Hello everyone,
Here is my situation.
I got married September 3rd, 2012 in India. I am a Canadian citizen and my husband is from India. We were first determined to get my India visa sorted and then apply for his.
Our timeline is the following
February 28, 2013 application received Mississauga, Canada
March 27, 2013 I received email i am a eligible sponsor file transferred to Delhi
April 19, 2013 My spouse is requested for his Police Clearance and Passport
May 1, 2013 - Delhi embassy received via courier (in the process to track it to confirm)
Status now is waiting..... I am also still in India now. I am currently 4 months pregnant. So my hope is in the next couple of months or i will be giving birth in India which is also okay,whatever is meant to be!
In our agent's experience generally 4-6 months is the waitlist from the start of application to receiving the visa for the cases he handles. His feeling we should receive visa in 2 to 6 weeks from the letter received. However, if indeed they are collecting passports earlier and holding onto them as indicated in the forum than that might not apply anymore. For now we are going on to 4 weeks of waiting and not hearing anything and 3 months since starting the whole process.
Rena