Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

[Sweden]

Hi,
since the London office asked my husband to provide original police reports from all the countries he has lived in does that mean he has to get updated/ current ones now? Or can he send the ones we had from before, but this time send originals rather than photocopies.
I am asking this because he will have to get them from Pakistan, Finland, and Belgium.
It is difficult to get police reports from a country you are not currently living in.
So is there some sort of a expire date on the police reports?

Hey Chopsticks,

you need to send originals, and they need to reach CIC within three months from the date of issue. So if you have sent only copies in your file, then they are not valid - and it's creating delays to your file... I am not sure why you didn't submit the originals in the first place, because they would have been valid for a year if they had reached CIC with the original application (if they were within the 3 months).

So - best advice is to get the police records as soon as possible, and send them in ( with a cover letter with file number, and possibly a copy of the letter requesting them), as soon as you get them ( even if you don't get them at the same time), so they don't become invalid... once they have reached CIC, they are valid for one year, but they need to reach CIC within 3 months of issuance ( I have said it already, but it's important, so here again! )

For the RPRF : pay online, get a copy of the receipt and send it both to CIC-Mississauga and to London by email, so they are aware that you have paid and that part is done.

Good luck!
Sweden

 

[chopsticks]

Hey Chopsticks,

you need to send originals, and they need to reach CIC within three months from the date of issue. So if you have sent only copies in your file, then they are not valid - and it's creating delays to your file... I am not sure why you didn't submit the originals in the first place, because they would have been valid for a year if they had reached CIC with the original application (if they were within the 3 months).

So - best advice is to get the police records as soon as possible, and send them in ( with a cover letter with file number, and possibly a copy of the letter requesting them), as soon as you get them ( even if you don't get them at the same time), so they don't become invalid... once they have reached CIC, they are valid for one year, but they need to reach CIC within 3 months of issuance ( I have said it already, but it's important, so here again! )

For the RPRF : pay online, get a copy of the receipt and send it both to CIC-Mississauga and to London by email, so they are aware that you have paid and that part is done.

Good luck!
Sweden

To be honest I don't even know how the copies were sent instead of the originals I am asking myself the same question
Well they have expired now since they were issues in April 2012. So gotta get new ones now.

The fee has been paid and it is all dealt with. Now it is the police report that is gonna take time!

Thanks for replying!

 

[nmford]

Hi,
since the London office asked my husband to provide original police reports from all the countries he has lived in does that mean he has to get updated/ current ones now? Or can he send the ones we had from before, but this time send originals rather than photocopies.
I am asking this because he will have to get them from Pakistan, Finland, and Belgium.
It is difficult to get police reports from a country you are not currently living in.
So is there some sort of a expire date on the police reports?

Hey,

I had to get police reports from 2 countries I am not currently living in. I just mailed off to both of them the necessary application form and it was easy.

 

[nmford]

So I got a reply from London this morning to an inquiry I made last week regarding the status of my app.

They said information I provided (extra docs) is still under review.

I just want this damn thing

 

[chopsticks]

Hey,

I had to get police reports from 2 countries I am not currently living in. I just mailed off to both of them the necessary application form and it was easy.

I hope it is easy for us too then, thanks!

 

[chopsticks]

I was on the CIC website and looking at the forms once again and I noticed some of the stuff looked a bit different to me.
Were there changes made recently or does it just look different to me cause I am looking at them after 7 months?
Like there was so much on income proof, I don't remember that much on it before.
Just curious...

 

[Laurenhannah]

I was on the CIC website and looking at the forms once again and I noticed some of the stuff looked a bit different to me.
Were there changes made recently or does it just look different to me cause I am looking at them after 7 months?
Like there was so much on income proof, I don't remember that much on it before.
Just curious...

We were initially going to stick with our immigration lawyer who helped us with my boyfriends LMO, but decided we could do everything on our own in the end. The most important thing she said was to ensure the night before you send your application off that the forms hadn't changed because they do change SO often. She said it may be one tiny bit on the application, but they're constantly changing so chances of it looking different 7 months later are highly likely!

Last Tuesday loads of people got some good news on ECAS, seems quite this week though

 

[chopsticks]

We were initially going to stick with our immigration lawyer who helped us with my boyfriends LMO, but decided we could do everything on our own in the end. The most important thing she said was to ensure the night before you send your application off that the forms hadn't changed because they do change SO often. She said it may be one tiny bit on the application, but they're constantly changing so chances of it looking different 7 months later are highly likely!

Last Tuesday loads of people got some good news on ECAS, seems quite this week though

Yeah that does make sense, and if I was approved as a sponsor does that mean I am okay in the area of income proof?

Yuppp this week seems quite so far. Maybe near the end of the week we might hear good news... I hope.

 

[Laurenhannah]

Yeah that does make sense, and if I was approved as a sponsor does that mean I am okay in the area of income proof?

Yuppp this week seems quite so far. Maybe near the end of the week we might hear good news... I hope.

Yep, you're all good!

Hope you hear soon chopsticks!

 

[nmford]

Yeah that does make sense, and if I was approved as a sponsor does that mean I am okay in the area of income proof?

Yuppp this week seems quite so far. Maybe near the end of the week we might hear good news... I hope.

I think it is difficult not to get approved on that basis. My wife has no income but was approved as a sponsor based for me.

 

[chopsticks]

Yep, you're all good!

Hope you hear soon chopsticks!

phewwww that is a relief!
Wish you the best of luck with your case too!

 

[chopsticks]

I think it is difficult not to get approved on that basis. My wife has no income but was approved as a sponsor based for me.

That is the same situation with me I have sponsored my husband and I have no income. I am a full time university student and I am currently looking for a part time job, but nothing good has come along yet

 

[Laurenhannah]

That is the same situation with me I have sponsored my husband and I have no income. I am a full time university student and I am currently looking for a part time job, but nothing good has come along yet

if there are no kids involved (i'm 99% sure that's the case) then you don't need to meet a minimum income requirement, just prove that you do pay taxes (if you work at all) and agree to support the applicant for 3 years . I was slightly worried as i'm a junior accountant, so don't make millions!! But was relieved to find out there was no minimum income. ;D

 

[chopsticks]

if there are no kids involved (i'm 99% sure that's the case) then you don't need to meet a minimum income requirement, just prove that you do pay taxes (if you work at all) and agree to support the applicant for 3 years . I was slightly worried as i'm a junior accountant, so don't make millions!! But was relieved to find out there was no minimum income. ;D

Oh ok. Yeah we have no kids involved so I don't need to worry about that thank God!
I have been worried about this income issue since the day I have applied. I keep hearing different things regarding it. I try not to think about it too much, because the more i look into it the more unsure I become
Just hoping for the best!

 

[chopsticks]

Hey,

I had to get police reports from 2 countries I am not currently living in. I just mailed off to both of them the necessary application form and it was easy.

Hi,

I am just wondering which "necessary application form" did you mail?

Please let me know, thanksss