Mexico

[OhCanadiana]

Ohh you are really a great support! I am really sad about the situation and I still can't believe they can make mistakes like that... I mean do they not realize they are hurting people's feelings by keeping families apart??

I am the one who is being sponsored, I am in queretaro and my husband went back to Canada a couple of months ago... So I already wrote an e.mail and I will be trying to call tomorrow... Hope this is all a misunderstanding and no more than that

Hope you get an answer back soon

 

[OhCanadiana]

Hello, I am sponsoring my husband from Mexico. The app was received in Mississauga on March 29, 2012. I would really love to hear from anyone on the total processing time from the time the initial app was sent in, until the PR was received. Going crazy.. So any help is appreciated

Welcome .

 

[OhCanadiana]

Oh wow! I always thought it was limited to two. Well this will make my husband happy. He'd be proud to get her a Mexican passport! Maybe when she's older.

;D

 

[TSauretBaxter]

Welcome TSauretBaxter!

Thank you! It's nice to meet people in the same boat!

 

[canadiangirl78]

Thank you! It's nice to meet people in the same boat!

Processing time used to be about six months. But step 1 is taking two extra months recently so I'd say 8 months maybe less.

 

[TSauretBaxter]

Processing time used to be about six months. But step 1 is taking two extra months recently so I'd day 8 months maybe less.

Yes I am still in Step 1, and the processing time keeps getting longer. On the CIC website, it says the average time for Step 2 for Mexico is 13 months... So that is what I had been expecting. 8 months total would be a breeze compared to that!

 

[canadiangirl78]

Yes I am still in Step 1, and the processing time keeps getting longer. On the CIC website, it says the average time for Step 2 for Mexico is 13 months... So that is what I had been expecting. 8 months total would be a breeze compared to that!

Mexico says in the AOR email that processing is 6 months on average. The 13 months is just how long it takes for the 80% to get done and of course some are slower for different reasons. But according to statistics, 20% finish in just 5 months. This board will help you get it done faster because you get so much good info!

 

[edgarsitow]

Wouldn't it be the actual med results that the doctor would have sent?

Hmm you're probably right. I suppose that helps because it says on their site that they have to contact you within 3 months of the medicals being received, so my two month timeline is fairly accurate.

I was hoping to get my COPR by mid-July so I could move back by August. The first time I went to Canada was on August of 2006 so it would've been awesome to just make it exactly 6 years after that when I finally land

 

[TSauretBaxter]

I typed up a response but got an error message and lost it. Grr.

I am starting to think two last names is not that bad, LOL! I am seriously tired of paperwork. Visas, passports, proof of citizenship, B4, blah blah blah.



I've started changing my name on everything, and now have two last names. My maiden name and my husbands paternal last name. I never really cared to change my last name, but since it is not common in Mexico to do that, my husband thought it was a nice gesture, and I think it's unique. Now I have the same last name our child(ren) will have since they would have taken his last name and mine

 

[mrandmrsromero]

Mexico says in the AOR email that processing is 6 months on average. The 13 months is just how long it takes for the 80% to get done and of course some are slower for different reasons. But according to statistics, 20% finish in just 5 months. This board will help you get it done faster because you get so much good info!

I never landed in the top percentile in school. If life is one big bell curve, I suppose it makes sense that we're stuck in the 80%. Crap!

 

[canadiangirl78]

I typed up a response but got an error message and lost it. Grr.

I am starting to think two last names is not that bad, LOL! I am seriously tired of paperwork. Visas, passports, proof of citizenship, B4, blah blah blah.



I've started changing my name on everything, and now have two last names. My maiden name and my husbands paternal last name. I never really cared to change my last name, but since it is not common in Mexico to do that, my husband thought it was a nice gesture, and I think it's unique. Now I have the same last name our child(ren) will have since they would have taken his last name and mine

It is nice having the same last name as the children. My friend didn't change hers so the whole family has one last name and then her another. I guess it isn't a big deal but I do like the unity. However, I would prefer one last name. =) And to make it more confusing, my last name is usually a first name! Ha!

 

[TSauretBaxter]

It is nice having the same last name as the children. My friend didn't change hers so the whole family has one last name and then her another. I guess it isn't a big deal but I do like the unity. However, I would prefer one last name. =) And to make it more confusing, my last name is usually a first name! Ha!

That is confusing.. haha Yes it's confusing to have two last names.. I feel like it takes forever to sign my name!!

 

[canadiangirl78]

That is confusing.. haha Yes it's confusing to have two last names.. I feel like it takes forever to sign my name!!

I only sign with one. Otherwise I wouldn't have room on the line! Now I know why paperwork always has a spot for "Other names you have gone by"!

 

[canadiangirl78]

I never landed in the top percentile in school. If life is one big bell curve, I suppose it makes sense that we're stuck in the 80%. Crap!

But....you will still get to the finish line!

 

[mrandmrsromero]

But....you will still get to the finish line!

Indeed. Better to arrive fashionably late than not at all!