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htquach

Hero Member
Feb 6, 2016
368
19
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 4, 2016
AOR Received.
March 11, 2016; AOR2: April 1, 2016
File Transfer...
March 22, 2016
Med's Done....
January 10, 2016
Interview........
Queued: August 25, 2016 - Interview: October 18, 2016
Passport Req..
November 22, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
Touchdown... YEG!!! December 26, 2016
For those who want to read up on immigration cases, see https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/irb/.

Pretty interesting to read some of the cases. Provides some insight on what case officers are looking at as concerns/red flags. Also gives you some sense of the questions they may ask. I only read country specific cases.
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
htquach said:
For those who want to read up on immigration cases, see https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/irb/.

Pretty interesting to read some of the cases. Provides some insight on what case officers are looking at as concerns/red flags. Also gives you some sense of the questions they may ask. I only read country specific cases.
I've been reading those for months lol
 

moonlitnight

Star Member
Mar 16, 2016
71
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-11-2015
AOR Received.
20-01-2016
File Transfer...
01-02-2016
Med's Done....
November 2015
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
27-06-2016
Visa Office...: Singapore
App. Filed....: Nov 23, 2015
AOR Received..: Jan 20, 2016
SA Received...: Jan 26, 2016
File Transfer.: Feb 01, 2016
AOR2 Received.: Feb 15, 2016
Med's done.: October, 2015

My timeline might not be as bad as some others. What I feel frustrated about is, if there were applicants before me (august, september) were receiving updates on theirs, it would atleast feel like my time will come. But from what I am seeing by stalking this forum for months is nothing, absolutely no DM from singapore is made in last 5/6 months (at least). Plus I did not find this website before applying. My file looks totally ameture compared to the organizational level of applicants I see here. Just all the documents serialized in one package. No tabs or separations or stuff. We went to honeymoon few months after sending the package, and later figured out that might be a red flag as well.
/rant

sorry had to get that off my chest
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
moonlitnight said:
Visa Office...: Singapore
App. Filed....: Nov 23, 2015
AOR Received..: Jan 20, 2016
SA Received...: Jan 26, 2016
File Transfer.: Feb 01, 2016
AOR2 Received.: Feb 15, 2016
Med's done.: October, 2015

My timeline might not be as bad as some others. What I feel frustrated about is, if there were applicants before me (august, september) were receiving updates on theirs, it would atleast feel like my time will come. But from what I am seeing by stalking this forum for months is nothing, absolutely no DM from singapore is made in last 5/6 months (at least). Plus I did not find this website before applying. My file looks totally ameture compared to the organizational level of applicants I see here. Just all the documents serialized in one package. No tabs or separations or stuff. We went to honeymoon few months after sending the package, and later figured out that might be a red flag as well.
/rant

sorry had to get that off my chest
We sent in additional documents to SVO after we applied. We went on holiday in Bali and we mailed them everything, boarding passes, hotel bookings, shopping reciepts , restaurant receipts, pics, receipts from activities etc.

Don't worry you're not the only one with red flags lol.

I've seen SVO sending the interview letter within a month or two so I think you're good. You should order GCMS notes just to be sure.

Also keep in mind that there is not many applicants with SVO on the forum right now. As htquach pointed out there was only 8 applicants on the 2015 spreadsheet.
 
M

mikeymyke

Guest
You guys need to order the GCMS notes regularly to see if you are on interview list or not.
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
mikeymyke said:
You guys need to order the GCMS notes regularly to see if you are on interview list or not.
Oh I know, I've already ordered them twice and my file was only transferred on April 5.
 

phamhainguyen68

Star Member
Sep 8, 2014
105
20
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-09-2015
AOR Received.
23-11-2015
File Transfer...
23-11-2015
Med's Done....
Upfront in Aug 2015
Interview........
Recommend Waived on 05-01-2016
Passport Req..
25-05-2016
VISA ISSUED...
09-06-2016 (received on 21-06-2016)
LANDED..........
Waiting...
I have a feeling that currently this topic is all of husbands who is desperately waiting for the outcome of their applications ;D ;D

On the other hand, one of my Facebook groups, most of the active members are wives. It seems their husbands are so confident in their applications, and the wives' worry is overeacted :p :p (or maybe they are just lazy).
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
phamhainguyen68 said:
I have a feeling that currently this topic is all of husbands who is desperately waiting for the outcome of their applications ;D ;D

On the other hand, one of my Facebook groups, most of the active members are wives. It seems their husbands are so confident in their applications, and the wives' worry is overeacted :p :p (or maybe they are just lazy).
What's this fb group lol
 

htquach

Hero Member
Feb 6, 2016
368
19
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 4, 2016
AOR Received.
March 11, 2016; AOR2: April 1, 2016
File Transfer...
March 22, 2016
Med's Done....
January 10, 2016
Interview........
Queued: August 25, 2016 - Interview: October 18, 2016
Passport Req..
November 22, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
Touchdown... YEG!!! December 26, 2016
moonlitnight and ImABule:

I think we are in toughest stretch... three months after the SA. From what I have read, this is when the VO checks criminality, security and health requirements. All we are going to hear are crickets and start at "In Process".

