Mokomoko said:
Hi al. I ave a a question to anyone who can answea me. I am from Burundi sponsoring my wife she is in Burundi as well..I learned that now Burundi is Processed in Tanzania. but it use to be in Kenya.whom should I write to have my application transferred to Kenya not Daresalam?I have been reading here how it's very slow.may be they have a few staffs.
Do I have to writ to Missasauga or to Canadian Kenya Embassy?
I am waiting for your advise.all the best to all of us.
also is there a way they can speed up for us, due to the current situation in Burundi?
CIC determines the overseas VO based on TWO things - your citizenship and your current residence location, and may decide to transfer your file to the country where you currently reside if you have been there for some time (i.e. it is easier for them to do security / criminality checks on you where you've been living for a while as opposed to where you were born). You can also request the VO however CIC will decide where your application will go.
In our case, my husband is from Syria but has been living in the UAE for over 8 years so we included a letter at the beginning of our application as well as copies in each section (sponsor forms, applicant forms, relationship evidence info) requesting his application be sent to Abu Dhabi. Upon sponsor approval, the application was sent to Amman (based on his citizenship likely), but then a month later we found out it was transferred to Abu Dhabi. I don't know if they decided based on the circumstances (as described above) or our letter to send his application to Abu Dhabi.
Hope this info helps...
C.