CHC, Islamabad Spouse Sponsorship Timeline 2009 -2010

[Amin86]

Thanks man when ever i got back my passport i will let you know Inshullah .

 

[wes786]

Wes bhai and Big Mac bhai you know i am re filling the imm forms so do i have to submit those passport size photos again of mine which i sent earlier with application package i think they were 8 or 9.

I say do what they have asked for. In my case they didn't ask for them so we didn't send them the photos...

 

[ONE 2 KA 4]

Friend's tips and joke will continue. CHC is close anyway due to weekend. Let's be serious and focus on the letter brother "Became-A-Loner" has drafted (page 978), lets finalized the letter over the weekend so that from Monday onward we can start sending them one by one a daily base.

 

[bigmakdaddy]

Friend's tips and joke will continue. CHC is close anyway due to weekend. Let's be serious and focus on the letter brother "Became-A-Loner" has drafted (page 978), lets finalized the letter over the weekend so that from Monday onward we can start sending them one by one a daily base.

Well I am going to receive my CAIPS notes on 13th May - so until than I will wait but if I do send out that letter after 13th, where are we sending them to? To their offices(whats the address) or emails?

 

[Pak28]

Friend's tips and joke will continue. CHC is close anyway due to weekend. Let's be serious and focus on the letter brother "Became-A-Loner" has drafted (page 978), lets finalized the letter over the weekend so that from Monday onward we can start sending them one by one a daily base.

all of us should send the same draf ???? and we should post it as well right??

 

[maknojia]

i really like the idea of the letter. plz go a head.

 

[became-a-loner]

i really like the idea of the letter. plz go a head.

I would suggest to send it by personal email and also take a print out, sign it and send it by regular mail to their mailing address

 

[became-a-loner]

Sorry Guys I forgot to indicate the address at the bottom of the letter because once you send a letter by regular mail there has to be a response from Minister's office by letter mailed to you and for that there has to be an address, those ......... once again for those of our friends on the forum who have concerns that they may be victimized by CHC-ISB, please NOTE that we are not complaining against any Visa or Immigration officer we are only complaining against PROCESSING TIME which to me is simply due to REDUCTION in SPOUSAL visa quota for Pakistan and understaffing of CHC-ISB, beyond that everything Immigration Officers are doing is to delay it on purpose since they dont have QUOTA available to them ........ so the root cause is in OTTAWA not in Islamabad and unless we speak up........... no one is going to listen and if we send a great deal of such letters, then Media may also take interest in it, or we can send a copy of the letter to CBC news as well..... now if everyone els agrees .......... once a member sends the letter by email and by paper mail ......... he/she should post it on the forum so we can count how many has such emails/regular mails has been sent ................ANY THOUGHTS ........... trust me its better than bickering and *censored word*ing here and doing nothing ........... at least its something ....... which may or may not work .......... but there is a MAY WORK in it..................also I think we should send one separate letter to Prime Minister Office and one to Jason Kenny ....... because the letter we will send to PM, they will forward it to Jason Kenny otherwise they will notice that Jason Kenny is already informed of it and just respond to us only opposed to referring it to JK office


THIS LETTER IS OPEN TO ANY IMPROVEMENT OR AMENDMENT, e.g another member changed a word to EMOTIONAL TOLL which i have added, any other suggestions are welcome so we can collectively finalize it .........


To: Mr Jason Kenny
Honorable Minister for Citizenship and Immigration
Cc: Mr Stephen Harper
Honorable Prime Minister of Canada

From: First and Last Name
File #

Dated:

Subject: Spousal Visa processing time for people from Pakistani Origin.

Dear Sir,

I take the opportunity to congratulate your party for winning a sweeping majority from every corner of Canada, in particular from ridings with majority of voters with Pakistani background such as in Brampton, Mississauga, Scarborough and Vancouver.

I would like to bring to your attention that since 2008 (when it used to be 6 months), the spousal visa time frame at Canadian High Commission Pakistan has consistently been increasing and now in the last update has hit an all time high average time of 21 month (this excludes the 45 days time it takes at Processing office in Mississauga).

The emotional toll and suffering we have to go through during the waiting time is unbearable and cannot be described in words, it is of no question that it is the worst experience of all in one's life and puts an unnecessary stress on relationship, work performance and future goals, which I believe defies the spirit of family reunification as described in Citizenship and Immigration Act of Canada.

It is quite surprising and disturbing to witness that our neighbouring country (India) with identical culture and background has spousal visa processing time of only 6 months. I am not sure if unusual waiting time at Canadian High Commission Islamabad is due to reduction in spousal visa quota for Pakistan or understaffing issues at Canadian High Commission Islamabad but being a tax payer and active member of Canadian society I strongly feel that our community should not be subject to the pain and suffering ensuing from this extraordinary long waiting time just to reunite with our spouses.

I believe that your office will take the time and attention to look into the matter and help hundreds of Pakistani spouses in Canada and thousands of others relatives related to them. At the end we are only requesting your help on humanitarian grounds since you are our leaders and represent all of us in Canada and in our country of origin as well.

