Thank you and nekeol for response' I am in Ottawa and I tried to go through bunch of posts to understand how they decide for someone to go to a full hearing or a ADR hearing, I wonder after the appeal is done and after I send them the related documentation they will have a decision or they will just go through my file in advance and make a decision for a full hearing or a ADR? my lawyer didn't tell me much and she told me she can't promise anything about how strong my case is until she hears from them first and after she goes through my file and some of my original receipts like financial supports for almost each month in 4 years are taken at the time of interview by the officer and I wonder if they will send them back to us? it is so sad to see an officer can decide over a 4 years old marriage in an hour interview and ruin someone's life so easy.MaryL said:Peyman.ch there is a mountain of information on this thread. What I suggest you do is search your exact topics...where did your appeal go to? Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal? Also, if you are in Ottawa your appeal goes to Montreal. Vancouver is the fastest and Toronto the slowest. I would search the office you case is going thru. Also search ADR.
What happens is you sign appeal papers, your appeal sent to appropriate office for where you live. They send you acknowledgment letter. Then the visa office your wife's file was sent to has 4 months to send your lawyer/representative and IAD office a copy of file. I also suggest sitting down and reading back at least all of 2015 and 2014 posts on here. And start gathering more evidence.
Sorry to hear they refuse. I am an original Canadian, born and raised here, law abiding and pay taxes. I want to live here and my husband wants to be where I am. I am thru Vancouver IAD, I file appeal June 15 and receive AOR from Vancouver June 29. So waiting now. I see some ppl on here receive file.in 2 months to 2.5 months. So here's hoping