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CHC, Islamabad Spouse Sponsorship Timeline 2011 -2012

Hot-Lier

Hero Member
May 27, 2009
578
89
BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-06-2011
Doc's Request.
17-4-2012
AOR Received.
17-4-2012
File Transfer...
14-08-2011
Med's Request
07-06-2012
Med's Done....
12-06-2012
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
17-08-2012
VISA ISSUED...
8-09-2012
sheebataha said:
how long is the police certificate and medical valid for?
6 Months For Police Certificates
One Year for Medical.
 

CHAND394

Star Member
Apr 30, 2012
169
4
Pakistan
Visa Office......
Islamabad
App. Filed.......
July-2011
Doc's Request.
June-2012
File Transfer...
Sep-2011
Med's Request
Jun-2012
Med's Done....
Jul-2012
Interview........
ALHUMDULILALLAH, Waived
Passport Req..
Mar-2013
VISA ISSUED...
Apr-2013
LANDED..........
INSHALLAH, Jun-2013
sheebataha said:
how long is the police certificate and medical valid for?
PCC - From Pakistan & UAE (90 days)

Medical - 1 Year
 

abmf

Member
Apr 20, 2012
11
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Thanks alot Arkansas and mainbucha. My marriage is not consummated yet and that is the real challenge for me. Your replies were very helpful and I will plan my moves keeping in view ur feedbacks. Arkansas if you dont mind me asking, is your process complete and if it is, how long did it take?

Arkansas2045 said:
Answer to your questions are below (in red):

1. Our marriage is 200% genuine :) its just that we wanted to have the rukhsati after I get my pr visa. So, while filing the application, would submitting photos of our nikah ceremony, our skype call/chat log, our viber messages log, receipts of gifts sent to my wife through amazon and other similar evidences help us escape the notorious "marriage of convenience" accusation and resulting painful delays?

As long as you can prove to the immigration officer (or whatever he/she is called :) that your marriage is genuine and that it has been consummated then there shouldn't be any issues. I will share my story/experience with you...

We didn't do Rukhsati due to objections from both sides of the families. However, I did ask my uncle to have a wedding card printed that showed we had "Rukhsati" done. Also on one of the forms (cant remember the number), where the applicant provides tons of information, there is a question inquiring whether the couple lived together. I said yes and entered the dates (week long) only, proving that our marriage was consummated. For reception question, I said that it will be held in Toronto when my wife gets here. For Honeymoon question, I stated that I didn't have enough vacation time left to go on a honeymoon and thus we'll go after the process is complete.

I haven't visited my wife since the process began nor have i submitted any additional documents on voluntarily basis. Yet, the Immigration officer declared that our relationship was genuine and had been consummated, and therefore no additional information was required/needed.

Provide as much proof of contact/financial support as you can now. They will accept skype call logs, e-mails regardless of the channel, phone logs as long as they clearly show a communication between you and your wife. I submitted skype logs, e-mails from facebook and hotmail. I also submitted transfer money receipts, from nov 11 - feb 12, proving that I am financially supporting my wife.

"Photos must represent celebration as per local norms on good scale." I submitted about 20 photos from our mehndi ceremony and 30 from our wedding ceremony. For post-wedding photos, I submitted about 7 or 8 of them from lunches/dinners we had together over a week.




2. If in case you guys think that these evidences wont be sufficient, how and when should we plan the rukhsati assuming that we are filing the application to CIC Mississauga in this month i.e. July 2012?

I believe i took some risks. If you want to play safe, then you should do rukhsati as soon as you can. Between now and early next year would be my suggestion. And then submit the appropriate documents/proofs/photos immediately after.



3. Do they accept call and messages logs of internet telephony applications such as skype and viber as enough evidence cuz we rarely use actual mobile telephony due to obvious cost difference?

Yes they will accept call and message logs from skype. If "viber" logs are more or less similar to skype logs then it should be okay to submitted logs from viber. I hardly ever called my wife; I either skyped or communicated via e-mails.



Anyways, suggestions/experience expressed here represent my own. Other members may differ.

Good luck with the process! :)
mainbucha said:
They accept all the evidence you mentioned, but the main thing, is consummating the marriage, if someone shows them that its nikah only and not rukhsati, I saw many cases in interview que and process can go more than 2 years. They were used to accept Nikkah only cases but now they delay files for long time if they realize that marriage is not consummated yet. I know one of mine friends case, they received a refusal letter and letter was saying that even though relationship seems genuine with all supporting documents but marriage has not been consummated, so your file has been refused on these grounds.
 

fayzaan

Hero Member
Apr 30, 2011
514
11
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-08-2011
Doc's Request.
08-06-2012
AOR Received.
08-06-2012
File Transfer...
25-10-2011
Med's Request
14-07-2012
Med's Done....
19-07-2012
Passport Req..
22-02-2013
hello...I sent my documents yesterday, they said it'll get there by Monday even though my 30 days were up on July 8. But I forgot to include a copy of the AOR letter that they sent me. I found out from my wife afterwards that they wanted us to mail a copy of it with the docs...is this going to cause any problems??

