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How long did you wait to file after your wedding?

tinytortoise

Star Member
Feb 7, 2012
156
1
Houston, Texas
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-01-2013
AOR Received.
06-02-2013
Med's Done....
09-10-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
22-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
23-08-2013
Just a quick poll:

How long did you wait to file your application after your wedding date?

Why did you choose that time to file? (i.e. took so long to get application ready, etc)
 

pelipeli

Champion Member
Sep 30, 2011
1,205
61
124
Calgary Alberta CND
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 25, 2012
AOR Received.
none
File Transfer...
Sponsor approved: May 1,2012; file rcvd by CEM: May 8
Med's Done....
Dec 19,2011
Passport Req..
PPR date: May10, PPR rcvd: May16, PP sent: May 17 ,PP rcvd by CEM:May18
VISA ISSUED...
IP: Aug16, DM: Aug19 Visa Issue Date: August 16, 2012 Visa rcvd: Aug24
LANDED..........
September 20, 2012, PR card received Nov 23,2012
in our case, got married in June 2011, applied in January 2012

reason: Landed as PR in January 2011, went back home in February 2011(not ready to settle permanently in Canada yet), then came back (for good) to Canada in January 2012 . Sent the application 5 days after I arrived. ;D
 

Isometry

Hero Member
Aug 18, 2011
494
11
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo-->Seattle
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 28 2011
File Transfer...
Jan 9 2012-->Feb 9 2012
Med's Done....
Sept 19 2011
Passport Req..
March 21 2012
VISA ISSUED...
April 21 2012
LANDED..........
May 17th 2012
Got married May 2011, filed October 2011.

We were initially thinking of filing for a greencard for my spouse instead, and started gathering that paperwork. The wedding certificate and his birth certificate took forever, because Canada was having a postal strike. Once we decided to move me to Canada instead, we had to learn what the immigration process was like, wait 2 months for my FBI check, etc. Sent everything of the instant we had it all together.
 

kyc221

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2012
255
4
Santiago, Chile
Category........
Visa Office......
Santiago, Chile
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-08-2012
AOR Received.
11-10-2012
Med's Done....
25-05-2012
Passport Req..
26-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
02-05-2013
LANDED..........
20-05-2013
Got married March 2012, sent the application today ;D August 24. Didn't send before only because we couldn't complete de package any sooner...
 

backcountry

Star Member
May 28, 2012
109
9
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-03-12
AOR Received.
26-06-12
File Transfer...
28-06-12
Med's Done....
07-01-12
Passport Req..
20-11-12
VISA ISSUED...
29-11-12
LANDED..........
04-12-12
Married March 10, 2012. Application Fed Exed March 19th, 2012. Had prepared file prior to wedding, just waited on Marriage Certificate and wedding photos.
 

Abuzz

Full Member
Jul 31, 2012
40
1
Mississauga
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31-07-2012
File Transfer...
15-10-2012
Med's Done....
16-07-2012
Passport Req..
01-11-2012
Married July 8, 2012, Filed July 31, 2011 - Got back to Canada to get everything in order and notarized true copy.
 

sariss

Hero Member
Jan 18, 2011
385
4
Collingwood Ontario Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 13, 2012
AOR Received.
August 22, 2012
File Transfer...
August 22, 2012
Med's Done....
April 4, 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
November 29, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
December 10, 2012
LANDED..........
December 12, 2012
We got married August 6th, 2011 and applied in May 2012. We waited cause I wanted him to come back to Canada before I sent it (he had to leave November 2011)
 

Shylox

Hero Member
May 22, 2012
531
8
Vancouver, BC/Pittsburgh, PA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
August 13th 2012
AOR Received.
N/A
File Transfer...
October 22nd 2012
Med's Done....
June 7th 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Never got one
VISA ISSUED...
February 21st, 2013
LANDED..........
February 28th, 2013
We got married December 14th and sent off our application on August 9th, it literally took us this long to get our application ready haha No other reason, really.
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
Married July 7, 2012 sent application on August 22, 2012

Was waiting until I moved back to Canada and then took a few days to completely organize everything that we had been working on for the past few months.
 

anonymity

Full Member
Jul 24, 2012
46
1
Canada
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-08-2012
We got married on July 17th 2012 and we submitted the letter on August 18th 2012.
 

Creampop

Hero Member
Jun 15, 2012
876
16
124
Waterloo ON
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo closed > Ottawa > Finalized in LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 23rd, 2012
Doc's Request.
RPRF-September 14th, 2012
File Transfer...
7/23/12 > Ottawa 10/9/12 > LA
Med's Done....
April 10th, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
October 9th, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
CoPR issued Oct. 29, 2012 DM November 6th, 2012
LANDED..........
November 23rd, 2012
We Married April 7th 2012, our application was received April 23rd, 2012.
 

hogaishaadi

Hero Member
Jun 26, 2011
636
10
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
OTT-ISL-LON
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Mar-2012
Doc's Request.
Ad Doc's May 2013
AOR Received.
May-12 ISL - July-14 LON
File Transfer...
June-2014 LON
Med's Request
July 2014
Med's Done....
Aug 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Oct 8, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Nov 2014
LANDED..........
Inshallah Dec 2014
married dec 2010, it was nikkah only (i do's), so did not file it until we had rukhsati (give away of bride) in nov 2011, and then i filed it in march 2012... basically cic does not recognize nikkah only cases (as our marriages can be a 2 step thing, so folks understand hence explaining)... i waited out for the 2nd step, as filing right after dec 2010 would definitely would have meant a rejection/objection in our case... so i completed the marriage, the file got completed and then sent it in...
 

tavora

Star Member
May 18, 2012
166
1
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-07-2012
AOR Received.
N/A
File Transfer...
20-09-2012
Med's Done....
02-07-2012
Interview........
Waived!
Passport Req..
07-02-2013
VISA ISSUED...
10-05-2013
LANDED..........
31-05-2013
We got married April 27th, 2012 then filed July 9th, 2012. That's pretty much how long it took to get everything together. If we had known how much work it would be, we would have started earlier, for sure.
 

KJG

Champion Member
Jun 4, 2012
2,795
29
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Havana
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 28, 2012
AOR Received.
June 14, 2012
File Transfer...
June 20, 2012
Med's Done....
Jan 3, 2012
Interview........
Oct 4, 2012 9:00am
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 4, 2012
LANDED..........
Nov 9, 2012
We got married in October of 2011 and filed in February of 2012,