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    Counting the days abroad together

    I think the following applies? I would still HUGELY appreciate any thoughts or insights on the matter. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/page-7.html#h-274598 Residency obligation 28 (1) A permanent resident must comply with a residency obligation with respect to every five-year...
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    Counting the days abroad together

    I am a Canadian citizen. My wife and child were approved for permanent residency in summer of 2017. They landed at that time, got their PR cards, and we spent the following 3.5 months living in Vancouver. Due to a number of factors (primarily having the support of her family while our baby...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    Thanks so much! Best wishes to all - and I'll stick around to try to help answer things where possible. What a journey!!
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    We received our COPR!!! Unfortunately, the confusion continues... On the COPR they wrote the height of both my wife and son wrong - maybe understandable for my infant son that they would add 30 cm, but for my wife they added 7cm to her actual height (which we wrote correctly on all documents)...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    The most wonderful words I've read in a very long time... Your application has been approved!!! ;D
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    Spousal sponsorship

    Hooray!!! We finally received our PPR!! Now we're confused by which fees need to be paid, and for which services, to the VAC in Tokyo? Service Charge for Application Handling — Price per Applicant* Does per applicant mean a total of 2 - 1 each for my wife and child, or is it just 1 for the...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    We received our PPR!! Now we're confused by which fees need to be paid, and for which services, to the VAC in Tokyo? Does per applicant mean a total of 2 - 1 each for my wife and child, or is it just 1 for the primary applicant? Service Charge for Application Handling — Price per Applicant*...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    We ordered notes about a week ago, but that takes up to 31 days according to the ATIP website. On myCIC it says Review of eligibility - Review in Progress Review of medical results - Passed Scheduling an interview - Not needed at this time Background check - In Progress Final Decision - Not...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    Happy to share the timeline and story, thus far: CPC-Missisauga Application Received: Oct 17th, 2016. Sponsor Approval: Nov 8, 2016. Forwarded to Manila office: Nov 10, 2016 There was some confusion because when they were processing the sponsor application at CPC-M they decided to remove our...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    I'm not sure when it actually started - I only managed to link the application to myCIC (and order notes) about 10 days ago. It's been In Progress since before then. Prior to that I was just trying to wait as patiently as possible. We got Sponsor Approval on November 10...
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    Still waiting for updates. Background check in progress (for a while now). No new messages on myCIC. Very happy to see others from around the same application timeframe getting their PPR and Visas. Congrats to the recent approvals!
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    How do you order notes to see progress? It would be GREAT to have a sense of how things are progressing!
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    *NEW* MANILA VISA OFFICE Philippines SPOUSE/FAMILY TIMELINE

    Hello everyone. So happy to see the processing times for other applicants here. Sharing our timeline, so far. CPC-Missisauga Application Received: Oct 17th, 2016. Sponsor Approval: Nov 8, 2016. Forwarded to Manila office... and no news since, but we're staying hopeful that we will hear very soon.