VIENNA OFFICE

[Toronto ASAP]

Hey Canucks fan thanks, you know better than anyone why I'm not that optimistic when making predictions in this matter with Vienna

I also live in Belgrade so it was a BG-Vienna-BG flight.

I didn't ask them about bringing the passport in person but I remember reading about it somewhere. It is possible but I think it is important to bring it by a certain time in the morning so you get your visa stamped the same day or else you have to wait until tomorrow. Send them an email?

I've read now that a lot of people have questions about sending passports from Serbia to Vienna. There is this tourist agency in Belgrade that can do it for you, I found out recently, the price is 40EUR, including returning the passport to Belgrade (less than DHL, right?)

http://www.terratravel.rs/usluge-viziranja/viza-za-kanadu.html

And I will ask the VAC in Belgrade how much they charge for it when I do my medical tomorrow, it's the same building.

When you send it with a registered mail with Posta Srbije you can only track it until it leaves Serbia, so useful And I have this great experience with Vienna from my TRV last year, after issuing a visa they sent my student ID back to my address without my passport?! Because they mixed it so they sent it to this lady in Belgrade that applied the same time so she put all this effort to find my number through the police service in Serbia (what a great person), called me and told me not to worry because she has it. Lesson: Don't risk it with your PR visa!!!

 

[Toronto ASAP]

Dear Toronto ASAP

Congratulations on passing your interview and wishing you a fast reunification with your loved one in your new country!

Tom and family

Thank you Tom, one step closer to the end of this loong and exhausting journey! I hope you sent everything they asked for. Do you still have plans to stay in Toronto before Calgary?

Say hi to your girls.

 

[little_apple]

Guys thank you so much for worrying and sending positive thought to the universe for me And Muby and jkhan thanks a lot for your advice!!!

I'm sure it helped because it all went perfectly!!! I'm officially eligible

I didn't get the chance to write earlier because I had an early morning flight to Vienna (didn't get even a minute of sleep, guess I was too excited) and had a return flight late in the evening so was soooo exhausted and went strait to bed, after 12 hours here I come

The interview was about half an hour long. I came earlier expecting that they will look into the documents I brought but he actually took them 3min before. I had 3cm thick pile of papers so I think he just read the essay where I explained all the things he can find inside To think I spent a week to prepare them! I was so proud of my pile

I was nervous as if I'm passing some kind of oral exam, prepared days before in details But the moment I looked in the officer's eyes while he was taking that pile of papers I knew that it's all going to be fine because I could see he was this normal guy just doing his job and not someone who is going to question every word I say.

The questions were standard, first only about me, based on Schedule A, which I signed again at the end. Then it was about our relationship, he asked me to imagine it in a linear way, actually to describe the whole timeline of our relationship since we met till that day. He wanted facts: visits, trips, dates of proposal, marriage, next planned visit etc. It was interactive because he interrupts when he wants details, explanations or wants to move to the next time period but generally he was supportive. I could see from his body language that he was listening and also noticed that he doesn't know everything we wrote in the app or maybe that was an act, not sure. Also, the officer who called for an interview is not the one who is doing it, I didn't know that either. At the end he said: we're done, wow this was easy! I'm sorry you had to come all this way, congratulations!

All in all, it was less stressful than I expected. What I don't like is the interview room, it has less than 3m2, looks like it's underground!!! 2 tables and glass in between from the floor to the ceiling with a small hole so he can hear you and you can exchange papers. No natural light, no windows, luckily I'm not claustrophobic!!! I think there are cameras as well but I tried not to think about it. He types while you talk so that was a bit strange for me because I prefer eye contact. Also, I generally talk fast and a lot so I had to slow down, not easy

At the end I asked him what we can expect next because we want to be able to make plans finally. He checked in the computer and said that I had passed everything but medical expired so I can expect medical instructions by email. I asked about the extension, he was like you don't need that, it's gonna take longer than to do another one?!!!! (never mind the 135 EUR but what the hell) He said: I would say early spring you are ready to go! Knowing them and reading about Canucks fan experience I just hope it's not gonna be after May. I scheduled my new medical for tomorrow! So we're very happy, for now!

In this positive mood I will say it's gonna be over soon for all of us guys!!!

OMG, so wonderful. Thanks for the update I'm happy for you

 

[Irsa]

Im so excited. every thing done. I hope you get yours too very soon. I applied Feb 22 and now my husband get the passport request. vohoooooo




Dear ........

