Port of Spain Office, Trinidad and Tobago

[impatient_queen]

helllloooooooooooo room!!! hi confused, sorry i've been MIA, just been staying away cuz i'm not hearing anything positive all around. confused, i can't beleive u received your letter or a response a week before your interview...wtf?? anywho, just wanted to wish you the best of luck, you'll do great hun, don't sweat it. good luck to all in the forum, awaiting a decision on my hubby's stuff :S

 

[confusednscared]

helllloooooooooooo room!!! hi confused, sorry i've been MIA, just been staying away cuz i'm not hearing anything positive all around. confused, i can't beleive u received your letter or a response a week before your interview...wtf?? anywho, just wanted to wish you the best of luck, you'll do great hun, don't sweat it. good luck to all in the forum, awaiting a decision on my hubby's stuff :S

Thanks impatient darling .... you came to my mind last night and I actually went back a few pages while talking to my partner over the phone to re-read your post on the success of your hubby's interview back in June.

We wanted to see and get an understanding of the types of questions POS asks at the interview. Your detailed response was very helpful too. I am just counting down on my last few days and trying to prepare myself as much as I can. I think I know pretty much everything they are bound to ask but there is always room to know more, if you know what I mean

 

[GTWifey]

tick...tock...tick...tock...tick tock. . .

Still waitng POS. . . ??? ??? ???

I can't believe mid-September is here next week!

 

[confusednscared]

tick...tock...tick...tock...tick tock. . .

Still waitng POS. . . ??? ??? ???

I can't believe mid-September is here next week!

POS has drained my emotions toward CIC now. I am just in the "whatever" mode for that office. I honestly look forward to nothing or no longer get excited about the "this is the day" feeling.

Just monotone right now GTWifey, just monotone

 

[Vinnigurl]

Hi everyone!
My husband finally recieved a reply to his email dated April 15, 2010 from POS.

This is in response to the e-mail below.
Your wife's application was transferred to this office as she does not have legal status in the USA. Persons who do not have legal status in the USA cannot be processed within the USA.

Her medical results will be downloaded into her file here and she will need to obtain a FBI record for us. We are now in the process of reviewing her application. Once the review is completed she will be advised on the next step(s) in processing.

Bear in mind however, that if an interview is required she will be required to attend an interview at our office in Georgetown or if she prefers, here in Port of Spain. The interview must be conducted at an office outside of the USA and Canada.

If an interview is not required there will be no need for her to leave the US she will just have to courier her documents to us and pay for the return shipment of her documents back to her in the US.

E-cas has a interview date posted but according to this they haven't decided if they want an interview. And since when do they give applicants the option to go to Georgetown or port of spain... I thought they made that decision.

Anyways, at least we know they are alive and up and running in POS.

 

[confusednscared]

Vinni,

I know one forum member's, Impatient, husband had the option to chose GEO or POS for his interview. I am not sure why they don't give this option to everyone as opposed to just making a random selection. I was never given such option. However, if you get to choose definitely go to POS because it's less time for processing.

And uhmm, that was quite a long wait to get a response to your email. That was ages ago. LOL.

It's still good you heard something from them.

According to my CAIPS notes I ordered back in April this year, it shows that they received my file in August and reviewed it right after and decided that it has to be interviewed. I am sure if you got your CAIPS notes it will show that they got your file in whichever month and the IO reviewed it and put it up for an interview to which a date hasn't been set.

They are probably doing the first stage review where they determine if any other documents are needed and whether or not they should start with the second step in processing.

I am hoping to get my second set of CAIPS notes tomorrow, Friday to see if there has been any changes to my file because my last BF date was June 30th.

Best wishes,
Confused.

 

[Vinnigurl]

thanks confused....i will go with POS if its shorter. I ordered my CAIPS last week so when I get that i should have a better idea of what they are thinking. I am waiting on my second FBI clearance to come in too

all the best on your interveiw

 

[HoneyBird]

so i was thinking about this caps notes.
when should i order them?
like 3 months into our application? 6 months into the application? just to see whats going on? just wondering.
and what exactly do they show?

also confused we are anxious to hear how your interview went and the kinds of questions asked. i feel i will definitely have an interview due to the little bit of information sent. like it was about 2 inches in height.

 

[confusednscared]

Good luck with them CAIPS notes Vinni. If your application is still early in processing you will most likely get nothing in those notes.

