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SPOUSE / FAMILY CLASS timeline MANILA Visa Office PHILIPPINES

Editsniper

Star Member
Oct 20, 2011
128
0
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-10-2011
Doc's Request.
17-01-2012
File Transfer...
28-12-2011
Med's Done....
14-09-2011
Interview........
Not Needed
Passport Req..
17-01-2012 (Letter received 30-01-2012-Passport arrived CEM 10-02-2012)
VISA ISSUED...
14-03-2012
LANDED..........
soon...
sophie0826 said:
hello everyone!

i just received a letter asking for my passport and Appendix A....would like to ask how can i send it....thru drop-box ba sa canadian embassy manila or thru mail? Also, is it correct sa appendix A, na fill-upan ko yung spouse column (details of my sponsor spouse) and leave the passport details blank? Also, do i need to write my application number sa appendix A? Any reply is much appreciated, thank you so much! Good luck and God bless us all!
since ur in Philippines send it by LBC courier to the address for Canada Embassy
 

jcphshaona

Newbie
Oct 10, 2011
9
0
jl_pamittan said:
I received a letter from CEM may problem application ko. :( :( :( NEED HELP BADLY... ANY IDEA... naguguluhan ako kung pano ko to gagawin. pleaseread letter below. they give me 45 days to do this. hindi naman namin alam na may clause pala na ganyan. di pa naman kc kami kasal that time na apply so di nya ako sinulat sa application nya. hindi ko tuloy alam kung ano best way na gagawin dito kc wala naman akong copy na naka declare ako.



A Preliminary review of your file, based on the information and documentation you have submitted to date, raises concerns that you may not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.

Subsection 12(1) of the immigration and refugee protection act states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Paragraph 117(9)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee protection regulations establishes the circumstancesunder which a person may be excluded from the family class, notwithstanding their personal relationship to their sponsor. Specifically, the regulations state:

117(9)(d) A foreign national shall not be considered a member of the family class by virtue of their relationship to a sponsor if subject to subsection(10), the sponsor previously made an application for permanent residence and became a permanent residence and at the time of that application, the foreign was a non-accompanying family member of the sponsor and was not examined.

Based on information you have presented to this office you and your sponsor cohabited from January 15, 2004 to April 4. 2006. Since that period is over one year, under the immigration and refugee protection regulations, you and your sponsor would have been common law partners. However from the record on file, your sponsor did not declare you as her dependent, either on her application for permanent residence, or when she obtained permanent residence on September 23,2009. it would appear that you fall within the exclusion established above provision.

Before an officer proceeds to a final decision, we would like to offer you the opportunity to respond to this concern.

If your sponsor can demonstrate that you were declared as a family member and examined at the time of his/her application for permanent residence. it may be possible to proceed with your application. One way of demonstrating that you were declared as a family member would to be to provide a copy of your sponsors application for permanent residence. if you sponsor does not have personal records, he/she may wish to contact representative who might have assisted in their application and retained a copy of their file.
 

jcphshaona

Newbie
Oct 10, 2011
9
0
jl_pamittan said:
I received a letter from CEM may problem application ko. :( :( :( NEED HELP BADLY... ANY IDEA... naguguluhan ako kung pano ko to gagawin. pleaseread letter below. they give me 45 days to do this. hindi naman namin alam na may clause pala na ganyan. di pa naman kc kami kasal that time na apply so di nya ako sinulat sa application nya. hindi ko tuloy alam kung ano best way na gagawin dito kc wala naman akong copy na naka declare ako.



A Preliminary review of your file, based on the information and documentation you have submitted to date, raises concerns that you may not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.

Subsection 12(1) of the immigration and refugee protection act states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Paragraph 117(9)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee protection regulations establishes the circumstancesunder which a person may be excluded from the family class, notwithstanding their personal relationship to their sponsor. Specifically, the regulations state:

117(9)(d) A foreign national shall not be considered a member of the family class by virtue of their relationship to a sponsor if subject to subsection(10), the sponsor previously made an application for permanent residence and became a permanent residence and at the time of that application, the foreign was a non-accompanying family member of the sponsor and was not examined.

Based on information you have presented to this office you and your sponsor cohabited from January 15, 2004 to April 4. 2006. Since that period is over one year, under the immigration and refugee protection regulations, you and your sponsor would have been common law partners. However from the record on file, your sponsor did not declare you as her dependent, either on her application for permanent residence, or when she obtained permanent residence on September 23,2009. it would appear that you fall within the exclusion established above provision.

Before an officer proceeds to a final decision, we would like to offer you the opportunity to respond to this concern.

