Hello Everyone,
Finally !!! Exactly 7 months after the submission of the immigration application, my wife (from China) has finally landed in Canada on May 17th, 2012. Being separated from my wife by an ocean during the last 15 months, where I visited her twice for a total of 27 days, I am now the happiest man on hearth !!
Our dates are:
Application submitted to Mississauga Centre: October 17, 2011
Application Received by Mississauga Centre: October 19, 2011
Sponsor Approval: December 22, 2011
E-mail received from Mississauga Centre on December 22, 2011 indicating that I was approved as a sponsor; only me received that e-mail.
Sponsor Approval: December 29, 2011
AOR as a pdf received by e-mail from Mississauga Centre on December 29, 2011 indicating that our file was being transferred to Beijing Visa Office; only me received that e-mail. E-cas was also updated on January 6, 2012: Sponsor - Decision made Applicant - Application received.
AOR as a pdf received by e-mail from Beijing Visa Office on February 24, 2012 indicating that our application has been received and the processing has begun on February 2, 2012; both of us received that e-mail. E-cas was also updated on February 24, 2012: Sponsor - Decision made Applicant - In Process. When I clicked on the link "in process": Application Received and Started Processing at Beijing on February 2, 2012 - Medical results have been received.
Passport Request: March 22, 2012
AOR as a pdf received by e-mail from Beijing Visa Office on March 22, 2012 requesting the passport of my wife; only my wife received that e-mail. My wife and I then assumed that the interview was waived.
Passport sent by EMS: March 23, 2012
Passport received by Beijing Visa Office: March 26, 2012 (we followed the delivery by the tracking number provided by EMS)
Interview: Waived
E-cas was again updated on April 19, 2012: Sponsor - Decision made Applicant - Decision Made
E-cas was again updated on April 22, 2012: When I clicked on the link "Decision Made": A decision has been made on "X (my wife name)" application. The office will contact "X (my wife name)" concerning this decision.
E-cas was again updated on May 2, 2012: I was seeing the address of my wife as mine.
Passport received with COPR by my wife: May 5, 2012
Landing in Canada: May 17, 2012
Good luck to everyone !!
