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Martinzx

Full Member
May 31, 2015
26
0
:D My status just changed to IP last night.
in the same time, I received a reply email regarding my previous question for HKVO

I filed my application last December.

Can anyone tell me, How long it takes from IP to Passport request?

Thanks
 

ymserver

Star Member
Jan 16, 2015
130
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-12-2014
Doc's Request.
12-08-2015 (HK Police cert)
AOR Received.
05-03-2015
File Transfer...
10-03-2015 (SA); 30-03-2015 (AOR2);
Med's Request
12-08-2015
Med's Done....
13-08-2015 (re-med)
Interview........
wavied
Passport Req..
02-11-2015 (DM2), no PPR
VISA ISSUED...
16-11-2015 (COPR)
Hey Ian C.,
Congrats for getting IP!

Like bukeluke, I am also still at Application Received.
 

sartha

Newbie
Jul 20, 2015
7
0
Martinzx, congrats on reaching IP... in my wife's case though, a few days after getting IP we got a request for more stuff. We handed the required information and we've been waiting for 30 days since. We hope to get something soon as it's really nerve racking @.@ but maybe you had all your ducks in a row, it'll go more quickly then.
 

Ian C.

Star Member
Jan 4, 2015
100
0
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10 Dec 2014
AOR Received.
2 Mar 2015 / AOR ; 5 Mar 2015 / SA
File Transfer...
5 Mar 2015
Med's Request
30 Nov 2014
Med's Done....
30 Nov 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
18-08-2015
VISA ISSUED...
25-08-2015
ymserver said:
Hey Ian C.,
Congrats for getting IP!

Like bukeluke, I am also still at Application Received.


hi Ymserver/Bukeluke,
you guys should be almost to reach IP for your (HKSAR holders) cases with Bukeluke. all you have to do is waiting their response. FYI, I wait for 45 days+ after IP is granted. They don't ask me anything as I did all steps including Police check & payment fee as well as medical check. Thus wait for the PPR.

Sartha,
What passport you hold for your case ? HKSAR or China passport ? want to know so we can analyze the days we need for our process from IP to PPR.

Thanks.. Ian
 

benitaagogo

Hero Member
Apr 4, 2015
278
8
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2015, CIC received 03-05-2015
AOR Received.
04-16-2015, SA 04-30-2015
File Transfer...
05-07-2015
Med's Done....
upfront
Interview........
waived, IP on Oct.9, DM on Nov.12
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
N/A
LANDED..........
12-06-2015
Martinzx said:
:D My status just changed to IP last night.
in the same time, I received a reply email regarding my previous question for HKVO

I filed my application last December.

Can anyone tell me, How long it takes from IP to Passport request?

Thanks
Congrats on the IP Martinzx, would you please share your timeline on the spreadsheet so everyone could estimate their timeline better? Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eOaxOWPSTJxIFaEYCcAYBAbzv62DPAUH9hYXZ3jSvfI/edit#gid=972172818

From the recent cases on our spreadsheet, it takes at least a month to get the passport request.

Few applicants got PPR few days after Ecas showing IP but it actually all depends on the VO.
 

bukeluke

Hero Member
Apr 24, 2015
275
16
Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-12-2014
Doc's Request.
30-09-2015
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
03-03-2015
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
11-03-2015 (SA)
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
3-12-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
03-11-2015
LANDED..........
20-11-2015
Ian C. said:
hi Ymserver/Bukeluke,
you guys should be almost to reach IP for your (HKSAR holders) cases with Bukeluke. all you have to do is waiting their response. FYI, I wait for 45 days+ after IP is granted. They don't ask me anything as I did all steps including Police check & payment fee as well as medical check. Thus wait for the PPR.

Sartha,
What passport you hold for your case ? HKSAR or China passport ? want to know so we can analyze the days we need for our process from IP to PPR.

Thanks.. Ian
It's really a long wait for and I hope I could receive anything in the coming weeks. I will move to Canada in Nov anyway and wait for CoPR if still not ready. At least I can get familiar with the life and move to a new home first...
 

sartha

Newbie
Jul 20, 2015
7
0
Ian C., my wife has a hong kong passport... she told me that all of the people from her qq group for immigration that handed in their stuff around the same time as us have already gotten their request for passport, we are still waiting for that.
 

tofuboi

Star Member
Apr 25, 2010
103
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-11-2014
AOR Received.
AOR1 21-03-2015 AOR2 16-04-2015
File Transfer...
30-03-2015
Med's Request
20-08-2015
Med's Done....
20-01-2014 2nd - 28-08-2015
Interview........
NIL
Passport Req..
09-10-2015
VISA ISSUED...
10-28-2015
LANDED..........
01-09-2016
SIP said:
Could anyone let me know what's the photo specification for my parents' photo request from experience? I am not sure are they HK passport photo, Canadian passport photo, or PR card photo?
For my kid, the request said passport photo, but it also said photographs must conform to the specifications outlined in the Guide to Immigrating IMM 3999 and Appendix B Photo Specifications.
 

Ian C.