If your sponsor can demonstrate that you were declared as a family member and examined at the time of his/her application for permanent residence. it may be possible to proceed with your application. One way of demonstrating that you were declared as a family member would to be to provide a copy of your sponsors application for permanent residence. if you sponsor does not have personal records, he/she may wish to contact representative who might have assisted in their application and retained a copy of their file.
 

jcphshaona

Newbie
Oct 10, 2011
9
0
hi kuya tell to your wife na ilapit sa MP ang case nyo. they gonna help you. pray. dont worry we have a good Lord.
jl_pamittan said:
I received a letter from CEM may problem application ko. :( :( :( NEED HELP BADLY... ANY IDEA... naguguluhan ako kung pano ko to gagawin. pleaseread letter below. they give me 45 days to do this. hindi naman namin alam na may clause pala na ganyan. di pa naman kc kami kasal that time na apply so di nya ako sinulat sa application nya. hindi ko tuloy alam kung ano best way na gagawin dito kc wala naman akong copy na naka declare ako.



A Preliminary review of your file, based on the information and documentation you have submitted to date, raises concerns that you may not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.

Subsection 12(1) of the immigration and refugee protection act states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Paragraph 117(9)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee protection regulations establishes the circumstancesunder which a person may be excluded from the family class, notwithstanding their personal relationship to their sponsor. Specifically, the regulations state:

117(9)(d) A foreign national shall not be considered a member of the family class by virtue of their relationship to a sponsor if subject to subsection(10), the sponsor previously made an application for permanent residence and became a permanent residence and at the time of that application, the foreign was a non-accompanying family member of the sponsor and was not examined.

Based on information you have presented to this office you and your sponsor cohabited from January 15, 2004 to April 4. 2006. Since that period is over one year, under the immigration and refugee protection regulations, you and your sponsor would have been common law partners. However from the record on file, your sponsor did not declare you as her dependent, either on her application for permanent residence, or when she obtained permanent residence on September 23,2009. it would appear that you fall within the exclusion established above provision.

Before an officer proceeds to a final decision, we would like to offer you the opportunity to respond to this concern.

If your sponsor can demonstrate that you were declared as a family member and examined at the time of his/her application for permanent residence. it may be possible to proceed with your application. One way of demonstrating that you were declared as a family member would to be to provide a copy of your sponsors application for permanent residence. if you sponsor does not have personal records, he/she may wish to contact representative who might have assisted in their application and retained a copy of their file.
 
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itsmary_a

Guest
Please help, I'm really confused! I read this:

canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t88937.0.html

Q: The document checklist tells us to indicate which files we are sending, but also states "if you do not enclose all the required forms and documents, your entire application will be returned to you". Are we right in assuming that if a particular form (i.e. IMM5476, "Use of a Representative"; or IMM5409, "Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union") does not apply in our case, it is not "required" and therefore should not be sent?

A: You should send the forms even if they don't apply, just so that they know you acknowledge those forms. If they don't apply, you should put a diagonal line through them and write “Not Applicable” on them. Another solution could be to write an appendix to the Document Checklist and explicitly state that you are not including those forms because they are not applicable to your situation. Or you can do both.


Having to include unnecessary forms seems to go against what the document checklist stands for. Can you tell me what you guys did with the forms? Did you also submit forms that did not apply? Thanks!
 

chelseaviel

Hero Member
Dec 15, 2010
521
2
Philippines
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila, Philippines
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 04, 2012
Doc's Request.
addt'l docs sent on Jan. 11 and recv'd by CEM on Jan. 14 2nd addt'l docs reqt'd on Feb 26,2013 sent on March 21 recv'd on March 22,2013
AOR Received.
July 31,2012
File Transfer...
Aug.13, 2012...in-process June 7, 2013...DM July 11, 2013
Med's Request
May 09, 2013 (remed)
Med's Done....
Jan. 31, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Jan. 03, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
July 19, 2013
LANDED..........
August 09, 2013
pelipeli said:
May question ako, anong version ng pdf forms ung ginamit mo? Im having problems with mine now, kasi data can be saved daw, so I typed in data and saved pero di ko pa complete, nung binalikan ko para icomplete, di ko na siya maedit... did u encounter the same? Thanks
Version 9.2 ang sa akin, ganyan din ang nangyayari minsan nde ko na ma edit kaya ang ginagawa ko inuulit ko na lng. May mga forms din na puede mong e-edit at mayron din na dapat i-print mo kaagad kasi nde mo na sya masa-save.
 

pelipeli

Champion Member
Sep 30, 2011
1,205
61
124
Calgary Alberta CND
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 25, 2012
AOR Received.
none
File Transfer...
Sponsor approved: May 1,2012; file rcvd by CEM: May 8
Med's Done....
Dec 19,2011
Passport Req..
PPR date: May10, PPR rcvd: May16, PP sent: May 17 ,PP rcvd by CEM:May18
VISA ISSUED...
IP: Aug16, DM: Aug19 Visa Issue Date: August 16, 2012 Visa rcvd: Aug24
LANDED..........
September 20, 2012, PR card received Nov 23,2012
chelseaviel said:
Version 9.2 ang sa akin, ganyan din ang nangyayari minsan nde ko na ma edit kaya ang ginagawa ko inuulit ko na lng. May mga forms din na puede mong e-edit at mayron din na dapat i-print mo kaagad kasi nde mo na sya masa-save.
thanks, got it sorted out, i downloaded the very latest adobe acrobat for 30 days trial at lahat naeedit and save ko na hehehe.
 

