SPOUSE / FAMILY CLASS timeline MANILA Visa Office PHILIPPINES

[sweetiepie56]

HI, IV BEEN HERE IN CANADA SINCE SEPT. 13 WITH MY KIDS. jUST WANNA SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURIOUS. WE LANDED IN VANCOUVER AT 4.30PM. JUST FOLLOW EVERYONE COZ YOUR ALL GOING TO THE SAME PLACE. LINE UP ON YOUR RIGHT, THATS FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS. THE LEFT LINE IS FOR CANADIANS AND PR ALREADY. THEN U WILL BE INTERVIEWED AND U HAVE TO SHOW HIM YOUR PASSPORT AND DECLARATION CARD WHICH U WILL HAVE TO FILL UP ON BOARD. FIRST QUESTION WAS, WHY ARE U HERE. WHERE DO U LIVE. WHERE WILL U LIVE HERE. ARE U BRINGING ANY FOODS, EVEN CANDIES. I WASNT BRINGING ANY FOOD SO I JUST ANSWERED NO. THEN HE WILL DIRECT U WHERE U WILL GET UR LUGGAGE. THE NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN THE AIRPLANE B4 U LAND. UL SEE LOTS OF THOSE SO JUST LOOK FOR YOUR NUMBER. GET UR LUGGAGES AND PROCEED TO IMMIGRATION. U NEED TO WALK BACK, AND B4 U REACH THE BOOTH WHERE U HAD UR FIRST INTERVIEW UL SEE THE SIGN IMMIGRATION. ITS IN BETWEEN THE FIRST BOOTH AND WHERE U GET THE LUGGAGES. AT THAT TIME, THE LADY WHO WAS ASSIGNED THERE WAS A BLACK WOMAN. SHE WILL ASK U TO SHOW UR DECLARATION CARD AND U WILL HAVE TO PUSH UR CARTS INSIDE, LEAVE ALL UR CHECKED IN BAGS AND BRING ALL UR CARRY ON BAGS, PURSE ETC. SHE WILL ASK U IF UR NEW IMMIGRANTS OR WORKERS. NEW IMMIGRANTS WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE LEFT LINE, WORKERS SHOULD BE ON THE RIGHT LINE. SOMEONE WILL ASK U FEW QUESTIONS AND WILL GIVE U A BOOKLET OF CANADA. AND ALL THE NUMBERS THAT U MIGHT NEED. THEN GO BACK AND LINE UP WHERE THE WORKERS ARE. IMMIGRATION OFFICER WILL ASK FEW QUESTIONS. GIVE HIM UR PASSPORT AND COPR. ONLY BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE WHY ARE U HERE. HAVE U EVER BEEN REFUSED TO ENTER CANADA. IF U APPLIED FOR A TOURIST VISA B4 AND GOT REFUSED U SHOULD TELL HIM. ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH. BE ATTENTIVE AND LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE QUESTION. HE ALSO ASKED WHERE WAS MY HUSBAND. THEN HE WILL ASK U TO SITDOWN FOR A WHILE THEN WHEN HE CALLS U THATS THE TIME U WILL SIGN UR COPR. AFTER U SIGNED UR PAPERS, UL SEE A MAN STANDING JUST B4 THE DOOR. HE WILL ASK U IF U HAVE A CONNECTING FLIGHT SO HE CAN DIRECT U WHICH WAY TO GO. IF U DONT HAVE, JUST LOOK FOR THE EXIT SIGN THEN UL FIND A GIRL WHO WILL ASK U AGAIN IF U HAVE CONNECTING FLIGHT, THEN JUST WALK AHEAD AND A MAN WILL BE WAITING JUST B4 THE EXIT AND WILL ASK FOR UR DECLARATION CARD. THEN JUST WALK FURTHER. I WAS BRINGING MEDICINES LIKE BIOGESIC ETC ETC. I WASNT ASKED FOR THE B4. WHEN WE WENT OUT THE AIRPORT IT WAS FREAKING COLD. BUT YESTERDAY AND TODAY IS SOOO HOT. MY KIDS LIPS ARE DRYING SO WE NEED TO BUY SOME MEDS AND LIP BALM. MY NOSE IS BLEEDING COZ ITS DRY TOO. HOPE THIS WILL HELP. GOD BLESS EVERYONE

hank you sis for the very detailed updates.. Now i know what else to bring. LIP BALM!!!!!yeheeeeyyyy. thank you very much and the very helpful updates. God Bless you there in Canada, sis.

