Completed timeline for Canadian PR

[goodgirlmaddie]

Another Happy Ending

April 17, 2009-Married in Santo Domingo

May 19, 2009-Package sent to Mississauga

June 17, 2009-approved as Sponsor

June 29, 2009-changed to IN PROCESS on E-cas

Early December-emailed MP to find out what was going on with my husband's file. MP was told that basically my husband's application for permanent residence hadn't been looked at and was "pending review by and immigration officer".

Jan 12, 2010-Earthquake in Port Au Prince Haiti

Feb 3, 2010-Emailed MP to try and find out what was happening with files at The Embassy in Port Au Prince. MP couldn't really find anything out.

Feb 18, 2010-emailed Embassy in Santo Domingo...they confirmed that they would be setting up an Immigration office there and transferring files to Santo Domingo but did not know exactly when that would be.

April 13, 2010-we both went to Canadian Embassy in Santo Domingo to try and confirm that our file had reached Santo Domingo. Receptionist at Embassy sort of gave us a hard time. Told her we wanted to leave some docs to add to my husband's file. She finally allowed us to speak with someone who confirmed our file was in Santo Domingo and that there had been activity on our file.

April 14, 2010-my husband received a call to come to the Embassy on April 16, 2010 to pick up the forms to re-do his medicals as they had expired.

April 16, 2010-we went to Embassy to pick up forms and were told that when the results of the medical come back in 4-5 weeks my husband will be issued his VISA. Went and re-did his medicals same day.

May 31, 2010-emailed MP to contact Embassy to find out if my husband's medicals had come back.

June 2, 2010-Embassy called my husband to bring in another Police Check and his passport. My husband goes to Embassy...they tell him to come back same day at 3pm to pick up his passport.

3pm June 2, 2010-YIPPPEE....my husband has VISA in hand and will be coming to Canada on June 12, 2010.

Process completed in 11 months from IN PROCESS date and 1 year from sending the package to CPC Mississauga.

Wheewww...what a relief!!!

 

[Sunflower333]

Married - March 4, 2009
Application sent -July 13, 2009
Application received in Mississauga -July 15, 2009
Sponsorship approved - August 18 2009
IN PROCESS - August 31, 2009
Ordered CAIPS notes - December 7, 2009
Received CAIPS Jan.19
Mid- February.. contacted my MP but nothing on our file
April 28/10 - Hubby received a call from Embassy to pick up form and redo medical.
Was told he would have visa in 4 weeks
July 14/10- Hubby got the call to drop off passport & some documents
July 16/10- Received the call to pick up passport.... and we'll find out Monday!!

( 11 weeks after re-doing the medicals)

July 19 /10 Husband received his visa today!!!!!!

 

[Jess1]

Jess1

Married June 19th 2009

Application sent to Mississauga July 10th 2009

Application received by Immigration on July 13th (confirmed by Xpresspost tracking number)

Sponsorship Approved August 13, 2009

IN PROCESS - August 31, 2009

Received CAIPS notes - January 22, 2010

July 26th- After receiving call from Embassy, we went to drop off new police certificate, original marriage, birth cert & redo medicals (they expired beg. July).

August 20th- received call from SD. Visa issued today!

We are thrilled to finally have it in our hands!

 

[Sweetkiwi]

SweetKiwi

Married - January 29, 2009

Applied - July 3, 2009

Application rec'd at CIC-M - July 6, 2009

Sponsorship Approved - August 5, 2009

IN PROCESS - August 27, 2009

Contacted MP's office for B-File No. - November 16, 2009

Received B-File No. - November 24, 2009

Ordered CAIPS notes - December 3, 2009

Received CAIPS notes - January 18th, 2010

June 30, 2010 - Husband received call to re-do medical & police certificate

July 1, 2010 - Husband dropped off police certificate & picked up medical forms at the embassy

July 2, 2010- Medicals re-done

September 16, 2010 - Received call to drop off passport at Embassy

September 16, 2010 - Drop Off Passport & Pick Up Visa

 

[emj_08]

I may be a little off, but this is generally it. Thanks to everyone on here who supported us through this torturous process!

June 2006 - December 2008 - lived with spouse in DR
Sept 2008 - sent application for permanent resident - as COMMON LAW
Oct 2008 - sponsorship approved
April 2009 - spouse has interview with embassy in Santo Domingo
June 2009 - application denied, filed for appeal
May 2010 - chosen for ADR meeting (alternate dispute resolution)
Sept 15, 2010 - ADR hearing successful, visa granted

We still have 2-3 months of final processing, another medical and criminal check, then he will be stepping off the plane in the dead of Canadian winter. He's not here yet, but I consider the process over since the ADR was approved.

 

[Jinimai]

Jini Mai

Married: Feb 2008
Ontario received file: July 8, 2008

IN PROCESS: Oct 8, 2008

Our baby born: Feb 9, 2009

Sent copy of Birth Certificate: June 2009
We have been waiting for over a yr now....looooong process

Received call to redo medical and police report: August 26, 2010

Medical and police report along with passport dropped off at the Embassy:
September 1st, 2010

We are now waiting for my husband to receive a call to pick up his visa and passport.

