Kingston,Jamaica

[kc416]

Forum Family Members by Year of Application sent to CIC MISSISAUGAcolor]

2008

Torontogirl June 08 Husband home after 20 months
Maple Aug 08 Interview Appeal
Sassy Nov 08 Dealing with ARC
Junor Oct 08 Husband Home
Faithhope Nov 08 Medical Re-do
Workinprogress Nov 08
Peaceloveunity Dec 08 Medical re-do
Mizzy Dec 08 Called for PP
Lonley Dec 08 Called for PP

2009

Peni Feb 09
Hatewaiting Feb 09
Longdistance Feb 09 Dealing with ARC
Kc416 March 09 Husband Home
Frequent March 09 Husband Home
Soso April 09 Husband Home
Glogirl April 09
Stressed April 09 Medical re-do
Missinghubby April 09 Medical re-do
Rosemel June 09 Quebec Application
Homesoon July 09 Interview requested Feb 10
Helpmeplease Aug 09
Jamwifey Oct 09
Missingmyboo Sept 09
Siron Oct 09

2010

Highlyflavoured Jan 10
Canuck Feb 10

There are a few people who i do not know the dates they filed for application such as:

missingmybaby
soanxiouswifey
whydotheykeepusapart

 

[Soso-2-di-whurlll]

LOL Maple.... LOLLLLLLLLLLL

Lol KC......

I am still trying to get over the 17 days vacation then the next year 17 more days added to the first 17, 9 sick days and 7 department leave days

Boy If I had those vacations days, I would have been to JA so many times and stayed so much longer.

I think I will apply as a fiyah Ooman.... LOL

 

[missingmyhubby]

KC....ya we sent everything with our package....and our original package was sent applying inland because we sent it out inland and just after he got sent home, so then we had to have it sent back and do up a whole other file, but they transfered his medical no prob.

 

[chelley]

greetings all...

quick overview/introduction before i ask my question...

married my husband in may of 09, i was 5 months pregnant at the time... We submitted our paperwork on Sept 30, the day before our son was born... I was approved for sponsor October 22, processing began on Nov 11.... we got a letter Feb 8 saying we need to bring in proof of our son's birth certificate.. I took my maternity leave here (in jamaica) so had the b/c with us... we submitted that feb 9...

today (feb 22) we got a phone call saying we must bring in the birth certificate again since they have misplaced the copy (only in jamaica lol), along with my husband's passport so they can finalize the immigration process...

first, am i correct in assuming that this is it, we're done?

and secondly, how long does it take for us to get his passport back?....

i've been enjoying living in jamaica and plan on being here a couple more months at least (not looking forward to going back to winter, we'll wait it out ), but it'll be nice to know we're READY!!!

thanks for the help and best of luck to you all!!!

 

[mizzy]

Mr. P - Thanks for the great words. It is the year of jubilee!

Sorry I did not log on earlier - really slammed at work - cause I did have an UPDATE.

Hubby called this morning - early, early 6:45 am but likkle bwoy and I were already risen - anyway, PP is ready for pick up. LCW and Jam, I guess they needed an extra day with that little holiday last week!

So hubby called me at work at end of day, flight is booked for March 21. Guess he called my friend the travel agent and set it all up.

Here's to more updates this week!

 

[kc416]

Hey Chelley...

congrats on the baby! so wish i could be in Jamaica right now, we are having a snow storm here.

on average we have noticed from forum members that it takes around 7- 14 days or so to get a call back from Kingston to pick up their passport with visa in it.

Kingston has been very slow at processing visas the past few years and their ave processing time for 30% of applicants is 7 months - that being the shortest time line. Last year only a few PR applicants on this forum got through in 7 months... none made it in 6 or 5 or 4 or 3 months..etc

This year we have had one person so far on this forum whos PR application has only taken 4 months. she has submitter her passport already but has been waiting at least 2 weeks (maybe even 3 weeks) now for a call to pick up her passport.... this time line is similar to yours since your application has only been with Kingston for 4 months since the end of October (within 7 days after you are approved as a sponsor).

As far as I know.... when they ask you for the passport you are at the final stage.

No one on this forum yet has been asked to bring in passport and has waited a long period of time after they have brought it in or have been asked to bring further documents or have been denied.

