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[Tagum-N.B.]

have you heard from her?

not since she was n the tar mat in manila,,,her phone doesnt have roaming,,,,,,she met someone from moncton who is on all her flights,,,,got a call last nite from a strange # but no one on the other line,,,,she should of had over 5000 pesos left when she left manila that she was suppose to get exchanged in vancouver and contact me,,,,i was reformatting my computer until my 2am,,,,i see her flight from montreal is scheduled on time,,,no delays,,,she should be here in 2 hours 15 minutes,,,,im here at my sons house 10 kms from the airport

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

T o think it was 2 years 5 months ago we started getting the paperwork ready to get married and for her to come here,,,,,,,its nonsence when you think of it that the CEM keeps us apart,,,and especially with the red flags i have and they didnt even notice them, the delays were just cems mistakes,,,, when over 99.9% of the visas are accepted for spousal,,,,,the only thing i can think is they do this to see if the relationship can last the separation

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

It's quiet around here.. maybe Tagum is finally taking that bath : Is she in Vancouver yet?

it takes along time bathing when picking off the ball lice, the little bustards dont drown,,,,,i dont have my bushwacker 5000

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

T minus 110 minutes

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

Finally another visa issue toopienbinooo,,,,its been quite awhile since one was received

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

8) 8).,,,my wifes plane just departed montreal 9 minutes ago,,,,hope she is on it,,,,its been crazy no contact for over 24 hours,,,[move]80 minutes[move]

 

[Tagum-N.B.]

THE FINAL HOUR off to the airport now, my last pre landing update,,,,,SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS

 

[GoonerClank]

THE FINAL HOUR off to the airport now, my last pre landing update,,,,,SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS

All the best tagum

 

[gcctocanada]

THE FINAL HOUR off to the airport now, my last pre landing update,,,,,SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS

Tagum, Hope you see her already kiss kiss kisss

God bless your family buddy

 

[Dan_from_Surrey]

THE FINAL HOUR off to the airport now, my last pre landing update,,,,,SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS

Enjoy it Tagum, it has been a long time coming for you guys!

 

[Dan_from_Surrey]

Ok, so the misses went for the fourth time to Baguio (in five days) from close to San Fernando to get her and her son's medicals redone. Between power outs, confusion (on the medical staff side about ID requirements) etc etc etc (fooking idiots) fourth day she finally manages to get everything done.

After the xray, the doctor/nurse/whoever the hell, give her a "suspicious" in reference to her xray, and says come back in a few hours and pay for another one. So being in shock, she doesn't think to ask, just basically goes blank thinking the worst. Goes back later that day, gets the second xray done, but no results until the following day. Apparently xray's take much longer to read in the afternoon then during the morning.

Anyways, wifey comes back home in complete shock, full tears etc as to be expected, after I couple of hours, manage to get her talked back from the ledge (metaphorically) and get her to go to her local hospital and get a second test/opinion there. The hospital opinion comes back perfect, no problems, your fine and you owe us 400 peso for wasting our time sort of thing.

Now apparently the results from the Baguio fool will be mailed to the embassy, with the new ( I will assume xray) (I am having my doubts if there was even a second xray taken - properly at least) I smell scam here.

What a total f-up this turned out to be. a week wasted running around in circles.

My wife has the report from her hospital stashed in her stack of papers now, and has been on the phone to the fool from Baguio, and gave them supreme shit from the heartache they managed to cause.

But it brought one question to my mind - are the immigration "doctors" not supposed to discuss or say anything about the results or findings from the tests to the patients? Ie, isn't that info supposed to be just sealed and sent off? And after that it is up to the embassy staff/doctor to take it from there?

 

[Steph C]

Ok, so the misses went for the fourth time to Baguio (in five days) from close to San Fernando to get her and her son's medicals redone. Between power outs, confusion (on the medical staff side about ID requirements) etc etc etc (fooking idiots) fourth day she finally manages to get everything done.

After the xray, the doctor/nurse/whoever the hell, give her a "suspicious" in reference to her xray, and says come back in a few hours and pay for another one. So being in shock, she doesn't think to ask, just basically goes blank thinking the worst. Goes back later that day, gets the second xray done, but no results until the following day. Apparently xray's take much longer to read in the afternoon then during the morning.

Anyways, wifey comes back home in complete shock, full tears etc as to be expected, after I couple of hours, manage to get her talked back from the ledge (metaphorically) and get her to go to her local hospital and get a second test/opinion there. The hospital opinion comes back perfect, no problems, your fine and you owe us 400 peso for wasting our time sort of thing.

Now apparently the results from the Baguio fool will be mailed to the embassy, with the new ( I will assume xray) (I am having my doubts if there was even a second xray taken - properly at least) I smell scam here.

What a total f-up this turned out to be. a week wasted running around in circles.

My wife has the report from her hospital stashed in her stack of papers now, and has been on the phone to the fool from Baguio, and gave them supreme *censored word* from the heartache they managed to cause.

But it brought one question to my mind - are the immigration "doctors" not supposed to discuss or say anything about the results or findings from the tests to the patients? Ie, isn't that info supposed to be just sealed and sent off? And after that it is up to the embassy staff/doctor to take it from there?

They are supposed to discuss it with her.. sometimes it takes a week for them to call back with any problems. It sounds like you are being dicked around. I would get thee to thy MP a la Jeep Guy and tell them you're being had by CIC's policy of re-meds and it's costing you a fortune in monkey business. Was the doctor from the updated list? I imagine they pay a lot to be on that list.. There *could* have legitimately been a shadow on the chest X-Ray which may have been a smudge but I don't see why you should have to pay for a re-do... but that's the Philippines for you, the customer is always wrong.

Here's the email of the medical department at CEM. I never got any results emailing them but it can't hurt to have a direct line. .

manil.mc-extmed@international.gc.ca

 

[Steph C]

THE FINAL HOUR off to the airport now, my last pre landing update,,,,,SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS

Tagum is rolling over as we speak! I bet he sent the kids out for ice cream..

 

[Steph C]

Tagum is rolling over as we speak! I bet he sent the kids out for ice cream..

Next he will smoke that carton of marlboros and have the tanduay

 

[Dan_from_Surrey]

They are supposed to discuss it with her.. sometimes it takes a week for them to call back with any problems. It sounds like you are being dicked around. I would get thee to thy MP a la Jeep Guy and tell them you're being had by CIC's policy of re-meds and it's costing you a fortune in monkey business. Was the doctor from the updated list? I imagine they pay a lot to be on that list.. There *could* have legitimately been a shadow on the chest X-Ray which may have been a smudge but I don't see why you should have to pay for a re-do... but that's the Philippines for you, the customer is always wrong.

Here's the email of the medical department at CEM. I never got any results emailing them but it can't hurt to have a direct line. .

manil.mc-extmed @ international.gc.ca

Thanks Steph appreciate the email addy, and yes I do plan on passing this latest tidbit along to my MP's off (who has been very helpful I might add) and I agree 100% this is just a shite load of screwing around now.