Hi folks,
Here is my timeline:
07/Jul/2020 - ITA
11/Aug/2020 - AOR
28/Aug/2020 - Biometrics collection letter
10/Sept/2020 - Biometrics done
Long radio silence
11/Mar/2022 - ADR for new Sch A
22/Mar/2022 - ADR for new police certificate
23/Mar/2022 - Re-medical request
Sent a webform to say I had trouble getting a medical appointment within the 30 day deadline and asking if it would be okay if it's within 31 days. They never replied (of course), so I had to rebook at another clinic much farther away and travel for a couple of days to get it done within the deadline.
26/Mar/2022 - Got married
26/Apr/2022 - Ready For Visa email from London office for PA only (email only, no notification in portal)
27/Apr/2022 - Replied to Ready For Visa email informing of marriage and attached raft of supporting docs for spouse:
- Marriage certificate
- Marriage photo
- Sch A for spouse
- IMM5562
- IMM0008
- IMM5406 for PA
- IMM5406 for spouse
- Spouse passport
- Spouse police certificate
- Spouse birth certificate
- Spouse upfront medical
- Updated POF
- Spouse passport-style photo
- Misc supporting documents (shared household bills etc)
- I did not send a payment receipt or relationship questionnaire - I ought to have included these.
15/Jun/2022 - Sent payment receipt using webform
29/Jul/2022 - ADR requesting all of the documents above again plus relationship questionnaire
There was no placeholder in my portal so I sent all the documents via webform.
02/Aug/2022 - ADR requesting all of the documents for a third time. This time they created two placeholders in the portal for me. By combining and compressing the documents, I just about managed to fit everything in.
Spouse's name appeared in portal from around September.
17/Nov/2022 - Biometrics collection letter for spouse which had several errors on it - wrong address, wrong nationality, wrong country of residence (these were IRCC's mistakes, not mine).
18/Nov/2022 - Sent webform and email to London visa office telling them about these errors and asking if its okay to go to a biometrics appointment anyway - they never replied.
02/Dec/2022 - Went to biometrics appointment with the incorrect biometrics collection letter for spouse and were able to do the appointment as normal. Biometrics for spouse displayed in portal immediately.
10/Dec/2022 - Medical passed for spouse
15/Jan/2023 - Ready For Visa message for PA and spouse. This time it came through the portal instead of a direct email.
PA nationality: Irish
PA country of residence: UK
Stream: FSW Outland
CRS: 481
Office: Vancouver
Stay strong folks, we'll all get there eventually. I'll save you some poutine.
