CHC, Islamabad Spouse Sponsorship Timeline, WHO FILLED IN 2010

[wes786]

hey one of my frd...... also hve dec aor 2010...hve staus decison made............ wat does dat MEANS GUYSSSSSSSSSSSS

That means his "sponsorship" is approved and the file is transfered to the VISA office abroad for "Permanent Resident" application (i.e to CHC-Islamabad) where it takes up all the time...

 

[lonly widout hubby]

That means his "sponsorship" is approved and the file is transfered to the VISA office abroad for "Permanent Resident" application (i.e to CHC-Islamabad) where it takes up all the time...

thankkkkzzzzzzzzz

 

[jani99]

I just sent an email to Jim Brown @ CBC news Calgary. He is the host of Calgary eyeopener show.

Dear Jim

I would like to tell you that the eyeopner show is really informative and I always tune into cbc radio 99.1 every morning when I go to work. Your program and the way you host this program helps thousands of people to get up to date about what is happening around the world and specially in Calgary.

The reason I am writing this email to you is that, nowadays people have been talking about reduction of immigration visas for parents and grand parents. As you know that Immigration Minister Jason kenney has been claiming that by reducing these visas, they will be able to attract some skilled workers and he also says that family reunification is the first priority. It is also in the constitution that a Canadian permanent resident can legally sponsor his/her wife and kids and these application will be processed ASAP. But this is not the case for Pakistani people, CHC-Islamabad is been taking almost 2 years to process spouse applications and the sad thing is they don't even look at your application within first 12 months. I sponsored my parents last year and that time the processing time was 80 months and now it seems to be taking 13 years. I also applied for my brother's visitor visa and he was refused twice without any reason. People have similar issues that CHC-Islamabad is not sincere with Pakistani people as oppose to other embassies in other counterpart countries.

I came here 3 years ago on a work permit as a skilled worker. I work for a software company here in Calgary. I sponsored my wife almost 10 months ago and I still do not know the status of my application. Every time I send an inquiry request to CHC-Islamabad, I get a generic reply from the embassy that "Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review". After 10 months they have not touched my file and it is taking almost 2 years to get a spousal visa. I have also complained about this issue to High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner at CHC-Islamabad but did not get any reply.

Minister Jason Kenney claims that the delay at CHC-Islamabad is due to some extra background checks (specially for Pakistani people) and he also claims that Visa officers are highly trained to find out whether the marriage is genuine or not by looking at the supporting documents. But the reality is, hunderds of famillies have been suffering for this never ending delays and the most frustrating thing is CIC charges almost $1100 up front to process one application and their online status system shows that your files is "IN PROCESS" even after you have received your visa. There is no way to find out how long it will take to process these applications.

People have filed complaints to Immigration Minister and Prime Minister but their offices reply after 1 or 2 months and in that reply they say that we are already aware of the situation, your complain has been forwarded to the concerned departments.

I plan to bring this issue to Government officials, Opposition leaders, Immigration judges, Mayor of Calgary and Media from all over Canada and I will request everyone to please bring this issue forward and try to resolve this ASAP. I also request you to please broadcast this on the radio or TV and also ask questions from Minister Jason Kenney and from all the concerned authorities.

I have been following some immigration forums specially for Canadian embassy in Islamabad and I will post those links later in my email so that you can read and find out how many people have been suffering.

Here is a letter from MP. Peter Julian from House of commons. He wrote a letter to Minister Jason Kenney in January 2011.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/2593414/letter-to-minister-of-citizenship-and-immigration-january-2011-2-pdf-february-11-2011-11-05-p?da=y

Following are the two forums which I have been reading for last 3.5 years.
canadavisa.com (http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/chc-islamabad-spouse-sponsorship-timeline-2009-2010-t28775.4365.html)
immigration.ca (http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/chc-islamabad-spouse-sponsorship-timeline-2009-2010-t28775.4365.html)

There are some facebook groups about processing delays at CHC-Islamabad.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CIC-Islamabad-Pending-Cases/120356291328093
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/home.php?sk=group_101385463271280&ap=1

Following is the link of CIC website and you can read that they claim to complete 80% of spousal applications within 12 months which also includes step 1 of the process which gets processed at CPC-Mississauga.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/service-standards.asp#family

Here is another petition site which discusses about temporary Resident visas for spouses while their applications are In PROCESS.
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/31391.html

Another petition website for processing delays at CHC-Islamabad. It has been signed by 121 people in the past.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/spouse-immigration-delay/

A visitor visa concerned was raised by Olivia chow, Member of Parliament NDP.
http://www.oliviachow.ca/2010/12/chow-introduces-bill-c-604-the-visitor-visa-fairness-act/

These activities have happened in the past but we did not see any outcome because media was not involved. Therefore, I request you to please look into this matter and bring this issue forward and ask questions from the concerned authorities. Your help can make a huge difference in hundreds of peoples lives and they will be relieved form this waiting pain, if this is resolved soon enough.

