Hello everyone,
Nothing that CPC or CIC does surprises me anymore, it would appear that there are people working there who are completely clueless and have absolved themselves of accounability, competancy and compassion. What a truly horrific experience for Jadarius, I am truly sorry for what has happened to you, I hope that you will manage to find a way to get out of the situation you are in, I do wish you well. My own news is not very cheerful either. My spouse and I filed our application in October of 2011. In August of 2012 we received a letter advising us that our file had been transferred to the local Calgary office. We were not told why or given an estimated waiting time. I wrote to CIC Calgary and received a reply which told us that with the current backlog of applications waiting for review we would have to wait until March of 2014. I then requested our FOSS notes. I received the FOSS notes and after reading them discovered that my spouse has passed all of the requirements, but once again there is no reason given for the file transfer. I decided to contact our local MP for assistance. The MP made an official inquiry with CIC on our behalf and we received the following information: "This file was transferred from CPC Vegreville to CIC Calgary because Vegreville was unable to reach a decision in this case. The Immigration Officer was not convinced that the marriage requirement had been satisfied. This is not to say that they concluded that you were not married, only that they were not satisfied that you were indeed married, this file is estimated to be reviewed in March of 2014". My spouse and I were legally married in the presence of my family in Calgary in October 2010 and we did include copies of all the official legal documentation with our application so I fail to undertand how it is that one can in fact be married and yet not be married?. Also it really annoys me that these faceless, nameless strangers who really know nothing about you have the power to assume the worst, waste your time and make your life miserable. I am fortunate as I have Canadian and UK citizenship, if I end up getting a refusal for our application and a deportation order is issued for my spouse I will send an email to Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney telling them that they can both get stuffed and that I will be renouncing my Canadian citizenship and returning to Europe as soon as possible...