INLAND APPLICATIONS 2012

[buzybee]

Thanks buzybee!

So anyone heard anything yet?? So excited =)

 

[hamedsilent]

Hi All

I have just received an email from Vegreville confirming my sponsorship eligibility which means we got the first stage approval in email and have to wait for the mail soon... We are so happy

 

[buzybee]

Hi All

I have just received an email from Vegreville confirming my sponsorship eligibility which means we got the first stage approval in email and have to wait for the mail soon... We are so happy

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! YAY!!!!

;D 8) : ;D 8)

That's awesome!!! First stage, check!

 

[johanna125]

Wow, congrats hamedsilent. So happy for you.

OMG Buzybee, Can Ed and Jbel, this is getting very exciting and I'm kinda nervous. Hamedsilent sent their application on January 26, 2012 and he/she already have AIP today; I sent mine January 25 and I still didn't hear anything yet from CIC. Wow, I do hope all of us will get good news very soon. Goodluck to all of us.


Johanna

 

[johanna125]

Hi All

I have just received an email from Vegreville confirming my sponsorship eligibility which means we got the first stage approval in email and have to wait for the mail soon... We are so happy

Hi hamedsilent. Congrats again. By the way, I read a recent post in the "2011 inland forum" that CIC is no longer sending paper letter (by Canada post) about AIP. According to 2 people from the inland 2011 forum, they learned that CIC no longer sends paper letter thru the visa call center. Try to go to the 2011 forum and read that post. It was posted around 3-5 days ago. Thanks.

Quick questions :
1. Did you apply under common law or under married spouse category?
2. Did you enclose an open work permit application when you sent your PR application before? Wow, I'm getting anxious now because CIC received my PR app on January 25, so we almost have the same timeline.


thanks.

johanna

 

[hamedsilent]

Well, I am aware of that but I also have seen cases who have both emails and mails. Mean while I have applied under common law and included work permit application... letter to my partner indicates that she has been approved for work permit too... We just did not do medical which she did it just last week before they send us letters both for AIP and requesting medicals.

 

[hamedsilent]

Forget to mention, Sometimes there is a delay on applications because they probably consider approval of both stages... Mine did not include medicals so have to wait till they get it though and look into it after another probably 3 month. Dont worry,, I am sure you guys will hear very good news soon too.

 

[jbel]

Hey so anything yet??

never been able to get through the entire 2 days.

 

[r.hadii26]

hi everyone..i am new here
my fiance came to canada on a student vise since she is studying herend we are gettin married next month

what would i need to do to apply for her PR ?
please help me out

 

[Deepcove]

Hello everybody. Thank you for this enlightening thread..

My wife and our son are Canadian citizens. She is sponsoring me. We sent our inland application while we were both in Canada (I have a valid study permit). After that, we had to leave Canada for some family issues and went back to our home country. We plan to come back to Canada as soon as I get my PR. Is their a problem of leaving Canada before the PR is granted? (note: my study permit is still valid). Please find below my stat:

Application received: Nov, 4 - 2011
Processing started: Aug 31st, 2012
Approved in principle: Aug 31, 2012
Medical and police certificate sent: Sep 20, 2012

 

[Deepcove]

hi everyone..i am new here
my fiance came to canada on a student vise since she is studying herend we are gettin married next month

what would i need to do to apply for her PR ?
please help me out

Congratulations Hadii. To answer your question, I found this post very informative. It was posted by CheshireCats on the second page of this thread:


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So you are in the situation that you want to sponsor your foreign spouse for permanent residency of Canada and don't know where to start. Here are some tips:

Married, common law or conjugal partners

First you need to pick an application class. There are three of them: married, common-law and conjugal. For all of them, you need to prove the genuineity of your relationship. For common-law, you need to prove that you have lived together for 12 months or longer. For conjugal, you need to prove that you have combined your affairs as much as possible but there are real immigration barriers or other barriers preventing you from living together or getting married. Conjugal is the hardest to prove. For example, if your partner could get a visit visa to come to Canada for 6 months and then apply for an extension to get the full year, even though they will not be allowed to work, that is not considered an immigration barrier. An immigration barrier is if your partner tries to get a visit visa to come to Canada and is repeatedly refused. Some people have had luck with the conjugal class but try to avoid it if possible.

Outland or inland?

Now you need to decide if to apply outland or inland. If your spouse is not in Canada and can not get a visa to go to Canada, you must apply outland. That means that you will send your application to Mississauga and they will approve you as a sponsor. The time that takes is usually 1-2 months After that, the application is forwarded to your local visa office. If your spouse is residing in a country other than the country of their nationality, you can pick which of the two visa offices you want. Otherwise it will be processed in their country of nationality.

