wlas52381 said:
Hey everyone..congrats to all who got aips and decision made recently!!!! My situation is a bit complicated and i thought it would be better to post it on here and get some advice from the forum veterans!! Our application was received by vaudeville on October 12 2011.. two months later I was called to 6900 airport road at the cbsa office where I applied for pre removal risk assessment on Dec 13 2011..fast forward to April 27th 2012 I received a letter from cic stating ' in order to continue processing your inland application I have to send them my original fingerprints"" I sent them may 12 2012..then after a month on June 28 2012 I was called back in by cbsa informing me of a negative para decision..they also made me fill out a passport application form for my home country and advised me that I will be deported as soon as my new passport was made!! The officer also said that in case I received my aip befor passport renewal they will allow the stay until PR is finalised...Now ten days ago my ecas updated to ""medical results have been received"" ...curious to know if that's any good news??? It's a race against time for us..any advice is appreciated..love to all..cheers!!!
My husband and I were in the exact same situation as you... We applied for inland sponsorship in December 2011 and my husband did his PRRA in April 2012. Then in June we met with the CBSA to renew his passport and that's when they told us his PRRA was refused. They gave us 60 days to get AIP, otherwise he would leave on August 17.
The CBSA Immigration advisor contacted Vegreville on our behalf and asked them to work on our application ASAP. Luckily we got AIP July 5th.
If the Immigration Advisor you met with didn't offer any help, I would suggest you contact Vegreville explaining your situation and asking them to make your application a priority.
We hired a lawyer to do our application just because of the fact that my husband is a failed refugee and we didn't want to take any chances.
The CIC has not made any information available concerning the new law stating that someone going through PRRA will still be deported while going through the sponsorship process if they don't have AIP. If you go on the website, they still have the old information stating the old info (as of last week at least).
Maybe you can use that to your advantage?
I would suggest you consult a lawyer to see what they say... I know how you must be feeling. This was one of the most stressful things I have ever dealt with!
Best of luck, I hope it all works out for you! Don't give up hope and keep informing yourself and seeing what options you have