Kingston,Jamaica

[oneandonly]

I got the email today and so did hubby. He missed a private call last week ...so I'm sure that was them now.

He has to redo medicals and police record and bring in with marriage certificate and proof of ongoing relationship. I assume it is because of the denied refugee claim and our marrage shortly after the desicion.
My father passed away Sept 10 and I emailed the embassy to let them know of my situation.
Maybe they had a good heart to let us reunite our family at this time. Our 6 month old needs his dad right now.

Blessings to all.

My condolences to you and your family through this time so sorry to hear about your fathers passing. May God heal you and continue blessing you. Hang in there and remember all the good times you and him shared together. It really hit home to me when my grandfather passed he was my father role in my life so I understand your feelings. If you every need anyone to talk to we are here for you mama.

 

[Maddants]

Congratulations on completing your interview. You must feel relieved that it is done!! You spoke truthfully and from the heart and that is all that they can ask of you! Hopefully this process is soon over for you and your wife!

yes i sure feel relieved that this interview is over......thank you also sis

 

[Maddants]

Wow whoot whoot congrats Maddants on the interview told you would do a fantastic job...hoping you and wifey hear some good news very soon and ppr will sure be on its way.

thank you.......im praying fro the ppr very soon

 

[Wifey_BT]

I was married on the 23rd aswel

I was also married on the 23rd, crazy how that seems to be a popular date.

 

[Nevaeha]

When your faith is low, when you find it hard to believe, when doubts are bombarding your mind, don't worry. God is not only full of mercy, He's full of faith. His faith will hold you over until your faith can be strengthened.

~Joel Osteen Ministries~

 

[co16062012]

How can life be fair?, How is life determined by sitting looking at some papers and then coming to a conclusion that these persons were meant to be?

On Monday she lost her dad and being the only child the pain and discomfort that she has to face alone, the bitter moment that he died the same date last year we submitted our application the 17th. She wont have my shoulders to lean on and cry rivers of tears, she wont have my hands to hold as she remembers the fond moments they shared, she wont get to hear my voice saying it will all be OK when others speak about him or me kissing her on her forehead to calm her down when it gets to emotional. I wont be there to answer all the questions of her son asking, "why my grandfather had to go". On the seats where direct members are to be seated my chair will be empty beside the person i vowed to keep happy in times of needs. And each time the question is asked where am I? not only will it hurt that she has lost an important man in your life, the one that was blessed with the task of making her happy for the rest of her life will not be there to do his part.

Now that painful day will be twice as painful!!

I hope the people working at these offices wont have to be placed in these moments in LIFE when the choice of physical,emotional or physiological comfort rest on the basic of a yes or no.

 

[fromadistance]

This post really made me cry out loud. Having been in the same position with losing my mother and taking care of my newborn daughter alone, I understand completely what you are saying. I'm so so sorry.

Immigration stress mixed with grief...I wouldn't wish it on my own enemy.

 

[Akiikwe]

carm_cnd sorry to hear, but good things are coming. I can barely imagine what you were going through the days you were waiting to hear something.

krissikris, I am rejoicing in your good news! Family is going home!

Congrads to dlmo77, PPR and interview on October 7th! I wish you good luck on October 7th, also that is the day of Me and Maddants second wedding anniversary.
Maddants has some good advice now for those facing the interview. I was hoping they would have kept his passport as he was requested to bring his in as well.

Chickie, I have been here reading post every once in a while. I read you post a while back when you asked if Maddants had his interview. Sorry for not posting and giving you an update but believe me, that was a hard one to not just write to you to tell you when he was going. But I prefer to have him tell (and Maddants prefers to update) you his story as he was the one who had to experience it. I had a hard time keeping my mouth shut! LOL! I just wanted to share.

About the interview: I have been so anxious as the date grew near, not knowing what to expect. I was sitting at home (took the day off from work) wondering what was going on in that interview. Also, I have heard that Kingston sometimes calls the spouse during the interview. I didn't want to take any chances on missing a call. When the time came around, there was no call to me and all I could think of is what are they asking him? But Maddants phone me to tell me all about it as soon as he got out the door. It took all day to absorb what Maddants said about the questions he was asked. Some of the questions bugged me, especially about the culture part. But how can they understand that some native people do not live totally in their culture when they lost it during the Residential school times? That is history I know well and history I want to forget as my mother was a victim. But enough of this talk about my culture. It is time to hope and pray for the next step in this whole process.

