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[thekindofguy]

First and last time for everything. Not afraid to try new things. ;D

 

[doljan]

My application was a bursting 1 kg. 8)

ahaha.... some applications weighs so much more than what you sent.... anyway, as what CIC says, every application is unique....

 

[shekinah]

Ours was also 1kg. I sent a .5kg to my husband and he adds another .5kg.

 

[yumeryuu]

Wow, I can't believe its march already. I've been waiting 4 months for word on my husband's visa. I hope we hear from Manila soon... I'm Canadian and my husband is Japanese. I've been living in Japan for 10 years and I can't wait to go home and bring my husband with me.

 

[Steph C]

Wow, I can't believe its march already. I've been waiting 4 months for word on my husband's visa. I hope we hear from Manila soon... I'm Canadian and my husband is Japanese. I've been living in Japan for 10 years and I can't wait to go home and bring my husband with me.

Welcome I think you still have a few months left to wait, but one girl from Japan was processed pretty quickly so maybe they have a special task force for you guys 8)

 

[rairaiken]

lol ...and on the flip-side....filipinos finally appreciate their skin tone when they move to Canada where they get so many compliments on their "tan" along with regular envious "check-outs" when at the beach.

hey i love my skin tone and wished i'm darker! and i'm still in the philippines! it's summer, time to hit the beach!

 

[Steph C]

hey i love my skin tone and wished i'm darker! and i'm still in the philippines! it's summer, time to hit the beach!

Hey Rairaiken, get the sun while you can! You should have your visa in a few months.

 

[rairaiken]

Hey Rairaiken, get the sun while you can! You should have your visa in a few months.

a few months is too long!!!

haha thanks, i will get some sun!

btw, yesterday, the courier sent my medical results to the visa office in manila.

but i found out today that i have to redo the entire medical exam again. fudge!!!!!

i wanna cry TT_TT

 

[Steph C]

a few months is too long!!!

haha thanks, i will get some sun!

btw, yesterday, the courier sent my medical results to the visa office in manila.

but i found out today that i have to redo the entire medical exam again. fudge!!!!!

i wanna cry TT_TT

Why do you have to redo right away? Is that normal? And why can't they do e-medical there

 

[rairaiken]

Why do you have to redo right away? Is that normal? And why can't they do e-medical there

they sent an email around 2nd week of feb telling me to redo the chest x-ray. i did that. but last week, they sent me another email, telling me to redo the entire medical exam, so we contacted the MP and she confirmed that yes, i have to redo everything. and this time an e-medical.

another few months of waiting. i'm a feb 2012 batch -_-;

 

[Iay]

they sent an email around 2nd week of feb telling me to redo the chest x-ray. i did that. but last week, they sent me another email, telling me to redo the entire medical exam, so we contacted the MP and she confirmed that yes, i have to redo everything. and this time an e-medical.

another few months of waiting. i'm a feb 2012 batch -_-;

That sucks, and I'm sorry to hear that. Anyway, at least your almost there, just completing the last requirement from CEM (hopefully).
A little more patience, you'll get your visa very soon!!!

 

[gortandmugs]

Just a short thing to say>>> I don,t think perm res.. should be able to sponsor until they are Canadian... they are here only 3 months and have the right to sponsor their spouse to Canada... I,ve been here 53 yrs in Canada and I have to wait longer than a perm res...

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

Just a short thing to say>>> I don,t think perm res.. should be able to sponsor until they are Canadian... they are here only 3 months and have the right to sponsor their spouse to Canada... I,ve been here 53 yrs in Canada and I have to wait longer than a perm res...

This has come up in other threads as well. I'm torn between the 2 arguments. I do think that processing times should be far less for citizens then for permanent residents. In the end the processing times have more to do with volume of applications rather than who is really applying. I doubt CIC could process anything in under 9 months even if there was only 2 applications in their pile.
The current government does not give a sh*t about people or reuniting families. If that was their goal we would see dramatic declines in processing time. This government is only interested in reducing costs regardless of what it does to service. FSW applications have dropped substantially as Family class has increased. This is where the federal government's interest lies.

 

[Steph C]

Just a short thing to say>>> I don,t think perm res.. should be able to sponsor until they are Canadian... they are here only 3 months and have the right to sponsor their spouse to Canada... I,ve been here 53 yrs in Canada and I have to wait longer than a perm res...

I know some PR's who have been in Canada longer then I've been alive. If they make a rule I bet there will be a lot of Canadian citizenship applications. I know it does seem a bit unfair, I don't like waiting behind PR's either. But some have to spend a lot of time here before they can even sponsor their families.

 

[Steph C]

This has come up in other threads as well. I'm torn between the 2 arguments. I do think that processing times should be far less for citizens then for permanent residents. In the end the processing times have more to do with volume of applications rather than who is really applying. I doubt CIC could process anything in under 9 months even if there was only 2 applications in their pile.
The current government does not give a sh*t about people or reuniting families. If that was their goal we would see dramatic declines in processing time. This government is only interested in reducing costs regardless of what it does to service. FSW applications have dropped substantially as Family class has increased. This is where the federal government's interest lies.

I'm a bit torn as well. While I want it to be as fair as possible, you can ask what percentage of applications in the Family class are from Citizens and what percent are PR's? I would be willing to guess that for VO's like Manila, less than 10% would be from Citizens. I was sitting watching the local news with my Dad the other day, a piece about somebody who came over on a work visa and sponsored 5 kids and a husband and whoever else. My Dad who is a bit conservative said "the thing that bothers me is that somebody can come over here and then all of a sudden bring 7 people with them.. and then they can even bring their grandparents who don't do anything, etc etc." That's the public face of spousal immigration. So I said "Hey Dad.. do you think it's fair that I can sponsor my partner to come here" and he said yes he thinks it's fair. So then I said "well you know, that's the problem because people think that family class immigration is just immigrants bringing all their extended family into the country, but it also includes me and other people who married foreigners, even Americans are waiting in the same line."
My Grandparent's friends who are ultra conservatives in their late 80's think that if other people can bring 6 or 7 relatives into the country, I should be able to bring my spouse as a Canadian citizen.
I think part of the problem is people's perception that Family Class is starting the daisy chain - but the real root of the daisy chain is the Skilled Worker class of immigration.

I know discussions like this make people upset, especially PR's who have worked so hard to be here already. Especially since they worked so hard thinking of the promise that they could bring their family one day. Which is understandable. But if I went to their country as a worker I would have nowhere near the same rights, and citizens of that country would probably be even less understanding if I afforded the same privileges as them. PR's have it really good.. I think they are lucky that Canada is so generous. I have a cousin on a work visa in England.. wow, those are some tough rules.