Hi All,
I applied for my parents PR around 8 years ago.Sponsorship application was approved. Medical exam was done in August 2014 and got notice to submit parents' passports in Dec, 2014. Recently, we received a letter stating that my parents' application has been refused.
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The reason for the rejection was that my father, the principal applicant, did not provide his passport to CIC- Beijing office on time. However, my father's passport was unexpectedly held by Chinese government due to the newly released regulations for government employees in China and my father could not get his passport back until the Chinese government completed all auditing and administrative work regarding my father's retirement.
I explained this unique situation to CIC-Ottawa in Dec 2014 and got call from them that I could ignore the notice sent from CIC- Beijing and provided my parents' passport prior to the expiry of the medical exam in August 2015.
I had sent ten explanatory letters to CIC from January to August 2015 to keep CIC informed of my father's situation.However, my father could not get his passport back in August 2015 due to the passport suspension by Chinese government. In August, 2015, I submitted my mother(not the principal applicant)'s passport to CIC- Ottawa with the hope that CIC could issue immigration visa to my mother.
In Oct, 2015, I received the refusal letter for both of their applications. This is very disappointing as we have been looking forward to getting united or more than 8 years now and I am the only Child who can take care of my parents for their rest of their lives. My parents fully intended to live with me in Canada. Particularly my mother, who was randomly selected as the "dependent" applicant 8 years ago, under my sponsorship, should not lose her right to be PR just because of my father's unique situation.
In early Nov, 2015, my father finally his passport. I think, I can apply for appeal to Immigration Appeal Division.My questions are :
1. How long would the appeal process take?
2. Do I need to hire a lawyer to represent us for the whole appeal process or I can do most of the preparation work to avoid huge lawyer fee and only ask Lawyer to represent us approaching to the hearing stage?
3. Can I resubmit my parents' immigration applications during the appeal process? Would this affect appeal results?
Look forward to your advice! Many thanks!
I applied for my parents PR around 8 years ago.Sponsorship application was approved. Medical exam was done in August 2014 and got notice to submit parents' passports in Dec, 2014. Recently, we received a letter stating that my parents' application has been refused.
'
The reason for the rejection was that my father, the principal applicant, did not provide his passport to CIC- Beijing office on time. However, my father's passport was unexpectedly held by Chinese government due to the newly released regulations for government employees in China and my father could not get his passport back until the Chinese government completed all auditing and administrative work regarding my father's retirement.
I explained this unique situation to CIC-Ottawa in Dec 2014 and got call from them that I could ignore the notice sent from CIC- Beijing and provided my parents' passport prior to the expiry of the medical exam in August 2015.
I had sent ten explanatory letters to CIC from January to August 2015 to keep CIC informed of my father's situation.However, my father could not get his passport back in August 2015 due to the passport suspension by Chinese government. In August, 2015, I submitted my mother(not the principal applicant)'s passport to CIC- Ottawa with the hope that CIC could issue immigration visa to my mother.
In Oct, 2015, I received the refusal letter for both of their applications. This is very disappointing as we have been looking forward to getting united or more than 8 years now and I am the only Child who can take care of my parents for their rest of their lives. My parents fully intended to live with me in Canada. Particularly my mother, who was randomly selected as the "dependent" applicant 8 years ago, under my sponsorship, should not lose her right to be PR just because of my father's unique situation.
In early Nov, 2015, my father finally his passport. I think, I can apply for appeal to Immigration Appeal Division.My questions are :
1. How long would the appeal process take?
2. Do I need to hire a lawyer to represent us for the whole appeal process or I can do most of the preparation work to avoid huge lawyer fee and only ask Lawyer to represent us approaching to the hearing stage?
3. Can I resubmit my parents' immigration applications during the appeal process? Would this affect appeal results?
Look forward to your advice! Many thanks!