We Got it!!!

[theatan]

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.

Hi Simon, Congratulations to you! I just want to ask you to share some of your experiences with me. I am planning to apply for PR under FSW. I am currently living in Saudi Arabia but with a Filipino nationality. In case of submitting my docs to a visa office, where am I going to submit it? In London? where it is assigned to the country Saudi Arabia (where I am currently residing)? or in the philippines, where I am a "nationality" of? I also want to ask the "show money" amount you have presented to them, do they requires Minimum bank account statement? Re: The IELTS, is it the general training or teh academic? And also I just want to ask the meaning of AOR and AEO?
thanks a lot for giving time to answer all of my questions. TY very much.

 

[Simon123]

sent them an e-mail then they called and verified that we didnt got any medical papers

two days later they re-issued it

Simon

What did you do when your Postal Mail of Medical papers got lost?

 

[Simon123]

general training will do.

AEO - Approved employment opinion

AOR - acknowledgment doc

Hi Simon, Congratulations to you! I just want to ask you to share some of your experiences with me. I am planning to apply for PR under FSW. I am currently living in Saudi Arabia but with a Filipino nationality. In case of submitting my docs to a visa office, where am I going to submit it? In London? where it is assigned to the country Saudi Arabia (where I am currently residing)? or in the philippines, where I am a "nationality" of? I also want to ask the "show money" amount you have presented to them, do they requires Minimum bank account statement? Re: The IELTS, is it the general training or teh academic? And also I just want to ask the meaning of AOR and AEO?
thanks a lot for giving time to answer all of my questions. TY very much.

 

[Simon123]

doesn't matter .. it was just us and that VO who decided to learn my joining date and wasted our 3 months.

your answer is good enough.

cong simon123

i am also in the same boat my employer did not writ joing date but visa office did not ask me to rit plan of comming i told after getting visa one month time to leav wht u think rit or rong
saleem

 

[Simon123]

I hope we all get a sign of relief soon

all the best

Congrats Simon
Since the last few days you are the only lucky got stamped (at least raised hand in this forum)
Reading all through your journey it seems we are having some similar experience and endurance........may be with a different magnitude...
Thanks for your well perceived suggestions!!
All the very best for your new life ahead

 

[lakhvinder.kaur]

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.

Congratulations simon !!

wish you a wonderful life ahead.

 

[bennyameh]

Congrats!!!

 

[ahmadtajwer]

Congrats Simon and best of luck for ur future in Canada.

 

[canada0801]

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.

Very inspiring , great that you posted it.

Much can be achieved in life with persistence, due diligence and determination. Never give up, no matter what.

Wish you the best !

 

[barsindoo]

Congrats dear.