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A bit late, but we got the DM on August 26th, and the landing appointment is on September 17th in Vancouver. I'm still in shock - I can't believe it finally came! I just want to thank everyone for their help and patience - I really appreciate everything!

We both got letters today - I think it is the AIP (his notes that he meets the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent and mine notes I meet the requirements to sponsor). It also requests the medical as stated by a letter they claim to have sent a month ago (never received any, but our...

Congrats Sophie! We also just got his today :) (funny enough from BC and sent it out on Dec 29th too!)

Thanks so much for the information! :)

Hi guys! So far I haven't heard much on my end, but we're coming up to the Visitor Visa expiring at the end of May so we only have a couple of days to figure out if we need to extend it. We applied for the pilot OWP at the end of December, so theoretically the OWP should be done before he goes...

Did you include an email when you sent your application? If so, I'd double check the sponsor's email as a lot of people seem to note that it went there instead of the applicants :) If you didn't include an email, you won't get an AOR (according to several calls we made to the CIC, which seems...

Sorry I missed this earlier! Thanks so much for the response - I can finally feel a bit at ease!

So kind of a weird (but good I think!) update. I can now log into ecas with the the applicant name and UCI (receipt number seems to do nothing). It takes us to a window that says permanent residence application received, and no other information. I think this might be the AOR substitute for...

Thanks for the advice! We ended up not filling out an email address after reading horror stories about lost emails (this was before we learned our post office was probably a far worse bet - they've already lost one piece of mail and despite our request for a signature and a receipt on our final...

Just a quick update as he was finally able to call in: We received confirmation that AORs are only sent out in special circumstances (one of those being you added your email apparently - so pretty much everyone except the few of us who decided to opt out of email). She checked our receipt, his...

I'm surprised to see so many people switching over to outland - but at the same time it feels that with this move to Mississauga everything is unpredictable. Part of me thinks it will be at least a year still until we even see an AIP, and the other part is secretly thinks that it will hit some...

So, still no AOR (although I'm not sure I'll ever receive one due to opting out of email). We called in today and they weren't able to get a case number so I'm starting to panic a bit. They said that it's not unusual and to call them again in a few weeks if we still don't hear anything. Our...

I'm really regretting not putting the email in either :( Still no AOR here and ours was received in March. He's going to call them on Monday, and hopefully it's just a delay due to mailing.

We just got our visa extension in and received 1 year! Our first time he only received 3 months, and we were nervous about having to renew it every 3 months after hearing that a lot of people were getting that too. It's just a lot of stress and frustration every time, and it's just nice to...

We did it through mail, and I think I'll stick to that from now on. At the time we only requested a 3 month extension so we could finish the paperwork/get police certificates, but it took them about a month an a half to respond. Turns out they gave us the extension from the time they finally got...

Replying to add that I absolutely agree with mikeymyke, and that an extra note would be your smartest bet.

Did the step-mother legally adopt her? Even so, my guess would be put the bio-mom. The worst thing you can do is purposely mislead them in any way, and it's far better to be honest rather than take that risk (which really wouldn't have much of a reward if any anyways). Canada might not have any...

I feel your pain Kayaker. It took us 10 weeks as well to get our police certificates done, translated, and mailed, and I'm having the same panic. They were done Dec. 6th, 2013, and according to Canada Post the package arrived March 4, 2014. I'm terrified that they will go by any other time than...

I'm pretty sure that Ponga is right, assuming that you're the sponsor (if not, then it's a different situation and she might not even need to fill out that form). I'd double check the question as it might differ depending on application type, but I remember it saying "from age 18, or the last 10...

I'm excited to say that our application has arrived in Mississauga. We sent it through Canada Post Priority Mail to the CIC-M courier address on March 3rd, 2014 and it arrived today March 4th, 2014. We asked twice to request a signature (figured it was important and wanted to know who delivered...