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CHC, Islamabad Spouse Sponsorship Timeline 2011 -2012

Danny4450

Champion Member
Mar 23, 2011
2,625
148
Category........
Visa Office......
ISLAMABAD - Wife case
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22 Dec 2010
File Transfer...
27 Jan 2011
Med's Request
Re-medical April 23rd, 2012
Med's Done....
April 24th, 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
April 23rd, 2012 - PP sent on May 1st, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
June 1st, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah .. Total time = 17 months and 8 days
LANDED..........
Jun 17th, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah :)
Canadian555 said:
Can I email to Isl second time about my wife current application status? My wife did email to Isl once time on Sep 2011... it will not affect our case hai na?
It will not effect your case at all. I emailed them 4 times from the time we sent the application till the initial review was done and I don't think it delayed my case at all.
 

Danny4450

Champion Member
Mar 23, 2011
2,625
148
Category........
Visa Office......
ISLAMABAD - Wife case
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22 Dec 2010
File Transfer...
27 Jan 2011
Med's Request
Re-medical April 23rd, 2012
Med's Done....
April 24th, 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
April 23rd, 2012 - PP sent on May 1st, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
June 1st, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah .. Total time = 17 months and 8 days
LANDED..........
Jun 17th, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah :)
Canadian555 said:
Danny bro, any good news? I keep praying for you that your wife will get request PPR soon. Ameen
No good news yet brother. We are just waiting for the Re-medical letter to arrive but no luck yet. According to GCMS notes, they were supposed to send the Re-medical letter on 18th of Feburary but they forgot to send it and they havn't replied to any of our emails regarding the Re-medical letter in the past 3 weeks. So lets see what happens next, there is not much we can do but wait and watch now. InshaAllah good news will come soon.
 

niraash

Star Member
Apr 2, 2012
70
0
Islamabad, Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
05-08-2011
Doc's Request.
14-06-2012 (ecas changed to in process 24-08-2012)
File Transfer...
17-10-2011
Med's Request
25-09-2012 (Letter dated 6th Sept, 12)
Med's Done....
27-09-2012
Passport Req..
25-09-2012 (Letter dated 6th Sept, 12); PP sent on 27th sept, 12
VISA ISSUED...
10-11-12 (ecas changed to decision made on nov 3rd, 12)
tableeghi said:
So my wife will be getting her visa very soon. CHC ISLAMABAD asked for her passport. Now if we want to enter Canada a little later after visa is issued (6 months-1 year)...what do i have to do?? Write a letter to the embassy or what??
how long did it take for the VISA office to ask for your wife's PP, since the file got transferred to ISB office?
 

Canadian555

Hero Member
Aug 20, 2011
381
7
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2011
File Transfer...
April 1st, 2011 [W]
Med's Request
June 8, 2012
Med's Done....
and Passport sent June 28, 2012
Passport Req..
June 8, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
PP back with visa on Aug 31, 2012!
LANDED..........
Oct 7, 2012 :)
Danny4450 said:
No good news yet brother. We are just waiting for the Re-medical letter to arrive but no luck yet. According to GCMS notes, they were supposed to send the Re-medical letter on 18th of Feburary but they forgot to send it and they havn't replied to any of our emails regarding the Re-medical letter in the past 3 weeks. So lets see what happens next, there is not much we can do but wait and watch now. InshaAllah good news will come soon.
InshaAllah very soon!
 

peoples_champ

Star Member
Jan 19, 2011
187
3
Toronto, Canada
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Omar Mirza said:
Another weekend alone in my apartment! Counting days. . . Man i'm mentally getting f*******!
Hang in there bro. I know it is tough, I am in the same boat. We all will be soon with our families.
 

peoples_champ

Star Member
Jan 19, 2011
187
3
Toronto, Canada
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
jay024 said:
salam guys,

so wife recieved a letter saying do remed and send in your passport as your visa is ready. she did her re med and sent her passport in on march 20th. the question is does the med go to india first and if it does how long does it take to reach to islamabad? any ideas how long more before she gets her passport back?

she did her med in lahore and she had to do her exrays in diff place then the med place. im hoping that does not cause any issues as doc said its normal and they will send in the results on time.
This is true, i read the letter that was sent to my wife and it states that medical results will be mailed to CIC Delhi office and from there the results of the medical will be send to the CIC Isb office. It sounds strange but that's what they do. I heard ISB office has a real shortage of man power and this is a way of distributing some work to take off the load.

My wife got her remed in Isb on March 20 and send the passport the same day with the medical receipt. However, when she called 3 days later to the medical centre to find out if the results were mailed, the receptionist said they will be mailed by end of the week. After a little argument with the receptionist, it was assured that documents will be mailed next day. Anyways, she called again next day and the receptionist informed that the doc signed the medical form and results were dispatched. Was she telling the truth or lying, GOD knows, but I can hope that she was telling the truth.
 

shaby

Full Member
Dec 19, 2011
46
0
peoples_champ said:
This is true, i read the letter that was sent to my wife and it states that medical results will be mailed to CIC Delhi office and from there the results of the medical will be send to the CIC Isb office. It sounds strange but that's what they do. I heard ISB office has a real shortage of man power and this is a way of distributing some work to take off the load.

