Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

[SchnookoLoly]

im asking that their are time line shown under ur name like application filles date, medical date etc how u get those

Ah, it's in your profile settings. At the top, click "Profile", then go to "Forum Profile Settings" and fill out the dates in there.

 

[andrew-brit]

im asking that their are time line shown under ur name like application filles date, medical date etc how u get those

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[SchnookoLoly]

You need 10 posts before you can enter your forum profile information.

TIL! Good call.

 

[Alipkhan]

thanks for the quick reply

I have applied for PR in April 2013 my wife is in Canada send my medical which was expired and extend to may 2015 gave interview in october 2013 after that i had not receive any thing .when ever i have contacted them i got the same answer that my application is in process or case worker is working on my application. please let me know what is the best course of action.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

thanks for the quick reply

I have applied for PR in April 2013 my wife is in Canada send my medical which was expired and extend to may 2015 gave interview in october 2013 after that i had not receive any thing .when ever i have contacted them i got the same answer that my application is in process or case worker is working on my application. please let me know what is the best course of action.

1) Which office has your application? London, I assume?
2) What country is your wife from?
3) Where are you currently living?
4) What other requests have you had from CIC?
5) I think you are saying here you had an interview in October 2013?
6) Have you ordered GCMS notes?

 

[Alipkhan]

1) Which office has your application? London, I assume?
2) What country is your wife from?
3) Where are you currently living?
4) What other requests have you had from CIC?
5) I think you are saying here you had an interview in October 2013?
6) Have you ordered GCMS notes?

yes my application is in london office
my wife is from pakistan but she is on PR canada.
im currently living in uk
i had no other request from CIC
yes interview in october 2013
no i dont know what is GCMS notes are

 

[SchnookoLoly]

Did your application go straight from Mississauga to London, or was it transferred from Islamabad to London? If it was transferred, when was the transfer?

Have you been living in London the entire duration of your application?

 

[Alipkhan]

Did your application go straight from Mississauga to London, or was it transferred from Islamabad to London? If it was transferred, when was the transfer?

Have you been living in London the entire duration of your application?

my application was transferred direct to London from Mississauga and yes i have been living in uk for the entire duration of my application

 

[SchnookoLoly]

my application was transferred direct to London from Mississauga and yes i have been living in uk for the entire duration of my application

What were you asked in your interview? What was covered?

My gut is that you need to order your notes to work out what's going on. There are a few things that are a bit unusual with your application, the main one being that you were requested to come in for an interview in October 2013 and haven't heard anything at all since then. Usually interviews happen way later in the process after multiple other requests for extra info, and you usually then have a decision not long after the interview.

GCMS notes are the notes that CIC holds in regard to your file - record of communication, progress, etc. Costs $5 to order them if you're outside Canada and takes a month to arrive. https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do

 

[Alipkhan]

What were you asked in your interview? What was covered?

My gut is that you need to order your notes to work out what's going on. There are a few things that are a bit unusual with your application, the main one being that you were requested to come in for an interview in October 2013 and haven't heard anything at all since then. Usually interviews happen way later in the process after multiple other requests for extra info, and you usually then have a decision not long after the interview.

GCMS notes are the notes that CIC holds in regard to your file - record of communication, progress, etc. Costs $5 to order them if you're outside Canada and takes a month to arriv

Thanks for the reply
can i order GCMS note or My wife has to do that

 

[SchnookoLoly]

If your wife in Canada orders them then they're free, but you'll have to include a consent form from you to sya that she can access your information, it's one extra form to fill out (can't remember what it is). If you fill it out from outside Canada then it costs $5 and you don't need the form.

What was asked in your interview? I'm genuinely curious, since interviews don't normally get scheduled that quickly.

So it just depends on which you prefer to do!

 

[Alipkhan]

If your wife in Canada orders them then they're free, but you'll have to include a consent form from you to sya that she can access your information, it's one extra form to fill out (can't remember what it is). If you fill it out from outside Canada then it costs $5 and you don't need the form.

What was asked in your interview? I'm genuinely curious, since interviews don't normally get scheduled that quickly.

So it just depends on which you prefer to do!

in interview i was questioned more on my status in uk as im a student .and i had applied for immigration before as a skilled worker i think that were concern that my marriage is fake.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

in interview i was questioned more on my status in uk as im a student .and i had applied for immigration before as a skilled worker i think that were concern that my marriage is fake.

I don't really have any insight... it's bizarre. I think you need to order your notes. I find it very odd that you had no communication at all for 18 months since the interview...

