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Elleattend

Full Member
Dec 28, 2012
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-12-2012
Doc's Request.
27-03-2013 and 09-01-2014
AOR Received.
28-01-2013
Med's Done....
31-08-2012, 07-10-2013, 16-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Not Applicable
VISA ISSUED...
28-05-2014
LANDED..........
30-07-2014
ica said:
Hello all,

I was wondering if the Vienna office actually replies to emails/letters... I'm sponsoring my husband to come to Canada and I got approved as a sponsor by the Mississauga office back in February. Then, our file got transferred to Vienna. I never received an AOR from Vienna, however, so I'm not 100% sure that they've in fact received our application... is there any way to really double-check this? (Do the officers simply ignore the emails which state a "waiting time" of less than 14 months?)

Thanks for your help :)
Hi and welcome!

We received an AOR from Vienna. However, there are many who have not but this has not impacted their applications in any way. More frustrating than anything.

And as far as I can tell, Vienna will respond to emails. It may take some time but they will.
I have read stories on here from other members who have messaged Vienna and received replies.
Try emailing Vienna about your AOR. See what happens.

Take care
 

Milance

Hero Member
Mar 12, 2013
354
9
Category........
Visa Office......
VIENNA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-03-13
Doc's Request.
28-01-14
AOR Received.
23-03-2013
File Transfer...
09-04-2013
Med's Request
RE-DO 30-04-14
Med's Done....
15-11-2012
Passport Req..
27-05-2014
VISA ISSUED...
05-06-2014
LANDED..........
02-07-2014
Hello Elleattend,

Sorry to hear about your situation, i remember someone on this forum saying they had emails from vienna end up in junk/spam folder and since then i had checked mine from time to time. As far as doing your medical again just proves that until vienna asks for it dont do a thing. Alot of us here asked about that thinking it will save time and now hopefully others will know not to do it on their own. When my wife had to redo her medical the doctor asked for a number. I thought it might be uci or app num but it turned out to be another number that was already on the form that vienna sent by email. It was already filled out. You were set back about a month and the cost of a third medical but at least now you know its over and the next email will be PPR. Its really been hard on all of us. We are now at 14 months and im guessing another 1-2 months before my wife gets her ppr and then visa and finally landing. All i know is who i wont be voting for in the next canadian election hahaha there is no excuse for people waiting this long and the way they run things in embassies.

Just hang in there and we should all be happy we have our health and the ones we love :)
 

little_apple

Hero Member
Jun 11, 2013
824
11
124
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna/Austria
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 20, 2013
Doc's Request.
June 4, 2013 & February 18, 2014
AOR Received.
May 5, 2013
File Transfer...
May 27, 2013
Med's Done....
April 4, 2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
exempt
VISA ISSUED...
April 17, 2014
LANDED..........
in Calgary since March 29, 2012. Landed as PR May 3, 2014
Elleattend said:
I haven't been on in a while but a big congratulations to all of you who have received good news from Vienna. That must be a great feeling!

To the newest members in waiting, I would just like to encourage you to hang in there. Vienna really seems to be picking up the pace. Also, from my recent experience, I would also encourage you to check your email junk mail as often as you check your inbox.

Here's what has happened to us and I hope that this doesn't happen to anyone else. I am sponsoring my husband from the Czech Republic. We received a doc. request, in one single email, on January 9th, 2014 asking for the permanent residence fee, an updated schedule A, and an updated police certificate. All documents were sent to Vienna by the end of January and the fee was paid the day after the request. There were no further messages from Vienna. Our 14 months passed on May 1st. We then started emailing Vienna. They responded to my husbands email this past Friday saying that they were waiting on the medical that they had requested. My husband nor myself never received a medical request! I will add that we took it upon ourselves to do a new medical in November 2013 since ours had expired a few months prior. Good idea, bad idea...I'm not sure.
I decided to check MY junk mail yesterday afternoon after we found this out and sure enough, there was a message from April 9th, 2014 addressed to my husband telling him that they have been waiting for the new medical and wondering if he had done it? My husband never received the email! Even though he is the applicant, they sent me the email. Why? His email is obviously on file as he has received all other messages.

