Hi guys,
I applied for my husband's PR inland, and the following took place, wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and can advise on the process and timeline:
- Application accepted in Sept, 2018.
- Requested Medical exam - completed. Not sure exactly when, but sometime between Sept and Jan.
- Jan, received request for fingerprint - completed within same month and waited to hear something.
- About two weeks ago, received a call from CIC agent in Mississauga saying that they are waiting on my husband's fingerprints from RCMP and until then could not make a decision on my eligibility. Question one: Why would his fingerprint issue have any affect on my eligibility? Are they trying to make a decision on my eligibility and his at the same time?
- We called the fingerprint center, emailed the receipt from them to the CIC agent, and center said to call RCMP and so did CIC, since center had forwarded the application to RCMP. CIC agent told me that the next step was that if I was eligible after they receive his fingerprints, they would send our application to the Etobicoke office for PR review/interview at which point we would either get one or not. We called RCMP and were told that they had received it the 22nd of Jan and sent it CIC 23rd so it may be lost in the mail or in their office somewhere. We notified CIC of the same. Have not heard back from them at all but received a decision on my eligibility (positive) and nothing more since then.
So, my question is, did anyone have a similar issue where a document got lost, if so, did they request for another one to be done, or did they waste time looking for it? And how long did this part take if it was lost?
My other question is, if they approved me and are waiting to approve him (I'm guessing still waiting on someone to find his fingerprint application report), once they approve him, are we then going to be waiting on an interview? If so, does everyone go through the interview process or may the Etobicoke office send an approval of PR?
We have been in this rut for so long! Husband came to Canada as a visitor from USA in Feb 2018, he applied in May and it got bounced back for missing something, then he submitted it again in June/July, it got bounced back again for missing something new, so I finally got involved to ensure nothing was missed and it was accepted Sept. So, even though since Sept, hearing a decision made on my application and being told that the next step would be interview sounds very short and appealing, it's been a long time, and we haven't visited our in-laws since the move. He hasn't received work authorization despite our application for it either!
So far, I'm getting the impression that until we either provide another fingerprint or are told they found it, we are adding this wait time to another 10 weeks to get an interview from date of dm on both my eligibility and his.
Any advice would be helpful!
UPDATE: received letter saying his eligibility was cleared as well, but sent generic email which stated that they would now examine medical exam and fingerprints if not done so already, so not sure what this means considering the phone conversation we had was that they could not act on our case without his fingerprints, but now they seem to be making eligibility determinations without any notice that fingerprints have been found to move forward with the case.