Hi Everyone,
Been following this thread for a while, so thanks for the advice and updates- I guess I finally got round to having some input myself!
Here's my situation:
I came to Canada with my GF (who's a PR) in Jan '09 on a 1 year working holiday visa, which was eventually extended to March 31st 2010. In March we submitted an application for sponsorship inland, received by Vegreville April 1st. Since then I haven't been working (luckily we knew this was coming so made financial arrangements beforehand) and mostly enjoying the summer, which was awesome.
However, now 9 months have passed I received a letter around new year's asking for some documents from us, which I KNOW were included in the application (Police Certificate and common law union declaration). To add more mystery to the mix, an immigration lawyer friend of ours saw our letter and said that one of his clients had received exactly the same letter, from the same officer, that week too. Could this be a stalling tactic by Vegreville, an oversight, or could they have lost a part of the application?
Also, if it is a stalling tactic, should I wait and see what happens or just go ahead and arrange for another copy of the documents (bearing in mind the police certificate alone ended up costing around $200)?
Thanks again for all your help to date guys- It's about time I gave something back!