indiagal said:
Hi sumitd,
yes i agree i dun understand y my case is taking so long...one thing i wud like to ask is wat is dis "File transfer"...do dey send any separate mail for d same? i mean my husband got one mail of sponsorship approval n den i got another mail of Passport request...dun hv any idea about dis "File transfer" thing...plz temme...n plz temme how to contack LOCAL MP or wat is Ordering notes...we really hv no idea...
my husband is younger to me...so can dat affect my case? i keep on thinking :-\
Hey Indiagal,
to answer a few of your questions: file transfer is when the sponsor has been approved, then the file is transferred to the VO - in your case New delhi, and the file was transferred when the sponsorship was approved. If you got an email requesting your passport, then you know for sure your file has arrived, has been opened, and they are working on it. So don't worry too much about it, it's still early to have an answer... average time for New Delhi is 8 months, even if lots of applicants get a decision before that.
If you think that your file is taking too long, you can contact your MP - here is the list of MP ( member of parliament) and their constituency. Your husband can check which one corresponds to where he lives, and contact the MP to ask for more information. However, if you are within the "normal time frame", maybe your MP will not want to contact the VO as the time has not passed yet.
Ordering notes - that's if you want to order the notes that CIC has made on your file. It takes about a month to get them, they are called GCSM notes, and you can see a bit what has been assessed already in your file and what the VO has written about it.
Age difference - it is not necessarily a problem, and I don't think that 3,5 years should be a bit issue, especially if you have provided lots of proofs.
Don't think about it too much ( easier said than done, I know!), it's a bit early in the process to worry, you are within the normal waiting time, so there is not much to do about it apart from waiting...
Good luck with your application,
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