 

[rob89]

..thanks sa info. ms.patricia1028

 

[Keicee]

Vancouver, sa surrey. nag Email ba asawa mo or tawag? san ka sa canada?

Tumawag sya. Sa Winnipeg po ako. Hndi kapa in process?

 

[Mrs. V]

Tumawag sya. Sa Winnipeg po ako. Hndi kapa in process?

hindi pa po sobrang tagal

 

[Keicee]

hindi pa po sobrang tagal

Pray lang tayo sis. Drating dn yan.

 

[Mrs. V]

Pray lang tayo sis. Drating dn yan.

Amen. sis sna nga dumating na so hopeful for it.

 

[patricia1028]

hank you sis for the very detailed updates.. Now i know what else to bring. LIP BALM!!!!!yeheeeeyyyy. thank you very much and the very helpful updates. God Bless you there in Canada, sis.

WC, BRING LIPBALM AND PETROLIUM JELLY FOR UR NOSE SO IT WONT BLEED LIKE MINE NOW. KASI MASAKIT TALAGA SA NOSE. GOODLUCK EVERYONE

 

[patricia1028]

..thanks sa info. ms.patricia1028

WC PO

 

[Kickurself]

Hello everyone.. Nktanggap kme ni hubby ng AOR today.. How long po ba nun bago irequest passport nya? Thank you.. Date: SEPT 17, 2014

UCI:
Application:

Dear Applicant:

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada which was received at the Embassy of Canada in Manila on ddmmyyyy.

A file has been created with the application number noted above. Please ensure that you quote this application number in any future correspondence with our office.

Due to limited resources dedicated to processing the thousands of applications currently in process, we are unable to respond to requests for status updates on your file if they fall within the average processing times.

Interview

You are not required to present yourself in person at the Embassy unless you are specifically requested to do so or specifically convoked to an interview. A decision will be made by an officer regarding whether or not an interview is reasonably required in due course. At this time, no interview has been scheduled.

If an officer determines that an interview is required, you will be notified at a later date. You will be notified in writing of any requirements for your interview, if required, prior to the date of the interview, and you will be provided with further instructions at that time.

Change in circumstance

Please advise by fax or email if there is a change in your personal circumstances, or the personal circumstances of any of your family members. This might include situations such as the birth of a child, a marriage, a legal separation, annulment, or divorce. (See our contact information below.)

You are required to report any changes in family composition for members of your family (whether accompanying you to Canada or not) without delay. This includes situations in which your or one of the children included on your application has become the parent of a child.

Exclusion: Unexamined Family Members

Please be advised that paragraph 117(9)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations excludes from future sponsorship any foreign national who is not declared/examined at the time his/her prospective sponsor applies for and obtains permanent residence. If you (or any of your family members) fails to declare and present for examination any family member as defined by the Regulations, then you (or your family member) will not be able to sponsor that undeclared family member at a later date as a member of the family class.

Subsection 1(3) of the Regulations defines “family member” in respect of a person as (a) the spouse or common-law partner of the person; (b) a dependent child of the person or of the person’s spouse or common law partner; and (c) a dependent child of a dependent child referred to in paragraph (b). Please consult section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for the definitions for “Common law partner” and “dependent child”.

All family members, whether or not they are accompanying you to Canada, MUST be declared and presented for examination to assess whether they are admissible to Canada. A false declaration on your IMM5406 (Additional Family Information form), any failure to declare a family member, or failure to present a “family member” for examination may be found to constitute misrepresentation and may render you inadmissible to Canada.

Notification in Writing

You must also inform us in writing of any

• Change of address, including change of e-mail address (for any family member including children who may have a school address as well as a home address)
• Change or cancellation of immigration representative; or
• Request for withdrawal of your application.

Our contact information is as follows:

Family Class Section
Immigration Section
Canadian Embassy, Manila
Level 6, Tower 2, RCBC Plaza
6819 Ayala Avenue
Makati City 1200
Philippines

Email: manil.immigration@international.gc.ca
Website: www.philippines.gc.ca

Communication by email

We will communicate with you by email where possible if you have indicated an email address in your application or an enquiry. Therefore, please ensure that you provide us with a valid email address and that you check your email account regularly.

Consent & Disclaimer: By supplying your email address (in your enquiry or in your application), you are initiating an email communication with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and CIC is thereby authorized to use the email address provided by you for communication with you including the transmission of personal information on your file/case. When you supply your email address to CIC, it is also understood that you are aware that this channel may not be a secure channel. CIC is not liable for the disclosure of personal information to a third party where CIC has taken reasonable means to ensure the identity of the party. CIC is also not liable for the misuse of this information by a third party.

