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If you could provide such a link it would be much appreciated. I know people don't like repeated questions and seem not to like when people havent used the "search" function. But you also have hundreds of posts with the word inland and AIP lol. I guess Im not the best at navigating forums! If...

Hey guys! So my wife was notified last week by the call centre agent that she had met 1st stage approval, got her OWP and also that I had been approved as a sponsor. She said we should expect these letters soon. Last week we did indeed receive her OWP, with the "Remarks" section stating that...

Well first of all, my wife and I were in a very similar situation. first and foremost do not make any assumptions about the success or failure of the TRV application to Canada, or underplay its importance. showing that you tried, and got rejected is very important in conjugal sponsorship (it...

Thanks! yeah Im hoping the rest of my wife's process will be smooth. she has no criminal issues or medical ones, thank goodness! though both her medicals and police checks may expire before the end. Im definitely around to help out anyone else - this forum is certainly addictive, but valueable!!!

hey guys! we are an inland same-sex couple and just called CIC to find out that both sponsorship and AIP are approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we ARE in shock and SO SO happy!!!!! My wife's birthday is this week, and this is the best present ever! Our timeline is as follows...

hey! They didnt request any documents at all. We had pre-emptively added updates to our file since our marriage, and some pretty important ones such as co-insurance, life insurance, my school registration, renewed lease together, life since marriage...etc. Just things that if I were a VO, I...

Hey guys! We applied March 2010. So we are between the 8 and 9 months mark now and awaiting to hear news. I called the call centre today to check up on an ecas statement, which thanked us for sending "requested" documents. We send updates proactively, so I called to check to make sure I hadnt...

Very great advice everyone! Thank you so much for your kind responses! Thank you! :)

hey guys, Anyone have any suggestions for how to actually get through to a human CIC agent? Ive been trying multiple times per day all week, and I just keep getting the same response "All of our agents are currently busy. We are unable to transfer you're call" Then it disconnects after...

Thanks! I had heard horror stories about people having had mail from cic sent to a wrong address or wrong email. I hoped that hadn't requested anything that might have missed! Should be hearing something anytime now - will keep you guys updated!

Hey Guys, Sponsoring my spouse - inland. We had provided info to them over the course of our 8 month wait - including updates to insurance policies, address, and extra photos etc. Also we updated the work history forms, and address history forms, reflecting a small omission on our part. (15...

Come on guys - really?

Im just raising the idea that IOs are trained to assess applications based on "norms" of different religious, cultural, and societal groups (including same sex). Not everyone's life experience "fits" but there has to be some element of fluidity between you and your "category" as it were. Where...

Im not judging, just from the point of someone who has been in the gay community my whole life....it just makes me a bit suspicious. and it would and IO too. I guessed (without having read the part that one of you had previously been married to a man), that you had been. Most people struggle...

but then you'd need a visa to go to buffalo.........

Find out who your mayor is in TO, and phone their office to inquire about whether they can help speed up the process for you by requesting the marriage cert on your behalf. It's worth the phone call.

The issue is that (in Ontario) it takes time to register the marriage and then you request the marriage cert thereafter. Its the former, not the latter process that takes so much time. Tips: Make SURE you tell your clergy person (or whoever is doing your service) to please submit the paper...

I agree nyssa. I think when two people come from two different countries, intelligent people will realize that immigration will be a factor at some point if the relationship is to continue. Whether that means immigration of the Canadian to the foreign nationals country, or vice versa. We too...

This is especially tough for people from non visa-exempt countries (but definitely tough on everyone). It's like a lose lose situation. They want you to show you are a genuine couple (ie: live together, have contact in person etc), but they wont grant TRVs to people from most countries of the...

It would help to say where you guys are from, and in what country you married. I would then be able to offer you some more informed advice. ;D