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scos said:
Medical was done 2 months ago but it seems they have yet to discover that fact.

I guess I could tell my wife to send in an NBI now before they ask for one just in case.
I would do that. Fook it and their system of hurry up and wait.
 

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scos said:
Medical was done 2 months ago but it seems they have yet to discover that fact.

I guess I could tell my wife to send in an NBI now before they ask for one just in case.
Did you get a confirmation from the medical office as to what day they emailed the medical to CEM? I would get that date and email it to CEM to make sure they can F00king find it. It should be the only think holding up your application. NBI's don't necessarily expire, ours was fine after well over one year.
 

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Steph C said:
Did you get a confirmation from the medical office as to what day they emailed the medical to CEM? I would get that date and email it to CEM to make sure they can F00king find it. It should be the only think holding up your application. NBI's don't necessarily expire, ours was fine after well over one year.
That's a good point Steph. I had forgotten that the panel physician had not sent in my wife's medical results for about 17 days.
 

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Steph C said:
Did you get a confirmation from the medical office as to what day they emailed the medical to CEM? I would get that date and email it to CEM to make sure they can F00king find it. It should be the only think holding up your application. NBI's don't necessarily expire, ours was fine after well over one year.
We sent all the details via the MP a couple of weeks ago, still nothing.
 

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scos said:
We sent all the details via the MP a couple of weeks ago, still nothing.
Argh, that's really frusturating.
 

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scos said:
We sent all the details via the MP a couple of weeks ago, still nothing.
Send them an email again to follow up with the follow up.
 

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
Send them an email again to follow up with the follow up.
yeah, time to let the spam fly... hehe
 

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
Send them an email again to follow up with the follow up.
That reminds me of a south park episode... human centipede anyone?
 

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scos said:
yeah, time to let the spam fly... hehe
Look out... he's going POSTAL! :eek:
 

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Steph C said:
Look out... he's going POSTAL! :eek:
Not Tagum postal yet ... No caps lock

I think scos is about to go CJG!! Which is postal in a way
 

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scos said:
Still have no replies from CEM. ECAS still shows no meds received. All is incredibly quiet (while people here are getting their visas and DMs). So I checked my GCMS and copy of my application again and found that my wife's NBI has now expired. So that led to a call to the MP's office for a nice half hour rant.

I am thinking "what are the odds I will get an email from CEM requesting an NBI"? That of course would add almost 2 months again to my app after figuring in getting it, submitting it and getting the idiots to acknowledge receiving it (after all, it has bee over 2 months since medical and they have yet to acknowledge THAT). At that point I would be close to or have exceeded 14 months (coming up on 12 now). All for a very simple application with no major problems (that is, the only "problem" is that no one will look at it).

The MP's office is going to contact me next week with the status. In the meantime I am going start compiling a list of addresses to start an email campaign. You know, the usual suspects, Kenney, Harper, maybe a newspaper or two. And there must be an ombudsman that can deal with this (oh, and opposition critics, forgot about them). And I'm re-ordering the GCMS notes to see what is really going on, not the "story" they like to say. It is funny how they say they are working hard on it yet my GCMS notes tell an entirely different story.

She also tried blaming the strike. So I told her about my spreadsheet and said "hey, you want to know how many out of our little group got visas since June 1?" She said she would. So I totalled them up and told her 21 people have received visas. And that is only of those people who provided information. And that isn't even counting DMs, PPRs, etc. So I don't blame the strike for my application. I blame CIC.

I'm really tired of trying to be nice and understanding in all of this. For now on I am going to be a pain in their collective a$$es.


Holy crap...this really sucks scos. I would be so furious! I love how you used the spreadsheet to shoot down your mp. Which party is your mp from ?
 

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GoonerClank said:
Holy crap...this really sucks scos. I would be so furious! I love how you used the spreadsheet to shoot down your mp. Which party is your mp from ?
He's a Harperite.

You know, except for one election back in the 90's my involvement in politics has just been going to vote. Next election I think I am going to volunteer to help get these idiots out of office. Time for a change of idiots.
 

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scos said:
Still have no replies from CEM. ECAS still shows no meds received. All is incredibly quiet (while people here are getting their visas and DMs). So I checked my GCMS and copy of my application again and found that my wife's NBI has now expired. So that led to a call to the MP's office for a nice half hour rant.

an entirely different story.



I'm really tired of trying to be nice and understanding in all of this. For now on I am going to be a pain in their collective a$$es.
The NBI takes 5 hours to get at nso and 1 day to send,,,,,MY POWER WAS OFF FOR 12 HOURS WIRES DOWN
 

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HOLY CRAP,,,,my wife forgot to put att: family case processing center on the address,,,,,,holy crap 15 hours later tried to get it added by LBC but it was all ready delivered to Makati,,,,,,,,,,,when you want the mail slow it is to fooking fast,,,,,and this is after me sending her a txt to make sure she put that on and a phone call to tell her to do the address as instructed in bold letters on the letter,,,,all while she was in the nso waiting for it,,,,,,