Marium Rizwan said:
Hi,
I am new on this forum and some times I don't get the code words you guys talk in! :'( Can you guys please tell me what AoR, CCP, CPC, Re-Med and other short forms stand for?
and also I would like to know the standard process of Immigration.
Cuz when somebody asks me about Medical, AoR or whatever I am totally out of answer!
Hey,
I'm not from Pakistan but can still try to answer!
AOR : acknowledgement of Receipt. That's when Mississauga sends you an email that says they have received your application, or your visa office ( VO). Mississauga doesn't always send one, so if you get one, you're lucky. Most people get the sponsorship approval straight without hearing from CIC before.
CPC: Case processing center. In that case, Mississauga if you have applied Outland , or Vegreville if Inland. CPC processes the first stage of the application, then sends it to the VO ( Visa office), in your case Islamabad.
MEDS and re-meds : before sending your application, you have to do a medical exam, at a doctor designated by CIC ( called "panel physician). The medicals are valid for one year. As Islamabad ( and other offices) take a long time to process applications, your medicals will expire before your file is opened most likely. So you will have to re-do a medical exam : that's re-med. then it is valid for another year, which hopefully will allow enough time to get the visa. Don't do the medicals again before being asked to do so by your VO. If your medicals expire, there is nothing to do. Let them expire, and when the VO opens your file and ask for another medicals, then contact the doctor and do a second medical exam.
Standard process of immigration: you prepare the application, together with your spouse, and get everything in the application according to the checklist. you send the application to CPC - M (Mississauga), and wait! they approve the canadian ( or the PR of Canada) as a sponsor if all goes well ( or ask for more details if needed), and they inform the sponsor ( via mail, or letter). File is transferred to the VO ( Islamabad for your case), and you wait - they assess the case, decide for an interview or not. They ask for the passport, issue the visa, and send it back to the applicant - then you can move to Canada.
Hope it clarifies! I suggest you read also the first post by Leon ( not all pages, just the first few ones) called "spousal sponsorship" for more details.
Good luck,
Sweden