Use of COLLECT COURIER
Our normal means of communication for larger envelopes is by COURIER COLLECT given the increased speed and security of delivery. Passport(s) with immigrant visa(s), Confirmation of Permanent Residence Form(s), and/or original documents that we are returning to you will also be sent by this method. At the time of delivery, payment must first be paid to the courier company before they will release the package. If you do not wish to pay for a costlier international shipment, please provide a delivery address in the Philippines.

Sincerely,

Family Reunification Unit
Immigration Section
Embassy of Canada, Manila

 

[marjorlie08]

I've come up with this when I scroll the net

PROCESSING

What happens when my application is sent to the visa office?

The first communication from the visa office will be Acknowledgment of Receipt. You will receive a receipt for payment of the fees and a standard letter stating how long approximately processing of your application will take. You will be asked not to contact the visa office before the standard processing time elapses. You can get the letter in 4 weeks or 4 months - perhaps even later, in some instances. Acknowledgment of receipt does NOT mean that the application is complete and that there is nothing missing. It simply means that it was entered into the system.

At one point in the future, someone will again pick up your application and this time review its contents. If anything is missing, you will be asked to submit the documents within a specified time. If you fail to do so, your application may be refused at this point, without any further processing.

If everything is complete and no documents are missing, Canadian government starts to do security background check on you and your family. This may take several months or several years, depending on the country where you live and where you used to live. If it takes too long, you may be asked for an update of your documents so that the visa officer knows that you still qualify and that you did not abandon the application.

When the security background check is completed and all necessary documents and updated information is on file, the officer will decide whether you should attend a personal interview. If this is the case, you will be sent a written request to attend the interview at already specified day and hour. Failing to attend the interview may result in refusal of the application. If you cannot attend, you must notify the visa office in advance and request another appointment. Some offices will accommodate such a request, some will not.

Now you have been interviewed and approved. If the office is not experiencing backlog, you will be sent medical forms and asked to complete medical examination in a few weeks after the interview. Once the results of the examination and its evaluation by medical officer arrive to the visa office, you will be asked to pay the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (if you didn't pay it at the time of the submission).

And then you will receive the final letter - request to submit your passport. Only at this point you can rest assured that your application has been approved and that you will be issued immigrant visa.

How long will it take to process my application? (Timelines)

This is probably the most frequently asked question, mostly because there is no real answer. Every visa office has a different time frame. If you fill out and supply all of the forms correctly, you may be processed at some visa offices in as little as a few months. If the background check is an issue, it can take as long as a few years.

Every missing document in your application will delay the processing by several weeks, sometimes months. Copies that are hard to read will cause even more delay. It is not unheard of the whole application being returned because one! question was not answered. There is no really simple answer to this question! It is a question of how you file and where you file.

If your application is absolutely flawless and there is no hold-up, you can use the information on CIC website as a general rule of thumb. Keep in mind that the numbers on the website are reflecting
PAST processing times and often are not even close to the current processing times.

 

[happybee]

hello ka forum ask lang po nagkaroon na po ba case dito na almost 1monnth wala pa din passport pero DM na? thanks

 

[sweetiepie56]

Hello everyone.. Nktanggap kme ni hubby ng AOR today.. How long po ba nun bago irequest passport nya? Thank you.. Date: SEPT 17, 2014

UCI:
Application:

Dear Applicant:

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada which was received at the Embassy of Canada in Manila on ddmmyyyy.

A file has been created with the application number noted above. Please ensure that you quote this application number in any future correspondence with our office.

Due to limited resources dedicated to processing the thousands of applications currently in process, we are unable to respond to requests for status updates on your file if they fall within the average processing times.

Interview

You are not required to present yourself in person at the Embassy unless you are specifically requested to do so or specifically convoked to an interview. A decision will be made by an officer regarding whether or not an interview is reasonably required in due course. At this time, no interview has been scheduled.

If an officer determines that an interview is required, you will be notified at a later date. You will be notified in writing of any requirements for your interview, if required, prior to the date of the interview, and you will be provided with further instructions at that time.

Change in circumstance

Please advise by fax or email if there is a change in your personal circumstances, or the personal circumstances of any of your family members. This might include situations such as the birth of a child, a marriage, a legal separation, annulment, or divorce. (See our contact information below.)

You are required to report any changes in family composition for members of your family (whether accompanying you to Canada or not) without delay. This includes situations in which your or one of the children included on your application has become the parent of a child.

