Thread for December 2010 Applicants

[lnl]

So, a national holiday weekend in Canada, that means no news for anyone

 

[lnl]

A reminder from Baloo on what this process is like, this is from a thread earlier in the year.



WARNING - Do this before starting the immigration process.

Before anyone starts the immigration process they should get a feel for what is in front of them - try the following tasks to simulate the process.

a) Rub vaseline in your eyes, so nothing appears to be clear.
b) Wait at a bus stop on a -20C snowy night with a paper bag over your head, so you get used to the isolation.
c) Order a hot chocolate at Timmies, but get them to serve you a coffee, so you know what confusion and disappointment is.
d) Spend two weeks on the toilet with constipation, so you understand what patience is.
e) Consume vast amounts of laxative, so you have to get up every five minutes for the next 36 hours, so you understand the meaning of urgency.
f) Clean the calcium from a giant sized shower head with a pin, so you comprehend frustration.
g) Set light to shoe box that contains an unknown amount of your money, so you grasp that you have no control over what the process will cost.
h) Send your partner on a world cruise, while you walk the city streets at night suffering from loneliness.
i) Mail a letter to your home from the northern side of the Ngorongoro crater, forget to use a stamp, spell your address incorrectly and miss out the post code, wait at home for the letter, embrace the feeling, it will show you what it is like to wait for the return of your passport from a VO.
j) Visit the most dangerous place you can imagine, wear all your bling and carry all your cash in full view... The fear you now have is similar to the feeling that you get when approaching a POE, or meeting an IO.
k) Attempt to juggle feathers and jello, it may start off well, but you have to be someone very special to keep it all together for any length of time.

After a month of performing these tasks on a regular basis, sit down and consider what this could be like if it lasted 4, 5, 9 or even 18 months.
Now you are starting to comprehend the path that lies in front of you.

Understand that you need more than strength, more than courage, you need... a bit of insanity and a fair dose of commitment - it is your call.

 

[spiritrac]

Thanks for reminding us... Inl Sometimes we tend to forget that the process can be long and perilous

 

[lnl]

I think my 'bit of insanity' is building up lol

 

[quakingaspen]

Happy Friday, guys! (And a long weekend to those of you in Canada). Congrats to those of you who have had progress! And for everyone else, it's another week closer. I hope everyone gets out and enjoys the weather, and does something fun this weekend.

Let me know if there are any updates or changes that need to be made!

Name	Office	App Sent	App Rcv	Sp. Approval	In Process	AOR	PPR	LANDED
CanKazakinChina	Beijing	19.01.10		01.02.11	08.02.11	08.02.11	08.02.11	15.08.11
thaihubbie	Beijing		07.12.10	11.01.11			28.01.11
Miguel de Cervantes	Bucharest		20.12.10		26.01.11	08.02.11
avon	Buffalo	01.12.10	01.12.10	05.01.11	02.03.11	02.03.11
KazInAz	Buffalo	01.12.10	01.12.10	06.01.11	03.03.11	07.03.11	17.05.11	15.06.11
Trish1982	Buffalo	30.11.10	02.12.10	17.01.11		09.04.11
quakingaspen	Buffalo	01.12.10	07.12.10	11.01.11	07.03.11	07.03.11	12.04.11	02.05.11
Cindy1	Buffalo	04.12.10	07.12.10	07.01.11	07.03.11	07.03.11
Jeff	Buffalo	05.12.10	06.12.10	13.01.11	26.04.11	10.03.11
karla718	Buffalo/Detroit	05.12.10	08.12.10	14.01.11		11.03.11
clarkie0620	Buffalo/Los Angeles	08.12.10		11.01.11		17.03.11
Ellan	Buffalo			11.01.11		17.03.11
FloridaNative	Buffalo	10.12.10		13.01.11	09.05.11
Romain	Buffalo/New York	10.12.10	13.12.10	13.01.11		15.03.11
FleetingDasein	Buffalo	14.12.10		23.01.11	07.03.11	07.03.11	12.04.11	19.04.11
kayan	Buffalo			18.01.11		28.03.11
amaranth	Buffalo	16.12.10	17.12.10	18.01.11		31.03.11
CandC2009	Buffalo	11.10		18.01.11	20.05.11	31.03.11
palamr	Buffalo	16.12.10	17.12.10	18.01.11	18.05.11	08.04.11
spiritrac	Buffalo	11.11.10		18.01.11		09.04.11
moonpie	Buffalo		19.12.10	24.01.11		11.04.11
Sparkle	Buffalo	23.12.10	29.12.10	25.01.11		27.04.11
eletyl	Buffalo	30.12.10	31.12.10	26.01.11	05.05.11	11.04.11
Rathika	Colombo	29.11.10	01.12.10	10.01.11		17.01.11
garytheoiler	Guatemala	13.12.10	14.12.10	17.01.11	18.04.11	24.01.11	14.04.11	27.05.11
Kelyaeq	Hong Kong	04.12.10	07.12.10	10.01.11	02.02.11
abisehiyo	Inland	02.12.10	06.12.10
Asif_786	Islamabad	14.12.10	15.12.10	17.01.11		27.01.11
whitehorsejk	London	25.11.10	01.12.10	06.01.11		13.01.11	28.02.11
MandP	London		09.12.10	31.01.11		09.02.11
lnl	London		09.12.10	31.01.11	23.04.11	09.02.11
MandP	London	03.12.10	15.12.10	17.01.11		26.01.11	06.04.11
pinklady	London		16.12.10	18.01.11		27.01.11	28.02.11	09.04.11
derwig	London	21.12.10	23.12.10	24.01.11	26.02.11	02.02.11	30.03.11	21.06.11
Kulilit	Manila	26.11.10	03.12.10	10.01.11		18.01.11	02.02.11	02.04.11
nice2010	Manila	30.11.10	06.12.10	06.01.11	18.01.11	11.02.11
rovi	Manila		10.12.10	13.01.11	26.01.11		10.02.11
mcarmount	Manila	22.12.10		21.01.11		31.01.11	11.02.11
float9	Mexico City	03.12.10		07.01.11	14.02.11		18.03.11
NAFTA.couple	Mexico City		06.12.10	06.01.11	28.02.11	19.01.11	05.04.11
Scorpion26	Nairobi		21.12.10	07.02.11			11.03.11
nylalisa	New Delhi	01.12.10	02.12.10	06.01.11		17.01.11	25.01.11	13.04.11
Goodnews	New Delhi	15.12.10		12.01.11		14.01.11
missinghim	New Delhi		14.12.10	04.01.11		10.01.11	19.01.11	10.03.11
asurania	New Delhi	21.12.10	16.01.11	17.02.11
etoile	Paris	06.12.10	10.12.10	11.01.11		10.01.11	25.03.11
spiritrac	Port of Spain	11.11.10		18.01.11		09.04.11
shafin	Singapore		08.12.10	11.01.11		20.01.11
vietcutieboy	Singapore	23.12.10	24.12.10	07.03.11		17.03.11
arunkumar_c	Singapore	29.12.10	31.12.10	26.01.11		03.02.11
narcotics	Sydney		17.12.10	18.01.11	01.03.11	16.02.11	29.04.11	08.06.11
gally	Sydney	17.12.10	21.12.10	19.01.11	04.03.11	07.02.11
chrimano	Vienna	03.12.10	06.12.10	10.01.11		20.01.11	23.02.11	27.03.11
radioguy	Vienna		10.12.10	13.01.11	28.04.11	20.01.11
maja22	Warsaw	03.12.10	06.12.10	07.01.11	08.02.11	26.01.11	19.04.11

