Mexico

[LeisaP]

Why are you medicals expired? Did you do them a long time before applying?

yeah!. we did them in march 2011

we were going to send in our application summer 2011 but realized we didnt feel our application was strong enough, mostly because we lived together but with friends previous to having our lease(so we didnt have any proof really.. except for letters but i didnt think it would be good enough), and our lease wouldnt show up as 1 year untill dec 2011., so we decided to wait a bit, meet with an immigration consultant. so we didnt end up filing till january!!!

and at that time because they sent the medical already, we couldnt do a new one. so we just have to wait now till they request a redo now.

 

[missmymexi]

Yeah, I was looking at the spreadsheet because I'm anxious to know how long Step 2 is taking now. Nessa was just under 5 months, which would be great. And I think yours in the next one to be processed that is somewhat straightfoward.

How long does everyone think Step 2 will take now?

Its hard to say we dont have a lot of people to base a timeline on, we are all in a bunch right now, will be interesting to see how it goes, i am hoping for 6 months

 

[LeisaP]

Its hard to say we dont have a lot of people to base a timeline on, we are all in a bunch right now, will be interesting to see how it goes, i am hoping for 6 months

yeah theres only about 20 people on the timeline..
buttt at least its something. gives me a little hope haha!!
i think august is the next quarterly update for VO processing times.
it will be interesting to see if it changes.

also i wonder how many people are actually going through the mexico city VO. that arent on this forum. that would be interesting to know aswell.

 

[canadiangirl78]

Yeah, I was looking at the spreadsheet because I'm anxious to know how long Step 2 is taking now. Nessa was just under 5 months, which would be great. And I think yours in the next one to be processed that is somewhat straightfoward.

How long does everyone think Step 2 will take now?

The AOR from Mexico says the average is 6 months. The CIC website says 20% of cases in Mexico are done in 5 months. So I would go with 5 months if you don't have to deal with deportation, ARC, or something else that complicates things.

 

[canadiangirl78]

yeah theres only about 20 people on the timeline..
buttt at least its something. gives me a little hope haha!!
i think august is the next quarterly update for VO processing times.
it will be interesting to see if it changes.

also i wonder how many people are actually going through the mexico city VO. that arent on this forum. that would be interesting to know aswell.

From what I remember, Mexico only processes 500 something spousal cases a year.

 

[LeisaP]

The AOR from Mexico says the average is 6 months. The CIC website says 20% of cases in Mexico are done in 5 months. So I would go with 5 months if you don't have to deal with deportation, ARC, or something else that complicates things.

oh the AOR says 6 thats good.

i wouldnt know i didnt get one!!!

haha. but yeah i would agree average seems about 6 months. ;D

yeah i heard somewhere it was about 500 cases too.
thats really not that many at all if you look at other countries.
which is good news for us going through mexico city

 

[canadiangirl78]

oh the AOR says 6 thats good.

i wouldnt know i didnt get one!!!

haha. but yeah i would agree average seems about 6 months. ;D

yeah i heard somewhere it was about 500 cases too.
thats really not that many at all if you look at other countries.
which is good news for us going through mexico city

Yeah except they probably have less officers! 6 months isn't bad especially when step 1 is one month like it is supposed to be.

I hope they email you back just so you know your app is there!

 

[LeisaP]

Yeah except they probably have less officers! 6 months isn't bad especially when step 1 is one month like it is supposed to be.

I hope they email you back just so you know your app is there!

yeah true!. that is probably why its still 13 months even though theres not that many applications.
yeah! we got lucky with step one. when we applied it was suppose to be 66 days and we got our answer in 55, so that was good.

yeah me too!!.
do you know if when they say they will reply in 20 days. is it business days or all days...

 

[OhCanadiana]

yeah i heard somewhere it was about 500 cases too.
thats really not that many at all if you look at other countries.
which is good news for us going through mexico city

Very close ... here's the breakdown for Mexico family class cases from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012:

Family Class (Total) 696
Parents and Grandparents 41
Spouses, Partners & Children 655
- Spouses & Partners 557
- Dependent Children 95
- Family Class (Other) 3

And, for spouses, partners, and children, the timing was:
Mexico City: 20 % of cases completed in 5 months, 30 % in 6 mo., 50 % in 7 mo., 70 % in 11 mo., & 80% in 13 mo.

You can compare this to other VOs here.

 

[LeisaP]

Very close ... here's the breakdown for Mexico family class cases from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012:

Family Class (Total) 696
Parents and Grandparents 41
Spouses, Partners & Children 655
- Spouses & Partners 557
- Dependent Children 95
- Family Class (Other) 3

And, for spouses, partners, and children, the timing was:
Mexico City: 20 % of cases completed in 5 months, 30 % in 6 mo., 50 % in 7 mo., 70 % in 11 mo., & 80% in 13 mo.

You can compare this to other VOs here.

thanks!! this is very interesting information

 

[mc1234]

Very close ... here's the breakdown for Mexico family class cases from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012:

Family Class (Total) 696
Parents and Grandparents 41
Spouses, Partners & Children 655
- Spouses & Partners 557
- Dependent Children 95
- Family Class (Other) 3

And, for spouses, partners, and children, the timing was:
Mexico City: 20 % of cases completed in 5 months, 30 % in 6 mo., 50 % in 7 mo., 70 % in 11 mo., & 80% in 13 mo.

You can compare this to other VOs here.

Very interesting stats!

 

[LeisaP]

I also saw somewhere that 85% that go through mexico city. get approved
also good news

 

[mc1234]

Cant remember if I asked this or not.. When should I expect AOR from Mexico City? and how is it sent? by email or mail?

 

[OhCanadiana]

Approval rates for cases processed in Mexico City are: (same source)

For spouses and partners:

2007: 88%
2008: 83%
2009: 78%
2010: 84%
2011: 86%
12 month ending Mar 2012: 84%

For spouses, partners, and children:

2007: 87%
2008: 84%
2009: 79%
2010: 84%
2011: 80%
12 month ending Mar 2012: 77%

 

[LeisaP]

Approval rates for cases processed in Mexico City are: (same source)

For spouses and partners:

2007: 88%
2008: 83%
2009: 78%
2010: 84%
2011: 86%
12 month ending Mar 2012: 84%

For spouses, partners, and children:

2007: 87%
2008: 84%
2009: 79%
2010: 84%
2011: 80%
12 month ending Mar 2012: 77%

you can see the big drop in 2009. when the visa came in.

anyways its pretty good. most of the reasons they deny is criminalities, or health concerns. not all but most of them.

can i ask you where you got these statistics from?