You can check the thread on this forum dedicated to Manila applicants. Will give you some indication what people's recent experiences are. I would guess around 10-12 months though, so would expect completion around May - July this year.tpx1915 said:1. Is there any way of knowing roughly when we should expect the process to be completed? Obviously it would just be a guess, but has anyone done it recently who could tell me how long it took them?
As soon as you move to Canada, then immediately change her address on file with Manila office to your Canadian address. In this case when the PR app is approved, they will mail COPR documents directly to Canada, and then you can just do the PR landing at closest USA land border.2. If the process is not complete, we still plan on moving to Canada at the end of April and waiting there for the process to finish. In that case, how should we proceed? Will they email us before sending the paperwork? We'd rather the paperwork went to Canada than to Korea if we've already moved to Canada.
Note your wife can not actually "move" or "live" in Canada until PR is completed. Until then, she is just a visitor, and should be coming to Canada with a return airplane ticket dated a max 6 months later. She should also be honest about having PR app in progress, but that in case it's not completed in time she is prepared to leave if her visitor status runs out and she can't get an extension (of course this will most likely not happen).
The surgery is irrelevant and will have zero impact if she needs to do a new medical. For spousal class sponsorship, the ONLY thing they care about is contagious diseases (like tuberculosis).3. My wife submitted a health check with the application, but it expires in the summer. Last month she had to have surgery and she is worried that if the Canadian government sees that she's had surgery they'd be less likely to accept her. This wouldn't be a problem, would it?
If you are a returning Canadian resident and have been out of Canada for i think at least 6 months, then you may need to wait 3 months from arriving before you can get OHIP.4. When we arrive in Canada we will be without health insurance. In Ontario, you need to live there for 3 months before health insurance is activated. Can you recommend a health insurance provider?
Your wife though has NO basis for applying for OHIP as a visitor. So she needs to wait until her PR is approved, and then 3 months after the landing date, before she will have OHIP. So she may need to wait longer than 3 months if her PR isn't approved before you leave.
You can check some travel emergency medical insurance costs here: https://www.kanetix.ca/travel-visitors-to-canada
My wife used this site while waiting for OHIP, made a claim, and we had no problems at all.