INLAND APPLICATIONS 2013

[jen1975]

don't worry and thank you D ya finally i may free if my landing interview will go well .. i really really pray inland speed will move fast again less suffer

Everything will go well, mine was so fast I could not belive it was over, but you still have to wait a few months till you can take that breath of relief

 

[yata520]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/immigration-minister-chris-alexander-hangs-up-on-as-it-happens-1.2672727

According to the article I personally don't think Chris Alexander's personalities fit well into the immigration portfolio. He cant control himself, lack of diplomacy and lack of respect for public. Can we contact the journalist of As It Happens Radio Show and see if they can bring our issue to air by an interview with Alexander?

(Its just my thought, and I hope screech339 wouldn't jump in to criticize me :-*)

i think total is 1300 Syrians refugees. canada last summer commit in the end of 2014 willing receive 1300 ( gover sponsor 200 , family1100) ,but he know not even 10 syrians arrive canada yet .. and The Government of Canada has provided to Syrian refugees worth 350 million Canadian dollars of aid.

 

[yata520]

Everything will go well, mine was so fast I could not belive it was over, but you still have to wait a few months till you can take that breath of relief

thanks jen congrats again u start new life

 

[screech339]

@civic

The issue I have is your constant berating of everything that is Canada. I mean why are you even immigrating to Canada if you find the Canadian system so bad? You can always sponsor your partner in Thailand if living in Canada is so terrible in comparison.

If “inland process” is so terrible, why didn’t you apply outland? Oh that’s right. It takes 32 months through Singapore VO (assuming Thailand according to your profile) in comparison to 20-21 months inland.

So tell me, which process do you want? The inability to work on “implied status” in Canada for 32 months, assuming you can keep extending your visa in Canada, while outland PR is in process? Or the opportunity to get OWP and be able to work for any employer while you are living together with your partner and land as PR in approx. 20 months.

Yes I agree that 21 months for inland is getting ridiculous. Usually the nominal timeline in inland is approx. 12 months. I can completely understand the frustration coming from those who applied inland with the minor difference in timeline outland process. For example if the outland country VO is 14 months and inland at the time of submitting was 12 months, only to see inland timeline has increased considerably higher than outland. But in your case, despite the timeline has increased to 21 months, you are still landing faster than 32 months. Even if the outland timeline has increased since you applied, you are still landing sooner regardless.

It just that it is ironic to see you are complaining about the "inland" process while the outland process takes longer. I just feel that you are not being graceful at all to being given the opportunity to land in 20 months instead of 32 months, that you are able to live with your partner meanwhile there are other families who are living far apart for months at a time. I can completely understand your anger and feeling ungraceful if the inland timeline actually overtook the Singapore VO timeline.

 

[nismopinoy]

My wife is scheduled for her medical next week. What documents should we have for us to be able to advice the CPC-M that she already did the medical? What size of the picture should we submit?passport size? thanks

 

[yata520]

My wife is scheduled for her medical next week. What documents should we have for us to be able to advice the CPC-M that she already did the medical? What size of the picture should we submit?passport size? thanks

...when i sent my medical exam were : take exam then they give me a form they say is e-medical now then just make a copy sent it , so only 1 size

 

[civic]

@ civic

The issue I have is your constant berating of everything that is Canada. I mean why are you even immigrating to Canada if you find the Canadian system so bad? You can always sponsor your partner in Thailand if living in Canada is so terrible in comparison.

If “inland process” is so terrible, why didn't you apply outland? Oh that's right. It takes 32 months through Singapore VO (assuming Thailand according to your profile) in comparison to 20-21 months inland.

So tell me, which process do you want? The inability to work on “implied status” in Canada for 32 months, assuming you can keep extending your visa in Canada, while outland PR is in process? Or the opportunity to get OWP and be able to work for any employer while you are living together with your partner and land as PR in approx. 20 months.

Yes I agree that 21 months for inland is getting ridiculous. Usually the nominal timeline in inland is approx. 12 months. I can completely understand the frustration coming from those who applied inland with the minor difference in timeline outland process. For example if the outland country VO is 14 months and inland at the time of submitting was 12 months, only to see inland timeline has increased considerably higher than outland. But in your case, despite the timeline has increased to 21 months, you are still landing faster than 32 months. Even if the outland timeline has increased since you applied, you are still landing sooner regardless.