My wife got her remed in Isb on March 20 and send the passport the same day with the medical receipt. However, when she called 3 days later to the medical centre to find out if the results were mailed, the receptionist said they will be mailed by end of the week. After a little argument with the receptionist, it was assured that documents will be mailed next day. Anyways, she called again next day and the receptionist informed that the doc signed the medical form and results were dispatched. Was she telling the truth or lying, GOD knows, but I can hope that she was telling the truth.


bro ur wife batter ask for consignment #, i hop it'll tells you the true thing...
 

shaby

Full Member
Dec 19, 2011
46
0
peoples_champ said:
What is that number? :eek:
ask your wife to call the DMP clinic and ask for the her consignment number, and then you can check the online status on TCS tracking site.........
 

niraash

Star Member
Apr 2, 2012
70
0
Islamabad, Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
05-08-2011
Doc's Request.
14-06-2012 (ecas changed to in process 24-08-2012)
File Transfer...
17-10-2011
Med's Request
25-09-2012 (Letter dated 6th Sept, 12)
Med's Done....
27-09-2012
Passport Req..
25-09-2012 (Letter dated 6th Sept, 12); PP sent on 27th sept, 12
VISA ISSUED...
10-11-12 (ecas changed to decision made on nov 3rd, 12)
Sriz said:
but that mean the file opened two months after the transfer to ISB?
no the file got submitted to CIC office in Canada in Aug 2011, and got transferred to ISB office in Oct 2011; haven't heard from the ISB office since. how long do u think it takes for them to open our file in ISB office and how long does their process take?
 

Danny4450

Champion Member
Mar 23, 2011
2,625
148
Category........
Visa Office......
ISLAMABAD - Wife case
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22 Dec 2010
File Transfer...
27 Jan 2011
Med's Request
Re-medical April 23rd, 2012
Med's Done....
April 24th, 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
April 23rd, 2012 - PP sent on May 1st, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
June 1st, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah .. Total time = 17 months and 8 days
LANDED..........
Jun 17th, 2012 .. Alhumdulillah :)
niraash said:
no the file got submitted to CIC office in Canada in Aug 2011, and got transferred to ISB office in Oct 2011; haven't heard from the ISB office since. how long do u think it takes for them to open our file in ISB office and how long does their process take?
It took them more than 12 months to review my wife's file so 12 months would be a good guess.
 

peoples_champ

Star Member
Jan 19, 2011
187
3
Toronto, Canada
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
niraash said:
no the file got submitted to CIC office in Canada in Aug 2011, and got transferred to ISB office in Oct 2011; haven't heard from the ISB office since. how long do u think it takes for them to open our file in ISB office and how long does their process take?
Per new timelines the processing time is 26 months. Like Danny said, you could be lucky to hear anything from them in 12 months. Please note that every case is different and some cases can be processed in 9 months.

GOOD LUCK. you can always email them with a query and they reply back with-in 15 days. Replies are pretty generic but give you a hope that someone is sitting on the other side reading your mails and replying as appropriate.

PC
 

omaira

Full Member
Jan 21, 2012
46
2
124
Toronto, Canada
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-12-2010
Doc's Request.
02-03-2012
AOR Received.
02-03-2012
File Transfer...
06-01-2011
Med's Request
03-03-2012 (remed)
Med's Done....
03-04-2012 (remeds sent)
Interview........
waived :)
Passport Req..
May 24th, 2012 (ECAS status changed to In Process on May 15th, 2012)
VISA ISSUED...
June 15th, 2012 - Ecas changed to DECISION MADE on June 11th, 2012. Address updated with Canadian city & province on June 14th, 2012
LANDED..........
June 24th inshAllah :)
Hi...

My husband received his request for re-medical exam.. since the one we sent earlier had expired.. he completed his medical exam on april 3rd, 2012. Now i was wondering how long its going to take.
 

shamsia

Champion Member
Jan 27, 2011
1,591
35
Visa Office......
New Delhi
App. Filed.......
30-06-2011
File Transfer...
31-08-2011
Med's Done....
16-06-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
14-11-2011
VISA ISSUED...
10-01-2012
LANDED..........
April 6th, 2012
peoples_champ said:
This is true, i read the letter that was sent to my wife and it states that medical results will be mailed to CIC Delhi office and from there the results of the medical will be send to the CIC Isb office. It sounds strange but that's what they do. I heard ISB office has a real shortage of man power and this is a way of distributing some work to take off the load.
Hey there, wish you guys a speedy visa processing. Just wanted to share my bit of the process I know. It is not because of staff shortage that medicals are sent to New Delhi, but because New Delhi is a "Regional Medical Office" for the subcontinent where all the medicals from the neighbouring countries are sent & stored. The respective visa offices have access only to the electronic version of the individual's medical profile rather than the actual file itself. It takes about a month for the visa office to access the file from the RMO after the medicals are done.

Here's a list of all the Regional Medical Offices around the world for processing visas to Canada -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/dmp-handbook/appendix-01.asp

All the best! :)