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Almost done - can be updated on the spreadsheet Interview requested November 5, 2014 Decision made March 18, 2015 Passport request March 27, 2015 Thanks!

Passport request for us yesterday! My wife is getting ready to send her passport Monday morning, as her Hong Kong / Macau work visas both expire May 2, 2015. She definitely does not want to go back to the Philippines before leaving for Canada.

Hang in there, agarand8. Sounds like your interview was very similar to ours. We were also asked to bring extra documentation, but aside from my financials, the visa officer didn't even look at most of what I brought.

Hey O_guy Merry Christmas. You're welcome to update ours when you have time. My wife had her Interview on December 2, 2014. I flew from Hong Kong to Vancouver to be there with her. She was with the Officer for over an hour, then I was called in for a period of 15 minutes together with my...

Just to update. Back from Hong Kong this evening. My wife's interview on December 2nd went well. The majority of concern from the interviewing officer was regarding her first and only child who passed away at 6 months (18 years ago), my wife's annulment, my divorce, the timing of our...

Hey mikeymyke, None in my case. Nothing I thought that would be considered major, in her case. Possible concerns were that her surname name was misspelled on her original birth certificate. (She has used the misspelled name her entire life (44 years) on her School Documents, DL, Passport) and...

Hi, we received an email yesterday requesting an interview. The date is 3 weeks from now, in Hong Kong. The majority of the email gives generic instructions of what to bring (just about everything), but there is a paragraph which states... " It is not necessary to bring documents that are not...

If you've already tried to restore the chats using the directions here, https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/android/20887921, the other alternative is to have your spouse save them from his phone.

Yeah, we were the same in the first few months, but realized there's nothing to do to speed up the process. We were past the average 7 month process time for Hong Kong but my wife is from the Philippines originally, so we were told it's going to be more like 15 + months Manila process time. Now...

I think you may be right. Ours is already past the HK timeline where we filed. I was told it depends on citizenship so we will probably be waiting 15 months (Manila process time)

I'm the opposite! Before moving to Canada in 1976, we lived in CT (Winsted) and then Concord, MA. Concord I remember well - but absolutely no recollection of Winsted :)

Don't let the forms scare you, at first glance they may seem complicated, but in reality they are pretty straight forward. We felt the same way and were almost reluctant to try it ourselves. We did 99% of the work, but because of so many perceived 'red flags' associated with our application, we...

So cool to hear some happy stories! :D Looks like another unplanned vacation to Macau in November for me, the wife's getting frustrated. Oh, and one more bungee jump from Macau Tower....I need another adrenaline rush to keep myself positive :o

Good idea, there's no point paying twice if the process time is over 12 months. We took a chance on ours hoping HK VO would begin processing our application within the Hong Kong timeframe but we are past that now and still in application received, medical now expired. Hopefully they will look...

As someone else mentioned, under the Conservatives and Kenney, process times were actually decreasing somewhat. Under Alexander, process times are on the rise. The time to stop blaming Liberals was when Mr. Alexander took over the job. I'm a bit surprised, given his age and being a former PAFSO...

My wife as well from the Philippines working in Macau. Ours went to Hong Kong. But I don't think it's a guarantee of a shorter process time. We are at 7 months, the standard for Hong Kong and absolutely nothing from the embassy regarding our file. My feeling is it will take 15 months, the...

Congrats Koifish76, it's great see some successful, so quickly! We haven't heard a word about our application and don't expect to for several months, so my husband will be visiting me in January for 2 months. It's hard being apart, in our case we know each other 6 years now. We will make it too...

I'm curious to know if your application had any red flags / issues of any kind, or was it all straight forward?

It's probably a good decision to file in your home country. I'm feeling now that we are going to regret, and pay dearly financially and in processing time, having filed ours in the country in which my wife is employed, not where she is a citizen.

Do the medical exam before submitting your documents. Your wife can make an appointment with any of the Hong Kong panel physicians listed on the CIC website. http://www.cic.gc.ca/pp-md/pp-list.aspx The doctors office will give you a receipt to send in with your application, and they will send...