US outland applicants' thread :)

[detpeg]

I'm joining a lot of other folks with a Decision Made here at the end of February!

Such a good party to join

 

[iiiEllie]

DM today, we've got quite the party going this month.

 

[Aquakitty]

Wow guys, congrats!

 

[Snowisland]

DM today, we've got quite the party going this month.

Yay iiiEllie

 

[SeaVan]

Just checked ecas and got decision made. My application was received on October 19th. So excited!!!!!

Hopefully more of us are getting approved!!!!

 

[Snowisland]

Just checked ecas and got decision made. My application was received on October 19th. So excited!!!!!

Hopefully more of us are getting approved!!!!

Congrats SeaVan

 

[canadausa#11]

Just checked ecas and got decision made. My application was received on October 19th. So excited!!!!!

Hopefully more of us are getting approved!!!!

Congrats, what date did you get SA?

 

[Snowisland]

Congrats, what date did you get SA?

December 11 was SA
I am nervous about photos as the ones I sent with application in October are not the ones they ask for since November they changed the size required. I am visiting in Canada and relying on housesitter to tell me if I get mail. Maybe the request for new pics come with copr?
Also want to land from within Canada, hope that is allowed by flagpole. Will fly two hours to Calgary if it is.

 

[iiiEllie]

December 11 was SA
I am nervous about photos as the ones I sent with application in October are not the ones they ask for since November they changed the size required. I am visiting in Canada and relying on housesitter to tell me if I get mail. Maybe the request for new pics come with copr?
Also want to land from within Canada, hope that is allowed by flagpole. Will fly two hours to Calgary if it is.

We received a letter for new photos in January, sent them and got DM less than two weeks later. They won't ask for new photos with COPR.

 

[kdubbs]

Just checked ecas and got decision made. My application was received on October 19th. So excited!!!!!

Hopefully more of us are getting approved!!!!

That's so exciting!! My application was received 2 days after yours on October 21st! Fingers crossed March is my month! So happy for everyone whose gotten their DM!

 

[4Canucks]

This is great news for everyone! DM for all

 

[Sunset0505]

Many thanks! This is what I did!

Next question...I have a trip to Chicago coming up and I plan on bringing a full printed copy of exactly what I sent/will send in my application just in case. Is there anything that I need to be aware of when I cross back to Canada? I also have proof of my visitor extension record (that I'm pretty sure gets nullified when I leave Canada, but that's okay, I'll just apply for another. I did it to be able to stay past my original 6 months).

My case is a little sensitive because I got a DUI 8 years ago but it was dismissed and I am attaching proof of that with my application and I think I am going to send a rehabilitation form just to be safe even though I've been to Canada many times and no one has ever said I was inadmissible. I figure it can't hurt. I was never charged, the case was dismissed and I have the necessary papers proving that. Anyway, I can't decide whether I should send off my application without my FBI certificate and that's where the issue comes into play. I've read that people send their applications proving they requested a certificate and then send the certificate once they get it. I'm thinking about waiting to get my certificate, but I really wanted to submit my application before I left for Chicago so that I could prove I was doing spousal sponsorship when I re-entered Canada.

I know that's a bit convoluted, but if anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it!

EDIT: Submitting a rehabilitation form is much more complicated than I thought and I have NO IDEA how to get the necessary information for it. But I'm probably better off waiting to get my FBI certificate and submitting the rehab form along with the sponsorship form, huh? And I'm assuming this will drastically extend my wait time?

Sorry how did you get a DUI dismissed when you were not charged?...Anyways...I posted in the Rehab blog...and if you have no idea how to get he paper work try going back 26 years and photocopying a page from the law books from back then!!!

 

[4Canucks]

now that we have DM looking to book flight from Orlando to Toronto in late July, has anyone found any websites with good airfares? Coupons? lol

 

[Snowisland]

now that we have DM looking to book flight from Orlando to Toronto in late July, has anyone found any websites with good airfares? Coupons? lol

I can tell you I have travelled Houston, tx to ft St. John, BC for about four years, four or five times a year. I book with air Canada on Tuesday night between nine pm and midnight. The reason I book with them is its three planes for each trip and if I miss a flight they book me on next flight no charge. Anyway before I figured out to book six weeks in advance on Tuesday night for best price, I was paying up to 1600.00 round trip for just me. Now I select seats and pay between eight and nine hundred, once it was six hundred. If it wasn't for needing three flight to get there, I would use kayak. But too many snow delays or fog delays cause me to miss flight so I stick with air Canada. I have to go Houston to Vancouver to Calgary to ft St. John.

 

[detpeg]

Hello I'm considering sponsorship to move my spouse to Canada. The processing time is 17 months according to CIC website. If my spouse is in US, and I applied for sponsorship, is there any way to let my spouse work in Canada before the application is approved?

If your spouse is American and there are no red flags in your application, it most likely won't take 17 months. A lot of Americans are seeing more like 5-8 months processing time.
However, there is always the option of applying inland, which is a longer process, but there is a permission to work in Canada part way through the process.

Read up on it, here is a place to start:
http://www.cicnews.com/2014/08/problem-083622.html