Thread for December 2010 Applicants

[quakingaspen]

Congrats on your approval, Jeff! I've updated our information for you and added your sent date, and your approval. That's 3/7 forwarded on to Buffalo from our group.

 

[Romain]

My application is now visible on e-cas with 'decision made', a letter was sent to me on January 13th.
Still it does not say if the sponsorship was approved or not.

I can also see 2 address:
- Your current mailing address: That one is correctly se to my current address in the US...
- Your home address: Montreal QC !!!! That i do not understand ! I mentioned that our intention was to move to Vancouver once my wife gets her PR... Hope whoever processed the demand did not wrongly set that we intend to land in Quebec !!! (which could add a little more delay)

Any comments on this home address issue ?

Romain

 

[vietcutieboy]

congrats Romain, glad you got a DM.

 

[vietcutieboy]

Table is sorted by recieved date so then people will get an idea when they will get 1st stage decision

Name VO App Sent App Rec. Spn. Decision In Progress AOR PPR Landed
KazInAz Buffalo 01/12/10 01/12/10 06/01/11
Rathika Colombo 29/11/10 01/12/10 10/01/11
whitehorsejk London 25/11/10 01/12/10 06/01/11
nice2010 Manila 30/11/10 01/12/10 06/01/11
nylalisa New Delhi 01/12/10 02/12/10 06/01/11
Kulilit Manila 26/11/10 03/12/10 10/01/11
chrimano Vienna 03/12/10 06/12/10 10/01/11
maja22 Warsaw 03/12/10 06/12/10 07/12/11
Jeff Buffalo 06/12/10 13/01/11
abisehiyo Inland 02/12/10 06/12/10
Kelyaeq Hong Kong 04/12/10 07/12/10 10/01/11
quakingaspen Buffalo 01/12/10 07/12/10 11/01/11
karla718 Buffalo 05/12/10 08/12/10
etoile Paris 06/12/10 09/12/10 11/01/11
Romain Buffalo 10/12/10 13/12/10 13/01/11
missinghim New Delhi 14/12/10 04/01/11
MandP London 03/12/10 15/12/10
asif_786 Inland 14/12/10 15/12/10
garytheoiler Guatemala 13/12/10 15/12/10
pinklady London 14/12/10 16/12/10
palamr Buffalo 16/12/10 17/12/10
gally Sydney 20/12/10
derwig London 21/12/10 23/12/10
vietcutieboy Singapore 23/12/10 24/12/10
Sparkle Buffalo 23/12/10 29/12/10


Now we are just missing an update from karla718 and the table is all in order.a

 

[maja22]

Soon we will all be approved and will have different VO's, so different processing timelines as well. It would not matter when the application received :

I would like to return to the driver's license topic. Does anyone know if we can get one while "visiting" here?
It is so dificult sometimes when the doors are shut for you unless you are Permanent Resident: can't open bank account; can't have health insurance (except private, which only covers accidents); can't work; can't do many things you used to do in home country.
I know I know, it's only temporary and we can't complain about that, because it was our choice. I found a hoby to keep myself busy: working out and jewellery making 8)

 

[Asif_786]

I want to check update on my case using E-Case. I dont have the payment receipt number with me right now. What other options do I have to query?

Thanks,
Asif

 

[Kelyaeq]

Vietcutieboy or quakingaspen: can you my vo to hong kong on the update? Thx!

 

[vietcutieboy]

updated the table Kelyaeq

 

[quakingaspen]

@ Kelyaeq - I've updated you on my list. I'm sure Viet will be happy to update you on his.

@ Asif - Hi Asif. Without your receipt number or your case number I'm not sure you'll be able to. You may be able to call the CIC call center. However, they're closed on the weekend so you'd have to wait until tomorrow. All the same, here's the information for contacting CIC.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp

@ Maja22 - Here are a couple links for you regarding your questions. The first is a link to a topic in this forum:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t61622.0.html
Here are some helpful links they posted in that thread:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver's_licence_in_Canada#Ontario.5B18.5D
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/license/ExchangeReciprocal.aspx

And, actually, some people have had luck getting a Canadian bank account before their permanent residence has been approved. Here's a link to a thread about that:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/opening-a-bank-account-in-canada-t56572.0.html

 

[maja22]

Thanks very much quakingaspen!!!

 

[NAFTA.couple]

Hullos all.
I can't tell you how excited we are to have found this forum. It was very frustrating to be told by the lawyer (who helped us put together my TRV application) that he didn't really know how long the PR application process would take. Check the embassy's website, he said. Of course that simply states that the wait is from 6 to 15 months in most cases. Then the immigration representative who helped us put together the PR application said the same thing. (We only paid her to check our completed package, not the full fee).
I'm a Mexican citizen, in Mexico, and my wife is in Ontario. We were ready to file for PR in August, as soon as she went back home after visiting me for 2 weeks, but while here she fell ill from a condition that should've been detected at least a year earlier (before we met). In any case, she made it back home for surgery and I had to stay behind. I was then denied the TRV and was told that they didn't believe I'd leave Canada.
Our application was received on December 6. My wife was approved as a sponsor on January 6 and a letter was sent out on the 10th. I tried to check the website services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas using the new Client ID number plus my info, but it hasn't worked yet. It only works with the receipt number and my wife's info.
Please add us to the list, and thanks for the updates.

 

[gally]

Hi Dec Applicants!

Hope all is well and 2011 is shaping up to be an awesome year.

I need to revise my details:
App sent Dec 17th / App received Dec 21st.
Sydney Visa Office

Many thanks!

 

[bilawal]

hi!!

i am living in Pakistan and my wife who is my cousin she is living in Canada. by birth.and our marriage is done on telephone..she send me sponsorship papers.

i want to know some questions...
my wife is sponsoring me..i want to know that my wife can be also representative of me..

my 2nd question is !!
i want to know that a representative and Sponsor can be ??

and 3rd question is!!
does telephone marriage is acceptable in Canada.

any one can tell me i am worried about it
i shall be very thankful to you...

 

[pinklady]

I already talked to quakingaspen about me helping posting, and I am not taking over his job, but if you guys take it that way I will stop. Was just trying to help as I said in earlier posts I made. Starting to feel hate against me.

No hatred!!!!
I'm sorry if you were at all offended. Any tables showing progress are appreciated. Its nice to see where everyone's at.

 

[pinklady]

@ quakingaspen, thanks for your words of comfort. the only way I was able to see him was through youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYBTnaYwLa4 I watch these videos to ease my pain of missing them and I get to hear and see my wife.

Your son is very cute, awww you must be very excited to see him.