Received a call today from the Embassy: October 20th, 2010, my husband received his visa today.

After all this time, not too sure how to feel or what to think...ummm no judgement until you've reached this far.

 

[XXKWISIT]

XXKWISIT

Married - May 9, 2009

Application Sent - July 27, 2009

Received in Mississauga - July 28, 2009

Sponsorship Approved - August 26, 2009

IN PROCESS - September 3, 2009

Ordered CAIPS notes Dec.14 2009

Received CAIPS notes Jan 22/10. M19 for medical but no one assigned to case yet.

May 26- I visited my MP's office and was told that our bring forward date is June 12

Aug 13 - I called my MP to find out what the hold up is. Apparently our bring forward date has been pushed back to Nov 29. My MP is baffled as to what is going on and to call him back at the end of the week to find out what the problem is.

Aug 17 - Ordered CAIPS again

Received 2nd Set of CAIPS Notes.
It was noted in the CAIPS notes that I had submitted more proof and an email that I sent with their reply. It also said that letters had been mailed to myself and my husband in April (we never got these) that our case was now in SD.
No other notes have been made on the file

BF'd November 27, 2010

Oct 6-Went to embassy to redo medical and police certificate. My hubby was told he would get a call in 3-4 weeks to pick up his visa! Yeah!

Oct 26-Embassy called my husband to drop off passport

Oct 27-Dropped off Passport at 9am and picked up passport with visa at 3pm. I am going to get my hubby Nov 14 and we are flying home together! November 18th.

Thanks to everyone for all your help and support!

 

[Kaelin]

Married In San Pedro - May 22, 2009

Mississauga received application - June 29, 2009

Approved as sponsor - July 29, 2009

IN PROCESS - August 10, 2009

April 10 - Received letter stating that the file has been moved to SD and will be processed here in priority sequence.

April 25 - Ordered CAIPS notes

April 29 - Wife received a call to bring in copy of birth certificate and a new police record. She was told that they were working on her file so she wouln't have to redo the medicals as they expire in June.

September 16 - received call to redo medicals and police check
September 21 - medicals done
November 8 - Call received to bring passport
November 9 - Visa issued

 

[sangria]

Picante

PICANTE

Married: July 10, 2008

Papers sent to Mississauga: April 29, 2009

Returned your application with a letter: May 27, 2009

Resent application: November 25, 2009

Approved as sponsor: December 4, 2009

Application sent to Haiti: December 4, 2009

March 2010 found out application was lost in December 2009. Resent the photocopied package.

IN PROCESS - April 2010

October 27th, He got a call to write down some information. He didn't have a pen so they said they would call back.

November 2nd They called back and asked him to pay the right to permanent residence fee. Paid that on the 4th.

Got a call on November 8th telling him to come to SD with his passport.

November 9th, Got the permanent residence!!! FINALLY

November 12th, He leaves to join us!

 

[Gr?goria]

Gregoria

Married - January 12, 2009

Application sent to mississauga - May 22, 2009

Received - May 26, 2009

Approved as sponsor - June 22, 2009

IN PROCESS - July 7, 2009

Quebec Selection Certificate issued: October 22th, 2009

Ordered CAIPS notes - March 09, 2010

March 31 - received B-File number
Received CAIPS notes - May 10, 2010

May 11 - I received and e-mail from my MP, advising that our file was now in Santo Domingo. They are suppose to restart working on it on May 15. My MP advised me to contact him in 2 months if I don't have news by then.

July 15 - Called my MP again like he ask me.... the immigration told him that there was no problem with the application, that it was following the normal process. They also told him to contact them again in september if no news.

September 13 - My husband received a call to come to the Embassy to pick up the forms to re-do his medicals and his police paper.

September 15 - medical re-done for him and her daughter

September 21 - dropped the new police report at SD

September 22 - We change how minds and decided that her daughter would come now. So I send all the necessary documents to Mississauga

October 12 - I reveived a positive answer from Mississauga. It was a lot faster !!!

October 13 - I send to Montreal the request for CSQ

November 22 - SD call my husband to go pick both visas )))

Process completed in 16 months from IN PROCESS date and 18 from sending the package to CPC Mississauga.

Go get them in Montreal Sunday, November 28

 

[AmyH]

Married - January 15, 2010
Application sent to Mississauga - February 19, 2010
Application received - March 1, 2010
Received letter missing form - March 26, 2010
Sent form to Mississauga - April 1, 2010
Mississauga Received form - April 6, 2010
Sponsorship Approved - April 15, 2010
In process May 28, 2010
Visa Received - Dec 1, 2010
In Canada Dec 3, 2010

 

[summertime101]

SUMMERTIME101

Married: March 1/10

Sent app: April 12/10

CPC-M Received: April 13/10

Sponsorship Approved: May 17, 2010

In Process: July 29/2010

Received call to come to SD with Passport: Dec 3/10

received Canadian Visa Dec. 6/2010

Arriving in Canada Jan. 8/2011

 

[Cantaloulou]

Cantaloulou

Lived together common-law: July 2008 until January 2010

Application Sent to Mississauga: February 12, 2010

Application Received in Missaussaga: February 15, 2010

Approved as sponsor - April 20, 2010

MICC in Quebec received selection certificate - April 28, 2010

In Process : May 4, 2010

Received B-file number: May 17, 2010

Quebec Selection Certificate received: May 20, 2010

June 2010-Been in touch with my local MP's assistant who has been great, she found out that a medical result was missing. We inquired into this more and finally 3 weeks after, all medicals were in. I was asked for a copy of the CSQ which I provided and now MP's assistant was told: all is in order, GF date september 22. MP's assistant was also told things are running much more smoothly in SD.

