Hi all,
I have a question. I just went to the embassy in SD and I was able to speak with the immigration officer who will be evaluating our case on Monday. I guess they don't do any of that on Fridays. I also found out after going all over SD that Haitians do not require payment of any visa fees at this time. Well, the immigration officer, who for some odd reason didn't know English himself too well, kept telling me over and over again that our application was still in process and that PAP had requested our original marriage certificate on December 8th, 2009. Which of course, I never got any request for any documents and he just kept repeating that. I then had to explain to the guy several times that I came from Canada to apply for an emergency visa for my husband to evacuate Haiti. He then repeated the fact that our application is still in process and that if they deem our relationship to be "not genuine" he has to consider that my husband will pretty much be running around Canada freely. Well, first of all, considering this man either A. Barely knows English or B. Doesn't know about the special measures in place for Haitians, I wonder how the other Haitians have been evacuated from Haiti? The other woman who had gone to the media, was in the paper and on CTV again as she now has her husband in Canada with her. She only applied in December for her husband, and he's already there!!!???? I don't get why that man kept telling me that our application is still in process and he doesn't know if it will be approved or denied, when someone who had just BEGUN the process now has her Haitian husband sitting with her in Canada. When I asked him if I should go to Haiti to apply for him instead, he told me the same thing, that my application is still in process. When I mentioned that immigration Canada had told me about these special measures, he stated, "yes, I know about the measures, but I can't guarantee that we will approve you because of the fact that your application was not approved yet for permanent residency. I asked him if I should bring the marriage certificate copy we have and all the phone bills and phone cards to give to him, and he said at first that he doesn't need them because he is not looking at our permanent residency, he then said that he will take them and give them back to me. I have a flight to catch on Tuesday and therefore will be leaving SD to go to Puerto Plata on Monday night and he also told me that when I drop my application off at the front desk that I should tell the woman that I talked to an immigration officer and to put my application in front, but also to be waiting there one hour ahead of time. So, it seems he will be processing my application.
My question's for anyone who has been through this process are:
1. Should I provide them with my newspaper article when I went to the media and my facebook group page that I started for my husband to get out of Haiti? I was told by my MP's office that that may seem pushy, but I think I probably already did seem pushy to him at this point.
2. Should I provide them with the article of the girl who just got married and has her husband sitting with her?
3. Should I mention my husband's injury he received during the earthquake on his foot, which is infected?
4. Any other things that anyone can think of that I can provide them with so that they may have a heart and let my husband come so he can actually be off the streets?
*** My husband is just so calm about this... he actually stated to me, at least I got to sleep in a bed for a little while and see my wife. This just breaks my heart. So any advice that anyone can give me would be great. Thanks.
I have a question. I just went to the embassy in SD and I was able to speak with the immigration officer who will be evaluating our case on Monday. I guess they don't do any of that on Fridays. I also found out after going all over SD that Haitians do not require payment of any visa fees at this time. Well, the immigration officer, who for some odd reason didn't know English himself too well, kept telling me over and over again that our application was still in process and that PAP had requested our original marriage certificate on December 8th, 2009. Which of course, I never got any request for any documents and he just kept repeating that. I then had to explain to the guy several times that I came from Canada to apply for an emergency visa for my husband to evacuate Haiti. He then repeated the fact that our application is still in process and that if they deem our relationship to be "not genuine" he has to consider that my husband will pretty much be running around Canada freely. Well, first of all, considering this man either A. Barely knows English or B. Doesn't know about the special measures in place for Haitians, I wonder how the other Haitians have been evacuated from Haiti? The other woman who had gone to the media, was in the paper and on CTV again as she now has her husband in Canada with her. She only applied in December for her husband, and he's already there!!!???? I don't get why that man kept telling me that our application is still in process and he doesn't know if it will be approved or denied, when someone who had just BEGUN the process now has her Haitian husband sitting with her in Canada. When I asked him if I should go to Haiti to apply for him instead, he told me the same thing, that my application is still in process. When I mentioned that immigration Canada had told me about these special measures, he stated, "yes, I know about the measures, but I can't guarantee that we will approve you because of the fact that your application was not approved yet for permanent residency. I asked him if I should bring the marriage certificate copy we have and all the phone bills and phone cards to give to him, and he said at first that he doesn't need them because he is not looking at our permanent residency, he then said that he will take them and give them back to me. I have a flight to catch on Tuesday and therefore will be leaving SD to go to Puerto Plata on Monday night and he also told me that when I drop my application off at the front desk that I should tell the woman that I talked to an immigration officer and to put my application in front, but also to be waiting there one hour ahead of time. So, it seems he will be processing my application.
My question's for anyone who has been through this process are:
1. Should I provide them with my newspaper article when I went to the media and my facebook group page that I started for my husband to get out of Haiti? I was told by my MP's office that that may seem pushy, but I think I probably already did seem pushy to him at this point.
2. Should I provide them with the article of the girl who just got married and has her husband sitting with her?
3. Should I mention my husband's injury he received during the earthquake on his foot, which is infected?
4. Any other things that anyone can think of that I can provide them with so that they may have a heart and let my husband come so he can actually be off the streets?
*** My husband is just so calm about this... he actually stated to me, at least I got to sleep in a bed for a little while and see my wife. This just breaks my heart. So any advice that anyone can give me would be great. Thanks.
