Hi Twix and all; thanks for your replies...
..my sponsor was interviewed today....I am hoping we all get good news. I am thinking about arranging documents for CIO now...
CONGRATS!
Pls. illuminate on the following...
1. Please guide/reconfirm...no educational, IELTS or experience certificate needs to be sent to CIO.? If not, is it asked by respective Visa Office later?
under family stream - IELTS is not required, as per new CIO checklist - Educational certificate is not needed.
2. Do we need to submit original passport to CIO? If not when do we submit it?
NO, our Visa Office will send email to us asking for a Passport Request. They usually request them after medical...
3. How long it CIO takes to process and the next steps....like when do we know CIO sent it to Visa Office.... [colox=green] We are not yet sure as to how long, most of us here are still new and waiting for CIO next step. Please visit the tracking sheet made by ssett and manubobby in the forum"fILE TRANSDER TO CIO...you will find the timelines of most us who submitted docs to CIO https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah3aVF39Lzs3dGVHRUdrM3lSTEF2MVR1cTMzSDJ0UWc&hl=en_US#gid=0 [/color]
4. How long Visa office normally takes? According to their email and their website...
VISA OFFICE MANILA IS 11MONTHS .. are you from manila too?
5. Is having a close relative outside Manitoba affects MPNP application....pls share experiences/tales related to this...
yeah i think it affects, did you declared in your application that you have relatives outside Manitoba? Is it a close relative? Because in my case I know I have relatives from other provinces but they are not close to me so I did not declare them in my application.. this is a case to case basis, it may cause a delay because MPNP needs to verify all details of your application...maybe others can share their knowledge on this... pls help...
Appreciate all and good wishes.
Thanks,
ak_india