Port of Spain Office, Trinidad and Tobago

[oneandonly]

Passport en route to POS!

that's amazing congrats hubby might just be on a flight by friday

 

[CdnandTrini]

hi there, this is Mrs. Millslu,

So still no word on our package yet.
Our ECAS changed on Friday to "Decision Made" however the tracking # to return my husbands passport is still not in the courier system, needless to say, I'm nervous, this is our 3rd week. And 2 days out of the 4 week time frame they give you to process your passport were holidays (T & T holiday and Cdn Thanksgiving) so we are keeping our fingers crossed. I swear, every 5 minutes I'm checking our tracking #... ???

Hello Mrs. M., you must be on pins and needles waiting for this, especially with all that you and millslu have gone through on your journey. Great news that ecas has changed to DM ....FANTASTIC! I am sure you will see movement on your tracking number shortly.

I believe that when Behopeful's ecas changed to DM, her hubby got the call to pick up his passport that day and he picked it up the next day. The total turnaround time for them was 19 days from drop-off to pick-up including weekends. Although he had dropped his off in person I am sure they get sent back by courier as quickly after DM. Why do I know these numbers, I counted them as my hubby also dropped his passport off this morning so I went back in the posts to see how long it took for Behopeful. I am thinking I will be in Trinidad when my hubby gets his call for the pick up. Looking forward to hearing good news for all in the coming weeks. Blessings.

 

[fromadistance]

Millslu is in St Lucia so I think he has to keep tracking to see if his courier envelope has been activated.

CdnandTrini, I also stalked BeHopeful's and doc.love pp return time lol. Doc.love had 9 days I think.
Well POS will be receiving huby's passport tomorrow so let's watch that space

 

[CdnandTrini]

Millslu is in St Lucia so I think he has to keep tracking to see if his courier envelope has been activated.

CdnandTrini, I also stalked BeHopeful's and doc.love pp return time lol. Doc.love had 9 days I think.
Well POS will be receiving huby's passport tomorrow so let's watch that space

lol....FAD. PPR stalkers unite ! How are you feeling? Hope your baby girl did not get sick. When do you think hubby will fly home? Blessings.

How about the Millslu's, what day/date are you planning for your reunion?

 

[fromadistance]

lol....FAD. PPR stalkers unite ! How are you feeling? Hope your baby girl did not get sick. When do you think hubby will fly home? Blessings.

How about the Millslu's, what day/date are you planning for your reunion?

Feeling a million times better, thanks for asking. Baby girl did not get sick and I pray it stays that way.
Hubby will fly home 1st week November. I am hoping passport will be stamped by then. Im hoping to go down to fly with him together. He's been to the UK and US before but he wants us to make the trip here together for the first time

What about you? Are you still going down to return together?

 

[CdnandTrini]

Feeling a million times better, thanks for asking. Baby girl did not get sick and I pray it stays that way.
Hubby will fly home 1st week November. I am hoping passport will be stamped by then. Im hoping to go down to fly with him together. He's been to the UK and US before but he wants us to make the trip here together for the first time

What about you? Are you still going down to return together?

Hi FAD, glad to hear you are feeling better. I am still going to Trini and when I get there (leaving Oct. 30th - Nov. 30th) I can get a better sense of how far my husband has gotten with his departure plans. We may or may not come home together, it depends on a variety of factors. We are looking at all options but definitely he will be home before Christmas. That much I do know !

 

[Behopeful]

Good Evening Everyone... I have finally returned with a landing story!

I know, I know it has taken me far too long to get to write this and I have likely put this story together in my head about a million times but I am finalyl here to write it done. WOW I truly can't believe this immigration thing is completely behind us.

So, my husband landed at Pearson on Friday October 11, exactly 10 months after submitting our application to the VO in Mississauga. From day 1, we knew this journey would be long and take a lot of strength and we are so thankful we have finished with this. For anyone that is starting this process, my advise would be to think you are in it for the long haul and when it happens sooner, you will be pleasantly surprised. It was only a year ago that I took my husband to Pearson and he went back to Trinidad on a 1 year exclusion order.