Bottom line...so much time has been wasted. Vienna communicates using 3 different email addresses. I am grateful that we are back on track but we are in disbelief over this process. The email in my junk mail had a different address then all the previous emails. I just think that if this could happen to us, it can happen to others. Take the time and check! We learned the hard way.

Oh, and Vienna still wants a ANOTHER new medical. This makes 3. We hope this is it.
Wow! I'm sorry :(
 

BumpAhead

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2014
262
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-01-2013
Doc's Request.
12-02-2014 and 04-03-2014
AOR Received.
28-02-2013
Med's Request
Second 17-03-2014
Med's Done....
22-01-2013
Interview........
Nope
Passport Req..
17-04-2014
VISA ISSUED...
25-04-2014
LANDED..........
15-05-2014 finally over :)
messenger said:
OK ok! I hope we don't have minors here?


aaaaahahahahahahaha...

Hihi im sure we dont
 

BumpAhead

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2014
262
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-01-2013
Doc's Request.
12-02-2014 and 04-03-2014
AOR Received.
28-02-2013
Med's Request
Second 17-03-2014
Med's Done....
22-01-2013
Interview........
Nope
Passport Req..
17-04-2014
VISA ISSUED...
25-04-2014
LANDED..........
15-05-2014 finally over :)
europe said:
BumpAhead
Congratulations this is amazing, I know how are you feeling busy , preparing , for your husband , and all the new life , it is most enjoyable life to share your life with your love of your live, enjoy every minute , and I wish you happiness , love and laugh .
Thank you


Here i was givibg heads up ill be away for a while but i keep giving myself breaks from cleaning very often haha
I have 2 more days and im slacking already
 

Milance

Hero Member
Mar 12, 2013
354
9
Category........
Visa Office......
VIENNA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-03-13
Doc's Request.
28-01-14
AOR Received.
23-03-2013
File Transfer...
09-04-2013
Med's Request
RE-DO 30-04-14
Med's Done....
15-11-2012
Passport Req..
27-05-2014
VISA ISSUED...
05-06-2014
LANDED..........
02-07-2014
BumpAhead said:
Hihi im sure we dont
3 more sleeps :) i can only inagine how you must feel
 

Elleattend

Full Member
Dec 28, 2012
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-12-2012
Doc's Request.
27-03-2013 and 09-01-2014
AOR Received.
28-01-2013
Med's Done....
31-08-2012, 07-10-2013, 16-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Not Applicable
VISA ISSUED...
28-05-2014
LANDED..........
30-07-2014
Milance said:
Hello Elleattend,

Sorry to hear about your situation, i remember someone on this forum saying they had emails from vienna end up in junk/spam folder and since then i had checked mine from time to time. As far as doing your medical again just proves that until vienna asks for it dont do a thing. Alot of us here asked about that thinking it will save time and now hopefully others will know not to do it on their own. When my wife had to redo her medical the doctor asked for a number. I thought it might be uci or app num but it turned out to be another number that was already on the form that vienna sent by email. It was already filled out. You were set back about a month and the cost of a third medical but at least now you know its over and the next email will be PPR. Its really been hard on all of us. We are now at 14 months and im guessing another 1-2 months before my wife gets her ppr and then visa and finally landing. All i know is who i wont be voting for in the next canadian election hahaha there is no excuse for people waiting this long and the way they run things in embassies.

Just hang in there and we should all be happy we have our health and the ones we love :)
Thank you Milance. Sorry to hear about your experience as well. I guess I just expected better organization from the government. I guess we all have. Anyways you are right, we live and we learn. My husband and I are now just looking forward. But we definitely won't forget any of this! Can't wait to vote in the next election :)
I wish you and your wife a speedy PPR and landing!
 

