Damascus/Spousal since Jan 2010 or late 2009

[nath18]

lool ;D

 

[KhalidIraq]

does anyone know how long the police certificate is valid for?

The Police Certificates in Jordan are valid for one year. They're issued by General Intelligence!

 

[KhalidIraq]

haha I was thiking if I change my ticker to an elephant Maybe
the embassy will start taking elephant steps rather than chicken steps

I think if you said:

.... .... .... rather than Ants' Steps .... .... ....

then the situation would be more logical!

 

[nagz2207]

I think if you said:

.... .... .... rather than Ants' Steps .... .... ....

then the situation would be more logical!

haha you are right

 

[mikey]

i dont know if this helps or not,
but dear gem and mikey,
i am in ottawa too as you know, you guys can come to Catherine street and visit me anytime with any questions but let me tell you, no one is AUTHORIZED to give information over the phone, so in most cases the mp's /representatives of the mp's contradict themselves,
they say one thing, then you mention another , they cant say yes or no, so they just agree or disagree to a point in which they think its safe to release details, dont take anything they say seriously, and i mean ANYTHING. from the time to any questions, they can guide but they dont know s***, trust me when i tell you, they are like parrots, they copy the script in front of them

Looool, trust me i know man.....I went to the MP hoping they can push things, but i was wrong...Thanks for the offer....If I went to the immigration building on Catherine, can they verify that they have the right email addresses...


gem: when that lady call me again i will ask her to close my file, and if she asks me why i will simply tell her my opinion lol

 

[missbou]

Looool, trust me i know man.....I went to the MP hoping they can push things, but i was wrong...Thanks for the offer....If I went to the immigration building on Catherine, can they verify that they have the right email addresses...


gem: when that lady call me again i will ask her to close my file, and if she asks me why i will simply tell her my opinion lol

do u guys think MP's can mess up our cases?

 

[shazdehTheSecond]

FAQ

We will try to update and circulate this posting to avoid repetitive discussions. This will also enable an effective knowledge sharing.
all the answers in this posting are based on the experiences of the people active in this forum, for accurate and fully reliable information, please visit CIC website.

Question

Answer

What is PPR?

PassPort Request. This is the final stage of the process in which the visa office asks the applicant to provide his/her passport in person or by carrier.

While waiting for my sponsorship application, can I apply for a tourist visa?

Yes, you can, but the chances are very low. Because it's hard to prove that you have strong ties to your home country, given the fact your spouse lives in Canada

While waiting for my sponsorship application, can I apply for a student visa?

Yes, you can, provided that you have an admission from a well-known canadian university, you should be able to get your visa, but you will still have to go back to your home country when your sponsorship visa is ready. otherwise it may take a while.

how can I contact the damascus visa office if I have a question?

email to damascus-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca (sometimes their mailbox is full, try again after a few hours)

my medical is expiring, what do you think I should do?

Normally you should wait until the officer asks for redoing the test, however, in our discussions, we came to the conclusion that it would not hurt to redo the medical test and have the receipt ready. If they issued the visa and did not ask for the new medical, you have lost only some $200 but if they want you will be at least 5 weeks ahead of the game. In short, it is recommended to redo your medical 2 or 3 weeks prior to the expiration.

is there any way to express our frustration to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada?

you may fill following survey by Sep 19, 2011 http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultations/index.asp (here: http://cic.sondages-surveys.ca/s/immigration2/?l=eng) or you can sign a petition here: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Familyreunification

What is RQ

it stands for Residency Questionnaire. it's a stupid process which is exclusive to Damascus office. They want to make sure if you are still residing in Canada.

how can i join this forum?

provide your detailed information in a posting under this thread, a volunteer will append your info to the list. everyone in this forum is obliged to inform everybody about any updates about their spouse sponsorship applications in Damascus. Damascus office is still active more or less and it is not closed due to the situation in Syria yet. processing time provided by the cic are not accurate at all. when it was 10 months, we had quite a few people who got their ppr in less than 6 months. check out the chart for more info.

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[shazdehTheSecond]