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. In order to complete the
processing of your application you must:

Provide this office with an original passport for you in order that an immigrant visa be
affixed. The passport(s) must contain at least one blank page and must be valid beyond your
planned date of arrival in Canada. The passport(s) will normally be returned by registered
mail to the mailing address we have in our records. Please also send a photocopy of the
passport page containing your personal details and photo.

If you wish to have same day service, please come to our office in person. Please consult our
web site (see below) for our hours of operation.

We request that you comply with these instructions within two months of the date of this letter.
Failure to do so may result in the refusal of your application and the closure of your file.







Yours truly,





Visa Office

Embassy of Canada

Laurenzerberg 2

1010 Vienna, Austria

Email: vienn-visa@international.gc.ca

Fax: 43 1 53138-3911

http://visa.kanada.at

 

[nada3]

Congrats on your successful interview Toronto ASAP. I hope your application gets finalized soon.

Today is exactly 6 weeks that Vienna received the requested doc's and since the medical was done...What are they doing?????
soooo frustrating!!!!

 

[nada3]

Im so excited. every thing done. I hope you get yours too very soon. I applied Feb 22 and now my husband get the passport request. vohoooooo

Wow Irsa,
congratulations!!!!!This is owesome, I am very happy for you!

 

[nada3]

Irsa,
may I ask if you had a document request from Vienna and if yes, when did you send it in?

 

[Ljiljana]

Newpal – thanks for all the positive words and energy!!! Toronto ASAP – congratulations on your interview going so smoothly – thanks for the feedback. I’m glad that everything went so well!

 

[Ljiljana]

Im so excited. every thing done. I hope you get yours too very soon. I applied Feb 22 and now my husband get the passport request. vohoooooo




Dear ........

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. In order to complete the
processing of your application you must:

Provide this office with an original passport for you in order that an immigrant visa be
affixed. The passport(s) must contain at least one blank page and must be valid beyond your
planned date of arrival in Canada. The passport(s) will normally be returned by registered
mail to the mailing address we have in our records. Please also send a photocopy of the
passport page containing your personal details and photo.

If you wish to have same day service, please come to our office in person. Please consult our
web site (see below) for our hours of operation.

We request that you comply with these instructions within two months of the date of this letter.
Failure to do so may result in the refusal of your application and the closure of your file.







Yours truly,





Visa Office

Embassy of Canada

Laurenzerberg 2

1010 Vienna, Austria

Email: vienn-visa @ international.gc.ca

Fax: 43 1 53138-3911

http://visa.kanada.at

Wow ! Congrats congrats!!!! Can you please tell me if the status in your e cas file changed?

 

[CanucksFan]

Congratulations Sarah! All the best!

 

[Irsa]

Thank you for ur Congrat!

They asked us for updated Schedual A on Jan 28. we send it and they recieved, and changed our ecase to In process on Feb 28, and now we got passport request on March 6.

 

[little_apple]

Congrats on your successful interview Toronto ASAP. I hope your application gets finalized soon.

Today is exactly 6 weeks that Vienna received the requested doc's and since the medical was done...What are they doing?????
soooo frustrating!!!!

6 weeks??? Vienna will get my docs next week and I don't wanna wait for so long :'(
Have you ordered GCMS notes? I will apply in a month again to see what's going on...

 

[nada3]

6 weeks??? Vienna will get my docs next week and I don't wanna wait for so long :'(
Have you ordered GCMS notes? I will apply in a month again to see what's going on...

I ordered the GCMS notes in August last year. Didn't think I would need them again since the doc request and the re-med was done in january. I really hoped this will be over by now. I don't know what to think anymore, I am just so frustrated

 

[little_apple]

I ordered the GCMS notes in August last year. Didn't think I would need them again since the doc request and the re-med was done in january. I really hoped this will be over by now. I don't know what to think anymore, I am just so frustrated

I can understand that. I applied way after you and I'm already frustrated. I will order notes for sure. I want to see if I'm "eligible" after sending in my additional docs. It drives me nuts not to know...

 

[nada3]

I can understand that. I applied way after you and I'm already frustrated. I will order notes for sure. I want to see if I'm "eligible" after sending in my additional docs. It drives me nuts not to know...

I don't think they can understand what all of us have to go through and how frustrating it is not to know anything.