After 1 year and 5 months of long wait we finally got our passports stamped with beautiful maple leave. we have faced trouble at each and every stage of the process but
at the end we won over our luck or i should say the bad luck became good luck at the end.
firstly, i got my AEO approved in 3.5 months whereas it was 1 months max, back in june 2009.
After we got it approved we submitted our documentation to CIO. CIO after 75 days rejected our file because our employer didn't specified the joining date in his job offer
( can u believe that !!! who does that ?
)
well anyways, after getting a new letter from employer we again submitted the docs in feb 2010 to CIO and then full docs to new delhi in april 2010.
at this stage we got status to "In process" after about 2 months but unlike others we didn't receive any medicals or passport request( I knew that .. how can anything go smoothly with me). So after grieving for nearly 2.5 months we sent them an e-mail and guess What? they did sent us the medicals but it was lost in mail
so after all this, finally in oct 2010 i did my medicals here in US and my husband flew in from india to US for 5 days and carried my passport back to india for stamping ( got ripped off here :-[)
Only thing that happen good in the whole process was that we got our passports stamped within 9 days from the day new delhi received it. They kind of compensated here.
well for now our happy days are back again. ;D and we are looking forward for our big move.
Lessons learned -
1. AEO is not easy to get
2. Keep track of your mailing address on CIC's website and also keep checking your mails (when its in process or when you have to get AOR)
3. Dont expect visa in 6-8 months. If you get it then your lucky.
4. Dont stay away from your family like i did thinking that we will get visa in 6-8 months.
all the best.
at the end we won over our luck or i should say the bad luck became good luck at the end.
firstly, i got my AEO approved in 3.5 months whereas it was 1 months max, back in june 2009.
After we got it approved we submitted our documentation to CIO. CIO after 75 days rejected our file because our employer didn't specified the joining date in his job offer
( can u believe that !!! who does that ?
)well anyways, after getting a new letter from employer we again submitted the docs in feb 2010 to CIO and then full docs to new delhi in april 2010.
at this stage we got status to "In process" after about 2 months but unlike others we didn't receive any medicals or passport request( I knew that .. how can anything go smoothly with me). So after grieving for nearly 2.5 months we sent them an e-mail and guess What? they did sent us the medicals but it was lost in mail
so after all this, finally in oct 2010 i did my medicals here in US and my husband flew in from india to US for 5 days and carried my passport back to india for stamping ( got ripped off here :-[)
Only thing that happen good in the whole process was that we got our passports stamped within 9 days from the day new delhi received it. They kind of compensated here.
well for now our happy days are back again. ;D and we are looking forward for our big move.
Lessons learned -
1. AEO is not easy to get
2. Keep track of your mailing address on CIC's website and also keep checking your mails (when its in process or when you have to get AOR)
3. Dont expect visa in 6-8 months. If you get it then your lucky.
4. Dont stay away from your family like i did thinking that we will get visa in 6-8 months.
all the best.