Star Member
Jan 4, 2015
100
0
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10 Dec 2014
AOR Received.
2 Mar 2015 / AOR ; 5 Mar 2015 / SA
File Transfer...
5 Mar 2015
Med's Request
30 Nov 2014
Med's Done....
30 Nov 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
18-08-2015
VISA ISSUED...
25-08-2015
sartha said:
Ian C., my wife has a hong kong passport... she told me that all of the people from her qq group for immigration that handed in their stuff around the same time as us have already gotten their request for passport, we are still waiting for that.
hi sartha,
can you kindly tell us when CIC received your application and when your status to IP. Did you get the status to Decision Made already for applicant side ? I am not sure do we need to send the HKSAR passport to HKVO ? or need photocopy of HKSAR ? or no need to send passport as some here said that no need to send the passport to HKVO , and only COPR is granted without passport sent. Anyone had this experience before ? please advise..

ian
 

tlove45

Full Member
Mar 26, 2015
21
0
Hey Everybody!!!

My Status Changed to In Process as of Today!!!!! ;D Woke my wife up in the middle of the night to tell her!. Now we can finally see the end coming after all these months and it's reinvigorated us with all this energy. We will start preparing for the Passport Request (Thank You Brian!!!). We decided to change the date earlier that I will visit her to October 1-12. We will have a formal wedding ceremony 1 year after getting our marriage license!!! Hope we will be able to fly back to Canada with on that date together. I will be taking extra suitcases to bring back most of her things either way :) .
 

benitaagogo

Hero Member
Apr 4, 2015
278
8
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2015, CIC received 03-05-2015
AOR Received.
04-16-2015, SA 04-30-2015
File Transfer...
05-07-2015
Med's Done....
upfront
Interview........
waived, IP on Oct.9, DM on Nov.12
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
N/A
LANDED..........
12-06-2015
Congrats on everyone whose status have changed to IP !!! Finally more purple on the spreadsheet!!

From another forum, there's people contact their MP for

1) Status changed to DM but haven't got the PPR email for a while

It turned out to be HKVO sent PPR to the wrong email and she almost couldn't send her passport within 30 days.

2) Status remains application received when every applicants status have changed to IP

It turned out to be it actually is in process but the VO hasn't changed the eCAS. (By this case I think maybe there are more applicants are IP already but the eCAS just haven't updated yet)


If you have any doubts about your case, I'd suggest you to contact the MP in your area, it may also put more pressure on the VO to update the eCAS as they should to ease our mind of the long waiting time.

Wish HKVO speeds up and everyone graduates from the wait and desperate separation from our significant others.
 

bukeluke

Hero Member
Apr 24, 2015
275
16
Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-12-2014
Doc's Request.
30-09-2015
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
03-03-2015
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
11-03-2015 (SA)
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
3-12-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
03-11-2015
LANDED..........
20-11-2015
tlove45 said:
Hey Everybody!!!

My Status Changed to In Process as of Today!!!!! ;D Woke my wife up in the middle of the night to tell her!. Now we can finally see the end coming after all these months and it's reinvigorated us with all this energy. We will start preparing for the Passport Request (Thank You Brian!!!). We decided to change the date earlier that I will visit her to October 1-12. We will have a formal wedding ceremony 1 year after getting our marriage license!!! Hope we will be able to fly back to Canada with on that date together. I will be taking extra suitcases to bring back most of her things either way :) .
Just checked my eCAS that it changed to "in process" finally. That's cool....can't wait...
 

Ian C.

Star Member
Jan 4, 2015
100
0
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10 Dec 2014
AOR Received.
2 Mar 2015 / AOR ; 5 Mar 2015 / SA
File Transfer...
5 Mar 2015
Med's Request
30 Nov 2014
Med's Done....
30 Nov 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
18-08-2015
VISA ISSUED...
25-08-2015
bukeluke said:
Just checked my eCAS that it changed to "in process" finally. That's cool....can't wait...


Congrat to you, bukeluke. by the way, in case we need to enquiry something from HKVO, what email address to contact them (HKVO) ? I would like to ask them in writing for my process. Please advise.. any one get any response after IP status ? my IP status was around end of June.

Ian
 

vanhk

Star Member
Aug 10, 2015
149
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-11-2014
AOR Received.
18-02-2015
File Transfer...
11-03-2015
Med's Request
20-08-2015
Med's Done....
13-09-2014(1st) 22-08-2015(2nd)
Interview........
Waived
LANDED..........
Decision Made 13-11-2015
My status is still application received :'(

We sent our application on 2014 Nov. 26 :( :( :(
 

benitaagogo

Hero Member
Apr 4, 2015
278
8
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2015, CIC received 03-05-2015
AOR Received.
04-16-2015, SA 04-30-2015
File Transfer...
05-07-2015
Med's Done....
upfront
Interview........
waived, IP on Oct.9, DM on Nov.12
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
N/A
LANDED..........
12-06-2015
vanhk said:
My status is still application received :'(

We sent our application on 2014 Nov. 26 :( :( :(
Hi vanhk, would you please add your timeline in the spreadsheet? We really need more applicants to join so everyone can know better to analyze their cases!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eOaxOWPSTJxIFaEYCcAYBAbzv62DPAUH9hYXZ3jSvfI/edit#gid=972172818

thank you!