wahey21

Star Member
Nov 25, 2009
89
0
pelipeli said:
thanks, got it sorted out, i downloaded the very latest adobe acrobat for 30 days trial at lahat naeedit and save ko na hehehe.
@ its mary.. just make sure include what the checklist is asking based on conditions.
 

pelipeli

Champion Member
Sep 30, 2011
1,205
61
124
Calgary Alberta CND
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 25, 2012
AOR Received.
none
File Transfer...
Sponsor approved: May 1,2012; file rcvd by CEM: May 8
Med's Done....
Dec 19,2011
Passport Req..
PPR date: May10, PPR rcvd: May16, PP sent: May 17 ,PP rcvd by CEM:May18
VISA ISSUED...
IP: Aug16, DM: Aug19 Visa Issue Date: August 16, 2012 Visa rcvd: Aug24
LANDED..........
September 20, 2012, PR card received Nov 23,2012
itsmary_a said:
Please help, I'm really confused! I read this:

canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t88937.0.html

Q: The document checklist tells us to indicate which files we are sending, but also states "if you do not enclose all the required forms and documents, your entire application will be returned to you". Are we right in assuming that if a particular form (i.e. IMM5476, "Use of a Representative"; or IMM5409, "Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union") does not apply in our case, it is not "required" and therefore should not be sent?

A: You should send the forms even if they don't apply, just so that they know you acknowledge those forms. If they don't apply, you should put a diagonal line through them and write “Not Applicable” on them. Another solution could be to write an appendix to the Document Checklist and explicitly state that you are not including those forms because they are not applicable to your situation. Or you can do both.


Having to include unnecessary forms seems to go against what the document checklist stands for. Can you tell me what you guys did with the forms? Did you also submit forms that did not apply? Thanks!
hi. if u read the checklist, nakalagay naman sa mga use of representative for example eh "if applicable" so may condition naman whether u will include or not. ok nga cguro to write or note mo na lang na these forms are not included because they are not applicable in our application.
 

0jenifer0

Champion Member
Jul 12, 2011
1,654
19
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 29, 2011 (CPC-M recvd Nov 1, 2011)
Doc's Request.
Feb 13, 2012 (sent June 4, 2012)
AOR Received.
Dec 29, 2011
File Transfer...
Jan 11, 2012
Med's Request
Aug 13, 2012 (recvd 08-23-2012) (redo 08-30-2012)
Med's Done....
May 26, 2011 exprd.
Passport Req..
Feb 8, 2012 (sent 03-23-2012)
VISA ISSUED...
Nov 28, 2012 (12-2-12 DM) (12-7-2012 delivered)
LANDED..........
DEC-25-2012

WOW ...!!! 66 days (working on applications received on October 14, 2011)
 
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itsmary_a

Guest
Thank you flyinga, wahey21 and pelipeli!

@ pelipeli: We will be submitting our documents in January, too! Good luck to us and everyone here.
 

pelipeli

Champion Member
Sep 30, 2011
1,205
61
124
Calgary Alberta CND
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 25, 2012
AOR Received.
none
File Transfer...
Sponsor approved: May 1,2012; file rcvd by CEM: May 8
Med's Done....
Dec 19,2011
Passport Req..
PPR date: May10, PPR rcvd: May16, PP sent: May 17 ,PP rcvd by CEM:May18
VISA ISSUED...
IP: Aug16, DM: Aug19 Visa Issue Date: August 16, 2012 Visa rcvd: Aug24
LANDED..........
September 20, 2012, PR card received Nov 23,2012
itsmary_a said:
Thank you flyinga, wahey21 and pelipeli!

@ pelipeli: We will be submitting our documents in January, too! Good luck to us and everyone here.
@itsmary_a
wow! nakahanap na ako ng kabatch ko! cant wait for us to have our own thread! :)) kakaprint ko lang kagabi almost 90% done na ung buong application :) kayo, how are u in ur application?
 

shaider123

Star Member
Dec 18, 2011
68
0
Manila
Category........
Visa Office......
CEM
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
August 22, 2011
File Transfer...
Novenber 21, 2011
Med's Done....
July 14, 2011
Passport Req..
Decmber 1, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
January 31, 2012
LANDED..........
March 6, 2012
Tawagan mo yung medical clinic kung kelan na pasa sa CEM
 

nester

Hero Member
Aug 12, 2011
342
11
manila, philippines
Category........
Visa Office......
CEM
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
LANDED..........
toronto/2015
0jenifer0 said:

WOW ...!!! 66 days (working on applications received on October 14, 2011)
That is only assessment of sponsor - Step 1

Step 2 of the process is now 10 months - CIC website, family class, spouse/dependents.