Hope for a positive response and would appreciate your help...

Best Regards
jani99 (on behalf of Pakistani Community)

403-***-****

 

[anzee]

hi all,

i don't know why they are taking too much time as compare to other countries like India, most of the fraud cases happened in Indian Punjab.
is there any good news for who are Canadian citizen? my time line below my spouse case still take 16 months or any chances.

documents sent to CHC-M January 7, 2011
documents received CHC-M January 10, 2011
received acknowledgment letter February 10, 2011 (said filed transferred to CHC-Islamabad)
?
?

thanks,

 

[lonly widout hubby]

hi all,

i don't know why they are taking too much time as compare to other countries like India, most of the fraud cases happened in Indian Punjab.
is there any good news for who are Canadian citizen? my time line below my spouse case still take 16 months or any chances.

documents sent to CHC-M January 7, 2011
documents received CHC-M January 10, 2011
received acknowledgment letter February 10, 2011 (said filed transferred to CHC-Islamabad)
?
?

thanks,

join............... d topic applied in 2010-2011 dat is more activeeeeeeeeeee... n welcomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[zohal]

hi all,

i don't know why they are taking too much time as compare to other countries like India, most of the fraud cases happened in Indian Punjab.
is there any good news for who are Canadian citizen? my time line below my spouse case still take 16 months or any chances.

documents sent to CHC-M January 7, 2011
documents received CHC-M January 10, 2011
received acknowledgment letter February 10, 2011 (said filed transferred to CHC-Islamabad)
?
?



thanks,

welcome on the board

 

[ainy inam]

Today 8th month start :'( Islamabad start processing on my file

 

[Sharjil]

Hi everyone I am new here.I live in Canada,Mississauga.I got married in Pakistan on 29th april,2010.I applied for spouse sponsor send my file to CPC-MISSISSAUGA on 29th september got acknowledge letter on 10th November after this letter I have not received any reponse I gave them all marriage proof with picture with banquet hall invoice telephone bills greeting cards but they taking long time.Everytime I email Islamabad Immigration Sectorthem to make process faster all the time they send me same email saying.

File No: FXXXXXXXXX
This is in response to your email (see below).

Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review.

We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.

Please note that we will be unable to reply to messages which do not include either the name AND date of birth of the primary applicant or the file number under which your application is being processed.


This is what i get all the time in email.I really appreciate jani99 help but i do not know how far it will help because of some fake marriage that happened in past few years that made us go throw this taking long time to approve.WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET ISLAMABAD IMMIGRATION SECTOR ATTENTION SO THEY MAKE PROCESS FASTER?

 

[wes786]

To tell you the truth my friend, no one can do anything to make the process go faster other than the Canadian Government itself. It is what it is unless they decide to make it faster. Every VISA office have different instrunctions on how to process applications according to the region and for Pakistan it is 16 months right now...

 

[zohal]

:-X

 

[andeera1]

Hi everyone I am new here.I live in Canada,Mississauga.I got married in Pakistan on 29th april,2010.I applied for spouse sponsor send my file to CPC-MISSISSAUGA on 29th september got acknowledge letter on 10th November after this letter I have not received any reponse I gave them all marriage proof with picture with banquet hall invoice telephone bills greeting cards but they taking long time.Everytime I email Islamabad Immigration Sectorthem to make process faster all the time they send me same email saying.

File No: FXXXXXXXXX
This is in response to your email (see below).

Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review.

We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.

Please note that we will be unable to reply to messages which do not include either the name AND date of birth of the primary applicant or the file number under which your application is being processed.


This is what i get all the time in email.I really appreciate jani99 help but i do not know how far it will help because of some fake marriage that happened in past few years that made us go throw this taking long time to approve.WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET ISLAMABAD IMMIGRATION SECTOR ATTENTION SO THEY MAKE PROCESS FASTER?

Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review.

We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.

Please note that we will be unable to reply to messages which do not include either the name AND date of birth of the primary applicant or the file number under which your application is being processed.


