VIENNA OFFICE

[stereph]

Hello Everyone!

I am a newbie... I am sponsoring my German husband to come to Canada. We applied in December and my sponsorship was approved on Jan 6, 2014.

I've read back a bit on this thread and there seems to be a spreadsheet that exists showing the people's processing times at the Vienna office. Can someone please tell me where I can find that? Looking to get a better idea of how long the process is going to take.

Thanks!
Stephanie

 

[Kopje]

Hello Everyone!

I am a newbie... I am sponsoring my German husband to come to Canada. We applied in December and my sponsorship was approved on Jan 6, 2014.

I've read back a bit on this thread and there seems to be a spreadsheet that exists showing the people's processing times at the Vienna office. Can someone please tell me where I can find that? Looking to get a better idea of how long the process is going to take.

Thanks!
Stephanie

Herzlich Willkommen! Welcome to the forum!

You can find the spreadsheet here http://goo.gl/ykHc1P

However I'm not sure if it is up to date.

 

[Avissa]

Hello Everyone!

I am a newbie... I am sponsoring my German husband to come to Canada. We applied in December and my sponsorship was approved on Jan 6, 2014.

I've read back a bit on this thread and there seems to be a spreadsheet that exists showing the people's processing times at the Vienna office. Can someone please tell me where I can find that? Looking to get a better idea of how long the process is going to take.

Thanks!
Stephanie

Welcome to the waiting area of Vienna VO

It looks like it's gonna take somewhere between 11-14 months and that is if neither the visa officers nor the main applicants make any booboos

 

[CanucksFan]

Hi,
Anyone experiencing issues when sending emails to Vienna VO?

I've tried several times today, and getting the following back:

"This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

vienn-visa@international.gc.ca
re-vienn.immigration@international.gc.ca"

Thanks

 

[newpal]

Hi,
Anyone experiencing issues when sending emails to Vienna VO?

I've tried several times today, and getting the following back:

"This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.

vienn-visa @ international.gc.ca
re-vienn.immigration @ international.gc.ca"

Thanks

re-vienn.immigration@international.gc.ca

. Delete all the spaces , it will work!!

THANKS

 

[CanucksFan]

re-vienn.immigration @ international.gc.ca

. Delete all the spaces , it will work!!

THANKS

There are no spaces in the addresses, I just added them here in case they don't display properly, like on some pages.
Thanks anyways

 

[gabiroli]

hey guys
Do anybody know where to send the medicals. If i want to redo it. At first we did it in canada.
Do we send it to canada or send it to vienna or london or paris?
Thank You
Roland

 

[susana]

The doctor is the one that sends the medical results, not you

 

[CanucksFan]

hey guys
Do anybody know where to send the medicals. If i want to redo it. At first we did it in canada.
Do we send it to canada or send it to vienna or london or paris?
Thank You
Roland

Roland,

I would call the nearest Designated Medical Practitioner, tell them that the file is in Vienna Visa Office, Family Class Sponsorship, give them the UCI/Client Number and Application Number, and they will forward the results to the regional office which will then send it to Vienna. You are only supposed to give them the right info about you as a sponsor, application and client number, and wife's details in Hungary.

BTW:
We got our GCMS notes. Vienna received the medical results within 10 days of the date they were completed, and apparently they are doing the Security Screening now, i.e. they've been doing it for the past 3 months.

What I mean to say is that redoing medical should be the least of your worries. The more important thing is what happens after the medicals, i.e. whether the VO will request the Security Screening that on average takes about 3 months. Check out the first page of this thread and turqouise's copy from another thread with the explanation of the processing stages. So after reading our notes, I am no longer sure I would recommend that you do the medical on your own.

 

[BC2013]

CIC has just updated the data spreadsheet (000023.xls: http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/b6f7c54e-ef4b-4ec1-8dde-7315e97d18eb). The data now shows the changes to reflect the 3rd quarter of 2013 (data as of October 9, 2013) and confirms, what you guys have experienced - that Vienna did not do anything in the Family class during this time. The number of open files has increased tremendously:

Selection Decision Final Decision Total (cases)
09.07.2013 356 137 493
09.10.2013 505 111 617

This shows the changes since the last update in early october 2013 (data as of July 2013) with cases awaiting selection or final decision. Don't be confused if you look ak the original spreadsheet, since there are different tables for "cases" and "persons".