Anyways, my husband's flight left Trinidad at 235PM Friday and was due to land at 840PM. I arrived at the airport at exactly 840 and saw his flight landed at 828. I was so excited and had butterflies in my stomach, just like that first time I met him and fell in love. I pretty much paced around for 45 minutes and then I let my mind wander to "what if he doesn't come out" and "how long do I wait before I become concerned". I was feeling cautious because this whole process seemed much too smooth.
I just kept waiting and any black man that came out the door, I jumped up thinking it was husband. I think there were flights coming in from Antigua and Guyana around the same time. FINALLY after an hour and 10 minutes of waiting, I see my husband come through the door. He was all dressed up and I just stood there staring from afar. He was looking around for me but couldn't see me and I eventually got over the shock and moved to him. He spotted me and pretty much ran over a person trying to get to me (the person was blocking the path). Tears rushed to my eyes when I felt him hug me (tears are coming to my eyes now thinking about it) and the thought of this is the first day to the rest of our lives together. We hugged and kissed for the longest time and just looked at each other. Being reunited with him is something I will never forgot. Our daughter had made a welcome home card for daddy and I brought him a gift and cupcake with a Canadian flag on it. He was thankful for that. We had dinner out in Toronto and drove 2 and a half hours back to where we live. Amazingly I wasn't even a tiny bit tired.

So now that I have told you all the sappy stuff I will tell you about his actual experience landing. He said it was pretty flawless. I was likely more nervous about it than him. He did his declaration and told the person he was sponsored by his wife and was landing for the first time. They pointed him to another booth (he said it was different and has changed since he came up on the farm workers program) and he did his landing with a man. The man had him sign his name in 3 places, discussed his previous experience in Canada and confirmed his mailing address for his PR card. My husband said it was fairly busy and the wait was a little long because planes were arriving from China and Philipines as well. The officer said "Welcome to Canada" and he was free to go. He handed him back his passport and a copy of his COPR. He wasn't given any package (some friends said he would) and he wasn't advised anything about SIN, OHIP, etc. I think perhaps this wasn't mentioned because he has already been in Canada. All in all, this was a very easy process. I thought they would ask him questions about the sponsorhisp but really nothing. They did ask about him bringing dependents and had him sign saying he didn't have dependents (only his daughter in Canada already).

The last few days have been a huge adjustment for us, even though he has been in Canada before and we lived together for years. I think he had feelings of sadness and just trying to find his place amongst everything. I wonder if I kinda pushed him into coming too quickly before he got to wrap everything up in Trinidad. I just can't imagine being in his place and leaving my family. I briefly looked over at the JA forum today and someone was speaking about the difficultly in saying goodbye and the transition. Regardless, he is happy to be here. Our daughter recognizes him and calls him daddy but typically looks to me at times when she needs comfort and this is hard for him when he can't comfort her. It takes time for sure. He applied and was given his new SIN today, opened a bank account, applied for OHIP and is looking into options for school and work.

It is really amazing how quickly the thoughts of immigration leave your mind and we keep saying this really wasn't that bad (10 months is very fortunate and blessed in my mind, especially when I figured it would be a year or more). We are glad we applied outland vs. inland and everything worked out very smoothly for us. We are fortunate to have gotten through so quickly. I am not going to take up anymore time I think this is fairly lengthy already. If I have forgotten to mention anything, ask away. I will still be coming around... I couldn't have done this without the supports of this group. THANK YOU EVERYONE! :-*

MILLSLU... your time is coming. Passport will be there soon. Your landing story will be next.

FAD: Congrats again on the PPR.

MissD/ Dadzin: Your interviews are coming up... I look at the calendar and my mind drifts to the 24th. Keeping you both in my prayers for a successful interview.

