Hello everyone,
I posted this in another thread, but then I saw that this one has more pages. I am posting here too because I thought maybe more people come here and will have a better chance at seeing this post.
I am having some trouble and I don't even know who to ask. I met my wife in 2008 through a dating service website in China. We got married three years ago in China, and hired a lawyer to applied for her immigration in Canada. I come back and forth between China and Canada.
It was denied because they said we missed an interview in Hong Kong. I live in Canada and she lives a few hours away from Hong Kong, but the problem was we were never informed of this interview. The lawyer said he was not informed, I never received any mail, call, email... nothing.
Once we found out, the lawyer said he submitted an appeal. That was in January 2015. We have not really heard from anyone since then. No news, no updates. Lawyer says the immigration people says it is still processing, but it has been over 1.5 years. Also, the lawyer told us we can't go through ADR. I don't know why.
Can anyone help me? Is this normal? Is the lawyer playing tricks to get us to pay more money somehow? Is is normal to not go through ADR. I want to go back to China to see my wife, but I am afraid they will ask to interview me in Canada and I have to rush back or I can't make it back.
Please, I miss my wife, and she misses me, but we can't be together... Our marriage is strained because of this. She thinks I am lying to her. Please help me.