anybody from dominican republic?

[nreilly]

@ LaLa .... well with that info that you just posted it kinda makes sense that they send it to mexico. maybe they are really busy in SD and mexico is taking some sponsorship apps...

i wouldnt really worry if i were you. if they said they sent it to SD then thats how it is...


@ TInk23... ya i just don´t have a good feeling about this being sent to mexico.. but i will try to stay positive..

anything else that i can do??

 

[LaLa320]

Did you receive an AOR2 from SD? If you did, I don't think you should worry!

Yes AOR was from SD!

@ LaLa .... well with that info that you just posted it kinda makes sense that they send it to mexico. maybe they are really busy in SD and mexico is taking some sponsorship apps...

i wouldnt really worry if i were you. if they said they sent it to SD then thats how it is...


@ TInk23... ya i just don´t have a good feeling about this being sent to mexico.. but i will try to stay positive..

anything else that i can do??

Yeah! I'm just over analyzing the situation! I'm sure everything is fine, but i did order my notes just to ease my mind a bit! Try not to stress too much, if they said they did it to process it quicker then maybe they are going by the SD timeline for your app, but it just happens to be in Mexico. I'm sure a few months from now all of us will be looking back on this forum woth our landing stories!

 

[sb414]

it will be interesting to see how the timeline for Dominican applicants being processed in Mexico, compared to those that are being processed in Santo Domingo!

I was hoping SD would be quicker than they are! I'm heading to Santo Domingo this weekend and was hoping we would hear something soon!

 

[tink23]

I just looked on the CIC website and it would appear that the only applications for Pr actually being processed in Santo Domingo are Federal Skill Workers and Canadian Experience Class: Express Entry. All other PR apps are posted as being processed in Mexico. Hopefully that doesn't last long. Very inconvenient, like when all Dominican applications were being processed through Haiti.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp#d

And here is a list of all the applications that Mexico is responsible for. It's a lot. Hopefully they have a ton of employees working there and lots of resources to get through the applications much quicker.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/mexico.asp

 

[nreilly]

I just looked on the CIC website and it would appear that the only applications for Pr actually being processed in Santo Domingo are Federal Skill Workers and Canadian Experience Class: Express Entry. All other PR apps are posted as being processed in Mexico. Hopefully that doesn't last long. Very inconvenient, like when all Dominican applications were being processed through Haiti.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp#d

And here is a list of all the applications that Mexico is responsible for. It's a lot. Hopefully they have a ton of employees working there and lots of resources to get through the applications much quicker.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/mexico.asp

the first link that you posted i swear that just changed.... check that last week and it said that only grandparents are another app ( dont remember the name ) are processed in Mexico .... i hope its like you said and it actually goes faster...

do you know how it was, went applications where sent to haiti? lots of complaining about how slow it was going? or actually going quicker?

 

[LaLa320]

the first link that you posted i swear that just changed.... check that last week and it said that only grandparents are another app ( dont remember the name ) are processed in Mexico .... i hope its like you said and it actually goes faster...

do you know how it was, went applications where sent to haiti? lots of complaining about how slow it was going? or actually going quicker?

Ok somethings up, because you can't even get on to the SDVO website now. It just takes you to the main CIC VO page. And it was working last week and had VERY different info. This is frustrating to think that may application may have been transferred to Mexico, without a word about it from CIC.

 

[tink23]

the first link that you posted i swear that just changed.... check that last week and it said that only grandparents are another app ( dont remember the name ) are processed in Mexico .... i hope its like you said and it actually goes faster...

do you know how it was, went applications where sent to haiti? lots of complaining about how slow it was going? or actually going quicker?

Yeah, it was a pain. This was before I was married or sent the application in, but I was still very active in a group and learned a lot about the process.

Things moved quickly from Haiti to Santo Domingo because of the Jan 2010 earthquake that hit Port-Au-Prince (I was living in Puerto Plata at the time-- didn't feel it, but many around me did!) I would think it seems that maybe things are slower moving things over to Mexico, like maybe they're finishing most current applications in SD and newer ones are being sent to Mexico. If your application is being moved, you will receive notice of that, which, to my knowledge, no one has yet, except for newer applications that only recently got sponsor approval... So maybe they're sort of doctoring it in.

As for interviews, how it worked with Haiti doing the processing, they would have a block of days that the visa officers processing the apps would be in Santo Domingo, and all applicants requiring interviews would be interviewed at the SD embassy within a few days of each other. I think people had the opportunity to go to Haiti if they didn't want to wait for the scheduled interviews, but that would be a much much bigger trip going to Mexico, and I believe a visa is required for Domincans without residency elsewhere, to visit Mexico. Not to mention the flight would be terribly expensive and with Mexico processing so many countries, they might not even allow it. Probably best to wait.

I posted his info also in the Dominicano Spouses group, so if you're on there, there might be more people discussing it there as well.

Good luck to everyone! This is going to be quite the disturbance I would think (but hopefully not!).

 

[tink23]

Ok somethings up, because you can't even get on to the SDVO website now. It just takes you to the main CIC VO page. And it was working last week and had VERY different info. This is frustrating to think that may application may have been transferred to Mexico, without a word about it from CIC.

Yes, I noticed that too. I had to scroll down and click on "D" to see any info about Santo Domingo.

I'm certainly glad that I don't have to deal with this change that is afoot! I hope you all receive good news soon!

 

[sb414]

I received AOR2 from SD in March... so I think its safe to say our application would be in SD, right?

This just got ten times more stressful!

 

[lexDR]

Eeeek!!! 26 days for the first AOR on my application. Glad to see that CIC is speeding things up.

Feeling the excitement now.

 

[sb414]

Eeeek!!! 26 days for the first AOR on my application. Glad to see that CIC is speeding things up.

Feeling the excitement now.

congrats!!!!

 

[LaLa320]

I received AOR2 from SD in March... so I think its safe to say our application would be in SD, right?

This just got ten times more stressful!

Should be in SD! Since you received AR from them! I don't see why they would send to Mexico without notification and to start the process over with a new vo would not make any sense! But it is very worrisome to think it could be there.

 

[LaLa320]

Eeeek!!! 26 days for the first AOR on my application. Glad to see that CIC is speeding things up.

Feeling the excitement now.

Congratulations, your that much closer now!

 

[sb414]

Should be in SD! Since you received AR from them! I don't see why they would send to Mexico without notification and to start the process over with a new vo would not make any sense! But it is very worrisome to think it could be there.

you just never know, but either way there isn't much anyone can do about. Just have to keep on waiting!

I'm in SD right now.. I'm going to try calling tomorrow just to enquire if apps are being kept in SD!

 

[LaLa320]

you just never know, but either way there isn't much anyone can do about. Just have to keep on waiting!

I'm in SD right now.. I'm going to try calling tomorrow just to enquire if apps are being kept in SD!

Oh nice, enjoy your time there and let us know what happens. I'll be in DR in two weeks! I can't wait!