angtao said:
Guys, I need some help here. I have a few questions.
1: A friend of mine got AIP on Friday Aug.19 and there application was received on Oct.22,2010. They are definitely working ahead of there schedule. They only got AIP because there medical expired. They did there medical in June 2010 and I guess they would not extend there medical for 2 months. That sucks. How long will it take to get 2nd stage if they need to re-do the medical?
2: Now for my situation, my husband did his medical Jan.22,2010 and our app was received by Vegreville on March 31,2010. 10 months of waiting takes us to Jan.31,2011. Should we re-do a medical and send it so they would not have any chance of asking for another one?
3: We did not send an open work permit with our application. Should we do that now and maybe they will attach it to our application? Would you send one or will it be a waste of $150?
4: Should we extend my husbands status? We did not send in an open work permit. I called immigration Canada a few weeks ago and they said that if you did not send in an open work permit then you have to re-apply to extend your status as it expires on Oct.11,2011. I called CIC again today and got someone on the phone today that was very knowledgeable and he said that not updating your status would not result in us not getting permanent residency. I don't know what to do. I have heard from so many people that you do not need to update your status when you have an application in process. Thoughts?
5: Last question, I promise. If I want to send in additional documents. Where do I send it to and what should I write? Should I just put everything in an envelope and write our client ID number at the top of each page? Do I need to add any other forms with this?
Hi Angtao, I will try to answer on some of your questions:
1.It took 6 weeks for lhet_sept2010. They asked her to redo medicals in July and she got the second stage approval in August. Check her last messages.
2.When we called CIC trying to understand the same question, agent said not to do medicals until CIC asks about this themselves. I would recommend to wait for the first stage approval as well. You will be informed if you have to resend new medical results.
3.Sorry, i skip this question, i don't know the concrete rules about OWP, we did not apply for work permit with our main application..
4.As i heard before you have to maintain you legal status while staying in Canada.
During the process time you can use your authorized visa to confirm your legal status throughout different organizations (for example in the bank, in the embassy). We extended my visitor status, and it helped us to avoid troubles.
5. Yes, you can send additional documents. Just write client ID on the envelope, after Vegreville address. No special forms are required. We sent a covel letter and a small table of contents at the top of the pile.
Hope it helps.