Thread for December 2010 Applicants

[shandymoo]

Mine began processing on feb 26th and i got PPR on feb 28th, so 2 days.

mine in progress april 19th ppr april 20th

 

[pinklady]

I know, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

[shandymoo]

i sent u a pm an hour ago reply girl! xx

 

[Eddy070]

Congrats!!

I wish Buffalo can get back to work like other office bcos the silence is helping but rather frustrating.

 

[pinklady]

i sent u a pm an hour ago reply girl! xx

Just sent!!

 

[avon]

Like many here, I was hoping that buffalo would be a little faster. I just miss my son, and wife in toronto. My applicattion was received 12/1/10, and received an ia that said no further documents dated april 6th, and I figure based on the two pprs in the december group that maybe within a month if your lucky you can get ppr. But our group has been really quiet for a couple of weeks. I hope we start getting some news.... ???

 

[Ellan]

Hi guys... I'm still waiting for my IA.. Frustrating indeed!

 

[CanKazakinChina]

Dear All,
What a strange trip it has been. I am happy to say I did get a message from the Canadian Embassy in Beijing saying my wife and step daughter have been approved. Funny thing it said "decision made" on eCas March 31st, and here we are, patiently waiting 4 more weeks and still no passport being returned to us.
We plan to move to Canada in August so we are not in a hurry for the PR visa. However, my wife's Chinese resident visa (she is not chinese) runs out on May 12th and needs to be renewed. The immigration department does not have a phone number - only fax and email. I have emailed politely twice to have her passport back (even without the PR visa) so I can continue to have her legally living in China, but they have only emailed back once saying she has been approved, and to be patient.
While I am happy she was approved, I am not sure why they cannot give her passport back? The passport is technically the property of the Kazakh government, they have kept the passport now of a foreign national for 3 months, and if they keep it for one more week, it will make great trouble for me, my wife and step daughter, by causing them to live illegally in China. Of course, without the passport, they also cannot leave.

Hmm. Strange problem to be sure.
Not sure why they will not cooperate.

Cheers to all

 

[CanKazakinChina]

Dear All,
What a strange trip it has been. I am happy to say I did get a message from the Canadian Embassy in Beijing saying my wife and step daughter have been approved. Funny thing it said "decision made" on eCas March 31st, and here we are, patiently waiting 4 more weeks and still no passport being returned to us.
We plan to move to Canada in August so we are not in a hurry for the PR visa. However, my wife's Chinese resident visa (she is not chinese) runs out on May 12th and needs to be renewed. The immigration department does not have a phone number - only fax and email. I have emailed politely twice to have her passport back (even without the PR visa) so I can continue to have her legally living in China, but they have only emailed back once saying she has been approved, and to be patient.
While I am happy she was approved, I am not sure why they cannot give her passport back? The passport is technically the property of the Kazakh government, they have kept the passport now of a foreign national for 3 months, and if they keep it for one more week, it will make great trouble for me, my wife and step daughter, by causing them to live illegally in China. Of course, without the passport, they also cannot leave.

Hmm. Strange problem to be sure.
Not sure why they will not cooperate.

Cheers to all

Well, wrote this 6 hours ago. Just got a call from my wife saying the passports are safety back home, visas tucked happily inside. Does that put us at the "landed" category if we will not leave Beijing for 3 months more? But if so, then Quaking Aspen, please put us down.

Now we must go through the process of getting another Chinese resident visa in the enxt few weeks just so we can prepare here to return to Canada.

For all of you, all the best in the weeks ahead.

John

 

[lnl]

I think ours has taken longer as we realized we should have paid the Right for Permanent Residency fee with our initial application. We found a statement on the website that states that Not paying this fee up front WILL cause a Minimum 2 Month delay.

We paid it yesterday, filled in the receipt, sent it through the webform to London and are also sending it to Mississauga in hopes that it is updated on our file before they send our case back to Mississauga and the of course back to London ......

What a blunder on my part (Me as in the hubby sponsor). booooo

It is moving but we might have landed by now.


L and L

 

[maja22]

Hi Inl,

We didn't pay our RPRF with our initial application as well so we paid the fee as soon as I realized that it might delay the process. So it's good that you paid it now and I also sent copies of payment to Missisauga and Visa office and good thing was when Missisauga sent a letter back to sponsor saying that they received the receipt and informed the Visa office as well.
Good luck, hopefully it will not delay the process for you

 

[quakingaspen]

Congrats, John! That is excellent news. I hope that you and your wife will enjoy a bit of a celebration.

I'll be happy to put you in the landed column. Would you like me to put you in with your estimated landing date?

 

[ConfusedinCanada]

Hi maja22,

When you sent your RPRF payment to Mississauga, what info did you provide and what address did you send it to?

This one?
CPC Mississauga
P.O. Box 3000, Station A
Mississauga, ON
L5A 4N6

Thanks a bunch! We only paid for the free for application and sponsor, didn't realize that we needed to pay the other right away... so we're trying to do so as quickly as possible. Appreciate the help!!

 

[sparkle]

I finally got my AOR !!

 

[Jeff]

I finally got my AOR !!

It's about time! Grats!