Please see my previous postings under "CANADAMEXICO" for background details.
So i believe the last update i gave, we had won our appeal of the ARC decline and the appeal board sent our case back to the embassy for processing.
A few months later, the embassy asked for updated application schedules (background, addresses, work history, etc.). We submitted.
THen they asked for a new RCMP Police Clearance...which raised a red flag because he was deported 5 years ago, we submitted an rcmp clearance 2 years ago and they were currently processing an ARC meaning he had not been granted permission to enter Canada since 5 years ago, why would they need a new certificate for a place he had not been granted entry to in 5 years. I asked the embassy, and sent them the scan of the document they had on file already. They refused to respond back to me.
I asked my local MP to do a ministerial inquiry and they did. The embassy responded "actually we don't need the new rcmp clearance afterall". (FYI, this document takes 4 whole months to obtain).
So they requested a document they didn't even need that would have held up our application another 4 months.
Then they requested an FBI Clearance (to the United States which he had never visited nor lived in), and updated police certificates from several Mexican states and a PGR Clearance. All of which you must present IN PERSON to obtain. And you cannot even get a PGR yourself, especially if you do not have military service. So this will take a long time. But nevertheless, i'm told after we submit it's just an updated medical and maybe some surprise document after that, who knows. But at least it's moving forward and at least he is "preapproved".
So all in all i'd say it is possible to obtain a Permanent Residence and ARC (pending the outcome of this final step).
So i believe the last update i gave, we had won our appeal of the ARC decline and the appeal board sent our case back to the embassy for processing.
A few months later, the embassy asked for updated application schedules (background, addresses, work history, etc.). We submitted.
THen they asked for a new RCMP Police Clearance...which raised a red flag because he was deported 5 years ago, we submitted an rcmp clearance 2 years ago and they were currently processing an ARC meaning he had not been granted permission to enter Canada since 5 years ago, why would they need a new certificate for a place he had not been granted entry to in 5 years. I asked the embassy, and sent them the scan of the document they had on file already. They refused to respond back to me.
I asked my local MP to do a ministerial inquiry and they did. The embassy responded "actually we don't need the new rcmp clearance afterall". (FYI, this document takes 4 whole months to obtain).
So they requested a document they didn't even need that would have held up our application another 4 months.
Then they requested an FBI Clearance (to the United States which he had never visited nor lived in), and updated police certificates from several Mexican states and a PGR Clearance. All of which you must present IN PERSON to obtain. And you cannot even get a PGR yourself, especially if you do not have military service. So this will take a long time. But nevertheless, i'm told after we submit it's just an updated medical and maybe some surprise document after that, who knows. But at least it's moving forward and at least he is "preapproved".
So all in all i'd say it is possible to obtain a Permanent Residence and ARC (pending the outcome of this final step).
very happy