TSauretBaxter said:
Thanks for sharing. I was thinking it must be a hard thing to prove sometimes. Especially since you like you said.. you can't always go to the police in Mexico. It seems some people's PR app go smoothly with some extra work. And some people seem to have had terrible experiences, especially at the interview. Do they look at just the fact the refugee claim was denied? Or do they actually consider the details of the case? Or does it just depend on the person reviewing the case?
No problem. yes its very hard to prove, we have friends that have gone to the police about cartel related threats and gotten themselves into worse problems because the officers happened to be working with someone on the side!!. scary!
anyways, well our immigration consultant has helped a few failed refugees from mexico (and other countries) with spousal sponsorships. and she said that when they are processing your application they know you were a failed refugee but they dont look at that, they process you as any other spousal sponsorship but they look at the evidence closer sometimes than someone who wasnt a refugee. which could cause a delay in processing. But i have also heard the background checks come up quicker because being a refugee your background was already extensively checked while the person was in canada. in regards to the interviews, i have only seen edgars case where he had an interview that was focused on his parents refugee claim. otherwise ive seen a couple people be asked for interviews about the genuniness of the relationship but nothing to do with the refugee. and i also know some that were failed refugees and never asked for an interview at all. so i guess it depends mostly on your specific case.
also i know of one bizarre case of a lady in guatemala, before they approved the visa they told her husband he needed to send in his paperwork from his refugee claim so they could review it. (which is crazy because cic has all this information, and this is the first case that my immigration consultant has ever heard of them asking for this information) but even with all that hassle and the interview the process for them went through in 15 months instead of 25. so it still went fast.
if your a refugee usually but not always close to the end you need to pay $400 arc fee to be allowed back into canada though which delays the process about 2 months according to other reports.
i feel like im rambling on and on.
i guess it depends on the case, how long ago it was, and the person reviewing your application. it seems to be completely different for everyone! haha