Name Received by Started processing Docs Docs sent PP request Months After RQ
CIC Mississauga in Damascus Requested processed
in Damascus
1 Omid.G 10-Sep-09 26-Nov-09 25-Mar-10 27-Apr-10 25-Jan-11 14.2 10.2
2 Mingus(after appeal) 10-Nov-09 22-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 11-Oct-10 11.2 6.8
3 Jalalk 17-Nov-09 8-Jan-10 9-Feb-10 3-Jan-11 13.7 12.0
4 Mza8314 22-Dec-09 9-Mar-10 9-May-10 28-Sep-10 9.3 6.8
5 Iraqia 11-Jan-10 23-Apr-10 19-May-10 22-Sep-10 8.5 5.1
6 leojordan 17-Dec-09 1-Feb-10 22-Jun-10 25-Jun-10 4-Oct-10 8.2 3.5
7 Hope01 20-Jan-10 20-Mar-10 6-Jun-10 29-Jun-10 28-Oct-10 7.4 4.8
8 ambar 22-Jan-10 3-Mar-10 15-Jun-10 22-Jun-10 22-Sep-10 6.8 3.3
9 Anasser 3-Feb-10 23-Mar-10 15-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 1-Nov-10 7.4 4.6
10 kamal225 29-Mar-10 9-Jun-10 12-Jun-10
11 Eli1985 24-Feb-10 30-Mar-10 20-Sep-10 23-Sep-10 25-Jan-11 10.0 4.2
12 Zohreh.ty 5-Mar-10 6-Apr-10 22-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 5-Oct-10 6.1 0.4
13 patrick81 8-Mar-10 6-Apr-10 22-Jun-10 14-Aug-10 15-Sep-10 5.4 2.8
14 Saman2002 1-Apr-10 18-May-10 3-Aug-10 8-Aug-10 9-May-11 11.9 9.3
15 bantaloni 9-Apr-10 1-Jun-10 18-Jul-10 25-Jul-10 3-Feb-11 8.2 6.7
16 Arachir 10-Apr-10 9-Jun-10 15-Jul-10 28-Jul-10 14-Feb-11 8.3 7.1
17 Mohammed123 13-Apr-10 1-Jun-10 18-May-11 11.7
18 Mehrnoush 1-Apr-10 9-Jun-10 21-Jul-10 26-Aug-10 23-Mar-11 9.6 8.2
19 Kokobsb 16-Jun-10 26-Jul-10 30-Aug-10 20-Apr-11 10.3 8.9
20 Rezan 1-May-10 17-Jun-10 28-Jul-10 3-Aug-10 7-Jan-11 6.8 5.4
21 HD78 18-May-10 30-Jun-10 5-Aug-10 10-Aug-10 11-Feb-11 7.5 6.3
22 Ped 18-Apr-10 16-Jun-10 25-Jul-10 5-Aug-10 13-Jun-11 12.1 10.8
23 Tbone 30-Apr-10 17-Jun-10 26-Jul-10 28-Jul-10 22-Nov-10 5.3 4.0
24 IMAN773 15-Apr-10 22-Jun-10 19-Jul-10 11-Aug-10 20-Feb-11 8.1 7.2
25 Rana80 11-Jun-10 19-Jul-10 22-Aug-10 10-Sep-10 6-Jan-11 5.7 4.6
26 Rola_S 20-Jul-10 29-Aug-10 20-Sep-10 30-Mar-11 8.4 7.1
27 sara_az 13-May-10 27-Jul-10 26-Aug-10 2-Sep-10 15-Jun-11 10.8 9.8
28 AAM7 22-Jun-10 3-Aug-10 29-Aug-10 13-Sep-10 22-Mar-11 7.7 6.8
29 Iheartcanada 25-Jun-10 3-Aug-10 30-Aug-10 21-Apr-11 8.7 7.8
30 hanna1072 15-May-10 4-Aug-10 17-Aug-10 7-Oct-10 30-May-11 10.0 9.5
31 Yenafar 15-Jun-10 15-Aug-10 4-Oct-10 27-Jun-11 10.5 8.9
32 YayaMarie 11-Aug-10 21-Sep-10 16-Oct-10 1-Nov-10 28-Jun-11 9.3 8.5
33 Sleen 1-Jul-10 21-Sep-10 17-Oct-10 7-Nov-10 6-Jun-11 8.6 7.7
34 Niagradreamin 30-Jul-10 28-Sep-10 17-Oct-10 20-Oct-10 5-Jun-11 8.3 7.7
35 mohammedsam 13-Aug-10 28-Sep-10 17-Oct-10 31-Oct-10 7-Sep-11 11.3 10.7
36 Romeo_LuLu 15-Aug-10 15-Sep-10 15-Oct-10
37 Mazloom 20-Aug-10 2-Oct-10 10-Nov-10 12-Nov-10 14-Sep-11 11.3 10.7
38 Abdul Abed 27-Aug-10 4-Oct-10
39 Oshosh 30-Aug-10 5-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 8-Nov-10 16-May-11 7.4 6.8
40 Minsha 30-Aug-10 7-Oct-10 15-Feb-11 20-Feb-11 31-May-11 7.9 3.5
41 Bash 20-Sep-10 2-Oct-10 20-Jun-11 28-Jun-11 9.0
42 canaidiandude 14-Sep-10 14-Oct-10 8-Dec-10 20-Jun-11 8.3 6.5
43 Azadehkhanum 27-Sep-10 2-Nov-10 22-Nov-10 12-Jul-11 8.4 7.7
44 Danny_a 7-Aug-10 3-Nov-10 12-Dec-10 26-Dec-10 9-Jun-11 7.3 6.0
45 Missbou 16-Oct-10 18-Nov-10 18-Apr-11 18-June-11
46 Mr_MrsFakhr 5-Oct-10 22-Nov-10 20-Jan-11 15-Mar-11 30-Jun-11 7.3 5.4
47 Nagz2207 12-Oct-10 22-Nov-10 25-Jan-11 25-Feb-11
48 MH.Danesh 13-Oct-10 22-Nov-10 17-Jan-11 29-Jun-11 7.3 5.4
49 Ali_M3 13-Oct-10 24-Nov-10 24-Jan-11 27-Jan-11
50 Rola14 1-Oct-10 24-Nov-10 26-Jan-11 10-Feb-11 10-May-11 5.6 3.5
51 Shazdeh 5-Oct-10 29-Nov-10 31-Jan-11 1-Feb-11 7-Jun-11 6.3 4.2
52 NH 15-Dec-10 19-Apr-11
53 Wardeh 2-Nov-10 6-Dec-10 19-Apr-11 23-Apr-11
54 Mo Jo 5-Nov-10 15-Dec-10 28-May-11
55 Mohammad_AB 8-Nov-10 21-Dec-10 22 Jun-11 25 Jun-11
55 iltham 15-Nov-10 ? ? ?
56 Geminibella 12-Nov-10 21-Dec-10 1-May-11 6-May-11
57 Htraboul 26-Nov-10 10-Jan-11
58 Mikey 6-Nov-10 11-Jan-11
59 Hibz 2-Dec-10 18-Jan-11
60 Nath18 23-Dec-10 10-Jan-11
61 parastoo 5-Jan-11 1-Mar-11
62 Sohrab919 14-Jan-11 1-Mar-11
63 Musab 18-Feb-11
64 AliAria 25-Jan-11 15-Mar-11
65 Louna8 4-Mar-11 23-Mar-11
66 Ya Libnan 15-Mar-11 4-Apr-11 14-Sep-11
67 Mrabazari 15-Mar-11
68 A+M 12-Apr-11
69 Vivi2 19-Apr-11
70 lovebirds 19-Apr-11
71 tati00 23-Mar-11 27-Apr-11
72 Dege 27-Apr-11
73 Leb_Can 27-Apr-11
74 Pouyaba 29-Mar-11 11-May-11
75 Souhait 7-May-11 24-May-11
76 Lello 08-Jun-11*
77 Abdmoh 12-May-11 04-Jul-11*
78 ShazdehTheSecond 01-Jun-11 18-Jul-11
79 Substone 16-Jun-11

