Whereabouts are you headed to when it finally comes together?

Hi All, I'm hoping someone is able to clarify the 3-month waiting period for OHIP. According to the OHIP website (http://settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4001244) the 3-month period is defined as 'after you arrive in Ontario' which reads pretty clearly to me. I arrived on a tourist...

I hope you know that you're not these things and you have people around you to make this clear to you daily. Also it is natural to have regret and self-doubt after such a trauma and misjudging somebody so but there will be lots of people who have had much longer relationships (though not...

COPR is finally in my hands ;D Feels like quite the relief to be able to job search and actually give an idea on when I will be available- in the meantime I get to continue my aim to be the best house husband available in Ottawa. We're landing next week during spring break and have decided to...

Hi Sara, Have you tried different combinations of the Identification type in E-CAS? It is unfortunately not terribly consistent but for us we could see information via the sponsor details with the ID as the receipt number (from payment). However, we couldn't see information as the applicant...

Massive congrats- you've had one of the longer waits! Time to get to know your postman a little better

Thank you! I must say I've been tracking you as the person before me on the spreadsheet, I'd pretty much decided that mine would be processed a few days after you- super imposing my skewed logic onto CIC was the best way to stay sane. I hope you see movement very soon. I just checked with my...

Hi All, Just allowed myself my once daily ECAS check and discovered that we've got decision made! I've been getting increasingly stressed out as London seemed to have slowed this month so I think it's also pretty good news for my heart! For those around me in the spreadsheet I know how...

Hi Mark- there will likely be somebody more senior and knowledgeable than myself along in a bit to help out but here are some general points: It can be a little confusing but you can apply as Outland even when your partner is within Canada on an IEC visa as she is still a resident of Sweden...

Hi Raevyn, Your fiancee is able to work as soon as he is granted his permanent residency (London processing time is anywhere from 4-9 months)- in sponsoring him you agree to financially support him over those 3 years should he need it- ie. he would not be able to claim welfare- it is just...

Hi Lee- Two of them still do, yes. We had our two main letters of support (which in our case were from both sets of parents) notarized- in the UK it cost something like 40GBP to do it. It's a very quick process, notary just scans through the content and stamps it- but I believe the letter...

We did ours at Costco- it just required the member to be there and scan their card when we paid, i t didn't seem to matter that the photos weren't for them. We also did the application photos at the same time as they have the specific size required for PR as one of the options.

By my reckoning there are only 6 people above you on the spreadsheet yet to go in process (which makes it 7 for me) and there are a couple of those higher up- FK22 and Srehal that seem to be way out of sync so I hope they have just not updated. I'm hoping we get to in process by the end of the...

Hi Gary- when we were putting all our stuff together we went through all our printed bank statements and highlighted transactions that matched receipts for groceries, restaurants etc- do you have regular debits for rent? Ideally it shows the landlords name matching with your letter and is from a...

Where are you flying from? The two airlines I cited (Air Transat and Iceland Air) follow the budget air line technique of genuinely charging less for one-way flights (my LON-TOR was 200 GBP) but any major airline is going to cost more. An unused return ticket shouldn't cause any problems as...

Air Transat and Iceland Air both do around half priced one-way tickets from most major European cities.

I can't help but think that yours is very near. It looks strongly like London VO has come back from the break with a new years resolution to close off the outstanding apps and crack on with the new stuff at godspeed.

Fantastic stuff! Your application has been the source of more nerves on my side than our own, so we're greatly pleased for you it's all finally got through.

Welcome! If you are just concerned whether they have received your application you can check it's status via E-CAS on the CIC website. At the moment you would need to use the receipt number for your fee payment (IMM 5401). Once you are approved as a sponsor you will be sent your UCI (tracking...

I know, it's definitely a bit scary- but I think the problem was stating that he didn't plan to return and that this particular officer was uninformed/ spiteful. I came to Canada on 30-Nov to wait out the application with a one-way ticket only (it was half the price) and having just quit my job...