This night hawk, has just done a fly by on this forum (late night as usual) and is going to fly off again LOL! Hope the coming days we will hear more good news! Prayers to everyone here! Lata!

 

[co16062012]

This post really made me cry out loud. Having been in the same position with losing my mother and taking care of my newborn daughter alone, I understand completely what you are saying. I'm so so sorry.

Immigration stress mixed with grief...I wouldn't wish it on my own enemy.

sorry to hear dear this week into the weekend will be hard.

 

[fromadistance]

sorry to hear dear this week into the weekend will be hard.

My mom died on the '17th' too.

It is a date that is unforgettable to say the least. Too bad my wedding anniversary is the 17th.

I hope you get to be with your wife soon. I really really do. Praying for u all.

 

[CdnandTrini]

Hello Everyone, How is everyone doing today....Sorry that i have not posted anything on the forum for a long time but i still read everyone post though...to let everyone know that i had my interview yesterday morning at 10am.... here is how my interview went....

I got the the embassy around 9:20am and when i went inside there was no one in the embassy waiting for anything. the embassy was very scanty like nobody was there working. i was saying to myself look like the strike is really having an impact on the kingston embassy for sure... i did not even sit down for a good min. they call my name telling me to go to room number 4 which i did... the immigration officer was a woman in her 50s with long black hair with gray hair also.. she ask me for the things they required and i gave her everything..she started to go tru everything and which she is going tru them she ask me question about them. here are a few question she ask me.

who are these ppl in the pictures
what is my wife mother name
what do her kids them do
why no one from her family attend our wedding
have my wife cook her native food for me
what do i know about my wife culture
what do i know about my wife that other ppl dont
what kind of work do my wife do and where she work
have me and my wife every get into any aurguement and how we resolve it
they have a few more questions that i forgot...

i was not nervous at all when i was at the interview.....i answer all the questions that i could answers but a couple of them i could so i just told her i did not know. some of the question i answered the immigration officer told me that she did not believe me but i still answered it as i was there telling her the truth...im not going to say that the immigration officer was rude or anything but she did give me a bit of a hard time though.....i spend about 1hr in the interview. when the interview finish she told me that she will have to review over everything again because she is saying that my wife is putting out all the effort to know me and im not pushing out any effort at all. so she gave me back my passport but she kept my birth certificate, marriage certificate, police record, and medical records....she did not give me a time that she would get back in touch with me.. so i just have to wait for the outcome of the interview..i know im myself that i did good but they can think differently. the immigration officer look like she was mix with native american indian also...

Hi Maddants (& Mrs. M. too), thanks for posting this on our POS thread and sharing your interview experience. I am sure you are both so relieved to have it over and done with. It does seem strange and sooooo..... aggravating to me as well, that when our spouses get denied TRVs and cannot visit us, that an IO would think you are not putting out any effort. HUH????

I wonder if it is worth sending any follow up correspondence to them to summarize all of the efforts you have made to refute her misinformed perspective. The nature of this whole process puts all sponsors in the position of making more effort as we are the ones who have to do the traveling, when and if we can afford it. Besides, in any couple on the face of the earth at various times in any relationship the efforts go back and forth and we never know 100% of everything about anyone. I am way more detail oriented than my husband but that does not mean our relationship is not genuine. I can never remember the names of all of his siblings (large family ) and he does not remember all of the finer details of my work but that does not mean we do not love each other.

Maddants I really commend you for your confidence and cool under pressure when the IO actually told you that she did not believe some of your answers. You truly demonstrated an amazing peace of the Holy Spirit my brother as I am feeling mad on your behalf even just reading this . You mentioned that the IO did not give you a timeline for an answer. Did you ask her directly and she refused to answer or did she just not offer that info.?

Interesting that the IO asked for birth and marriage certificates, were they not in your original application? I still think that overall it is good that she said she is reviewing everything though. I have read before that sometimes they just like to play "the bad cop" at the interview to test the applicant's reactions (which I still think is rude and cruel) however you sound like you sailed through it. So prayers are coming your way for a PPR soon and then COPR and then.....LANDING STORY! Then best of all.....no more immigration ;D. Blessings.