Please note: this reflects Quarter 3/2013 and does not take into account the recent progress that some of you experienced during the past months.

 

[b4roness]

Hey guys, another question:

Vienna doesn't believe that I moved into my boyfriend's place in April 2012. So they doubt our common-law status at the time of application.

We have a rental agreement from February 2012 in his name and a letter from the landlord confirming that I moved into the place in April 2012.
Is this enough?

Should I get payment receipts from the landlord for every month we lived there with both of our names on them? Is this believable that someone keeps these receipts for such a long time?

Woah, heck, i'm not on my husband's lease either, and neither is he!!! LOL, the apartment was under his sister's name. What helps out is that i lived in the same building compelx as him for just over 6 months before i moved into his building. We also have a letter from our landlord stating how long he's known me, and a tidbit of what he thinks of us personally/as a couple.
BUT, the most important proof is any bills, bank statements, personal mail that's addressed to you (your name) at the address yall live at. Did you provide copies of your phone bills or bank statements as proof of residency at that address?

 

[little_apple]

Woah, heck, i'm not on my husband's lease either, and neither is he!!! LOL, the apartment was under his sister's name. What helps out is that i lived in the same building compelx as him for just over 6 months before i moved into his building. We also have a letter from our landlord stating how long he's known me, and a tidbit of what he thinks of us personally/as a couple.
BUT, the most important proof is any bills, bank statements, personal mail that's addressed to you (your name) at the address yall live at. Did you provide copies of your phone bills or bank statements as proof of residency at that address?

Before they sent me the doc request they had
- letter from the landlord confirming I moved into my boyfriend's place in April 2012 (utilities included in rent)
- phone bill with the address
- mail coming to the address
- both driver's licences with same address
- joint health insurance
- joint life insurance
- joint bank account (10 month after relationship started)
- updated status with CRA
- joint condo purchase

And all this was not enough. I have another letter from the landlord now, printet out all paystubs, phone bills, bank statements. I will ask our old landlord to write payment receipts with both of our names. We didn't think this was necessary but we don't know what else we could send to Vienna.

You don't need a joint lease. You're married. They make it harder for common-law :-(

 

[b4roness]

Aah, forgot you're common law.
But either way, DANG!!! WTF?!?
You have SO MUCH EVIDENCE! What in the world do they want? Still shots from the building security cameras showing that you went in and out every day? (Can you imagine though, that they legit tell you that they'd want that?)

I'm a bit shocked. Can't imagine how you're feeling. =(

Throw everything you can gather at them, including the kitchen sink.

 

[little_apple]

Aah, forgot you're common law.
But either way, DANG!!! WTF?!?
You have SO MUCH EVIDENCE! What in the world do they want? Still shots from the building security cameras showing that you went in and out every day? (Can you imagine though, that they legit tell you that they'd want that?)

I'm a bit shocked. Can't imagine how you're feeling. =(

Throw everything you can gather at them, including the kitchen sink.

It's so frustrating. I even wrote a 2 page explanation letter to explain everything we did and why and when. My initial application was an inch thick, now I'm sending almost another inch. GCMS notes after 9 months showed: NOTHING! Doc request came after 10 months. All that time my file was just sitting there. They make it so difficult for honest people. We decided not to get married for immigration purposes but going the longer way via common-law. A mistake, I believe now... :-(

 

[madam-m]

Hi everybody,
I also applied for PR out-land in Sept.2013.My office is in Vienna. They received file in October.I have CSQ approval.
I am currently in Quebec.I can stay only 6moths,but I don't know if everything ll be over till than.

My questions are:
If they require interview,ll I need to go to Vienna or it can be done in Quebec?
If in meantime I get PR,ll I need to exit from Canada,and reentry again or no,since I am in Canada?
If they ask for PPR,should I send my passport to Vienna from Canada,to visa been issued?or they can issue me visa in Quebec?

I have million questions,this waiting killing me,from getting approved CSQ,nothing,no news.

If anybody knows the answers,thanks in advance.good luck to everybody.