CdnandTrini: Only about 2 weeks until you will be with hubby and your journey is soon coming to an end!

doc.lady: Travel plans yet?

LouisFam: PPR is coming! Hold on you are almost there!

And all the JAM FAM... I don't know why you guys aren't hearing good news but when it rains it pours so expect many PPR all at once. You guys and girls are a wonderful group of people and amazingly positive all the time.

Thanks again for all the support... stay positive. Everyday is one day closer to the end and you just never know when the end will be be. Goodnight!

 

[blessedone1]

Awwww great story. All the best to you and hubby behopeful

 

[fromadistance]

Awwww sweet landing story- your post had me in tears. Thank you for that. All the best to the three of you

 

[millslu]

Good Evening Everyone... I have finally returned with a landing story!

I know, I know it has taken me far too long to get to write this and I have likely put this story together in my head about a million times but I am finalyl here to write it done. WOW I truly can't believe this immigration thing is completely behind us.

So, my husband landed at Pearson on Friday October 11, exactly 10 months after submitting our application to the VO in Mississauga. From day 1, we knew this journey would be long and take a lot of strength and we are so thankful we have finished with this. For anyone that is starting this process, my advise would be to think you are in it for the long haul and when it happens sooner, you will be pleasantly surprised. It was only a year ago that I took my husband to Pearson and he went back to Trinidad on a 1 year exclusion order.

Anyways, my husband's flight left Trinidad at 235PM Friday and was due to land at 840PM. I arrived at the airport at exactly 840 and saw his flight landed at 828. I was so excited and had butterflies in my stomach, just like that first time I met him and fell in love. I pretty much paced around for 45 minutes and then I let my mind wander to "what if he doesn't come out" and "how long do I wait before I become concerned". I was feeling cautious because this whole process seemed much too smooth.
I just kept waiting and any black man that came out the door, I jumped up thinking it was husband. I think there were flights coming in from Antigua and Guyana around the same time. FINALLY after an hour and 10 minutes of waiting, I see my husband come through the door. He was all dressed up and I just stood there staring from afar. He was looking around for me but couldn't see me and I eventually got over the shock and moved to him. He spotted me and pretty much ran over a person trying to get to me (the person was blocking the path). Tears rushed to my eyes when I felt him hug me (tears are coming to my eyes now thinking about it) and the thought of this is the first day to the rest of our lives together. We hugged and kissed for the longest time and just looked at each other. Being reunited with him is something I will never forgot. Our daughter had made a welcome home card for daddy and I brought him a gift and cupcake with a Canadian flag on it. He was thankful for that. We had dinner out in Toronto and drove 2 and a half hours back to where we live. Amazingly I wasn't even a tiny bit tired.

So now that I have told you all the sappy stuff I will tell you about his actual experience landing. He said it was pretty flawless. I was likely more nervous about it than him. He did his declaration and told the person he was sponsored by his wife and was landing for the first time. They pointed him to another booth (he said it was different and has changed since he came up on the farm workers program) and he did his landing with a man. The man had him sign his name in 3 places, discussed his previous experience in Canada and confirmed his mailing address for his PR card. My husband said it was fairly busy and the wait was a little long because planes were arriving from China and Philipines as well. The officer said "Welcome to Canada" and he was free to go. He handed him back his passport and a copy of his COPR. He wasn't given any package (some friends said he would) and he wasn't advised anything about SIN, OHIP, etc. I think perhaps this wasn't mentioned because he has already been in Canada. All in all, this was a very easy process. I thought they would ask him questions about the sponsorhisp but really nothing. They did ask about him bringing dependents and had him sign saying he didn't have dependents (only his daughter in Canada already).

