Bonjour éloveutsavoir and welcome to the Port of Spain (POS) thread. Please do not apologize for your English, I am sure it is much better than the little bit of French I can speakéloveutsavoir said:
! When you say all in process do you mean that your ecas says "in process" and do you mean under your partner's UCI number? Can you confirm this? If so, that is good news. 
Thank you Cdnandtrini!! You guys are a blessing! I'm taking screen shot from my phone to have all the tips at my finger tips. This thread is moving fast, I don't want to be combing thru and loosing important advice.CdnandTrini said:Hi MsRuby, Miss D. gave you a great link; however, do not stress if your package does not look exactly like that. For sure, do the forms online as the bar codes speed up processing. Also if you can pay all the fees up front and online, do it, one less item to leave in POS hands for follow up. No staples, use paperclips.
You can do either with the photos, I had multiple sets of our wedding photos as I knew we would have to send one with our app. but for some prior years, I just did colour photocopies. Actually we did not even have a camera for the 1st 3 years of our relationship so I only submitted about 40-50 photos in total and it is important to label or write on the back, who is who.
I also created a word document with a selection of SKYPE messages and e-mails (copy and paste) some from every month we were together to show progression, and details of SKYPE call durations, which I highlighted. Because we have been together 6 years I thought including every single thing would make an unwieldy application (for them and us!!) and I said so in my explanation paragraph that I included at the beginning of the word document.
I did not include any phone bills as we have used calling cards for 6 years and they do not accept used calling cards anyway and most people dispose of them. Again I explained this in my application. I think the most important thing is to explain the rationale behind any decisions i.e., we did not honeymoon as we did not have the time or the funds and used that money on the medical and immigration fees!!
In my application I told them that I had 6 years worth of everything and I would send them more if they wanted. They obviously didn't though so that was great! Blessings.
Hello,éloveutsavoir said:
Agreed! None of us can tell you if an interview is needed. Every application, relationship and officer reviewing the application is different therefore none of us know the answer for sure.MissDominica said:
You are most welcome my dearMsRuby said:
. And don't worry about losing advice, you can usually find things if you search in the main thread for family sponsorship. When do you think you will be able to submit your application? I am not familiar with the FBI clearance timelines. Blessings.
Blessings.
As soon as the FBI clearance comes back. Fingers cross, I hoping 1st or 2nd week of December. The end of Novemver will be the 6 weeks mark. Most people say its between 6-8 weeks.CdnandTrini said:You are most welcome my dear
Ok that's good, you should be able to send it off before the new year then! Then the waiting really beginsMsRuby said:
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We tried Scotiabank too, but we were told the same thing. We didn't find much help! Let me know if you figure anything simple out! Hubby has put the trust in his brother so I hope that works out! I'm sure it will be fine but something without the middle man would be better.CdnandTrini said:Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone has any suggestions/advice on banking between Canada/Caribbean. Hubby will be maintaining some property there along with some other obligations and we will need to be able to transfer funds, conduct some financial transactions and ideally have online access. We tried a few years ago as Scotiabank is in Trinidad and Canada but it was useless as their "systems" do not connect or "talk" to each other.
If anyone has any ideas, please elaborate!
Hello blessedone1, I am going to add your info. to the spreadsheet. What country is your beloved from?blessedone1 said:
Totally understand Behopeful......it would be nice to have some privacy as a couple after showing our bums and everything else to immigration!!Behopeful said:
We are going to try RBC and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). I will let you know how/if it pans out. Blessings.
Ahhhh then you are the beloved of your hubby!!blessedone1 said:
Thanks for the fast reply, I just pray that all my updating gets saved.....we shall soon see. Blessings my dear.
If so, I am updating the spreadsheet and was wondering how you are doing and if you have heard any progress on your file. If you want to stop in and say hello we would love to hear from you. Blessings.