 

[pbandj]

Hi,

I've been following this forum for the last couple of months as I put my application together but this is my first post and I'm hoping for a bit of advice.

I'm British and applying for spousal sponsorship (common-law) through my partner (Australian with Canadian PR) and we're currently living in BC. I've been in Canada since Nov 2012 on working holiday visas but have been on a visitor visa since Nov 2014 when they ran out. I've been tracking the spreadsheet and am fairly hopeful that the total processing time would be around 7-8 months for my PR via the OUTLAND process through London (or better yet if it stayed in Mississauga or Ottawa). I've prepared the Outland pack and I was going to send it off in the next week or so. We had a quick consultation this week with the immigration lawyer who processed my partner's application when he applied for PR and she seemed very against the idea of the Outland route based on the official times on the CIC for London. I've explained this forum and spreadsheet with the tracking but understandably she has to quote the official processing times. Her advice is to change the application pack to an Inland one so that I can get the open work permit in approximately 4-5 months and then start working again while I wait the 2 years to get PR. I, however, am tempted to send my application in as an Outland package and wait to see whether it stays in Canada and gets processed quickly or gets sent to London where the wait times are longer as shown in the spreadsheet but not as long as the official 29 months.

My question is, if I wait for stage 1 (around 62 days) and see that it gets sent to London, am I able to cancel the application (losing just the $75 application fee) and then reapplying via the Inland route to get my open work permit within 4-5 months? I know I'd waste 2 months this way but having not worked since November, I don't want to be in the situation where I potentially have to wait over a year to get my PR to start working again when I could have had an open work permit for the majority of that time. Is it worth the gamble as it's a lottery whether your application gets sent to London or not? Are they more likely to keep it in Canada if I'm living here now and all our addresses are Canadian? I'm aware of the other pros and cons of Inland vs. Outland (being called for an interview in London, risk not being able to re-enter the country if I leave, not being able to appeal a rejection etc).

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated as I'm now totally unsure what to do, having previously been sure that the Outland route was the best for me.

Apologies for the long post

Thanks!

 

[Petitepoutine]

Hi,

I've been following this forum for the last couple of months as I put my application together but this is my first post and I'm hoping for a bit of advice.

I'm British and applying for spousal sponsorship (common-law) through my partner (Australian with Canadian PR) and we're currently living in BC. I've been in Canada since Nov 2012 on working holiday visas but have been on a visitor visa since Nov 2014 when they ran out. I've been tracking the spreadsheet and am fairly hopeful that the total processing time would be around 7-8 months for my PR via the OUTLAND process through London (or better yet if it stayed in Mississauga or Ottawa). I've prepared the Outland pack and I was going to send it off in the next week or so. We had a quick consultation this week with the immigration lawyer who processed my partner's application when he applied for PR and she seemed very against the idea of the Outland route based on the official times on the CIC for London. I've explained this forum and spreadsheet with the tracking but understandably she has to quote the official processing times. Her advice is to change the application pack to an Inland one so that I can get the open work permit in approximately 4-5 months and then start working again while I wait the 2 years to get PR. I, however, am tempted to send my application in as an Outland package and wait to see whether it stays in Canada and gets processed quickly or gets sent to London where the wait times are longer as shown in the spreadsheet but not as long as the official 29 months.

My question is, if I wait for stage 1 (around 62 days) and see that it gets sent to London, am I able to cancel the application (losing just the $75 application fee) and then reapplying via the Inland route to get my open work permit within 4-5 months? I know I'd waste 2 months this way but having not worked since November, I don't want to be in the situation where I potentially have to wait over a year to get my PR to start working again when I could have had an open work permit for the majority of that time. Is it worth the gamble as it's a lottery whether your application gets sent to London or not? Are they more likely to keep it in Canada if I'm living here now and all our addresses are Canadian? I'm aware of the other pros and cons of Inland vs. Outland (being called for an interview in London, risk not being able to re-enter the country if I leave, not being able to appeal a rejection etc).

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated as I'm now totally unsure what to do, having previously been sure that the Outland route was the best for me.

Apologies for the long post

Thanks!

If your SOLE priority is to work as soon as possible in Canada, it could be worth applying Inland. But remember that there is no guarantee that your will receive your work permit within 4-5 months...

If you do decide to apply OUTLAND, then I'd strongly suggest you stick with it, even if it gets sent to London. It would be a huge gamble time-wise (and a waste money-wise) to withdraw your outland application and re-apply inland...

Obviously, it also depends on the end-game. Are you hoping to apply for Citizenship? If so, do you really want to delay the process even more and be stuck in this process for at least 2 years?