That IS great news! It's always so much greater knowing what's going on then being in the dark. Congrat! I hope you, and everyone else, hear something soon!!happylaw said:
Congratulations to you too!! My husband and I celebrated our one year a few days ago! I cant believe I have been married for a year now too! We are almost done with the process and I am so thankful!!Amoss said:
Speaking of anniversaries, ours is in a few weeks. Trying to decide what to do with the very little money we have hmm. All I know is dinner at Boston Pizza and some video gameshappylaw said:Congratulations to you too!! My husband and I celebrated our one year a few days ago! I cant believe I have been married for a year now too! We are almost done with the process and I am so thankful!!
Until reading this post I didn't even know I could request GCMS notes, what does that stand for anyways? When I make the request how should I do it? I'm not sure what to write in the request...sorry I'm a noob lolcomputergeek said:
Start here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/index.asppixieprincess said:
Oh yesSunshine87 said:I just made the ridiculously long drive from Calgary to Tucson this weekend (25 hrs!). So happy to be waiting things out with my husband. However; part of my nightmares came true at the border. We got a cranky, rather rude lady who didn't believe that I had strong enough ties to Canada, despite my sponsorship approval letter, and employment letter in hand. I had put together enough documents that I felt like I was well equipped to prove I was only visiting my husband for 6 months, in which time I would return to Canada. But because my ties weren't equity, like owning a home, I was unable to convince her. I was given a visitor record card and must go back to Canada by Oct 12. We begged for her to allow us to spend our anniversary together (Nov 11) and she wouldn't do it. She said "we aren't trying to keep people apart, we're just trying to keep things honest. I shouldn't even let you across the border at all".
That's when I started bawling and this is why my husband is coming to Canada.. because Canada is better (duh, right?!). I could have lied through my teeth to easily slip across the border (saying something like we are visiting family for a few weeks, passport would probably not even been stamped), but we decided to keep it honest and completely within the letter of the law, and for that WE are the ones who suffer. We just want to be together!
Anyways, despite a little wrinkle in our plans, we are happy to be under one roof for 6 weeks. Hopefully ecas updates to in process soon. Government officials/agencies just have no idea how much they hold our fates, do they?
Stay strong and be honest... Just go back and cross the border BEFORE the Visitor Permit expires, hope you get someone else coming backSunshine87 said:I just made the ridiculously long drive from Calgary to Tucson this weekend (25 hrs!). So happy to be waiting things out with my husband. However; part of my nightmares came true at the border. We got a cranky, rather rude lady who didn't believe that I had strong enough ties to Canada, despite my sponsorship approval letter, and employment letter in hand. I had put together enough documents that I felt like I was well equipped to prove I was only visiting my husband for 6 months, in which time I would return to Canada. But because my ties weren't equity, like owning a home, I was unable to convince her. I was given a visitor record card and must go back to Canada by Oct 12. We begged for her to allow us to spend our anniversary together (Nov 11) and she wouldn't do it. She said "we aren't trying to keep people apart, we're just trying to keep things honest. I shouldn't even let you across the border at all".
That's when I started bawling and this is why my husband is coming to Canada.. because Canada is better (duh, right?!). I could have lied through my teeth to easily slip across the border (saying something like we are visiting family for a few weeks, passport would probably not even been stamped), but we decided to keep it honest and completely within the letter of the law, and for that WE are the ones who suffer. We just want to be together!
Anyways, despite a little wrinkle in our plans, we are happy to be under one roof for 6 weeks. Hopefully ecas updates to in process soon. Government officials/agencies just have no idea how much they hold our fates, do they?