This is what i get all the time in email.I really appreciate jani99 help but i do not know how far it will help because of some fake marriage that happened in past few years that made us go throw this taking long time to approve.WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET ISLAMABAD IMMIGRATION SECTOR ATTENTION SO THEY MAKE PROCESS FASTER?

[/quote]

Hi everyone I am new here.I live in Canada,Mississauga.I got married in Pakistan on 29th april,2010.I applied for spouse sponsor send my file to CPC-MISSISSAUGA on 29th september got acknowledge letter on 10th November after this letter I have not received any reponse I gave them all marriage proof with picture with banquet hall invoice telephone bills greeting cards but they taking long time.Everytime I email Islamabad Immigration Sectorthem to make process faster all the time they send me same email saying.

File No: FXXXXXXXXX
This is in response to your email (see below).

Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review.

We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.

Please note that we will be unable to reply to messages which do not include either the name AND date of birth of the primary applicant or the file number under which your application is being processed.


This is what i get all the time in email.I really appreciate jani99 help but i do not know how far it will help because of some fake marriage that happened in past few years that made us go throw this taking long time to approve.WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET ISLAMABAD IMMIGRATION SECTOR ATTENTION SO THEY MAKE PROCESS FASTER?

hi all,

i don't know why they are taking too much time as compare to other countries like India, most of the fraud cases happened in Indian Punjab.
is there any good news for who are Canadian citizen? my time line below my spouse case still take 16 months or any chances.

documents sent to CHC-M January 7, 2011
documents received CHC-M January 10, 2011
received acknowledgment letter February 10, 2011 (said filed transferred to CHC-Islamabad)
?
?

thanks,

u ko u shud ot mail thm agai nd agai..bcz it says tht ur process may b get delay bcz of this...du ko ppl say like that

 

[saifsmarty]

I just sent an email to Jim Brown @ CBC news Calgary. He is the host of Calgary eyeopener show.

Dear Jim

I would like to tell you that the eyeopner show is really informative and I always tune into cbc radio 99.1 every morning when I go to work. Your program and the way you host this program helps thousands of people to get up to date about what is happening around the world and specially in Calgary.

The reason I am writing this email to you is that, nowadays people have been talking about reduction of immigration visas for parents and grand parents. As you know that Immigration Minister Jason kenney has been claiming that by reducing these visas, they will be able to attract some skilled workers and he also says that family reunification is the first priority. It is also in the constitution that a Canadian permanent resident can legally sponsor his/her wife and kids and these application will be processed ASAP. But this is not the case for Pakistani people, CHC-Islamabad is been taking almost 2 years to process spouse applications and the sad thing is they don't even look at your application within first 12 months. I sponsored my parents last year and that time the processing time was 80 months and now it seems to be taking 13 years. I also applied for my brother's visitor visa and he was refused twice without any reason. People have similar issues that CHC-Islamabad is not sincere with Pakistani people as oppose to other embassies in other counterpart countries.

I came here 3 years ago on a work permit as a skilled worker. I work for a software company here in Calgary. I sponsored my wife almost 10 months ago and I still do not know the status of my application. Every time I send an inquiry request to CHC-Islamabad, I get a generic reply from the embassy that "Your application is currently in process and is in queue for initial review". After 10 months they have not touched my file and it is taking almost 2 years to get a spousal visa. I have also complained about this issue to High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner at CHC-Islamabad but did not get any reply.

Minister Jason Kenney claims that the delay at CHC-Islamabad is due to some extra background checks (specially for Pakistani people) and he also claims that Visa officers are highly trained to find out whether the marriage is genuine or not by looking at the supporting documents. But the reality is, hunderds of famillies have been suffering for this never ending delays and the most frustrating thing is CIC charges almost $1100 up front to process one application and their online status system shows that your files is "IN PROCESS" even after you have received your visa. There is no way to find out how long it will take to process these applications.

People have filed complaints to Immigration Minister and Prime Minister but their offices reply after 1 or 2 months and in that reply they say that we are already aware of the situation, your complain has been forwarded to the concerned departments.

I plan to bring this issue to Government officials, Opposition leaders, Immigration judges, Mayor of Calgary and Media from all over Canada and I will request everyone to please bring this issue forward and try to resolve this ASAP. I also request you to please broadcast this on the radio or TV and also ask questions from Minister Jason Kenney and from all the concerned authorities.

I have been following some immigration forums specially for Canadian embassy in Islamabad and I will post those links later in my email so that you can read and find out how many people have been suffering.