 

[Nevaeha]

How can life be fair?, How is life determined by sitting looking at some papers and then coming to a conclusion that these persons were meant to be?

On Monday she lost her dad and being the only child the pain and discomfort that she has to face alone, the bitter moment that he died the same date last year we submitted our application the 17th. She wont have my shoulders to lean on and cry rivers of tears, she wont have my hands to hold as she remembers the fond moments they shared, she wont get to hear my voice saying it will all be OK when others speak about him or me kissing her on her forehead to calm her down when it gets to emotional. I wont be there to answer all the questions of her son asking, "why my grandfather had to go". On the seats where direct members are to be seated my chair will be empty beside the person i vowed to keep happy in times of needs. And each time the question is asked where am I? not only will it hurt that she has lost an important man in your life, the one that was blessed with the task of making her happy for the rest of her life will not be there to do his part.

Now that painful day will be twice as painful!!

I hope the people working at these offices wont have to be placed in these moments in LIFE when the choice of physical,emotional or physiological comfort rest on the basic of a yes or no.

co16062012, life isn't fair and neither is this process. :'(

Your post just broke my heart.

I am so very sorry to hear of your wife's loss and I truly wish you could be with her in Canada to comfort her in her time of need. It's these types of life changing events that make the immigration process even more painful than it already is. I can completely understand your frustration, anger, and helplessness.

I think we can all agree that the Government of Canada has to have an immigration process in place; however, there needs to be a massive audit done on how family sponsorship cases are handelled, especially since they deem it a top priority. How can a 'top priority' take so many months (over one year, sometimes two) to complete? Kingston claims to process applications in order of receipt and I am still trying to wrap my head around how that is possible when several people that have applied after me have already landed. Yes, each case is unique but not so different that some applications are completed in four months and others take twenty-four months. ???

co16062012, even though you are separated by distance, I know you will be a pillar of strength to your wife as she goes through her grieving process over the loss of her father. You will be her shoulder, her rock, and her support even though you will not be able to hold her in your arms and kiss her forehead.

Thank you for sharing your story and frustrations with us.

God bless you and your family.

 

[Flowers18]

Hi
Wow I missed so much not coming on for a few days!!! Sounds like some good news, sad news and dissapointing news.
I had no idea what I was in for going through this process and I already feel so close to people reading theirs stories of gratitude and frustration. I find this forum sooo amazingly helpful because even though everyone has supportive people in their life no one else quite knows the burden of having no control over immigration processing like all of us. Since I am new to the forum and surely a long long long ways away from a landing story(my application was recieved February 11,2013) I thought I would share the story of how we met .
I was in a terrible relationship with a man in Vancouver (who was jamaican) and became really close to his aunt, so close that I had moved into her basement suite and fondly called her aunty. When her nephew and I broke up (he broke up with me) I continued to live with her. I went to Jamaica with her a few months later and she introduced me to the rest of her family including her god son. When I laid eyes on him I totally felt butterflys, he was so charming, nice and extremely family oriented, it was an instant chemistry between us. We kinda felt like kids sometimes being around our aunt and his mom, we kinda had to sneak off together because they wanted to be very invovled (they were a close knit jamaican family). So after a few days I had ditched my aunt and went and stayed with him, I totally had the time of my life and never had so many romantic and exciting nights. I felt like I had known him all my life, I remember waking up beside him and thinking I would be so happy waking up with him beside me everyday. Until I met my husband I was always very skeptical of people when they said that you just know when you meet the right person. I am so blissfully happy to have found the love of my life and I just wish the process of us being together wasn't so ridiculously long. I read everyone's post and I understand your heart ache and feel for everyone.

 

[fromadistance]

Awww your story is beautiful Flowers.

And you both are a lovely couple

 

[Mrs. Davis]

I read here everyday and everyday I am inspired by all of you. I have been praying for those waiting since 2012...
Maddant, thank you for sharing your interview process with us.. you're a brave, honest soul and I'm sure that came through.
dlmo , I'm sorry for your loss as have been in your shoes too. Flowers,,, beautiful couple!
Stay strong everyone... it seems Kingston is working.... God Bless!!!