It just that it is ironic to see you are complaining about the "inland" process while the outland process takes longer. I just feel that you are not being graceful at all to being given the opportunity to land in 20 months instead of 32 months, that you are able to live with your partner meanwhile there are other families who are living far apart for months at a time. I can completely understand your anger and feeling ungraceful if the inland timeline actually overtook the Singapore VO timeline.

Too long to read haha. But at the end I tried to read it briefly. So just because my spouse is a Thai national and she gets to stay here with me, we better shut up and be graceful to the government and stop complaining about the inconsistency and inefficiency of the system? Again, if you are not part of the game, it is easier for you to judge. May I ask that going forward everything I post here, if it is an eyesore for you, just ignore it, don't waste your precious time writing back/explaining for me.
I (and many others in similar situation who PM me about you), simply don't appreciate and don't need to hear this kind of lecture, Sir!

Thanks

 

[screech339]

Too long to read haha. But at the end I tried to read it briefly. So just because my spouse is a Thai national and she gets to stay here with me, we better shut up and be graceful to the government and stop complaining about the inconsistency and inefficiency of the system? Again, if you are not part of the game, it is easier for you to judge. May I ask that going forward everything I post here, if it is an eyesore for you, just ignore it, don't waste your precious time writing back/explaining for me.
I (and many others in similar situation who PM me about you), simply don't appreciate and don't need to hear this kind of lecture, Sir!

Thanks

There is a difference between “berating” Canada without any afterthoughts and giving constructive criticism. I can understand someone going beyond criticism to the point of “berating” the system coming from a person has already gone way over the expected timeline and rightfully so, regardless of inland or outland VO office timelines.

But in your case, you are just 5 months into the process and when you submitted the inland application, the 1st stage AIP was probably around 10-11 months at the time. You have started criticizing the system as soon as you submitted your inland application. Leave those who have already waited beyond their timelines do the berating. Who knows, perhaps the timeline will drop considerable in the future that your wife lands within the expected timeline. In the meantime, show support to those who really deserved to be landed already but still waiting. When you reached your expected stages of timeline with little or no progress, we including myself will be there to support your “berating” of the system.

The point is, someone who have already waited months on end, passed the expected timeline to land has a lot more seniority in voicing their displeasure (rightfully so) with the system over someone who just submitted their application the day before.

Screech339

 

[AchankengCrawford]

There is a difference between “berating” Canada without any afterthoughts and giving constructive criticism. I can understand someone going beyond criticism to the point of “berating” the system coming from a person has already gone way over the expected timeline and rightfully so, regardless of inland or outland VO office timelines.

But in your case, you are just 5 months into the process and when you submitted the inland application, the 1st stage AIP was probably around 10-11 months at the time. You have started criticizing the system as soon as you submitted your inland application. Leave those who have already waited beyond their timelines do the berating. Who knows, perhaps the timeline will drop considerable in the future that your wife lands within the expected timeline. In the meantime, show support to those who really deserved to be landed already but still waiting. When you reached your expected stages of timeline with little or no progress, we including myself will be there to support your “berating” of the system.

Screech339

Hey fellow inlanders,

I don't think there is much merit to policing who is and isn't allowed to be frustrated with the process. My spouse is also from a country that's processing time is longer than the inland route even with the current delays, but in some ways that makes me more frustrated with the delays because either way we applied we have to wait for very long periods of time. Outland and Inland are part of the same system, so it isn't really fair to say that you shouldn't complain about inland because outland for your country is worse. Also, just because someone is newer to the process doesn't mean that their feelings towards it aren't valid. I can only imagine how disheartening it would be to look at the fact that it's taking 7 months to process one month's worth of applications and know that there are still 9 months worth of applications waiting to be processed before they will even look at yours. If they continue to process at the current pace that's another 63 months (5 years!) of waiting. There is no longer any point trusting the timeline posted on line as for the past 5 months it has steadily increased. No one knows if and when the process will speed up and that unknown has got to be very scary for people who have applied more recently. In my opinion, all Canadians should be disappointed with our government in respect to the inland applications, whether they have an application in process or not. Part of the Canadian system is the freedom to criticize the government without repercussion. The government is suppose to work for us and our families and when it doesn't we are right to raise issue. Anyone who has any clue about what is going on with this system can see that it isn't working. They haven't moved from July 30th is over a month! I feel for and support those who applied on July 30th and before who haven't received their AIP, but I am also upset for myself and those who applied after me.

