Processing time for spousal visa - Sri Lanka

[KiPriyan]

Hello All,
My husband got an email as well for the interview. It will be held in November. On the same day he received the email, they also called him over the phone to confirm the interview date and time. It seems like Colombo Visa office finally started moving

Hey,
Did they ask your husband to bring any documents or passport to the interview?

 

[SL_chica]

Hi all!
I am very happy to find this forum and thread, and I wish I had found this over a year ago, so I didn't have to go through this alone; just came across this yesterday.
When we first applied the processing time was only 5 months at colombo office + 56 assessment days; and it kept increasing...

Finally....
Yesterday my husband received the email indicating an Interview Date & Time at Colombo Office
He was asked to bring Passport and 2 photos according to new specs.
There was no request to bring anything else; however, on the email it stated:"In order to assess your compliance with the eligibility and admissibility requirements for immigration to Canada, an appointment has been arranged for you to be interviewed...You are required to attend an interview pursuant to subsection 15.(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). "

Because I keep reading that interview is requested for doubtful applications, I am nervous. Obviously
If anyone can please give me some pointers as you've been doing to a lot of newbies, I will be grateful.


Timeline:
Sponsor ship
Applied: July 2015
Application Received: Aug 2015
Acknowledge: Sept 2015
Started Process: Sept 2015
Sponsor Approved: Oct 2015
Quebec Certificate: Dec 2015
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Permanent Residence
Application Received: Aug 2015
Started Process: Oct 2015

 

[Shan4dev]

Interesting how all the interviews so far has been requested for male spouses. Not a single interview has been reported for female spouses, so I guess they just want to make sure the men are not abusing the immigration system as an easy means to get to Canada, and rightly so. As they are of the opinion that women are more conservative and woudn't risk commiting marriage frauds, etc. Therefore, I think almost all male spouses will be interviewed whether doubtful or not.

 

[Lav_Canadian]

Hey,
Did they ask your husband to bring any documents or passport to the interview?

Hey it seems urs and my husband got the same kind of email from the visa office. This is what they asked him to bringlease bring your passport(s) and the following documents:
-documents pertaining to your application

 

[kankan]

Hey it seems urs and my husband got the same kind of email from the visa office. This is what they asked him to bringlease bring your passport(s) and the following documents:
-documents pertaining to your application

congratulations lav-canadian

 

[kankan]

Hello All,
My husband got an email as well for the interview. It will be held in November. On the same day he received the email, they also called him over the phone to confirm the interview date and time. It seems like Colombo Visa office finally started moving

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) stared moving ................. wow I am waiting....

 

[Lav_Canadian]

congratulations lav-canadian

Thank you Kankan.

 

[Teresa777]

Hi,

Luci1209- I know someone whose medical expired and they did not ask for a new one. So it's probably better to wait till they request it, if at all.

Praba and Priyan- They called to tell my husband about the interview date and told him to check his email. But we haven't received any email yet. I will be contacting them next week as I had similar issue of not getting email before too.

Lav_Canadian-Thanks for interview questions link. Glad you also got interview.

 

[hus123]

Hi everybody
congrats all who got interview dates , your long wait is finally comes to over soon

very happy to see finally Colombo office start working on files again ....

any body checked Gc key after got the interview dates ,is there any update on it?

 

[Rainbow21]

Good luck to everyone whos having their interviews.. Finally happy to know that the colombo vo is moving...

 

[SL_chica]

Good luck to everyone whos having their interviews.. Finally happy to know that the colombo vo is moving...

Yes! Good Luck to every one.

I contacted the HC immigration and asked about the delay in May of 2016. Because I was thinking I will hear back from them by March 2016.
Here is what they wrote back:
"Please be informed that this application is in process and is within normal processing times. If an interview is required, it will be scheduled after peak Temporary Resident processing season."

I guess now the summer rush is over, they are scheduling interviews. This has been a long 15 months, I keep my fingers crossed that all goes well for everyone.

 

[dnyfyn]

Guys does anybody know how long it takes to get called after a re-medical?
Also how long it takes for a medical to be assessed?

 

[KiPriyan]

Hey it seems urs and my husband got the same kind of email from the visa office. This is what they asked him to bringlease bring your passport(s) and the following documents:
-documents pertaining to your application

Yeah. Not sure if we should be happy they asked us to bring passport. Or be nervous bc they r asking documents pertaining to our application. It's so general I'm not sure where to start.

I just want to fly down to be with my husband for his interview date.

 

[KiPriyan]

Guys does anybody know how long it takes to get called after a re-medical?
Also how long it takes for a medical to be assessed?

They asked us to do remedical 2 montgs after the original medical expired.

 

[KiPriyan]

Hi,

Luci1209- I know someone whose medical expired and they did not ask for a new one. So it's probably better to wait till they request it, if at all.

Praba and Priyan- They called to tell my husband about the interview date and told him to check his email. But we haven't received any email yet. I will be contacting them next week as I had similar issue of not getting email before too.

Lav_Canadian-Thanks for interview questions link. Glad you also got interview.

Hope you recieve the email soon.