NEW DELHI (NDVO) - 2016 SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIP OUTSIDE CANADA

[sara charles]

hey all,

i am a Jan 17th applicant, anyone else from January still waiting? im worried why are we all still held up ?. its going to be a year. Hope to receive it soon. i paid the right for PR fee in September.

good luck to everyone.

 

[sammanne]

Has it been 5 days? I would wait as suggested by them and reconnect again

Not yet.I didnt finish 5 days

 

[HarkiranKaur]

Just so everyone knows, most flights are completely booked in economy class right up to mid January now. There are business class seats left first week in January and the price on those are horrendous! I have a business class ticket (return) in March that was only 3200 CDN (I had a 30% voucher so it only cost me 2600 total in the end taxes in) but now even one way business class ticket is about 5000 CDN for first few weeks in January. You might have to play a bit with airlines. United came up with a 22 hr flight to Toronto from Delhi (I'm guessing it goes the pacific route) and that was around 1400 CDN for one way. A delta one came up as well but lately Delta airlines is not in good news for having discriminatory practices so I'd avoid that. Air India and Jet Airways both came up in the 140000 INR range for economy and that's about 2700 CDN. As a result I think my hubby is booking for mid January after the holiday rush. Oh and one other cheaper one came up using Etihad airways Delhi to Abu Dhabi to Heathrow to Toronto and that was about 1300 CDN but longer travel time and and two stopovers.

 

[gbharath2]

Hi ,

I am a December 2015 applicant and finally got my email for passport stamping and sent it today .Since I am in canada I have sent it to Ottawa processing. What are the next steps once it is stamped and timeline. Should i still cross the border since am already inside canada or should i have a visa to USA to cross before i receive a valid PR number .

 

[Shmak2017]

Congrats....you can do flag polling without having USA visit Visa.

There is information on thread about flag polling...take a time to find more about it.

Good Luck

Hi ,

I am a December 2015 applicant and finally got my email for passport stamping and sent it today .Since I am in canada I have sent it to Ottawa processing. What are the next steps once it is stamped and timeline. Should i still cross the border since am already inside canada or should i have a visa to USA to cross before i receive a valid PR number .

 

[jagjitsingh35]

Congrats....you can do flag polling without having USA visit Visa.

There is information on thread about flag polling...take a time to find more about it.

Good Luck

you can get an appointment at Service Canada near you and get it done ...don't even need to cross border.....

 

[neetug]

Hubby received his PPR today! I think tomorrow is the last working day until probably 27th so hopefully he will get it back by end of next week? His cousin is dropping it by hand tomorrow at VFS in New Delhi along with his 2 photos and the letter copy.

Congratulations harkiran
Hopefully we will get pPR request soon
Hoping for best

 

[Shmak2017]

Yes that`s another way...call n find about wait time and see if that works

you can get an appointment at Service Canada near you and get it done ...don't even need to cross border.....

 

[Shmak2017]

No need to be in panic mode. It will come back with shiny sticker

Plz friends can you advice me...its been 2 weeks since i sent my passport i still havent got it back...what i can do....the VFS said they cant do anything...i sent my passport in 12 of December...i dont understand why they hold it sooo long...now its 10 business days

 

[zhangstar]

Question.. how long is it taking to get the passport back from ottawa after pr visa.. m thinking if its good idea to wait till tuesday to mail my passport ( coz of christmas holidays) or just mail in tomorrow.. i m in toronto

 

[dumdumhogayamein]

Hey All,

Today we got PPR for my wife.
May 11th Applicant.
BGC was in progress from 9th December
DM - 20th December
PPR - 22 December

No MP Enquiry done.
No GCMS notes requested
Wife is currently in Canada with me.
Congrats to my fellow folks who got PPR as well today and best of luck to rest of the applicants

Congrats

 

[dumdumhogayamein]

Not yet.I didnt finish 5 days

I would suggest you to wait for 5 business days and then contact them the way you did earlier.

 

[dumdumhogayamein]

Hi ,

I am a December 2015 applicant and finally got my email for passport stamping and sent it today .Since I am in canada I have sent it to Ottawa processing. What are the next steps once it is stamped and timeline. Should i still cross the border since am already inside canada or should i have a visa to USA to cross before i receive a valid PR number .

There are two steps,
1. Flagpole landing, no US VISA needed, but you the PA has to drive to the US border and tell the lane agent that HE/SHE needs to do a flag pole and they will route you back to Canada with a paper which u need to present to the Canadian Official.

2. Contact CIC for an appointment for an inland landing at CIC offices in your city, check with them the wait time. Once the appointment is made, it needs to be respected.

 

[dumdumhogayamein]

Plz friends can you advice me...its been 2 weeks since i sent my passport i still havent got it back...what i can do....the VFS said they cant do anything...i sent my passport in 12 of December...i dont understand why they hold it sooo long...now its 10 business days

Please wait, your passport is coming back to you with a shiny stamp.

 

[dumdumhogayamein]

Question.. how long is it taking to get the passport back from ottawa after pr visa.. m thinking if its good idea to wait till tuesday to mail my passport ( coz of christmas holidays) or just mail in tomorrow.. i m in toronto

Depends on the load of applications in Ottawa, its the only office we have here. There is not much traffic but still cant say. I would sincerely urge you to make sure that when u mail in the passport, get a tracking number and wait for Dec 25th to pass. There might be a chance, that your passport may be lost due to surge in parcels and letters. Just as a caution and not to scare you