Hi all, I am sponsoring my wife (Vietnam) and waiting is quite hard - like probably for all of you. I am trying to understand a few things, though:
1) the "review of your eligibility" statement has not changed since the start of our application in Jan this year. I am accepted as sponsor already, the documents seem to be complete (assumption, though, because no request for further documents during the last seven months other than the police certificate - which is normal); she got invited to medical in June and passed (changed to "passed" in less than 48 hrs or so). The question is: why do they invite applicants to the medical, if they are still reviewing the eligibility.
2) "Reviewing the background" is also still stuck where it was from the start. Police certificate submitted in April already - clean, of course. My wife has moved not more than 3 times in her life, lived never abroad, traveled abroad only a few weekend trips in her whole life, has two small kids, changed her job only once in 20 years and works for a company that poses not even by all stretches of imagination a security risk for anyone on the planet. The same is true for all the family members she had to provide information for. The epitome of clean background, all is documented and easily verifiable. So question: What takes them so long to check the background?
Just wondering... perhaps like many of you ;-)
By the way, RE: waiting. Last year, they refused a visitor visa for her because they were not satisfied she would return because of her travel history (or lack hereof?) and job history (or lack hereof?? ... > 5 years in her current position and 20 years work experience) and with plans of leaving one kid behind (what better reason to return??). The visa was refused after filling in tons of paperwork into complicated forms, waiting 90 days and a fee of about $75 (forgot the exact sum). Now, this summer, we went to Europe (Schengen): the paperwork was a child's play, waiting time 10 days, they offered her a coffee at the consulate when she applied and ... the visa was free! Oh Canada, oh Canada...lol
1) the "review of your eligibility" statement has not changed since the start of our application in Jan this year. I am accepted as sponsor already, the documents seem to be complete (assumption, though, because no request for further documents during the last seven months other than the police certificate - which is normal); she got invited to medical in June and passed (changed to "passed" in less than 48 hrs or so). The question is: why do they invite applicants to the medical, if they are still reviewing the eligibility.
2) "Reviewing the background" is also still stuck where it was from the start. Police certificate submitted in April already - clean, of course. My wife has moved not more than 3 times in her life, lived never abroad, traveled abroad only a few weekend trips in her whole life, has two small kids, changed her job only once in 20 years and works for a company that poses not even by all stretches of imagination a security risk for anyone on the planet. The same is true for all the family members she had to provide information for. The epitome of clean background, all is documented and easily verifiable. So question: What takes them so long to check the background?
Just wondering... perhaps like many of you ;-)
By the way, RE: waiting. Last year, they refused a visitor visa for her because they were not satisfied she would return because of her travel history (or lack hereof?) and job history (or lack hereof?? ... > 5 years in her current position and 20 years work experience) and with plans of leaving one kid behind (what better reason to return??). The visa was refused after filling in tons of paperwork into complicated forms, waiting 90 days and a fee of about $75 (forgot the exact sum). Now, this summer, we went to Europe (Schengen): the paperwork was a child's play, waiting time 10 days, they offered her a coffee at the consulate when she applied and ... the visa was free! Oh Canada, oh Canada...lol