Exclusion: Unexamined Family Members

Please be advised that paragraph 117(9)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations excludes from future sponsorship any foreign national who is not declared/examined at the time his/her prospective sponsor applies for and obtains permanent residence. If you (or any of your family members) fails to declare and present for examination any family member as defined by the Regulations, then you (or your family member) will not be able to sponsor that undeclared family member at a later date as a member of the family class.

Subsection 1(3) of the Regulations defines “family member” in respect of a person as (a) the spouse or common-law partner of the person; (b) a dependent child of the person or of the person's spouse or common law partner; and (c) a dependent child of a dependent child referred to in paragraph (b). Please consult section 2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations for the definitions for “Common law partner” and “dependent child”.

All family members, whether or not they are accompanying you to Canada, MUST be declared and presented for examination to assess whether they are admissible to Canada. A false declaration on your IMM5406 (Additional Family Information form), any failure to declare a family member, or failure to present a “family member” for examination may be found to constitute misrepresentation and may render you inadmissible to Canada.

Notification in Writing

You must also inform us in writing of any

• Change of address, including change of e-mail address (for any family member including children who may have a school address as well as a home address)
• Change or cancellation of immigration representative; or
• Request for withdrawal of your application.

Our contact information is as follows:

Family Class Section
Immigration Section
Canadian Embassy, Manila
Level 6, Tower 2, RCBC Plaza
6819 Ayala Avenue
Makati City 1200
Philippines

Email: manil.immigration @ international.gc.ca
Website: www.philippines.gc.ca

Communication by email

We will communicate with you by email where possible if you have indicated an email address in your application or an enquiry. Therefore, please ensure that you provide us with a valid email address and that you check your email account regularly.

Consent & Disclaimer: By supplying your email address (in your enquiry or in your application), you are initiating an email communication with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and CIC is thereby authorized to use the email address provided by you for communication with you including the transmission of personal information on your file/case. When you supply your email address to CIC, it is also understood that you are aware that this channel may not be a secure channel. CIC is not liable for the disclosure of personal information to a third party where CIC has taken reasonable means to ensure the identity of the party. CIC is also not liable for the misuse of this information by a third party.

Use of COLLECT COURIER
Our normal means of communication for larger envelopes is by COURIER COLLECT given the increased speed and security of delivery. Passport(s) with immigrant visa(s), Confirmation of Permanent Residence Form(s), and/or original documents that we are returning to you will also be sent by this method. At the time of delivery, payment must first be paid to the courier company before they will release the package. If you do not wish to pay for a costlier international shipment, please provide a delivery address in the Philippines.

Sincerely,

Family Reunification Unit
Immigration Section
Embassy of Canada, Manila

Hello sis, sa pagkakaalam ko lang ha na bago daw itong AOR2 kasi yong mga old applicants di man daw nakakareceive noon ng AOR2 so we dont know kong how long from AOR2 to ppr. hintay hinay nalang tayo nito sis.

 

[girltovan]

hi everyone, ask ko lang sa mga ppr and may visa na, ok lang ba na ibang address yung sa appendix a ko kung san nila isend back pp ko?kasi i-c/o ko sana sa adress ng business ng parents ko instead dito sa bahay para madaling hanapin ng messenger ng courier pag sakaling ibalik na pp ko..wala bang problem dun?or dapat same ng addresses na nasa application ko? thanks in advance.

 

[Kickurself]

Hello sis, sa pagkakaalam ko lang ha na bago daw itong AOR2 kasi yong mga old applicants di man daw nakakareceive noon ng AOR2 so we dont know kong how long from AOR2 to ppr. hintay hinay nalang tayo nito sis.

Oo hp ga sis bago nga tong AOR na to. Exact 26 days after ng SA ng hubby q nreceived nmn nmin itong AOR.. Sana PPR na agad pra mksama q xa this xmas.. Hehe

 

[rob89]

hi everyone, ask ko lang sa mga ppr and may visa na, ok lang ba na ibang address yung sa appendix a ko kung san nila isend back pp ko?kasi i-c/o ko sana sa adress ng business ng parents ko instead dito sa bahay para madaling hanapin ng messenger ng courier pag sakaling ibalik na pp ko..wala bang problem dun?or dapat same ng addresses na nasa application ko? thanks in advance.

..ok lng po. kung ano po ddeclare nio address sa appendix A dun po issend ng Cem PP w/ Visa nio.
if nd po kau available, pwd nmn po mg iwan ng authorization letter and valid i.d.'s nio po
sa mg rrciv in case.