I did make sure to include a letter explaining our situation and with it, we included my name, address, date of birth, email, ph# and same for my wife + paper file#, uci#, and application#.
 

13mera7

Star Member
Nov 16, 2011
94
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i want to ask a question plz reply whose know
back ground check kab hota hai
remedical request background check honay kay baad aati hai ya pehle
agar remedical kay baad back ground check hota hai to jin ko remedical+ppr aata hai un ka backgroung check nae hota?
 

emanzaib

Hero Member
Mar 13, 2012
599
8
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Mar 8/11
Doc's Request.
Mar 13/12
File Transfer...
Apr 15/11
Med's Request
June 6/12
Med's Done....
June 8/12- updated as received on E-CAS on June 28/12
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Jan 19/13
VISA ISSUED...
Feb 9/13 (Decision Made: Jan 31/13)
LANDED..........
Feb 19/13
background check sabhi ka hota hai.. there are no exceptions.. lekin immigration officer pai depend karta hai ke wo ye background checking kab karta hai.. zaida tar ye tab hota hai jab re-medical recieve kar letay hain..

13mera7 said:
i want to ask a question plz reply whose know
back ground check kab hota hai
remedical request background check honay kay baad aati hai ya pehle
agar remedical kay baad back ground check hota hai to jin ko remedical+ppr aata hai un ka backgroung check nae hota?
 

Arkansas2045

Hero Member
Nov 29, 2011
248
8
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2011
File Transfer...
Mar 2011
Med's Request
10 Jul 2012
Med's Done....
11 Jul 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
10 Jul 2012; Submitted: 12 Jul 2012; Decision Made: 03 Sept 2012
VISA ISSUED...
08 Sept 2012
abmf said:
Thanks alot Arkansas and mainbucha. My marriage is not consummated yet and that is the real challenge for me. Your replies were very helpful and I will plan my moves keeping in view ur feedbacks. Arkansas if you dont mind me asking, is your process complete and if it is, how long did it take?
I'm at the tail end of this process, i.e. my wife received re-medical and ppr request two days ago. PCC was not required. She went for her medical today, and will courier passport etc. tomorrow for visa stamping. Insh'Allah, I expect her to receive her passport back by the end of August. For the timeline info, you can look at my profile summary printed on the left hand side of this message :)
 

khanintransit

Star Member
Apr 23, 2012
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Arkansas2045 said:
I'm at the tail end of this process, i.e. my wife received re-medical and ppr request two days ago. PCC was not required. She went for her medical today, and will courier passport etc. tomorrow for visa stamping. Insh'Allah, I expect her to receive her passport back by the end of August. For the timeline info, you can look at my profile summary printed on the left hand side of this message :)
Congrats!
i hope they start sending medical and ppr to june and july 2011 cases
 

Arkansas2045

Hero Member
Nov 29, 2011
248
8
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2011
File Transfer...
Mar 2011
Med's Request
10 Jul 2012
Med's Done....
11 Jul 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
10 Jul 2012; Submitted: 12 Jul 2012; Decision Made: 03 Sept 2012
VISA ISSUED...
08 Sept 2012
fayzaan said:
hello...I sent my documents yesterday, they said it'll get there by Monday even though my 30 days were up on July 8. But I forgot to include a copy of the AOR letter that they sent me. I found out from my wife afterwards that they wanted us to mail a copy of it with the docs...is this going to cause any problems??

I did make sure to include a letter explaining our situation and with it, we included my name, address, date of birth, email, ph# and same for my wife + paper file#, uci#, and application#.
If they specifically asked you for the copy of the AOR letter, then I would send it asap. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it. I didn't send the AOR letter with the passport...
 

fayzaan

Hero Member
Apr 30, 2011
514
11
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-08-2011
Doc's Request.
08-06-2012
AOR Received.
08-06-2012
File Transfer...
25-10-2011
Med's Request
14-07-2012
Med's Done....
19-07-2012
Passport Req..
22-02-2013
Arkansas2045 said:
If they specifically asked you for the copy of the AOR letter, then I would send it asap. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it. I didn't send the AOR letter with the passport...
Well...I don't know if they specifically asked me...on the 4th page where they specify the forms to download, at the bottom it states "Attach a copy of this letter with your response"

It just looks like a standard request that everyone would get, I could be wrong though...did your AOR also indicate this?
 

