>>>Hi Toby... We exactly have the same case. My fiancee applied for Permanent Residency and got married while her application is on process. After updating her marital status and declaring me as her dependent to be sponsored, I received the same email from the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi. Previous timelines of my wife's application has been changed. May 2013 - Immigration received her application for PR. If not of our marriage, she was expecting her case to be finalized May 2014. As indicated on the ECAS, our case started to process on March 2014- A month after her submission of spousal sponsoship for me. April 2014 when I received the initial email from the Abu Dhabi VO indicating my UCI # and all the documentation requirements they need for the processing of my application. No Saudi Police Clearance nor Medical Examination yet are needed as per the instruction on their email. I did not received any acknowledgment from the embassy since submission of my requirements on July 2014- ECAS status is In Process from then on until I received an email from the immigration last February 2015, an email instructing me to undergo medical examination in the embassy approved panel physician. The email contains a medical examination form with barcodes, indicating your name, application number and UCI #. The same month when ECAS update indicates -Medical Results have been received. It was only last June 9 when immigration sent an email instructing me to obtain Saudi Police Clearance, that needs to be submitted within 60 days together with the English translation of the clearance report and a copy of my valid passport, which I already submitted a week before Ramadan holiday. I dont exactly know what will be the next step coz I myself don't really have that much idea about the processing. I just keep on patiently waiting with lots of prayers.. and while enjoying my work here in KSA of course. It was really a long process and waiting game as much of the forumers here had stated.. Perhaps, you may consider requesting the transfer of your VO to Manila VO since your application has just started, considering the fact that lot of forumers said that Manila VO process much faster than Abu Dhabi VO. In my case, just like my wife told me, our case is already on its final stage (hopefully & Godwilling) and definitely irrelevant if we request for VO transfer.. Our application have gone this far and we are just fervently praying and hoping for the best... afterall,patience paid off and its really worth the wait... I just hope I gave you even just a bit overview of the application process since we have the same case.. Goodluck & Godbless!!