It's official, the embassy does work during the holiday season. The proof, we got the call to drop off passport and pickup the visa on December 29th.
December 30, 2010: passport with visa in our hands
January 12, 2011: we will BOTH land in Montreal together as I was here we he got the call.

Time since in process: a few days shy of 8 months and we applied common-law!!!

 

[Lucy_76]

Lucy_76

Married March 5th 2009

Application Received Jan. 21st, 2010

Approved as Sponsor Feb. 23rd, 2010

Had our son March 3, 2010

In Process March 19th, 2010

Sent e-mail to SD advising sons birth April 5th, 2010

Rec'd request for sons birth certificate April 29th, 2010

Sent BC via fax May 3rd, 2010

Applied for Caips Sept. 13th, 2010

Oct. 29th - Rec'd Caips notes and they were empty aside from adding a note that they received our sons birth certificate.

Nov. 25th - I received a call from the Embassy in Santo Domingo asking if my husband and step-daughter could travel before meds expire on Dec. 16th. If so to go pick up Visas on Monday, if not let them know and will have to re-do meds. (We are re-doing the meds allowing the daughter to finish the school year and already have a valid visa once she is ready to come but husband will be coming once Visa is issued.)

Dec. 13th, 2010 - Meds re-done

Dec. 30th, 2010 - Call to p/u Visas

Jan. 4th, 2011 - Visas received

 

[sangria]

Raquel

Married Dec 14 2009
have a one year old child.

Sent the papers Jan 12 2010

Approved as a sponsor April 5 2010

MP called there twice

Capis notes sept. not helpful

Call for redo meds in like dec 12 or so

Call for Pick up visa Dec 29

So almost one year minus like 14 days

Husband plans to come March 1, thank you for the help dr1 people and I wish you luck and happiness in your futures.

 

[sangria]

REDHEADKATIE

married March 18, 2010

sent documents to Mississauga April 15, 2010

approved as a sponsor on May 26.<!-- / message -->

IN PROCESS - July 19

We got the call from the embassy on Dec 28, and got the visa on Dec 29. He's coming to Canada Jan 20.

 

[khomac]

khomac

Married: October 22, 2009

Mississauga: March 9, 2010

Approved as Sponsor: April 9, 2010

IN PROCESS: April 19th, 2010

January 31st - Call to pick up forms to redo the medicals.

VISA Approved: February 10th

Canada March 5th

 

[Cyren]

CYREN

Married: November 4th 2009

Papers received in Mississauga: February 18th 2010

Approved as sponser: April 30th 2010

SD received file: May 4th 2010

CSQ received: June 4th

In process: June 4th

Received Caips empty in september with BF date October 26th.

Received Caips once again empty second week of December with BF date on November 21th... ( I sent the second one 2 weeks after my BF date of October, hoping they would have worked on something...)

Hubby went to the embassy January 5th 2011 to give new proofs (our travel to Cuba) and his new medical, which we did before they asked... Trying now to make things moving faster because I just cant go back there anymore without winning a magic jack pot

February 2th: Ambassy called to pick up forms to redo the medicals of the kids. (they expire just february 9th... ??) and the police check for my husband. So there it goes, the end is soon!

Visa : February 22th

Coming to Canada : February 23th

 

[Jasmine-02]

Jasmine-02

our wedding - 01/14/10

Sent doc's to Miss. -05/27/10

received by cic - 05/29/10

Approved for sponsorship- 06/25/10

In process - July 1st 2010

contacted MP on January 12, 2011 requesting case updates. MP was advised that file is queue for initial review this month, However everything seemed in order. Hoping to have my husband here before summer..

March 3, 2011 received a call from our lawyer with instruction to drop off passport to have visa stamped also to purchase flight as my husbands medicals expire on march 18th and he must be in Canada for then... purchased ticket or March 11, 2011. I would like to thank you all for great feedback and also wish you all the best in this hard process, Am happy to be ready to be moved in to the completed section... love to all

 

[cherryl]

Cherryl

Married - October 1

Application received Mississauga December 31, 2009

Approved for sponsor January 21, 2010

Application received Santo Domingo March 2, 2010

In process March 22, 2010

Called for interview February 15, 2011

Feb 15 - Request for Police & Medical Redo's

Medical and police checks finished. Went to embassy March 10.. morning.. told to leave passport with them and come back at 3 p.m. Visa issued husband finally coming home life is sweet!!