dangerJones
Star Member
- Jun 7, 2011
- 2
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Singapore
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 07-06-2011
- AOR Received.
- 25-07-2011
- File Transfer...
- 08-08-2011
- Med's Done....
- 14-04-2011
- Interview........
- N/A
- Passport Req..
- 20-03-2012
- VISA ISSUED...
- 03-04-2012
- LANDED..........
- 10-04-2012
Welcome Taycaoco. Good to have you with us! Singapore is definitely one of the more frustrating offices to apply through, as you can tell from reading through this thread. Some of us have gotten through quickly, while others have had to wait a long time, as you are. There's not really a uniform experience that all of us can look to as an example.Taycaoco said:Hi everyone, I'm new on the forum. I'm sponsoring my wife and Singapore received my application in February 2011. Since then, nothing happened.
Here's a short background of my story to give you a picture of my case. In July 2010, my uncle introduced me to the daughter of his sworn brother. I talked with her on the phone for the first time on July 24th 2010. We get along immediately; we share the same interests, we have the same age, a University degree in the same field, etc., and the most important of course, we are mutually attracted to one another. In short, we have many things in common and we believe that we are made for each other.
We talked on the phone for a month and by the end of August 2010, I proposed to her. Our engagement ceremony took place in September (without my presence, but 20 members of my family who live in Vietnam were there) and in November, I flew to Vietnam for the wedding with my grand-parents from USA and my dad. She did her medical exam a few days later. I stayed for 6 weeks over there. Here is the timeline:
Mississauga received application January 14th 2011
Files transferred February 9th 2011
Singapore received application February 17th 2011
Since then, radio silence. The processing has not started yet. It's 10 months now, what the heck! :'(
One thing I've seen suggested on the forum is to check with the CIC call centre as to whether any mail was sent your way but not delivered. Apparently some people have had some horror stories about information requests from the VO getting lost in the post; it might be useful for you to check with the call centre to see if they have any records of things being sent. You may also want to give your MP a call. I've called my MP's office a couple of times so far and they've been very helpful, although I figure that depends on where you live; some MPs might be more helpful than others.
One thing I note from your post is that you have a couple of red flags that the VO will probably wonder about, based on reading through other people's experience on these forums. Being introduced by a family member is apparently a problem as the VO may take that as a sign that the marriage was arranged as a favour. The fact that you knew and spoke with each other only one month before you proposed might reinforce this impression. I hope that you managed to address this in your application, but if not, they might ask you about it in an interview. Have you been back to Vietnam since the wedding, sending her money as support, and so on? Remember to keep records of communication, Western Union receipts, bank records, everything that will help to establish that you're supporting her as your spouse.
