Back by popular demand!!!!!
Not really.....just one person.....
I will post copies of the emails I sent to get some movement on my wife's application. They are in no particular order since it took forever to find them again. I hope that they give anyone who's interested some idea of my approach and can adapt it to their own style and situation.
To Michael MacKenzie And All Interested Parties,
Please be aware of my appreciation for you extending the medical though there is still the additional cost of having to redo it even in part. My wife has scheduled her medical appointment for this week.
To clear up any unknowns as to the particulars of my case here are the facts:
I sent in a complete application package as required by CIC which was received by them May 10th 2012. Processing times then were 8 months. After exceeding the stage 1 processing time my MP made inquiries on my behalf in August 2012. I was then informed at that time that the application I sent to Mississauga was redirected, for some reason unknown to me, to Ottawa and was now missing 2 sponsorship documents and my wife's passport photos. Those documents were resubmitted to CIC-Ottawa at the end of September 2012 and my sponsorship was then approved by October 10th 2012.
From that date my wife's application sat unopened for 6 months until I started to make inquiries through the office of MP Kevin Lamoureux and started sending emails. Be advised that any email inquiries to CEM have gone unanswered until this day.
In December of 2012 I made several calls to the CIC call centre in regards to the expiry of my wife's medicals and was told outright not to do anything as agents can extend the medicals up to a year. No other conditions were expressed to me at that time. Additionally the current government has decided to close Visa Offices and have those applications are now processed in Manila. In January we saw the processing times go from 8 months to 11 months then to 12 months so even if my wife had her medical done in May of 2012 they would have expired before her application was finalized. CIC had 7 months to process this application before the medicals expired. Considering our case had no previous marriages and no children 7 months should have been more than enough time.
There is no need for medicals to be required prior to their arrival in Manila and requesting them at stage one already adds additional costs that others do not have to pay. This is a completely unfair policy. Remeds requested due to expiry should be covered by CIC whether as a refund to the customer or paid directly to the medical panel.
I have requested my GCMS as of 2 weeks ago and have not received any reply. As to the payment of the RPRF I again followed the required procedure as set out by CIC. I paid in full, online and faxed a copy of the receipt (receipt #RXXXXXXXXX) to the fax number listed. This was done on April 16th 2013. I again made a call to the CIC Call Centre where I was informed that it can take up to 6 weeks for the CEM to be notified of the payment. I then sent an email to CEM notifying them of the payment. I received nothing from them other than the auto-reply. What kind of system is this? CEM gives me 30 days to pay it and CIC can't confirm it for a month and a half?
Again here is the receipt number: RXXXXXXXXX. Please contact whomever you need to internally to confirm payment. I am not sending anymore faxes and emails since they don't seem to end up anywhere.
Sincerely,
CanadianJeepGuy
..So even my Chinese friend can translate it or need a notary?..