Hi Guys,
My spouse got her AOR from Hong Kong Visa Office on April 26, 2013. Today, May 3rd 2013, they requested her passport. Just an FYI, this is the letter:
"Dear Applicant:
Pending a final assessment of admissibility criteria to ensure that all requirements have been met, your permanent resident application may be ready for approval and visa issuance in the near future. In order to finalize your application more quickly, we are requesting your passport(s) at this time.
You must submit your passport(s) to this office within 45 days of the date of this letter in order to finalize your application. Read and follow the important information and instructions set out below.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
• YOU MUST REPORT NOW IN WRITING TO THIS OFFICE ANY CHANGE IN YOUR MARITAL STATUS OR FAMILY COMPOSITION which you have not previously reported. This includes birth or death of a child, death or divorce of a spouse, marriage contracted by yourself or by any of your dependent children on your application, new custody arrangements regarding your children, an adoption involving you and your spouse.
• Once you receive your passport(s) with visa(s), please check the visa expiry date carefully (it is usually one year after the completion of your medical exam), as you must travel to Canada before this date. If you fail to use your visa(s) before this date, you will not be able to become a permanent resident as your visa(s) will be invalid and you will be required to start the entire procedure from the beginning of the process, including submitting a new application and fee. No extension to this date is possible.
• Your permanent resident visa and those of your family members, if any, will be valid to the earliest of two dates:
1) the validity of your medical report or the validity of your family member’s medical report if you have a family member on your application; or
2) the validity of your passport or the passport of your family member, if you have a family member on your application. Therefore if your or your family member’s passport expires before your medical report, first obtain new passport(s) and then forward them to this office for visa issuance.
• You must travel to Canada before the expiration date of your permanent resident visa. This office will not reopen and reprocess your application because you fail to use your permanent resident visa before it expires.
• No follow-up or reminder letter will be sent. Therefore, you are requested to immediately react to the instruction set out in this letter.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PASSPORT(S):
1/ The total number of passports you are required to submit is one .
2/ Each passport must contain at least (2) blank pages for visa documentation.
3/ Send your passport(s) by mail or courier to this office.
Courier Address: Consulate General of Canada
Immigration Section
12/F, One Exchange Square
8 Connaught Place
Hong Kong
Mail Address: Consulate General of Canada
Immigration Section
G.P.O. Box 11142
Hong Kong
4/ Your passport(s) will be returned to you by registered mail - COMPLETE THE ATTACHED FORM AND SUBMIT IT WITH YOUR PASSPORT(S) - the address you provide on this form will be the address we use to return your passports.
5/ Due to the volume of visa processing at this office, it generally takes us 20 working days to issue permanent resident visa documentation and return your passports."
Now my question is, does that mean she will get her passport back with her PR visa in 20 days? Does anyone has any time frame? We are planning for our honeymoon this year outside the country and her passport will be needed. Hopefully I can bring her to Canada after the honeymoon, exciting times.
Good luck to you all.
fakejordan