Mine came after almost 10 months of processing with nil written in it. It was 10 pages with just stuff summarizing the application of how we met. Nothing more added to it

I am hoping to get them next week before my interview with something useful in it.

@ Honey, if you are still early in your processing there wouldn't be any information in your CAIPS. People usually order them when they feel that their application has exceeded normal processing time or they haven't heard from their VO in 5-6 months after receiving AOR. I would hold off for a few more months and then order them. Let's say if POS hasn't gotten back at you for anything and it's reached close to 8-10 months (I highly doubt that will happen to you) then you should definitely go ahead and order them to help you understand if there are any issues with your application.

I hope none of you guys have to go through what I went through with that office.

Oh, we finally got the official interview letter at our place in Canada. Yes, today. Less than a week before my interview. It stated that they mailed it out from POS on August 13th and it only reached today. Now, what would have happened if I was Vinni and am still in Canada or the US and not knowing what to look forward to? I would definitely be panicking now to find a last minute ticket to get back home.

Anyway, the letter is one of the normal standardized letters where they ask you bring original documents, etc.

I just hope my interview runs smoothly and they pass me and ask for ARC payment and Meds redo on the same day.

 

[HoneyBird]

if they sent it by standard mail then it would take that long...
i remember some time ago hubby sent something to me and it took like 2-3 weeks.

confused if you wanna met up while you are in Trinidad lemme know. I work port of spain with a tight schedule but i don't mind trying to work out a time to met ya. If you are not comfortable with the idea, its totally cool. I understand.

 

[confusednscared]

if they sent it by standard mail then it would take that long...
i remember some time ago hubby sent something to me and it took like 2-3 weeks.

confused if you wanna met up while you are in Trinidad lemme know. I work port of spain with a tight schedule but i don't mind trying to work out a time to met ya. If you are not comfortable with the idea, its totally cool. I understand.

Thanks Honey. My interview will not take place in POS. I would have loved if it were in POS because it would have happened earlier in the year.

Unfortunately, it's at the CHC-GEO

If I ever happen to be in POS I will link you up for sure

I met this female friend online years ago and she used to live in Couva and I think she just moved to some place not that far from Couva.

 

[HoneyBird]

ohhhhhhhhh for some strange reason i thought is port of spain.
so now i am confused...

is it that the applications are sent to trinidad and then sent back to guyana for vo there to interview?

 

[confusednscared]

Hey room,

This is the moment you all have been waiting for:

Once I get into the waiting room there is the receptionist sitting behind a thick glass and she took my letter (she looked like a man with a FAKE Cdn accent). Then she came out of her office through their main door and handed me a clear ziploc bag to put all my evidence inside which she took in the back with her.

Waiting, waiting, sweating, sweating, getting hungry, nervous, praying to god and the IO came out and called name. He escorted me to his office.

So, he introduced himself and told me that he is not here to beat around the bush. He called for an interview because I was a refugee, PRRA and HnC applicant all failed miserably and then I got married. He said straight up that he wants me to prove to him that my rship with my partner is real.

- What's partner's DOB?
- When did he come to Canada?
- Where does he work?
- How much does he make a year?
- How many people were at your wedding?
- Tell me how your relationship has started
- Does anyone else in your family know about your relationship?

Maybe a few other questions, very minor, which I can't completely recall. They all came from the information we provided on the application.

Then he said straight up "well, I have no problem with your application and I am going to approve it" BIG SMILEEEEE on my face then and my heart skipped another few more beats because I thought I heard wrong. Didn't feel like this was really happening to me.

I got all my evidence back. A huge ass bundle of things back. He didn't even bother to look at the ones I took this morning. Months and months of hard work did pay off in the end after killing a few trees too

I guess it all boiled down to my appearance, how I answered my questions, how fast I took to respond, my dress code and of course, honesty. I think today was a lucky day for those interviewed at GEO because I saw the guy before me came out smiling too. It was around 5 of us in total for interview this morning.

 

[confusednscared]

ohh and which one of you in here thinks god is bad .... you will be up for a long run ... GOD IS GREAT .... Nothing beats prayers and devotion.

I am hindu and it's amazing to see miracles work!

 

[HoneyBird]

CONGRATULATIONS...

I GUESS YOU WILL BE UP AND UP AND AWAY....