Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

[lilianboard]

Hi andrew-brit. Thanks for adding me. My location is London (but am waiting it out on Vancouver Island with my better half. I will go back when/if anything happens, hopefully soon This is a great site, well done

 

[kasiap]

Its been 7 months from my last visit to the U.K. and it was for my mothers funeral . We have been flying back and fourth for 4 years. Never though my application would have been this long. We applied last April 2014. Its a huge risk to just pack up and come. My husband has to give up our house,his job and wait it out here with no work or income. It was not a light heart decisions and if his application is denied we have to pack up go back to the U.K without any jobs or home.

However i do feel your pain being pregnant and your husband from a non visa exempt country.

Taffy you think your application still could be denied after such a long time of waiting? I think they would tell you already if there is something wrong... Hope you guys get together soon! I'm fallowing your posts since first day here as you were the first one giving me an advice and it's too long!!

 

[andrew-brit]

Hi andrew-brit. Thanks for adding me. My location is London (but am waiting it out on Vancouver Island with my better half. I will go back when/if anything happens, hopefully soon This is a great site, well done

Added!

 

[twosteps]

Hi all,

New here, and was hoping to be added to the spreadsheet.

Application received in Mississauga May 4, 2015
Started processing May 29, 2015
Accepted as sponsor July 2, 2015

We are common-law, and live in the UK.

I also have a question about the letter that we received about the sponsor being accepted. In the letter it states...

If your sponsored relative(s) has (have) not already done so, your relative(s) must provide an original
Upfront Medical Report form (IMM1017B UPFRONT) signed by a Panel Physician or an E-Medical Upfront
Medical Notification information sheet. Your relative(s) must complete the medical examination
and, once completed, forward this information directly to the visa office noted above along with a copy
of this letter. Your application has been transferred to the visa office noting this deficiency. Your relative
must forward the medical information directly to the visa office to allow continued processing of his/her
application. Failure to do so will result in delays and possible refusal of your relative's application.

We sent an e-medical barcode receipt in with the application. Could anyone please advise as to what we should do next about this?
Thanks for any help, and I apologize if this has been answered before. I did look around the forums for an answer but there seems to be a few differing opinions!

 

[NVJ]

Hi all,


I also have a question about the letter that we received about the sponsor being accepted. In the letter it states...

If your sponsored relative(s) has (have) not already done so, your relative(s) must provide an original
Upfront Medical Report form (IMM1017B UPFRONT) signed by a Panel Physician or an E-Medical Upfront
Medical Notification information sheet. Your relative(s) must complete the medical examination
and, once completed, forward this information directly to the visa office noted above along with a copy
of this letter. Your application has been transferred to the visa office noting this deficiency. Your relative
must forward the medical information directly to the visa office to allow continued processing of his/her
application. Failure to do so will result in delays and possible refusal of your relative's application.

We sent an e-medical barcode receipt in with the application. Could anyone please advise as to what we should do next about this?
Thanks for any help, and I apologize if this has been answered before. I did look around the forums for an answer but there seems to be a few differing opinions!

I think this is a standard letter, we had the same. I think if you have already sent it, then you don't have to do anything ( except wait)

 

[brucem]

Hi Guys,

Thought I'd write a quick landing story. After 7 hours on a plane with a 19 month old we were a bit shattered but we seemed to hit it lucky as we arrived in Pearson terminal 1 about 11am. By the time we toddled along with the wee one there wasn't a single person in the arrivals hall. The CBSA agent we dealt with wasn't overly friendly and seemed a bit confused by my COPR but we were directed to secondary which was also empty and after 10 minutes and no questions we signed the forms and were on our way. We had prepared our B4 and B4a forms in advance which was really appreciated by the agent. He took a quick look, stamped them and was the only person to say congratulations! (No flag which other people got!). Couldn't get my SIN number as the office was closed so off to a service Canada centre next week.

All in all it was really straightforward and we're enjoying the sunny Toronto weather so far! I hope things pick up in the London office I feel for everyone and the frustration with this process.

 

[warzo]

Congratulations. Glad this is over for you now

Hi Guys,

Thought I'd write a quick landing story. After 7 hours on a plane with a 19 month old we were a bit shattered but we seemed to hit it lucky as we arrived in Pearson terminal 1 about 11am. By the time we toddled along with the wee one there wasn't a single person in the arrivals hall. The CBSA agent we dealt with wasn't overly friendly and seemed a bit confused by my COPR but we were directed to secondary which was also empty and after 10 minutes and no questions we signed the forms and were on our way. We had prepared our B4 and B4a forms in advance which was really appreciated by the agent. He took a quick look, stamped them and was the only person to say congratulations! (No flag which other people got!). Couldn't get my SIN number as the office was closed so off to a service Canada centre next week.

All in all it was really straightforward and we're enjoying the sunny Toronto weather so far! I hope things pick up in the London office I feel for everyone and the frustration with this process.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

Hi all,

New here, and was hoping to be added to the spreadsheet.

Application received in Mississauga May 4, 2015
Started processing May 29, 2015
Accepted as sponsor July 2, 2015

We are common-law, and live in the UK.

I also have a question about the letter that we received about the sponsor being accepted. In the letter it states...