Arkansas2045

Hero Member
Nov 29, 2011
248
8
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2011
File Transfer...
Mar 2011
Med's Request
10 Jul 2012
Med's Done....
11 Jul 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
10 Jul 2012; Submitted: 12 Jul 2012; Decision Made: 03 Sept 2012
VISA ISSUED...
08 Sept 2012
fayzaan said:
Well...I don't know if they specifically asked me...on the 4th page where they specify the forms to download, at the bottom it states "Attach a copy of this letter with your response"

It just looks like a standard request that everyone would get, I could be wrong though...did your AOR also indicate this?
Ah i see what you mean. Sorry, I should've read a bit of your history before commenting. I thought we were in the same boat.

Anyways, we weren't asked to submit any additional document(s) so we never received such letter(s). If they have asked you to submit a copy of AOR, then it probably means that they want to use it as a reference to your documents. I guess what you can do now is write up a cover letter explaining the situation and courier copy of AOR with the cover letter to CHC.

BTW, did you submit original documents or a copy of the documents?
 

ma35

Star Member
Feb 23, 2012
87
2
Category........
Visa Office......
ISB
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 11,2011
Doc's Request.
June 25, 2012
AOR Received.
June 25,2012
File Transfer...
Nov 17,2011
fayzaan said:
hello...I sent my documents yesterday, they said it'll get there by Monday even though my 30 days were up on July 8. But I forgot to include a copy of the AOR letter that they sent me. I found out from my wife afterwards that they wanted us to mail a copy of it with the docs...is this going to cause any problems??

I did make sure to include a letter explaining our situation and with it, we included my name, address, date of birth, email, ph# and same for my wife + paper file#, uci#, and application#.
Only need reference, ie u need to quote file#.
wait & see, good luck.
 

fayzaan

Hero Member
Apr 30, 2011
514
11
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-08-2011
Doc's Request.
08-06-2012
AOR Received.
08-06-2012
File Transfer...
25-10-2011
Med's Request
14-07-2012
Med's Done....
19-07-2012
Passport Req..
22-02-2013
ma35 said:
Only need reference, ie u need to quote file#.
wait & see, good luck.
Thats what I am hoping, which I included in the cover letter explaining our situation.

Arkansas2045 said:
Ah i see what you mean. Sorry, I should've read a bit of your history before commenting. I thought we were in the same boat.

Anyways, we weren't asked to submit any additional document(s) so we never received such letter(s). If they have asked you to submit a copy of AOR, then it probably means that they want to use it as a reference to your documents. I guess what you can do now is write up a cover letter explaining the situation and courier copy of AOR with the cover letter to CHC.

BTW, did you submit original documents or a copy of the documents?
I submitted original forms with copies of bank statement, credit card statement, skype logs and some receipts and copy of itinerary for my travel to Pakistan. I still have to send them our Marriage Certificate, and PCC. I guess ill just send the AOR with that? It cost me $124 to send this stuff already lol :(
 

cv4spo

Star Member
Jun 10, 2012
153
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-2011
File Transfer...
09-2011
Med's Request
13-07-2012
Med's Done....
19-07-2012
Passport Req..
13-07-2012
VISA ISSUED...
12-10-2012, PP Back 17-10-2012
Asalamalaikum everyone,

Day by day I'm getting worried...my wife case switched to "In Process" 45 days ago, not a word from CHC-I yet...isn't this too long? What could the possible issues be? Transfer to CHC-I in September 2011.

Also, anyone here successful with a TRV for their spouse waiting for PR?

Thanks
 

Arkansas2045

Hero Member
Nov 29, 2011
248
8
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC Islamabad
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2011
File Transfer...
Mar 2011
Med's Request
10 Jul 2012
Med's Done....
11 Jul 2012
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
10 Jul 2012; Submitted: 12 Jul 2012; Decision Made: 03 Sept 2012
VISA ISSUED...
08 Sept 2012
fayzaan said:
I submitted original forms with copies of bank statement, credit card statement, skype logs and some receipts and copy of itinerary for my travel to Pakistan. I still have to send them our Marriage Certificate, and PCC. I guess ill just send the AOR with that? It cost me $124 to send this stuff already lol :(
Yep i guess you can send it with the remaining docs. But as other member said, you probably don't have to as long as you quote the file no. Decisions is urs :) Money spent is worth it if all works out at the end...