It is safe to assume that you have been approved and after the passport has been brought in that you will shortly get the visa inside and will be called to pick up passport.

Have fun in JA... its great that you guys get to be together.

I really think this is a good sign that KG is on the move... fingers crossd

 

[kc416]

Great news Mizzy.....Countdown is on till hubby is here with you.. March 21 is the first day of spring isnt it? Congrats!

 

[chelley]

thanks kc...

it's nice to know things are moving along quicker in kingston... i hope that the other applicants are as lucky/successful as we have been as it really has moved quickly... i was not expecting to hear anything until may or june...

enjoy the snow (not) i'll try to send some sunshine up that way (just send down something wet b/c we haven't seen water here in about 4 months and i really don't want to pay fill the tanks yet again!)

 

[Helpmeplease]

welcome chelley..

I'm the lucky one that got the call for hubby to bring in PP at 4 months..they have had his passport for 4 weeks today and no news....I emailed them on Thursday and no reply...my guess is someone messed up called us too soon and now they are going to hold onto his PP until the 7 month mark so they don't mess up their Stats...I'm trying to stay positive but it's hard to be this close..and be strung along some more..blah....I really hope they don't do this to too many ppl..frustrating to get this false hope and get no news..in my head he was supposed to be here 3 weeks ago...

congrats mizzy!

 

[Maple Syrup]

Congrats Mizzy on the update. Finally some movement from KG this week!! It's only Monday 8)

Welcome to the forum Chelley!!!

 

[chelley]

awww helpme, i'm sorry about that... hopefully they get it sorted out quickly... our process may have been quicker because my husband was living in the UK when we applied... we went thru kingston (even tho london would have probably been faster) b/c we knew that we'd be here... although he did need to get two police records (the UK one came from scotland yard and was a PIA to get too...) crossing fingers that ours won't be delayed and that yours will come thru any day now... i'm bless to have my family together during the wait, can't imagine it's easy...

thanks for the welcome all

 

[mizzy]

Welcome Chelley. Movement out of Kingston in any form is always a good sign. And so long as your husband has the time available under his medical, your family should be able to take its time in JA waiting out the winter. I wish I had been fortunate enough to spend more of my mat leave there just for the father/son bonding. Enjoy your time together.

Helpme, I certainly hope that the IO is not just sitting on the passport waiting for 7 months. In that 30% there must be a few files that takeless time...they can't all be exactly 7 months. Maybe they did err and were a little premature in calling as the background was not quite done? Have you contacted your MP for assistance? Yours is certainly a situation they should follow up on for you. They can start with an inquiry to Ottawa about the current file notes. If no answer there, they can contact KG direct. My understanding from my MP office is that they won't contact KG unless you pass the magic timeline, but in your case, the circumstances should warrent it. I only suggest MP because some are effective and KG itsself is so infrequent at responding direct to emails and we all know they do not take phone calls!

Maple, still no word from your MP? Was there a February BF date of some sort that you were expecting? I can't recalland way too many pages on this thread to go back more than a couple days!

 

[Helpmeplease]

thanks for the advice Mizzy, that was my next step..I'm going to wait out this week and then bring in the big guns lol...

So happy for you to be done this process!! )

 

[lonelycanadianwifey]

Mawnin

Hey Chelley Welcome ....Congrats on PP drop off..Hopfully it goes fast from here ..Like helpme said they have had her PP for a month ...NOT COOL!!

Helpme other embassys do rewuest PP from early on mabey this is one of those cases but i would be safe to say mabey the MP could call ottawa sewewhats going on for you ...I truly hope it comes through ...What a tease this has been for you !!

Mizzy woot woot ....Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Damn straight phewww its over know for the both a we thank god !! Congrats March 21st good day ;D

 

[Helpmeplease]

Chelley,

thanks for the support...I have a weird question to ask you though lol are you by any chance Chelle on TA?? I ask that because when I read your first post I thought hmm this story seems familiar and then when you mentioned UK it sounded even more familiar...anyways..I just thought I would ask...)

Have a good day everyone..bring on the updates!!! ) I think my hubby is getting stressed last night was the second night he showed up for the night shift and he was actually off lol did the same thing last Tuesday night..hehe...don't hear him saying no problem so often these days! poor guy...