* TRANSFERRED TO OTTAWA "DUE TO THE RECENT SITUATION IN SYRIA"

Legend: green (got PPR),red (+6 months processing in Damascus), yellow (+2 months not active in forum), black (under 6 months processing in damascus)

 

[nath18]

congratulations Missbou on ur 10th month

 

[nairyd]

Hi Everyone! Could someone please add my Husbands, and I's information. I sent the papers to the Missisauga centre at the end of February, 2011, got the approval of sponsorship on March 27th 2011, and the documents have been in Damascus since April 6th 2011! Best of luck to everyone!!!!!!!!

 

[nath18]

so guys any good news today??? :
it's the worst day ever, it's my birthday, i'm all alone, and the embassy won't offer me a present
imagine if each one got his PPR on his birthday lol

 

[nagz2207]

so guys any good news today??? :
it's the worst day ever, it's my birthday, i'm all alone, and the embassy won't offer me a present
imagine if each one got his PPR on his birthday lol

happy birthday sweety. 3a2bel el 100 nchalla. hopefully by Christmas you'll be with your hubby. as for me still no news, my husband is going to dubai Wednesday to visit his brother cuz he said he can't take it anymore being in Lebanon and doing nothing.

 

[nath18]

happy birthday sweety. 3a2bel el 100 nchalla. hopefully by Christmas you'll be with your hubby. as for me still no news, my husband is going to dubai Wednesday to visit his brother cuz he said he can't take it anymore being in Lebanon and doing nothing.

thanks nagz and i really know how it feels to be in lebanon and to do nothinggg :-X

 

[vivi2]

so guys any good news today??? :
it's the worst day ever, it's my birthday, i'm all alone, and the embassy won't offer me a present
imagine if each one got his PPR on his birthday lol

happy happy birthday nath!

 

[parastoo]

so guys any good news today??? :
it's the worst day ever, it's my birthday, i'm all alone, and the embassy won't offer me a present
imagine if each one got his PPR on his birthday lol

happy birthday nath18 inshaallah till end of the week youll be ppr