DECEMBER 2013 OUTLAND APPLICANTS – Join Here!!!

[natsul]

Thank you Patience09. Yes I hope Ottawa takes much less time than the listed processing time of 15 months(Spouse). I saw on the December 2013 forum's excel sheet that almost all of Ottawa applicants had their medical linked on ECAS by Feb/March. That's why I was wondering about ours.

Hey Natsul, welcome as another Ottawa applicant! I'm curious to see who will be the first one to go in process. Don't worry to much about not seeing your medicals. Some people take a long time to see. The best thing you could do is to request your GCMS notes.

 

[MapleLeafBride]

Wanted to say Happy Easter weekend to everyone (and happy long weekend to those who get to celebrate it). Been a bit quiet, but I suppose that's to be expected. Hoping those of us still waiting are at (past? ) the halfway point. At least that long winter is over!

 

[drewday]

Finally. Some good news for us... Today our ECAS updated to in process...
We started processing ......... application on April 8, 2014
Can someone update the spreadsheet please?

congrats!!!! axxis91 wow!!! that's so so close now to your visa ,, happy for you

 

[Patience09]

Wanted to say Happy Easter weekend to everyone (and happy long weekend to those who get to celebrate it). Been a bit quiet, but I suppose that's to be expected. Hoping those of us still waiting are at (past? ) the halfway point. At least that long winter is over!

Thanks Maple and same to you! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to look at the glass as more than half full?!?! You're right about the weather, warmer weather might make the waiting a bit easier...... Or more difficult depending on how you look at it!

 

[axxis91]

congrats!!!! axxis91 wow!!! that's so so close now to your visa ,, happy for you

thank tou drewday!! Wish you an easy procces for you too!!

 

[drewday]

thank tou drewday!! Wish you an easy procces for you too!!

thank you thank you so much axxis91 for a very sweet wish

you have a bless day

xx

 

[Avadava]

Wanted to say Happy Easter weekend to everyone (and happy long weekend to those who get to celebrate it). Been a bit quiet, but I suppose that's to be expected. Hoping those of us still waiting are at (past? ) the halfway point. At least that long winter is over!

Thank you! I wish the same to you and to everyone else in this thread celebrating Easter.

 

[dollinexile]

my status seemed to have gotten stuck ;D. Anyway, i've been snooping in other forums and so far for manila applicants, at the rate visas and dm's are being issued, december applicants will probably get news by july and august to september at the most. So the top most in my to do list is: to pray and wait patiently. . however, some peeps said that cem is on a fast track lately. Who knows, we'll get ours sooner than we think.

At least, your status has changed naman.. I know! July is not too far so I guess I'll have a silly smile plastered on my face on July!

 

[KTCYYZ]

I guess nobody is updating the spreadsheet anymore...but here is our timeline:


AOR from visa office: Mar 4th
ECAS Updated to "In Process": Mar 6th
Passport requested: Mar 25th
Decision Made: April 6th
Visa received: April 13th

The wait is over for us...Good Luck to you all!

congratulations Iris!!!
I am also a BJ VO applicant! So glad to hear it took you such a short time to get approved!

 

[dollinexile]

Hi everyone!

I back tracked the thread and updated the spreadsheet.. Please inform me if you see any errors.

So, how was your Easter weekend?

 

[Ellasg]

Hi everyone!

I back tracked the thread and updated the spreadsheet.. Please inform me if you see any errors.

So, how was your Easter weekend?

It was a little hard to enjoy it knowing that CIC wasn't working on our files, but still good!
Now let's hope our visa officers came back in a good mood!

 

[Graihn]

It was a little hard to enjoy it knowing that CIC wasn't working on our files, but still good!
Now let's hope our visa officers came back in a good mood!

Several people in the London thread got DM and In Process updates over the easter weekend.

 

[Patience09]

Several people in the London thread got DM and In Process updates over the easter weekend.

It's weird but I've seen CIC sending people emails on the weekend!! Makes me wonder if they do delayed emails to make people think they're working overtime

 

[faysterne]

Hey all, I'm super confused about something...

The immigration package says that the permanent resident visa is valid for only one year after your medicals were done, but I also read that you need to be in Canada as a permanent resident for 3 years before applying to be a citizen. How can you stay in Canada if your visa isn't valid anymore? Sometimes the application takes more than a year to process, so then what happens? As I said, I'm super confused...

 

[Ellasg]

Hey all, I'm super confused about something...

The immigration package says that the permanent resident visa is valid for only one year after your medicals were done, but I also read that you need to be in Canada as a permanent resident for 3 years before applying to be a citizen. How can you stay in Canada if your visa isn't valid anymore? Sometimes the application takes more than a year to process, so then what happens? As I said, I'm super confused...

It means you have 1 year to land in Canada, or until your medical or passport (eg: if your current passport with the visa stamped on is only valid for 6 months, you have to land before that, regardless of the medical) is valid. After you land you'll become a PR and you won't need a visa anymore! Because the visa is only for you to land and "activate" your Permanent Resident status at the border/airport.