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[asbereth]

Congrats, guys I'm happy that some Feb and March applicants finally hear something back from Ottawa. It's been a nerve-wrecking moment for some of us lately (and still is). I think the majority of applicants will hear something from the visa office before 1 year after PER (either medical or document request), so that should give an indication when you should hear back the latest. So if your due date is coming, prepare your bank statement, and make sure it doesn't go lower than the required threshold, guys!!!

Quick question. CPP Ottawa has requested me the proof of bank statement and last six month of bank activity. I have three option to show my proof of fund. I will prove either one from your kind suggestions.

I heard from some people that you can't have joint account with anybody but your spouse, so joint accounts with parents or brothers will not be accepted. TyrusX posted a link to some forum discussion, which has several good advices on things that can be used for proof of funds

http://get2canada.wordpress.com/advice-on-proof-of-funds/

In particular, let me re-iterate that the money needs to be yours, you cannot borrow it. So if you brother is willing to give you 12,000 and if you make him swear under the law and penalty of perjury that you DO NOT (SHOULD NOT) need to return the funds back to him, then THEORETICALLY (they may still think that it's too suspicious), it should be accepted. But then again, we don't really know exactly what they have in mind, and how they evaluate things, so apply at your own risk.

Also, all properties but cars and jewelries may be accepted, though I'm not sure exactly how you can get your mortgage evaluated for POF purposes. You may want to look at this more carefully. Remember, borrowing money is NOT the solution, and if your brother is willing to give you the money, tell him that the money will be yours, and you will NOT RETURN these funds back to him.

 

[kg.jadu]

kg.jadu, moonbow2010,
how bout you guys? any news?

Hey websphereguy,

Nothing yet. There is an interesting issue though. I got my PER on May 1, after a NER on March 29. Would my BFD be determined by my submission (February) or PER (May) date? Based on the case of MapleDream, who got PER in the end of April 2012, but was contacted by CPC-Ottawa a while ago, I think submission date matters more. Nevertheless, no people with "***" (except MapleDream and, perhaps, immc) got any communication from Ottawa yet.

By the way, my submission date is "February 17" (not 16)---this is what my eCAS status shows.

Regards,

-kg.jadu

 

[moonbow2010]

kg.jadu, moonbow2010,

how bout you guys? any news?

Haven't heard anything from them.

I am also worrying about my job experience letter.

 

[asbereth]

Nothing yet. There is an interesting issue though. I got my PER on May 1, after a NER on March 29. Would my BFD be determined by my submission (February) or PER (May) date? Based on the case of MapleDream, who got PER in the end of April 2012, but was contacted by CPC-Ottawa a while ago, I think submission date matters more. Nevertheless, no people with "***" (except MapleDream and, perhaps, immc) got any communication from Ottawa yet.

kg,jadu, since your PER was May 1, then your due date would most likely be May 1 2013. They probably take into account the fact that you applied back in February, but I would say that you would hear something before May 1. Hopefully this would be a good news, since we will then know that those who appealed or those who relied on the 5 adaptability points to get above 67 points still have a chance to be eligible.

I am also worrying about my job experience letter.

Sometimes, not having heard anything, even though those after you have heard something is actually a good thing. They may not find any problems at all with your application, and you'll get your medical soon. Besides, your due date is March 21 2013, so I think it's very likely you'll hear something from them before then. Hopefully that would be a good news.

 

[phdapplicant]

Guys, I've landed in Niagara Falls (Rainbow Bridge) today. There is one thing that I would like to bring up: they will ask for your proof of funding. Please keep it in mind.
My bank account had less than what they required, so I had to deposit a significant amount of money into it a few days ago. Hence, the officier did ask me to explain the reason. He was happy with my explanation and issued me the PR status.

Anyway, my journey has come to an end. I will not come back to this forum anymore. Thanks everyone for your contribution and encouragement during the last one and a half year. Hope that all of you will get a PR soon.

Best wishes!

 

[TyrusX]

Guys, I've landed in Niagara Falls (Rainbow Bridge) today. There is one thing that I would like to bring up: they will ask for your proof of funding. Please keep it in mind.
My bank account had less than what they required, so I had to deposit a significant amount of money into it a few days ago. Hence, the officier did ask me to explain the reason. He was happy with my explanation and issued me the PR status.

Anyway, my journey has come to an end. I will not come back to this forum anymore. Thanks everyone for your contribution and encouragement during the last one and a half year. Hope that all of you will get a PR soon.

Best wishes!

Congrats.

 

[asbereth]

Guys, I've landed in Niagara Falls (Rainbow Bridge) today. There is one thing that I would like to bring up: they will ask for your proof of funding. Please keep it in mind.
My bank account had less than what they required, so I had to deposit a significant amount of money into it a few days ago. Hence, the officier did ask me to explain the reason. He was happy with my explanation and issued me the PR status.

