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***JULY 2016 - OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANTS***

jms627

Star Member
Dec 10, 2013
93
1
Massachuetts, USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-07-2016
Doc's Request.
upfront
AOR Received.
13-08-2016
File Transfer...
26-08-2016
Med's Done....
04-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
08-12-16 (ECAS "Decision Made"); 13-12-16 (MyCIC "Approved")
Nice! No update for me.
 

PandaChan

Star Member
Mar 4, 2016
127
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 4, 2016
AOR Received.
July 21, 2016
File Transfer...
August 23, 2016
Med's Done....
June 1, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
PR approved Oct 14, 2016
LANDED..........
Nov 11, 2016
jms627 said:
Nice! No update for me.
Crossing my fingers that you will get an update soon! :D
 

wildemam

Hero Member
Nov 10, 2015
699
69
GTA
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hello everyone, I've been reading through this large, extensively useful thread. However, it is too huge to be able to cover.

I need your advice please. I am about to get married in Egypt. I knew my fiancee for a long time and her brother is my friend since childhood. We went to the same schools. I came to Canada in 2013 and became a PR in April 2016.

However, we have no evidence that we had correspondence until August 2016. She just graduated in 2015.

In August 2016 I went on a holiday to Egypt to have an engagement. I have enough evidence that it is not fake, Lots of photos with family and with proper formal clothing for the ceremony. I have also Photos of me with her and our siblings in outings.

I intend to get married in December 2016. I will be able to spend a month in Egypt before having to go back to Canada for my work. We are planning a traditional ceremony with all of our families and friends attending. We will also have several outings and will have photos in several outings.

I plan to submit our application around March 2017.

I need your advice on what to do so that we avoid any complications with our sponsorship and PR applications.

thanks,
 

alias5000

Full Member
Jul 15, 2016
43
0
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-07-2016
AOR Received.
09-08-2016
File Transfer...
24-08-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Waived
VISA ISSUED...
02/12/2016 (myCIC approved)
PandaChan said:
Finally an update!
Hubby's background check is now in progress, haha. ;D
Congrats! That's great news and cool to see that step by step the July applicants are being processed :) Hope you'll get your COPR soon and Christmas can be celebrated in Canada.
 

PandaChan

Star Member
Mar 4, 2016
127
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 4, 2016
AOR Received.
July 21, 2016
File Transfer...
August 23, 2016
Med's Done....
June 1, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
PR approved Oct 14, 2016
LANDED..........
Nov 11, 2016
alias5000 said:
Awesome! That's great news and cool to see that step by step the July applicants are being processed :) Hope you'll get your COPR soon and Christmas can be celebrated in Canada.
Thank you!
I'm glad things have been moving quite well for July applicants as well.

We are very much hoping he will be here for Christmas!
 

gkountouris

Star Member
Apr 22, 2014
168
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Rome
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11 July 2016
AOR Received.
AOR 2 : 23 Aug 2016
File Transfer...
25 Aug 2016
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Nope....
VISA ISSUED...
09/02/2017
PandaChan said:
Thank you!
I'm glad things have been moving quite well for July applicants as well.

We are very much hoping he will be here for Christmas!
It seems that Ottawa VO is quicker than Rome.. .. Good luck to all of you..
 

ecclesiast

Full Member
Apr 25, 2016
31
0
Vancouver, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 18th
AOR Received.
August 12th
File Transfer...
September 2nd
Med's Done....
October 9th
Pleased to report that my wife will be visiting me for a few days here in BC!

We're wondering what the likelihood of her being able to wait up here for a few months are? Her return ticket is for next Sunday, but we would love the option -- although it will make us very poor, haha -- of her being here in the meantime.
 

sharonK

Full Member
Jun 12, 2016
48
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Nairobi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-07-2016
Doc's Request.
Dec/5 2016
AOR Received.
23-07-2016
File Transfer...
23-08-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront. May 2016. Passed
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2016
VISA ISSUED...
20-012017
LANDED..........
01-03-2017
C'mon weekend, you gotta move!! We love you tho....
 

ra03ra

Champion Member
May 12, 2016
1,360
20
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-06-2016
AOR Received.
16-07-2016
File Transfer...
SA - Aug 23, 2016
Med's Done....
08/06/2016
Passport Req..
03/01/2017
VISA ISSUED...
13/01/2017
wildemam said:
Hello everyone, I've been reading through this large, extensively useful thread. However, it is too huge to be able to cover.