If your spouse is staying in Canada as a visitor or on some other visa, you can pick whether you want to apply outland or inland. Outland is generally faster and has appeal rights but a downside to outland is that if an interview is required, your spouse will have to travel to the visa office in the country where it's being processed. Inland has the downside that it's generally not advised that your spouse travels while you are waiting for your processing because it is a requirement of inland that they reside in Canada and if they are denied entry at the border for some reason, your application is gone. If an interview is required for inland, you may also have to wait a long time for it. The inland application would be sent to Vegreville and if all goes well, you would get a first stage approval, usually in 6 to 8 months. Then the file is forwarded to your local CIC office where you live and they will contact you for a landing appointment. Getting the PR with inland usually takes 12-18 months. If an interview is required for inland, Vegreville will not give first stage approval but instead will forward the application to the local CIC office without it and you will have to wait for them to have time for your interview. In some cases that can take a year or two. If you do get the first stage approval, your spouse will usually be eligible for health care and an open work permit. It is actually a good idea when applying inland to send an application form for a visit visa extension as well as the open work permit to be given at first stage approval all in one package so it's tied together.

Which method to pick depends on your situation. If your spouses country of nationality has a long processing time or your spouse does not want to have to travel there for a possible interview, then inland is the way to go. For faster processing and freedom of travel during the processing time, outland would be better.

Avoiding potential problems with your application

The most common reason for people to be called for an interview is that the visa officer has doubts about the relationship being genuine. It is up to you to send immigration some quality data, emails, chat logs, phone records, photos, letters and other material to prove to them that your relationship is the real thing. Other reasons you might have problems with is eligibility of the sponsor. The sponsor can not be on social assistance, can not be bankrupt and can not have a record of violent crimes or crimes against family members. If that is the case, better talk to a lawyer and get that cleared up before attempting to apply.

Dependent children

If your spouse has dependent children, they must be included in the PR application, even if they are not coming to Canada. They will need to have medicals as well to keep the option open to sponsor them later. The only way that immigration will accept the application without those medicals is if the children are no longer minors and refuse to have it or if the children are in the full custody of their other parent who refuses to make them available for medicals. In that case, your spouse needs to sign a statement stating that they know that they will never be able to sponsor these children to Canada in the future.

Dependent children are classified as single and either under 22 years of age or if they are older, they must have been full time students since before age 22 or dependent on their parent due to a disability or medical problem.

Refusals due to income and medicals

You will be asked to provide information about your income but you will not be denied to sponsor your spouse and dependent children because you do not make enough money. It is possible though that if you make absolutely no money at all that immigration may ask you how you plan to support yourselves.

Spouses and dependent children are also exempt from the clause about excessive demand on health care so you do not have to worry about them being refused for that reason.

Sponsoring your spouse while living in another country

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can sponsor your spouse without being in Canada but you do then have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada when your spouse gets approved for permanent residency. Such proof can include having arranged jobs, being accepted to college, having arranged housing or letters from friends & relatives stating that they know of your plans and that you can stay with them while you look for housing etc.

If you are a PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse. You can chance short vacations (remember that a Canadian vacation is generally no longer than 2 weeks) but if immigration finds out that you are not in Canada, you risk getting your application refused.
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[Nahmed]

Hi hamedsilent. Congrats again. By the way, I read a recent post in the "2011 inland forum" that CIC is no longer sending paper letter (by Canada post) about AIP. According to 2 people from the inland 2011 forum, they learned that CIC no longer sends paper letter thru the visa call center. Try to go to the 2011 forum and read that post. It was posted around 3-5 days ago. Thanks.

Quick questions :
1. Did you apply under common law or under married spouse category?
2. Did you enclose an open work permit application when you sent your PR application before? Wow, I'm getting anxious now because CIC received my PR app on January 25, so we almost have the same timeline.


thanks.

johanna

Congrats hamedsilent, can you please add me to,the list.
App received 19 march 2012
Aor 19 july 2012
Thankx and good luck to all

 

[krissikris]

hey, new here, we mailed in our application May 18th and it was received May 23rd 2012, still no confirmation from them that they received it, just the post office slip.
I hate all this waiting...

 

[de_to_ca]

Hi,

It seems 2012 applicants started getting AIPs. I have applied for the PR In-Canada class on May 03, 2012 and have received the acknowledgement on August 31, 2012. I guess it will be another 4-5 months before I will next hear from CIC. Wish you guys all the best with your applications.

Cheers'

 

[canuck2k]

Great news , so 2012 applicants are finally getting aip.

Our application was received Jan 9th. We changed address and updated client history at the end of May.
We sent medicals with our application but no police certificate but it is ready to go and translated already when the CIC request it.

if we authorized a representative do CIC send the AIP email to the representative or to the sponsor and sponsored spouse?
We never got any email saying our application was received or in process or anything but we have a representative.

It would be great if my wife could get the PR card before mid January but this might be a bit too hopeful now

Hi All

I have just received an email from Vegreville confirming my sponsorship eligibility which means we got the first stage approval in email and have to wait for the mail soon... We are so happy