Hello All,
My wife and I have some great news – She received her Visa and Confirmation of PR papers today.
She called me at 4:58 am this morning to tell me she received her visa and at first I thought I was dreaming but then my 5 a.m. alarm went off and I knew it was the real deal.
I want to thank everybody for their support, prayer and reassurances - the day for her could not have gone easier.
She showed up at the embassy and lined up. A representative came out and split the crowd into 2 groups - Student Group and Immigration Group (approx 20 people, almost 50/50 male/female ratio and some were there under Family Class, some for Skilled Workers)
The Immigration group lined up and then one by one they approached the desk, handed their passport and Immigration file number and then passed out another door. Once the entire group had handed in their passports, they were escorted to a large room and shown a 50 min documentary on Canada.
After the documentary, another representative came in with passports, Confirmations of PR and the original application documents and handed everything back. Basically within 1.5 hours everything was done. For the most part, everybody pretty much kept to themselves and spoke very little so there was little opportunity for my wife to get to know some of the other lucky folks.
So to recap for those are interested in timelines:
Dec 07 2009: Shipped Application to CPC-Mississauga using next day Puralotor service.
Dec 08 2009: Application Arrives in CPC-Mississauga
Jan 05 2010: Decision Made on Sponsor Application and file to be sent to Rabat
Jan 20 2010: Rabat receives application and begins processing.
(Jun 06 2010: My wife receives a call to come in on the 23rd of June to the Embassy)
Wednesday Jun 23 2010: Receives her Visa (no interview)
It seems like Rabat is going on overdrive and a pray and hope that everybody’s case is dealt with quickly and with success.
The next phase will be - What happens after she lands? But I have some time for that. For now, my wife and I just want to rejoice at the good news.
Talk to you soon
Regards,
Irfan