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Unfortunately, no. Mostly the Middle East and Eastern Europe. It looks like we are in a bit of a holding pattern: he has every incentive to leave as he has a fully funded Graduate degree, which is a rarity, but Canada thinks he has every incentive to stay because of family history. What a mess.

Thank you. I appreciate the honest commentary. I think the challenge is that the government may not appreciate how hard it is to get a fully funded graduate degree position in his country of origin. My understanding is that the number is very small--around 174 positions per year. That is not...

1. Apologies, I wasn't clear on the original letter. My wife's original invitation articulated on top of not seeing him in a long time that their mother was ill, but point taken. 2. Do they not consider being a Graduate student as employment? He has every incentive to finish his Graduate...

Why are you going through the exercise of applying if your chances of success are almost zero? Were you planning on claiming asylum as well?

Hey Canada Visa, My brother-in-law recently applied for a visitor visa for Canada and was rejected under paragraph 179(b). In the application, my wife sent an invitation letter stating the following: -She had not seen her brother since 2011 My mother-in-law also sent an invitation letter...

I think they should, given that I addressed it to the correct suite location on the package and made a typo regarding the suite information on a web forum. Thanks for the afternoon snark though.

I checked the form, it appears I did write down suite 300. I'm not sure why I wrote down suite 1200 on the forum...but in any case, they updated the tracking information to delivered. Now the wait begins. Thanks everyone!

I think you are right. Initially I thought the first delivery attempt was around 3 PM and Canada Post was reporting that the business closed early; however, it appears the CPC-Mississauga was closed entirely on Tuesday, making delivery impossible. So now the real question is: why is the...

Hello everyone: My wife and I sent our application via Canada Post Priority on Friday of last week. We had initially wanted to send it via DHL or FedEx, but all the locations were closed when we got off work on Friday. Canada Post had guaranteed that the parcel would be there Tuesday morning...

I am trying to get my wife's application out this month, but we are so confused about the Police Criminal Record Check portion. She had a police record check when she left Iran to come study in Canada two years ago. She has not left Canada since. What do we need to do for the police record...

Does anyone know how long it takes for CIC to return documents to you if you opt to withdraw your application?

Ah, thanks for the clarification. One of our other worries is that Iran requires biometric information, and therefore she is guaranteed to need to head to the VISA office. If they decide to send it to Ankara, we would almost certainly have to withdraw the application. It's good to know there are...

Hey Rob, are you sure about being able to select CPP-O for your Outland application if you are residing in Canada? I checked the link below and it stated that CPP-O is only available to US applicants and those getting Temporary Lawful Resident permits.

Hi Rob, We were seriously considering the Outland option, but our main worry is that they may reject processing it in Toronto. If that was the case, we would both need to fly to Ankara if she had an interview, as she is not at all comfortable being there alone. It would be doubly worse if for...

Thanks Alurra, that was very informative. I will have to look into if there's anyway to get some sort of Bridge on her PGWP if the PR process ends up exceeding June 2015. Logically, it does not make sense to apply for an OWP for some unspecified time in the future if she already has a PGWP, but...

Hello everyone: My wife and I met two years ago during our Master's studies and we married in January of this year. We are in the process of completing our PR application and had a few questions that we were unable to sort out: 1. She finished defending her Master's thesis in July of 2013 and...