Anyway, my journey has come to an end. I will not come back to this forum anymore. Thanks everyone for your contribution and encouragement during the last one and a half year. Hope that all of you will get a PR soon.

Best wishes!

Congrats, man !!! It would be nice though if you can share what you explain to the officer?

 

[JVJ]

Ok. So here a few things that may we can't ignore: A letter of reference from the University of Calgary. I would say, talk to your supervisor, see how he pays you. Did you sign a contract? Get a copy of it. Talk to his secretary and someone from your department to see if they can do that for you. Maybe see with human resources. It may work differently from each department, I did sign a contract for RAship, and I actually got my supervisor secretary to print a detailed description and got him to sign. All of this on a Embossed UofC paper. If possible, stamped with some uofc Logo. They want formal evidence, so give them that, ask yourself, if I was a visa officer, what kind of problems I would look on this document? But the thing is, it is a " letter of reference" so it seems they may be requesting some form of perfomance evaluation from your supervisor as well. Get him to write something, he is performing this duties x and Y and he is perfoming then well and in a professional way. etc. Good luck and congrats!

Hey Tyrus, Thanks for such a detailed awesome response man ..I will make sure I get everything right..Thanks Again

 

[N_O]

Hi every one,

Unfortunately my application was rejected from Ottawa, after a year in processing! The reason was this "Your letter of reference from XXXX University substantiates your 9 months of full-time work experience as an Assistant Lecturer. However, the duty listed for your experience as a Teaching Assistant does not indicate that you performed the actions in lead statement and a substantial number of the main duties under the NOC code you selected – NOC 4122 Post-Secondary" Teaching and Research Assistants. This work experience does not meet the requirements above".
Although I worked as a Teaching Assistant for 4 years and then as an Assistant lecturer at the same university in my homeland, both jobs have the same duties but with different titles. Any ideas Why did they just count the last one?

Also, If I want to apply again from scratch, can I update the job experience letter to be more specific regarding the duties?
BTW, I've been a TA/RA here for almost 4 years, exactly 11 semesters, do you think I should provide them with this experience, would it be enough by itself? if I decided to apply again!


I'd appreciate your help!

 

[JVJ]

Tyrus, I wanted to show you the job letter that I emailed them. I will talk to them again on Monday regarding this. It definitely doesn't have any embossed features on it but it does have the logo. Since you are from the same university as me, i will highly appreciate if you can take a look at it. If nothing else it will give me the mental satisfaction. If it is okay with you then please provide me with your email address. Mine is jpsgill@ucalgary.ca ...Thanks a ton!!

 

[oliveoyl]

Update: Received email today and was asked to submit proof of funds, along with account activity for the past six months.

Question: Do you email pdfs of statements or submit hard copy ?

Seems now a new trend in processing from 2012-13 onwards. Document request relatively soon after PER.
Oh well!

 

[Houra]

Update: Received email today and was asked to submit proof of funds, along with account activity for the past six months.

Question: Do you email pdfs of statements or submit hard copy ?

Seems now a new trend in processing from 2012-13 onwards. Document request relatively soon after PER.
Oh well!

Congrats! That's true, seems all Jan 2013 PERs are receiving doc request these days. Mine should come soon too! I would be also interested to know if they accept pdf files or is hard copy required. What does the email say? If it says "original" then they probably mean hard copy.

 

[oliveoyl]

Congrats! That's true, seems all Jan 2013 PERs are receiving doc request these days. Mine should come soon too! I would be also interested to know if they accept pdf files or is hard copy required. What does the email say? If it says "original" then they probably mean hard copy.

Thanks. But I don't think it means much regarding quicker processing. Of all you know, we might still be in limbo for the next however many months/yr.
This just means that "proof of funds" is their easiest document request and probably the biggest stickler for all applicants.
Good(or bad as you see it) that they are requesting it early on.

The email says just documents, doesn't say original/hard copy.

 

[Houra]

Thanks. But I don't think it means much regarding quicker processing. Of all you know, we might still be in limbo for the next however many months/yr.
This just means that "proof of funds" is their easiest document request and probably the biggest stickler for all applicants.
Good(or bad as you see it) that they are requesting it early on.

The email says just documents, doesn't say original/hard copy.

Yes I agree, It doesn't necessarily mean that it is faster. But it's always better to hear a potential bad news sooner than later!!

 

[Curious2]

Those of you who have done medical exam:
I claimed my immigration lab test and the GSA insurance reimbursed me.
Normally, insurance does not cover the medical expenses requested by a third party, but a friend told me that they will pay for the lab test, so I claimed it and they paid.