Elleattend

Full Member
Dec 28, 2012
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-12-2012
Doc's Request.
27-03-2013 and 09-01-2014
AOR Received.
28-01-2013
Med's Done....
31-08-2012, 07-10-2013, 16-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Not Applicable
VISA ISSUED...
28-05-2014
LANDED..........
30-07-2014
little_apple said:
Wow! I'm sorry :(
No worries :) I just don't want anyone to go through unnecessary delays.
 

BumpAhead

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2014
262
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-01-2013
Doc's Request.
12-02-2014 and 04-03-2014
AOR Received.
28-02-2013
Med's Request
Second 17-03-2014
Med's Done....
22-01-2013
Interview........
Nope
Passport Req..
17-04-2014
VISA ISSUED...
25-04-2014
LANDED..........
15-05-2014 finally over :)
Milance said:
3 more sleeps :) i can only inagine how you must feel
Yess 3 more which makes it hard to fall asleep
My baby fell asleep an hour ago which gives me one less hr to sleep before she wakes up hehh
But i dont mind anymore heheh
Before it was i cant sleep because of thinking about when all this will be over
Then i had the baby no sleep again
And now waiting for my husband :))
It all comes in 3s
So im guessing ill be sleeping very well when we are all toghether :))
Im starting to count sheep but it doesnt work hihi
 

Milance

Hero Member
Mar 12, 2013
354
9
Category........
Visa Office......
VIENNA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-03-13
Doc's Request.
28-01-14
AOR Received.
23-03-2013
File Transfer...
09-04-2013
Med's Request
RE-DO 30-04-14
Med's Done....
15-11-2012
Passport Req..
27-05-2014
VISA ISSUED...
05-06-2014
LANDED..........
02-07-2014
BumpAhead said:
Yess 3 more which makes it hard to fall asleep
My baby fell asleep an hour ago which gives me one less hr to sleep before she wakes up hehh
But i dont mind anymore heheh
Before it was i cant sleep because of thinking about when all this will be over
Then i had the baby no sleep again
And now waiting for my husband :))
It all comes in 3s
So im guessing ill be sleeping very well when we are all toghether :))
Im starting to count sheep but it doesnt work hihi
In 3 days there will be an earthquake in the GTO hahahahaha
 

messenger

Champion Member
Nov 16, 2011
1,636
35
123
Thessaloniki, Greece
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26/2/2013
Doc's Request.
28/1/2014
AOR Received.
Stage 1 22/3/2013 & Stage 2 Aug 2013
File Transfer...
27-3-2013
Med's Done....
31-1-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
7-5-2014
VISA ISSUED...
13-5-2014
LANDED..........
17-7-2014
Elleattend said:
I haven't been on in a while but a big congratulations to all of you who have received good news from Vienna. That must be a great feeling!

To the newest members in waiting, I would just like to encourage you to hang in there. Vienna really seems to be picking up the pace. Also, from my recent experience, I would also encourage you to check your email junk mail as often as you check your inbox.

Here's what has happened to us and I hope that this doesn't happen to anyone else. I am sponsoring my husband from the Czech Republic. We received a doc. request, in one single email, on January 9th, 2014 asking for the permanent residence fee, an updated schedule A, and an updated police certificate. All documents were sent to Vienna by the end of January and the fee was paid the day after the request. There were no further messages from Vienna. Our 14 months passed on May 1st. We then started emailing Vienna. They responded to my husbands email this past Friday saying that they were waiting on the medical that they had requested. My husband nor myself never received a medical request! I will add that we took it upon ourselves to do a new medical in November 2013 since ours had expired a few months prior. Good idea, bad idea...I'm not sure.
I decided to check MY junk mail yesterday afternoon after we found this out and sure enough, there was a message from April 9th, 2014 addressed to my husband telling him that they have been waiting for the new medical and wondering if he had done it? My husband never received the email! Even though he is the applicant, they sent me the email. Why? His email is obviously on file as he has received all other messages.

Bottom line...so much time has been wasted. Vienna communicates using 3 different email addresses. I am grateful that we are back on track but we are in disbelief over this process. The email in my junk mail had a different address then all the previous emails. I just think that if this could happen to us, it can happen to others. Take the time and check! We learned the hard way.

