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    Congolese Immigration to Canada via South Africa

    Hi Charlie, Depending on their own aspirations, they can choose what category ( a lot of category available) to apply under with the Canadian Immigration. And the process will beggin the same way for every one : filling up the forms and sending it to the Canadian High Commission ( Embassy)...
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    H&C approved stage1 but

    EMPRESS and MADZIBABA, Any update yet ?
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    File sent for further assessment

    Vancouver is n ot the centralized processing center for H&C cases, from what I heard... They are sending all the H&C cases to Vancouver since a few months now... It supposed to be faster n ow...let's wait and see. I just did my medical for H&C case as well, in Toronto...and they asked me...
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    AIP on H & C case for a former refugee claimant

    An acquaintance of mine did , finaly, get her PR status, under H&C. The funny thing is that they did not ask her to do medical or police certificate again. She came to Canada in 1999 and her refugee claim was denied in 2002. She then tried different processes then finally decided to apply for...
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    work permit expired

    I've been in a situation were my OWP expired and I continued working and then applied for a renewal . IN Toronto ( St Clair) the officer told me that as long as I was still with the same employer, I was under the "implied status"... I have no clue what that means but He renewed my OWP with a...
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    Advice Please

    She needs a pardon, I would say, if she was convicted in a court of law.... And a pardon cost around 300 $. But she will not have to leave the country if you apply for her PR. Regards,
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    Refugee case in Pretoria

    In my sisters's case , they never had to repay any money to anybody. We were directed to the IOM's office in nairobi. Once there we filled some forms, waited to be called in, they ask for the proof from the canadian embassy that they were really getting the PR's visa : we had the stamped...
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    CAIPS for people who are in Canada with work permit!

    To obtain your CAIPS notes, you do need to know someone living in Canada, either a citizen or a permanent resident, who will be willing to mail the request for you. If you already in Canada, you can however send in the application yourself. A Canadian citizen living abroad can also send in the...
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    Refugee case in Pretoria

    My sisters travelled from Nairobi to Toronto with IOM's flight tickets ( KLM), but they were not sponsored refugees, just PR's receipients that did not have enough money to pay for the plane tickets... @ MFUMU : I'm not sure if Nairobi is faster than Pretoria but is seemed to take forever for...
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    H&C approved stage1 but

    Any news since then ???
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    How to bring a newborn child of a PR resident to Canada

    Mylota is right, have the child born in Canada then they can go back to your country ! Do not try to complicate your existence by adding extra stress ( processing a new application with the embassy, etc.. ) . If your wife was outside Canada that would be a different case... Best of luck !
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    any document missing in the initial package send to CIO

    Hello Mustafa, If the document is not crucial to the approval but still necessary; they will process your application and request it from you later on, if needed. But nothing prevent you from sending the "forgotten" documents , if you have already a client ID number. If fact, as long as your...
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    Refugee case in Pretoria

    Hello Mfumu, Yes, it works and people do get PR with the private sponsorship. I lived in Nairobi for a while and I witnesses a lot of my friends beiing privately sponsored and they all got their PR after all. CIC is know for having a huge backlog that create all the delays and causes...
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    AIP on H & C case for a former refugee claimant

    Applied November 2008 Transferred to Etobicoke in April 2010 June 2010 they ask for a file update August 2010 , additionals documents requested January 2011 : Approval in Principle... My question are : 1) does CIC have to do the background check and medical check again ? Because...
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    H & C application approved!

    Did they ask you to do the security check yet ? Did they send you a form for medical ? I'm in a similat situation : Applied 2007 Transferred to Etobicoke in April 2010 June 2010 they ask for a file update August 2010 , kids documents ( birth certificate ) and copy of passport requested...
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    H & C and family income

    CIC does not disclosed exactly what they base their H & C decision up on. It's all at the discretion of the officer who has the file, and if I'm not worng, they look at the financial independence part only after the AIP, if approuved. The look at the financial part along with the medical...