The last few days have been a huge adjustment for us, even though he has been in Canada before and we lived together for years. I think he had feelings of sadness and just trying to find his place amongst everything. I wonder if I kinda pushed him into coming too quickly before he got to wrap everything up in Trinidad. I just can't imagine being in his place and leaving my family. I briefly looked over at the JA forum today and someone was speaking about the difficultly in saying goodbye and the transition. Regardless, he is happy to be here. Our daughter recognizes him and calls him daddy but typically looks to me at times when she needs comfort and this is hard for him when he can't comfort her. It takes time for sure. He applied and was given his new SIN today, opened a bank account, applied for OHIP and is looking into options for school and work.

It is really amazing how quickly the thoughts of immigration leave your mind and we keep saying this really wasn't that bad (10 months is very fortunate and blessed in my mind, especially when I figured it would be a year or more). We are glad we applied outland vs. inland and everything worked out very smoothly for us. We are fortunate to have gotten through so quickly. I am not going to take up anymore time I think this is fairly lengthy already. If I have forgotten to mention anything, ask away. I will still be coming around... I couldn't have done this without the supports of this group. THANK YOU EVERYONE! :-*

MILLSLU... your time is coming. Passport will be there soon. Your landing story will be next.

FAD: Congrats again on the PPR.

MissD/ Dadzin: Your interviews are coming up... I look at the calendar and my mind drifts to the 24th. Keeping you both in my prayers for a successful interview.

CdnandTrini: Only about 2 weeks until you will be with hubby and your journey is soon coming to an end!

doc.lady: Travel plans yet?

LouisFam: PPR is coming! Hold on you are almost there!

And all the JAM FAM... I don't know why you guys aren't hearing good news but when it rains it pours so expect many PPR all at once. You guys and girls are a wonderful group of people and amazingly positive all the time.

Thanks again for all the support... stay positive. Everyday is one day closer to the end and you just never know when the end will be be. Goodnight!

Bless you @ behopeful, thank you so much for sharing!

@Cdandtrini...no set travel plans yet, still waiting to hear where are passport is, our returned tracking # is still not activated yet...we are hoping to travel by the end of week or weekend Godwilling

 

[millslu]

@Cdandtrini,
Thankyou so much for encouraging me today, things are getting tougher and tougher
My husband and i can taste it, but we just can't reach it yet.
Praying the courier service will have received the pkg so we can begin tracking.
This waiting is killing me softly.
Thanks again :-*

 

[fromadistance]

@ Cdandtrini,
Thankyou so much for encouraging me today, things are getting tougher and tougher
My husband and i can taste it, but we just can't reach it yet.
Praying the courier service will have received the pkg so we can begin tracking.
This waiting is killing me softly.
Thanks again :-*

Do you have Decision made on Ecas?

Praying you get PP soon

 

[CdnandTrini]

Good Evening Everyone... I have finally returned with a landing story!........................

Behopeful, a wonderful and real landing story, thanks for sharing. We were all looking forward to it ! Hope hubby doesn't mind the big audience ......I can just imagine all of the mixed emotions flooding through you both and it will take awhile to settle and adjust.

So, so happy for you and hubby and don't forget to drop in and say hello from time to time. Your encouragement of others has been a gift to the forum and we still need to celebrate a few more victories for upcoming interviews that will be passed with flying colours and lots more PPRs and COPRs before Christmas. Blessings.

 

[CdnandTrini]

@ Cdandtrini,
Thankyou so much for encouraging me today, things are getting tougher and tougher
My husband and i can taste it, but we just can't reach it yet.
Praying the courier service will have received the pkg so we can begin tracking.
This waiting is killing me softly.
Thanks again :-*

My pleasure Mrs. M. and I totally understand you about losing steam near the end. I think during most of the process our adrenaline keeps us going and then near the end, the immigration fatigue and the uncertainty take its toll. You and hubby will be together soon to exhale and feel the joy and happiness of this great stress wash away, in the name of Jesus I pray. Amen my sister.

 

[CdnandTrini]

Do you have Decision made on Ecas?

Praying you get PP soon

FAD, I think the millslu's ecas changed to DM this past Friday (see prior post) so keep those prayers coming for them! Strength in numbers .