I need your advice please. I am about to get married in Egypt. I knew my fiancee for a long time and her brother is my friend since childhood. We went to the same schools. I came to Canada in 2013 and became a PR in April 2016.

However, we have no evidence that we had correspondence until August 2016. She just graduated in 2015.

In August 2016 I went on a holiday to Egypt to have an engagement. I have enough evidence that it is not fake, Lots of photos with family and with proper formal clothing for the ceremony. I have also Photos of me with her and our siblings in outings.

I intend to get married in December 2016. I will be able to spend a month in Egypt before having to go back to Canada for my work. We are planning a traditional ceremony with all of our families and friends attending. We will also have several outings and will have photos in several outings.

I plan to submit our application around March 2017.

I need your advice on what to do so that we avoid any complications with our sponsorship and PR applications.

thanks,
1. From now till your marriage make sure you communicate well and saver proofs, whats app, facebook, skype etc

2. Wait till your full marriage is complete with all of your and hers family member before you apply. Applying with just engagement is highly not recommended.

3. Make sure you keep reciepts of everything during your marriage. Have a small honey moon if you can and take crap load of pictures with her and yours family all together.
 

Sohini

Full Member
Sep 23, 2016
32
0
How do I know my Visa office? How come folks here can see timelines against their statuses? I can see only In Progess, passed, Not started. Please let me know if I need to check somewhere else.
 

sharonK

Full Member
Jun 12, 2016
48
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Nairobi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-07-2016
Doc's Request.
Dec/5 2016
AOR Received.
23-07-2016
File Transfer...
23-08-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront. May 2016. Passed
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2016
VISA ISSUED...
20-012017
LANDED..........
01-03-2017
Sohini said:
How do I know my Visa office? How come folks here can see timelines against their statuses? I can see only In Progess, passed, Not started. Please let me know if I need to check somewhere else.
Sohini after sponsor approval you get an email and they forward the application to the nearest visa office (nearest to where the principal applicant lives). Are you the sponsor or principal applicant?

And about the timelines you neeed to update. Go to your profile and you can key in the information you have got from CIC.

When did you submit your app?
 

Sohini

Full Member
Sep 23, 2016
32
0
sharonK said:
Sohini after sponsor approval you get an email and they forward the application to the nearest visa office (nearest to where the principal applicant lives). Are you the sponsor or principal applicant?

And about the timelines you neeed to update. Go to your profile and you can key in the information you have got from CIC.

When did you submit your app?
I am the PA. My husband is the sponsor. My application was received on July 26, 2016. Below is the status that I can see.


Review of eligibility Review in Progress
Review of medical results Passed
Review of submitted documents Help
Scheduling an interview Not needed at this time
A background check is needed In Progress
Final decision Not Started

We did not receive any email after sponsor approval. Although it's showing as Decision Made. Im a little confused. :(
 

sharonK

Full Member
Jun 12, 2016
48
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Nairobi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-07-2016
Doc's Request.
Dec/5 2016
AOR Received.
23-07-2016
File Transfer...
23-08-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront. May 2016. Passed
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2016
VISA ISSUED...
20-012017
LANDED..........
01-03-2017
Sohini said:
I am the PA. My husband is the sponsor. My application was received on July 26, 2016. Below is the status that I can see.


Review of eligibility Review in Progress
Review of medical results Passed
Review of submitted documents Help
Scheduling an interview Not needed at this time
A background check is needed In Progress
Final decision Not Started

We did not receive any email after sponsor approval. Although it's showing as Decision Made. Im a little confused. :(
Where are you now? That's where your visa office should be. Maybe your husband should recheck his mails or emails. If not maybe I suggest call CIC...
 

sadcanadianpr

Star Member
Feb 10, 2016
98
0
Vancouver
Category........
Visa Office......
NDVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
7th July 2016
AOR Received.
23rd August 2016
File Transfer...
31st August 2016
Med's Request
22nd February 2017
Med's Done....
7th March 2017
Interview........
Not Required
Passport Req..
Still Waiting
Hi...

Where do you see the decision made.. ecas or my cic website..
ecas might be showing decision made on the sponsor's side.
But it might be good news too....
 

Sohini

Full Member
Sep 23, 2016
32
0
sharonK said:
Where are you now? That's where your visa office should be. Maybe your husband should recheck his mails or emails. If not maybe I suggest call CIC...
I am in SFO, USA. My husband didnt get any mail. hope things are moving :)