Regards,



Signature

Address in Canada

 

[became-a-loner]

I would suggest to send it by personal email and also take a print out, sign it and send it by regular mail to their mailing address

Personally I think we can send the same draft so the message can be SAME as it is supposed to be the same, as long as it has our name and address and preferably file number it does not matter really ............. we are not doing anything wrong here ........... just reminding them of their fiduciary responsibility to facilitate our citizen's/immigrant's rights ...............other members can make their inputs on it

 

[maknojia]

Umer-e-daraz maang ker layee they char din
Do arzoo main kut gayee, do intazaar main

so true

 

[Jaania]

Sorry Guys I forgot to indicate the address at the bottom of the letter because once you send a letter by regular mail there has to be a response from Minister's office by letter mailed to you and for that there has to be an address, those ......... once again for those of our friends on the forum who have concerns that they may be victimized by CHC-ISB, please NOTE that we are not complaining against any Visa or Immigration officer we are only complaining against PROCESSING TIME which to me is simply due to REDUCTION in SPOUSAL visa quota for Pakistan and understaffing of CHC-ISB, beyond that everything Immigration Officers are doing is to delay it on purpose since they dont have QUOTA available to them ........ so the root cause is in OTTAWA not in Islamabad and unless we speak up........... no one is going to listen and if we send a great deal of such letters, then Media may also take interest in it, or we can send a copy of the letter to CBC news as well..... now if everyone els agrees .......... once a member sends the letter by email and by paper mail ......... he/she should post it on the forum so we can count how many has such emails/regular mails has been sent ................ANY THOUGHTS ........... trust me its better than bickering and *censored word*ing here and doing nothing ........... at least its something ....... which may or may not work .......... but there is a MAY WORK in it..................also I think we should send one separate letter to Prime Minister Office and one to Jason Kenny ....... because the letter we will send to PM, they will forward it to Jason Kenny otherwise they will notice that Jason Kenny is already informed of it and just respond to us only opposed to referring it to JK office


THIS LETTER IS OPEN TO ANY IMPROVEMENT OR AMENDMENT, e.g another member changed a word to EMOTIONAL TOLL which i have added, any other suggestions are welcome so we can collectively finalize it .........


To: Mr Jason Kenny
Honorable Minister for Citizenship and Immigration
Cc: Mr Stephen Harper
Honorable Prime Minister of Canada

From: First and Last Name
File #

Dated:

Subject: Spousal Visa processing time for people from Pakistani Origin.

Dear Sir,

I take the opportunity to congratulate your party for winning a sweeping majority from every corner of Canada, in particular from ridings with majority of voters with Pakistani background such as in Brampton, Mississauga, Scarborough, MONTREAL and Vancouver.

I would like to bring to your attention that since 2008 (when it used to be 6 months), the spousal visa time frame at Canadian High Commission Pakistan has consistently been increasing and now in the last update has hit an all time high average time of 21 month (this excludes the 45 days time it takes at Processing office in Mississauga).

The emotional toll and suffering we have to go through during the waiting time is unbearable and cannot be described in words, it is of no question that it is the worst experience of all in one's life and puts an unnecessary stress on relationship, work performance and future goals, which I believe defies the spirit of family reunification as described in Citizenship and Immigration Act of Canada.

It is quite surprising and disturbing to witness that our neighbouring country (India) with identical culture and background has spousal visa processing time of only 6 months. I am not sure if unusual waiting time at Canadian High Commission Islamabad is due to reduction in spousal visa quota for Pakistan or understaffing issues at Canadian High Commission Islamabad but being a tax payer and active member of Canadian society I strongly feel that our community should not be subject to the pain and suffering ensuing from this extraordinary long waiting time just to reunite with our spouses.

I believe that your office will take the time and attention to look into the matter and help hundreds of Pakistani spouses in Canada and thousands of others relatives related to them. At the end we are only requesting your help on humanitarian grounds since you are our leaders and represent all of us in Canada and in our country of origin as well.

Regards,



Signature

Address in Canada

I HAVE ADDED MONTREAL

 

[Jaania]

BECOME A LONER,

We should draft one letter and pass is to every forum member to sign it and make one copy for ourself and then mail out the original letter with the signatures in blue ink. This is a lot more professional and will make a better impression.
What do you say forum members?

 

[Jaania]

Members, I have a good friend who works for CBC RADIO she wanted to get together with me to discuss ridicule ISB CHC timelines for spousal sponsorship applications. I will call her but I would like some input from all members.

 

[became-a-loner]

Members, I have a good friend who works for CBC RADIO she wanted to get together with me to discuss ridicule ISB CHC timelines for spousal sponsorship applications. I will call her but I would like some input from all members.

That will be a great idea if you have contacts in CBC, I have sent many emails directly to mark.kelly@cbc.ca he acknowledged the mail but never took action and then sent to evan.solomon@cbc.ca to no vail ......... I am perfectly fine with signing the letter but the feasibility is poor because forum members are scattered all across Canada and then we have to send the letter to everyone's mailing address which I am not sure if they will share their addresses with us or not ........ as we are all here by some unique alias and that shows how concerned we are ........ the other thing we can do is that if you can talk to your friend at CBC and provide her Official email, the forum members can send the email directly and this way they should not be concerned about it ............. any ideas?

 

[m_alihussain]

I HAVE ADDED MONTREAL

Guys just make sure that the places we are mentioning in letter have conservative majority !

anyone pls share list of MP by location won in canada's 2011 election so it could be easy to cross check the location we mentioned in the letter.