 

[Daizey]

For those interested, CIC posted the summer 2014 newsletter. It looks like they've now implemented the faster decision making for applications process on August 1st? I wonder if that is the process that is going to be used on those they haven't gotten to yet, and why there's been such a stall since the beginning of August.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/enewsletter/index.asp?utm_source=owly-eng&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=msg2&utm_campaign=eNews092014

 

[Daizey]

I think the biggest frustration I have right now (sadly I think I've given up on hoping for a work permit anytime soon), is I don't even know if I'll be able to land at this rate before Christmas. Ever since we started the application, my dream was to visit my family back home for the holidays this year, as it's always a big deal with my family. On top of that, my best friend is getting married on December 13th, and she wants me to be in the bridal party, but how am I supposed to say for sure I can make it when I have no idea if we'll even land before the year is over? Even a couple of months ago, I was SURE that this whole thing would be over way before December. Now I'm not so sure, and it's killing me. We want to buy plane tickets, but if I'm not allowed to leave the country, we'll be out another $1000. All of this has added on top of the frustration of not being able to work and the amount of debt we're going even further into. I think I've just given up hope at this point. They've broken me.

 

[PRsoon]

For those interested, CIC posted the summer 2014 newsletter. It looks like they've now implemented the faster decision making for applications process on August 1st? I wonder if that is the process that is going to be used on those they haven't gotten to yet, and why there's been such a stall since the beginning of August.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/enewsletter/index.asp?utm_source=owly-eng&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=msg2&utm_campaign=eNews092014

The new decision-making model is exclusive to Citizenship applications. I believe it doesn't change anything for Inland/Permanent Residence applications. Our process stays the same.

 

[Daizey]

The new decision-making model is exclusive to Citizenship applications. I believe it doesn't change anything for Inland/Permanent Residence applications. Our process stays the same.

Well, maybe that confirms that they're all working on citizenship applications now then. Guess we all look for some sort of explanation for the lack of progress for almost over a month now.

 

[civic]

For those interested, CIC posted the summer 2014 newsletter. It looks like they've now implemented the faster decision making for applications process on August 1st? I wonder if that is the process that is going to be used on those they haven't gotten to yet, and why there's been such a stall since the beginning of August.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/enewsletter/index.asp?utm_source=owly-eng&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=msg2&utm_campaign=eNews092014

Yeah that e-newsletter deals with citizenship backlog. As of Aug 1, 2014 they implement new decision making policy for citizenship apps. These officers are posted in Sydney NS and/or local offices whereas Inland files sit at Mississauga or Vegreville. I am not sure if it has anything to do with the inland delay, I doubt it. But I agree that there must be something behind that July 30, 2013. They probably treat it as a cutoff point for old vs new process. So the Action Day Sept 24 is still a plan for us? Should we have a facebook page that connect us and provide guidance on what we should do on that day?

 

[3september2013]

I think the biggest frustration I have right now (sadly I think I've given up on hoping for a work permit anytime soon), is I don't even know if I'll be able to land at this rate before Christmas. Ever since we started the application, my dream was to visit my family back home for the holidays this year, as it's always a big deal with my family. On top of that, my best friend is getting married on December 13th, and she wants me to be in the bridal party, but how am I supposed to say for sure I can make it when I have no idea if we'll even land before the year is over? Even a couple of months ago, I was SURE that this whole thing would be over way before December. Now I'm not so sure, and it's killing me. We want to buy plane tickets, but if I'm not allowed to leave the country, we'll be out another $1000. All of this has added on top of the frustration of not being able to work and the amount of debt we're going even further into. I think I've just given up hope at this point. They've broken me.

I really feel for you and I can really understand that you've given up hope. First we had plans to go visit my family this summer because early this year it looked like I would have it all done in May, June....but we had to cancel our plans en now we are planning to go with Christmas too, but yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen either.
I heard that it's easier to come back to Canada if you cross the border by car from the US instead of landing by plane in Canada; does anyone has experience with that? Don't wanna take any risk but these days I really want to visit my family! What a stupid rule it is that we can't travel abroad for a couple of weeks!