As Mikeymyke and others have said, order them GCMS notes to see if there are any issues with your application during this time.

I am contemplating sending in additional information on a trip we went on to Thailand.
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
htquach said:
moonlitnight and ImABule:

I think we are in toughest stretch... three months after the SA. From what I have read, this is when the VO checks criminality, security and health requirements. All we are going to hear are crickets and start at "In Process".

As Mikeymyke and others have said, order them GCMS notes to see if there are any issues with your application during this time.

I am contemplating sending in additional information on a trip we went on to Thailand.
Yeah, my first notes were ordered 3 days after SA, nothing started- medical passed. I wanted to see if there was any warning notes from CPC-M to SVO as I read on another thread that they would put Review Required on the eligibility and maybe write a note to the officer abroad if there was any initial worries. Now I'm waiting for second notes to see what they've done so far.

It can't hurt to send more info. We sent it basically same time they sent us AOR2, and we corrected an error on my wife's form at the same time, so I don't think it had any effect on processing time.

I'm not worried at all about the SEC/CRIM assessments as my wife has never left her country, is only 22, and has never had any sort of military/government position. I can't imagine it taking very long.
 

moonlitnight

Star Member
Mar 16, 2016
71
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-11-2015
AOR Received.
20-01-2016
File Transfer...
01-02-2016
Med's Done....
November 2015
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
27-06-2016
thanks for the encouragement guys
ordered the notes end of last month. hope they come soon. the additional pictures, were they sent by the sponsor or the sponsored?
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
moonlitnight said:
thanks for the encouragement guys
ordered the notes end of last month. hope they come soon. the additional pictures, were they sent by the sponsor or the sponsored?
My wife printed the pics from Word onto regular paper. We scanned and printed everything else and it was mailed by her to the VO. We sent it to the PO address
 

kao24k

Full Member
May 6, 2013
21
1
123
London, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-06-2013
AOR Received.
15-07-2013
File Transfer...
DNA Test 24-10-2015
Med's Request
02-05-2016
Med's Done....
04-05-2016
Interview........
11-03-2015
Passport Req..
13-05-2016
VISA ISSUED...
Sent By VFS/IOM 16-05-2016, Singapore Received 18-05-2016, Hoping to get it back tomorrow
LANDED..........
Waiting for passport with Visa then fly next day
I Just received a letter for Passport Request today!!!!!! We will fill out the form and send my wife's passport tomorrow. My daughter already have her Canadian Passport, do we need to send my daughter's passport too? How long does it take to get my wife's passport back after we send it? I can't wait to make love with my wife LOL :-*
 

ImABule

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2016
2,406
96
Ottawa, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
February 25, 2016
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
March 24, 2016 AOR2 April 15, 2016
File Transfer...
SA April 5, 2016
Med's Done....
February 02, 2016
Interview........
Queue- August 29, 2016 Waived- November 15, 2016
Passport Req..
November 17, 2016 DM- November 18, 2016
VISA ISSUED...
November 29, 2016
LANDED..........
December 19, 2016
kao24k said:
I Just received a letter for Passport Request today!!!!!! We will fill out the form and send my wife's passport tomorrow. My daughter already have her Canadian Passport, do we need to send my daughter's passport too? How long does it take to get my wife's passport back after we send it? I can't wait to make love with my wife LOL :-*
What's your timeline?

Congrats
 

ames219

Star Member
Feb 25, 2016
132
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-DEC-2015
AOR Received.
04-FEB-2016
File Transfer...
16-FEB-2016
Med's Done....
Sep-2015/ Redo medical request Oct 6th 2016
Interview........
In queue 21st June 2016/ Interview cancelled Oct 6th
Passport Req..
16-NOV-2016
Hi everyone, just wanted to update you guys on some stuff i got back. I have not ordered GCMS notes. Emailed my local MP to see if they could get a status on whats going on and she got back to me yesterday.

Currently the medical has passed, the eligibility is in process and the background checks have not started. According to the employee at the MP's office, the background checks is what takes the most time cos it's done by an external agency. The CIC officer mentioned 17 months, no more,no less, for the whole process to be done, which is what is on their website. Hope this helps everyone.

My timeline is on the left for anyone who wants to know. I'm just hoping to not hear anything from CIC in the next few months, which I'm assuming will mean that the elgibility has passed.

Praying for all of you just waiting to be reunited with your loved one:)