 

[KazInAz]

We plan on landing on June 15, 2011

Kaz

 

[amaranth]

so YAY! Husband got a response from Buffalo!!! (talk about quick!)

"Your application is in process. No further action is required by you at this time."

So I guess they're just not updating ecas (my husbands is still at application received) They didn't say when it started being processed but I'm content knowing that they are processing it.

So if you're application was in Buffalo on or before Jan 26th chances are you are in process as well

Yay! You and I have the same transfer & AOR dates, so this gives me hope! Thanks for sharing this ;D

 

[palamr]

I received a eCAS tracker update. My application is In Process...

We received your application for permanent residence on January 26, 2011.

We started processing your application on May 18, 2011.

 

[quakingaspen]

Thank goodness. Looks like they're making a little headway. Congrats, guys! I hope we have more news next week. I've updated Kaz and Palamr's profiles.

 

[CandC2009]

Yay! You and I have the same transfer & AOR dates, so this gives me hope! Thanks for sharing this ;D

No probelm ecas is still showing application received so who knows whats going on but know that something is happening is uplifting

 

[moonpie]

Yay I'm in process!! Ecas says they started processing my app on May 18th. Hopefully only a few more days. It looks like a lot of people got PPR very soon after.

Also I have a question. I posted in the Outland Buffalo thread but didn't get many responses. I have been living with my husband in Canada for the past 4 months. I have been "visiting" from the US. I have planned a two week trip back to Tennessee in June. I will have been in Canada for 5 months by that time. I am coming right back to Canada after my trip, and plan to stay here until I get my PR.

What is the chance that I will be denied entry back into Canada? Will this look sketchy to the border control? I know it looks weird to them that I leave for 2 weeks a month before my 6 months is up and try to come right back. I wasn't sure if I need to apply for a visa extension or not. I've heard that when you cross back into the states, your visiting visa starts back over. To them, it probably looks like I am trying to live there though. Any advice would be appreciated!! I know it is a risk, but I have to go back for my mom's wedding!

 

[amaranth]

Based on Sparkle's spreadsheet, I have palamr on one side of me and moonpie on the other... Fingers and toes crossed that I hear something very soon!

FINALLY some progress (and excitement!)

 

[lnl]

Need some good news soon!!!!!!!!!! Gggrrrrrr

 

[garytheoiler]

hey quick, my wife is landing on the 25th of may tomorrow!! not the 27th! ok!

 

[CandC2009]

Yay I'm in process!! Ecas says they started processing my app on May 18th. Hopefully only a few more days. It looks like a lot of people got PPR very soon after.

Also I have a question. I posted in the Outland Buffalo thread but didn't get many responses. I have been living with my husband in Canada for the past 4 months. I have been "visiting" from the US. I have planned a two week trip back to Tennessee in June. I will have been in Canada for 5 months by that time. I am coming right back to Canada after my trip, and plan to stay here until I get my PR.

What is the chance that I will be denied entry back into Canada? Will this look sketchy to the border control? I know it looks weird to them that I leave for 2 weeks a month before my 6 months is up and try to come right back. I wasn't sure if I need to apply for a visa extension or not. I've heard that when you cross back into the states, your visiting visa starts back over. To them, it probably looks like I am trying to live there though. Any advice would be appreciated!! I know it is a risk, but I have to go back for my mom's wedding!

I Dont think anyone has the answer to this because it really is up to the individual border officer. I dont think it would be a problem, especially if you have an application in process and you can prove that you are not trying to live in Canada Illegally. There is no 100% chance that you will get back in though. So I would prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Make sure that leaving will not hurt your application in any way and make sure you have a plan B incase you are denied entry.