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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    1. If we are lucky to get our PR, do we have to remain in Canada for a set amount of time before returning to South Africa to wind up financial affairs etc? Or are we then free to come and go whenever we like? I think in some countries you HAVE to be in the country for a certain number of days a...
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    Our daughter lives in Canada. We will submit all the requested medical info on the webform and send it to her too, to approach her MP. Thanks for the idea!
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    We were devastated, we received a pre-arrival letter in August already, then suddenly a week ago received a procedural fairness letter saying they dont think my husband is medically admissable! Cant understand how it is possible to get the one before the other one - file has been transferred to...
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    Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2019

    Our application was received 21-05-2019, AOR 04-10-2019 immigration medical completed12-03-2020 Pre-arrival letter 20 08-2020 Still no COPR letter or request for passport. Visa office is Pretoria, South Africa. We are now more than 20 month along the line, but no action since August. Is there...
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    Our Application Received was 21-05-2019, AOR 04-10-2019. We received a Pre-Arrival letter on 20-08-2020. so we are more than 20 months down the line..... feeling very discouraged.
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    We have still not received our golden letter!! more than 5 months now...... does anyone have any idea why itis taking so long?
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    We received our pre-arrival letter in August, and deathly silence since then, we are in the PGP sponsorship program. Anyone know anything about Pretoria office? I enquired, omnly received the generic 'in process' form in reply.
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    Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2019

    Thank you very much - not sure how to tag these people to add my details to the spreadsheet?
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    I cant find the link to the spreadsheet, so its difficult to ascertain whether any other South Africans have got any further in the process
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    Our AOR was on 04 October 2019, Parent grandparent Sponsorship stream, we are being sponsored by our daughter
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    Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2019

    I have a question: We are in South Africa, our LVO is Pretoria, and we are being sponsored by our daughter who lives in Alberta.. We received an AOR on 4 Oct 2019, did our IME on 12 March 2020, received request for further information, which was all submitted, and our last documents (PCCs and...
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    We received a Pre-Arrival Letter on 20 August, from IRCC, inviting us to register with the pre-arrival services offered by IRCC. We have not heard any more, Does anyone know how long it then should take to get our CORP letter?
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    Applications processing in Pretoria Local Visa Office

    We are in the PGP Sponsorship group, medical completed 12 March, additional info sent and accepted, all police clearances sent in, have had all our documents acknowledged, but nothing further. Perhaps they are still working remotely - now that we are at level 2, hopeful that things may begin to...
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    Parent/Grandparent sponsorship vs Supervisa

    How do other families manage this issue? Anyone with suggestions?
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    Parent/Grandparent sponsorship vs Supervisa

    That is really disappointing - I thought that, with Supervisa allowing one to stay, it would follow that one would be able to make investments for income while one is there, to be self-supporting. This rule actually puts financial pressure on visitor and host both!
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    Parent/Grandparent sponsorship vs Supervisa

    Two questions: 1. My daughter was not selected as a sponsor for 2017. If we apply for a supervisa or are in the country on our current multiple entry visa, can she apply to sponsor us while we are actually IN Canada? 2. If we are in Canada on a supervisa, does that give us temporary resident...