MsJMo
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- May 5, 2013
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Vegreville
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 05-12-2012
- AOR Received.
- 21-01-2013
- Med's Request
- Sent with application
- Med's Done....
- 08-08-2012
- Interview........
- NA
- Passport Req..
- AIP 23 October 2013
- VISA ISSUED...
- DM 24 October 2013
Hi Alurra71,Alurra71 said:Hi guys. I was just wondering if anyone else was around my same time frames and basic information?
I am a US resident, hubby is Canadian, obviously! Our application was received Dec 7. We received a confirmation email from them in regards to their receipt and the website states that they began processing his sponsorship part on Jan 21, 2013. My questions are :
1. Does anyone else have the same basic information as far as dates and such?
2. How long should we be waiting on an answer since the website says 6 months, but hasn't moved from the Oct 8 date in AGES! Is this strike the reason?
3. Hubby is able to take care of me, but dammit, I would LOVE to be able to at least get a part time job. If we FINALLY get AIP, will I be able to get a work permit? We were told not to bother filing for an OWP with our application even though we thought it was a good idea.
4. I sent in my medical and police certificates and such with my application. Because they are in theory only good for a year, am I going to have to have them done AGAIN?!? I think they were done in November.
I have a similar timeline to you, but we've applied through Quebec so if you haven't it might be different... We sent in the application around Nov 25th and it's marked as received on Dec 5th, 2012, AoR Jan 21st, 2013.
As for the waiting, we called CIC two weeks ago to see if we could get any more information, and the guy basically said "It's going to be a couple months yet.. at least". Things are slow. We're hopeful that because we sent in the full application and paid all fees that we'll also be lucky and get AIP and DM at the same time like some people do. I'm not holding my breath though!
When you get AIP you can have your Open Work Permit processed. We also were not told to send in that application with the original one (!) but CIC says to send it in ASAP. If you're here on a work visa and it expires, I believe the OWP "in process" waiting on the AIP gives you implied status - but please confirm this with CIC. We didn't have it in process and had to apply for a temporary extension as a visitor while waiting on the AIP.
Our medicals will also expire soon. We were told that we'll be contacted if they need to be redone, but we don't need to go out proactively redo them. As far as I know the police records don't expire? I hope not - what a pain if they do!