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Hab said:
Hi,

Embassy is close only monday as you can see on their website. Today its was not close.

2012 Statutory Holidays Date Closed for:

Jan 02 Monday New Year's Day
Apr 06 Friday Good Friday
Apr 09 Monday Easter Monday
May 21 Monday Victoria Day
Jul 02 Monday Canada Day
Aug 20 Monday Eid-El-Fitr
Oct 08 Monday Thanksgiving Day
Oct 26 Friday Eid-El-Adha
Nov 22 Thursday Lebanese Independence Day
Dec 25 Tuesday Christmas Day
Dec 26 Wednesday Boxing Day

Nope, it was closed today. Someone I know went to the embassy and advised that it was closed. Not all holidays are posted on the site, and due to the holiday being accepted in the country the embassy had to respect it. I wouldn't share false information :)
 
Eid Fiter sa3eed for all of you my friends and for all of your families :), I hope next Eid all of us be reunited with our spouse :)

:( Especially who waited soooooooooooooooooooooo longgggggggggggggggggggggg :(
 
lele said:
Eid Fiter sa3eed for all of you my friends and for all of your families :), I hope next Eid all of us be reunited with our spouse :)

:( Especially who waited soooooooooooooooooooooo longgggggggggggggggggggggg :(

Happy Eid to everyone! Nshallah in this time of grace, the Lord will bestow on all of us peace of mind and joy of heart; and may the Lord reunite all of us with our loved ones (even though I'm with my husband thankfully but half of my heart is still in Beirut because my family is there) and give us the wisdom and patience to understand his ways.
Guys, I'm not here to preach you or be condescending, but I'd thought I'd remind you to enjoy being with your families until the time comes that you are with your partners.
Nshallah, you will hear news about your visas and this chapter of your lives would end.
P.S. Yass asked me to update the chart, please help with any updated info that you might have. Happy Eid again!
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fadimaya said:
i am thinking to leave all canada and live in some islands somewhere i am thinking to stop the process am fed up with the bureaucratic behavior , i am fed up with the hipster behavior . Bastaaaa ! The end of October if no news ! i ll leave canada for good and go to a sunny country !and get united with my wife there !i miss Jean Chretien days !

why you want to wait until octobre end?? If you are conscious of what you said, leave now Canada
 
Immigration application v/s sponsorship.

Hello,
I have a Canadian permanent residence since 6 months, I am engaged to a beautifull Lady back in Lebanon. My fiance is still at university in Lebanon, finished her first year at the Lebanese University, Educational science, she is 21 years old.
I would like to know, would you recommend that I start her immigration papers right away? or is it better to wait untill we get married (2 years from now) and just go with the sponsorship option?

N.B: I live in Quebec.
 
chris_z77 said:
Immigration application v/s sponsorship.

Hello,
I have a Canadian permanent residence since 6 months, I am engaged to a beautifull Lady back in Lebanon. My fiance is still at university in Lebanon, finished her first year at the Lebanese University, Educational science, she is 21 years old.
I would like to know, would you recommend that I start her immigration papers right away? or is it better to wait untill we get married (2 years from now) and just go with the sponsorship option?

N.B: I live in Quebec.

Do you mean skilled worker by immigration papers?! The reason why I think you mean this is because you have distinguished between that and "sponsorship option".
In any case, both options won't work at the moment. you must either wait until she graduates for skilled worker (if she qualifies for the new selected occupations) or until you get married (fiancée or conjugal partners isn't a bullet proof process especially for us). Good Luck.
 
chris_z77 said:
Immigration application v/s sponsorship.

Hello,
I have a Canadian permanent residence since 6 months, I am engaged to a beautifull Lady back in Lebanon. My fiance is still at university in Lebanon, finished her first year at the Lebanese University, Educational science, she is 21 years old.
I would like to know, would you recommend that I start her immigration papers right away? or is it better to wait untill we get married (2 years from now) and just go with the sponsorship option?

N.B: I live in Quebec.


haven't you been reading the threads?! quebec skilled workers applicants, such as myself, have been waiting since forever, 31.5 months and this is after the federal part i am not adding the time i have waited to get the CSQ.. the family sponsorships are getting visas, and they have been waiting much less.

so marry her and go with the sponsorship option so you won't wait like us forever
 
Hello Guys,
I called the hospital to take an appoinment for the medical and the woman told me that the embassy should send me a paper to redo the medical :-X what should I do ? ? ? :-\
 
Hi,

CIC website updated their processing times for sponsorship of spouses and it includes Beirut office.

ht tp://w ww.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/fc-spouses.asp
 
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates 24
Amman – Jordan 19
Beirut – Lebanon 17
Cairo – Egypt 14
Dakar – Senegal 25
Nairobi – Kenya 31
Pretoria – South Africa 25
Rabat – Morocco 8
Tel Aviv – Israel 7



YA 3EIN :(
 
Sanoua said:
Visa Office Processing Times
IN MONTHS
(based on a complete application package)
Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates 24
Amman – Jordan 19
Beirut – Lebanon 17
Cairo – Egypt 14
Dakar – Senegal 25
Nairobi – Kenya 31
Pretoria – South Africa 25
Rabat – Morocco 8
Tel Aviv – Israel 7



YA 3EIN :(

I am almost 20 month in process " maybe ghalato btween beirut and south africa 25 month" :D :D
 
Eh laken ana kamen marte min el 20%. Sorna tnen :D.

But its not logic because its say the times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. Beirut vo start process our files only in april 2012 maybe and not since july 2011. So this statistic is based on only 3 month. So its have not too mutch importance!


Sanoua said:
La2 ma heik lele, inteh manik min 80% so inteh min 20%. Allah yefreja 3an aqrib lal kill.
 
We have to wait 2 or 3 quarter to consider this statistical for beirut vo! But nshallah in 2 or 3 quarter all of us will get the visa!
 
Hab said:
Eh laken ana kamen marte min el 20%. Sorna tnen :D.

But its not logic because its say the times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. Beirut vo start process our files only in april 2012 maybe and not since july 2011. So this statistic is based on only 3 month. So its have not too mutch importance!
Hi hab, how is your wife, how is her pregnancy? I hope she is fine, did she went to the embassy recently. I am thinking to go tomorrow...
 
Hi lele,

Thanks for asking, my wife is good in 2 weeks she will start the 9 month of pregnancy. So, in one month I will go back to lebanon :). No recently she dont go to the embassy. Tell us what will happen for you!

lele said:
Hi hab, how is your wife, how is her pregnancy? I hope she is fine, did she went to the embassy recently. I am thinking to go tomorrow...