Oh, and Vienna still wants a ANOTHER new medical. This makes 3. We hope this is it.
Hi dear and welcome back to our company..
You are right by mentioning that Vienna communicates in 3 different emails so people here can take notice. Better is to create filters on your emailer in order to avoid issue like these.
I am so sorry for this waste of your time, I suppose you would have joined ranks with us by now being one with PPR (just got ours last week) but don't let this get you down...Send the medical in asap and keep in touch with them!

Tom
 

messenger

Champion Member
Nov 16, 2011
1,636
35
123
Thessaloniki, Greece
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26/2/2013
Doc's Request.
28/1/2014
AOR Received.
Stage 1 22/3/2013 & Stage 2 Aug 2013
File Transfer...
27-3-2013
Med's Done....
31-1-2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
7-5-2014
VISA ISSUED...
13-5-2014
LANDED..........
17-7-2014
Hello to all our Vienna thread sisters and brothers!

It wont be long before one by one we will start disappearing from the forum not because we won't want to but mostly because of our obligations and busy lives in Canada.
During my time spent here I have made good friends (You all know who you are) and many more nice people.
Because I would hate my self losing contact with you all I like one more time to invite you to sign up with our little Facebook group called "Vienna VO Applicants- Former or Recent all are Welcome"
Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/258027431011793/


My FB is under my name Athanasios Apostolou and my wife is Spaska Urumova! Yes I am that ugly Greek with the beautiful Macedonian wife and the little angel baby daughter Leto Apostolou

Lets keep in touch!
Love to all

Tom
 

nada3

Hero Member
Jul 8, 2013
332
7
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-09-2012
Doc's Request.
25-03-2013 & 15-01-2014
AOR Received.
14-11-2012
File Transfer...
14-11-2012
Med's Request
15-01-2014
Med's Done....
1st 12-09-2012; 2nd 22-01-2014
Passport Req..
27-03-2014
VISA ISSUED...
03-04-2014
LANDED..........
25-04-2014
Elleattend said:
No worries :) I just don't want anyone to go through unnecessary delays.
Dear Elleattend,
I am so sorry for this delay, but hopefully your file will get finalized soon. You know I was wondering many times what's happening with you as we had the doc requests roughly at the same time. I wish you all the best and a fast final stage :).
 

europe

Hero Member
Oct 5, 2012
918
6
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-02-2012
File Transfer...
16-05-2012
Med's Done....
12-01-2012 redo the medical February 05 2013
Interview........
18-10-2012 in process from that date nov 16 asking for the military booklet
Passport Req..
27-02-2013
VISA ISSUED...
06-03-2013
LANDED..........
05-05-2013 thnx god is over
messenger said:
Hello to all our Vienna thread sisters and brothers!

It wont be long before one by one we will start disappearing from the forum not because we won't want to but mostly because of our obligations and busy lives in Canada.
During my time spent here I have made good friends (You all know who you are) and many more nice people.
Because I would hate my self losing contact with you all I like one more time to invite you to sign up with our little Facebook group called "Vienna VO Applicants- Former or Recent all are Welcome"
Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/258027431011793/


My FB is under my name Athanasios Apostolou and my wife is Spaska Urumova! Yes I am that ugly Greek with the beautiful Macedonian wife and the little angel baby daughter Leto Apostolou

Lets keep in touch!
Love to all

Tom
tom you are right all will slowly are going to disappear from this lovely Family forum , I am so happy that I found so many firned in this forum , and you did a wonderful job that you opened a FB , and we can be in touch with each others.
 

BumpAhead

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2014
262
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-01-2013
Doc's Request.
12-02-2014 and 04-03-2014
AOR Received.
28-02-2013
Med's Request
Second 17-03-2014
Med's Done....
22-01-2013
Interview........
Nope
Passport Req..
17-04-2014
VISA ISSUED...
25-04-2014
LANDED..........
15-05-2014 finally over :)
Milance said:
In 3 days there will be an earthquake in the GTO hahahahaha

Hahhahhaha ;D