If your sponsored relative(s) has (have) not already done so, your relative(s) must provide an original
Upfront Medical Report form (IMM1017B UPFRONT) signed by a Panel Physician or an E-Medical Upfront
Medical Notification information sheet. Your relative(s) must complete the medical examination
and, once completed, forward this information directly to the visa office noted above along with a copy
of this letter. Your application has been transferred to the visa office noting this deficiency. Your relative
must forward the medical information directly to the visa office to allow continued processing of his/her
application. Failure to do so will result in delays and possible refusal of your relative's application.

We sent an e-medical barcode receipt in with the application. Could anyone please advise as to what we should do next about this?
Thanks for any help, and I apologize if this has been answered before. I did look around the forums for an answer but there seems to be a few differing opinions!

I agree with NVJ, if you did your medical up front then just hang out and it should be fine. You should see "medical results have been received" on your ECAS at some point in the next few months.

For the spreadsheet, what's your nearest city, and which office is processing your application? (The address of the office would have been on your sponsor approval letter.) Post that and then andrew or I will add you!

 

[Sibby]

Hi all,

New here, and was hoping to be added to the spreadsheet.

Application received in Mississauga May 4, 2015
Started processing May 29, 2015
Accepted as sponsor July 2, 2015

We are common-law, and live in the UK.

I also have a question about the letter that we received about the sponsor being accepted. In the letter it states...

If your sponsored relative(s) has (have) not already done so, your relative(s) must provide an original
Upfront Medical Report form (IMM1017B UPFRONT) signed by a Panel Physician or an E-Medical Upfront
Medical Notification information sheet. Your relative(s) must complete the medical examination
and, once completed, forward this information directly to the visa office noted above along with a copy
of this letter. Your application has been transferred to the visa office noting this deficiency. Your relative
must forward the medical information directly to the visa office to allow continued processing of his/her
application. Failure to do so will result in delays and possible refusal of your relative's application.

We sent an e-medical barcode receipt in with the application. Could anyone please advise as to what we should do next about this?
Thanks for any help, and I apologize if this has been answered before. I did look around the forums for an answer but there seems to be a few differing opinions!

Hi twosteps

I didnt get the letter you got but noticed that ecas did not update with medicals received after a few months and chased this up with LVO. They replied telling me they had not received the Medicals and had no record of this being submitted even though they were submitted with application.

I then forwarded them a copy of the medical result and ecas was updated. I have since received my notes which showed that there was some problem encountered by CIC in scanning the medical results when they received my application in November 2014.

So you could wait it out but you could also forward them the medical result with the barcode. No harm in that, just to make sure they do receive it. I sent mine using the case specify enquiry and uploaded the copy.

All the best

 

[NVJ]

Hi twosteps

I didnt get the letter you got but noticed that ecas did not update with medicals received after a few months and chased this up with LVO. They replied telling me they had not received the Medicals and had no record of this being submitted even though they were submitted with application.

I then forwarded them a copy of the medical result and ecas was updated. I have since received my notes which showed that there was some problem encountered by CIC in scanning the medical results when they received my application in November 2014.

So you could wait it out but you could also forward them the medical result with the barcode. No harm in that, just to make sure they do receive it. I sent mine using the case specify enquiry and uploaded the copy.

All the best

ooh, this is good to know because ecas is not showing medicals received and it's been nearly 3 months since we got SA. Perhaps I should contact LVO to chase it up. Is a case specific enquiry the best way to do that? Have other people who received SA in late April had their Ecas updated yet?

 

[saiviira]

ooh, this is good to know because ecas is not showing medicals received and it's been nearly 3 months since we got SA. Perhaps I should contact LVO to chase it up. Is a case specific enquiry the best way to do that? Have other people who received SA in late April had their Ecas updated yet?

Hi,

I had my medical recieved even before SA. At the same time I got my application case number. Now I'm waiting to see what's the decision.

But anyway you can call them and make sure every thinb is ok.

 

[SchnookoLoly]

Worth doing a case-specific inquiry to chase the medical, NVJ. Contact info for London is linked in the FAQ in my signature. One of the last questions.

 

[taffy7]

Taffy you think your application still could be denied after such a long time of waiting? I think they would tell you already if there is something wrong... Hope you guys get together soon! I'm fallowing your posts since first day here as you were the first one giving me an advice and it's too long!!

Thank you for your best wishes . You never know with CIC . At the moment their are many of us in the same boat,so i'm not so worried.

 

[Cassandra_1982]

Hi,

Quick update on our situation, kinda joining sibby on this one.

Me, my husband and our 5 month old daughter will be flying to Canada this Wednesday and waiting out the visa there. My husband will become a full time dad at home while i go back to work in Canada. Lucky for me my mother has agreed for us to stay there while my husbands visa gets finished. We have some savings with us and finding a job in Canada isn't very to hard now a days. Hopefully Ottawa will speed things up and the wait wouldn't be to long.

My daughter has a Canadian passport and me and my husband has an Uk passport(my Canadian expired), we have booked an open return ticket aswell so we don't get red flagged going through the boarder and then just refund it once my husbands visa gets sorted.

I am very lucky to still have family in Canada that can help us out and means we can still be togther and semi start our new life other there. Fingers crossed and all the best wishes for people still waiting and defo the people waiting a year plus! looking at you Taffy

Much love Cassandra

 

[princesstigger]

Well, I've now officially joined the +1 year club...

My medical expires today too, I have no idea if they will extend it or not. I am just over a month into implied visitor status as the processing times for the extension just keep going up and up!

This feels like a never ending process right now, I won't know what to do with myself if it ever happens and I am no longer living in a constant state of stress and limbo!! Good times