Here is a letter from MP. Peter Julian from House of commons. He wrote a letter to Minister Jason Kenney in January 2011.

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/2593414/letter-to-minister-of-citizenship-and-immigration-january-2011-2-pdf-february-11-2011-11-05-p?da=y

Following are the two forums which I have been reading for last 3.5 years.
canadavisa.com (http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/chc-islamabad-spouse-sponsorship-timeline-2009-2010-t28775.4365.html)
immigration.ca (http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/chc-islamabad-spouse-sponsorship-timeline-2009-2010-t28775.4365.html)

There are some facebook groups about processing delays at CHC-Islamabad.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CIC-Islamabad-Pending-Cases/120356291328093
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/home.php?sk=group_101385463271280&ap=1

Following is the link of CIC website and you can read that they claim to complete 80% of spousal applications within 12 months which also includes step 1 of the process which gets processed at CPC-Mississauga.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/service-standards.asp#family

Here is another petition site which discusses about temporary Resident visas for spouses while their applications are In PROCESS.
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/31391.html

Another petition website for processing delays at CHC-Islamabad. It has been signed by 121 people in the past.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/spouse-immigration-delay/

A visitor visa concerned was raised by Olivia chow, Member of Parliament NDP.
http://www.oliviachow.ca/2010/12/chow-introduces-bill-c-604-the-visitor-visa-fairness-act/

These activities have happened in the past but we did not see any outcome because media was not involved. Therefore, I request you to please look into this matter and bring this issue forward and ask questions from the concerned authorities. Your help can make a huge difference in hundreds of peoples lives and they will be relieved form this waiting pain, if this is resolved soon enough.

Hope for a positive response and would appreciate your help...

Best Regards
jani99 (on behalf of Pakistani Community)

403-***-****

AOA JANI, its change in a mood a lil when i read ur detailed mail in this forum. whatever u wrote is 110% corect and is hapening with us pakistanis . i m co-applicant with my wife,filled case from canada ,we have 5 yrs old son "who was 1 yrs old when i left canada for the pr process and was told that process at isbd takes 16 months etc... now ,i m waiting for last 39 months and belive me my home is that much disturbed that i cant tell u .i cant focus on things and cant manage my life "as waiting ,gave alot of time,4000$ in fees to lawyer" ,in a hope to get processed fast. now,my wife is working in canada ..her pr is on hold coz at ismabad im in proces and she wil get her pr wheni get mine in pak.our son has turned 5 ...we have no answer of his innocent questions .. i cant tell how i used to send financial suport to them frm pakistan in dolars in a hope tht soon i wil be with my wife and son..but look, 39 months r gone and we r family .my medical was done on march,09 . back grounds took time after that and is over just last montn in jan,2011. still in progress ... can u tell me wat to do now ? i dont knw anything ,im tired and imigration has done nest to brake my home to put us on hold and hold and waiting etc . i dont knw even they these ppl r humans ..!! do they have kids and wives ??? huhh ,pph my allah .. this whole time cant come back without family i pased. i wrote to minster kenny ,mp in mississauga "where wre we residing ,and my wife is still there".i got answrs tht "e r doing best to finalize asap this case". but is it fast track which is not ending and i have burnt my blood and energies in this loooooooong period , my wife is so much disturbed too ,waiting for me for more than 3 yrs . ..... im so so so so up set .. dont knw y and how still waiting .

 

[ONE 2 KA 4]

Sorry to hear your story brother. Your are right they are not sound human's. Looks like Govt have sent most stone heart staff to ISLMBD.

Surah Baqrah ke takreebun last mey zikar hy on Jadu Garo ka jo Hazrit Sulehman PBUH ke dour mey jadu seekhte thay aisa ke jis se miyan biwi ke dermian judai dali jye, magir Allah ke hukim ke siwa koi kisi ka kuch nhi kr sakta.

Now is there a difference between those Jadu Gar's & CHC.

 

[andeera1]

I am staring a new Topic for people who filled for Spouse sponsorship in 2010.
Please update us with your dates.

I am sponsoring my wife from Lahore.

Mine :
Application received in Mississauga 29th March 2010
File transferred to Islamabad in 28th April 2010
No update after that, just waiting to hear from Islamabad.

Thanks
Ali

same thing like me

appli rec in missi 29th july
Rec AOR in Aug 22

no updates :'( nd i dun evn hope for tht till 1 year as i am reading all ppl comments here ....... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

 

[andeera1]

infact my hubbys medical is going to b expire in may :S