For those currently awaiting a Permanent Residence visa for your spouse or loved one...hopefully this thread will be of help on those days when you feel that the day will never come for your loved one to get their visa to come to Canada.
Please copy & paste the current information into a new post & add or edit your information to the list. This way the last post will be the most current & up to date information.
If anyone needs help, please send me a PM and I would happy to update it for you.
Sangria
UNCOMPLETED TIMELINES
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Sangria
March 8, 2008 - Married
July 11, 2008 - Application Sent
August 7, 2008 - Sponsorship Approved
November 11, 2008 - Status Update - In Process
November 25, 2008 - Daughter Born
March 23, 2009 - Phone call requesting Passport, Original Birth Cert and Marriage Cert to be couriered to Haiti
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MBG
Married - April 09, 2007
Application Sent - March 24, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - April-18-08
IN PROCESS - June 17th 08
Received letter requesting extra documents (more pictures,... dated August 7, 2008)
Embassy received the requested documents on September 29, 2008
Did the medical again (was expired) on Dec 29, 2008
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Laurar
Married - May 12, 2008
Sponsorship Sent - July 3, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - July 31, 2008
In Process - November 10, 2008
Letter sent requesting more documents ie: proof of realtionship since our wedding, orginal marriage certificate, phone bills, etc. - January 22, 2009
Phonecall requesting passport - February 11, 2009
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Princesa Pineda
Oct 25, 2007-Married
Jan 22, 2008-papers sent to Mississauga
Feb 11, 2008-approved as a sponsor
April 8, 2008-application in processing
May 8, 2008-recieved letter asking for orginal marriage and birth certificate(letter date back to April 22, 2008)
May 22, 2008-hubby sent in requested docs by mail
July 27, 2008-emailed Haiti through the CIC website asking if docs had been recieved
July 28, 2008-Haiti replied to email stating docs recieved and would contact us shortly for futher action
Dec 2, 2008-put in a call to MP's office asking for an update
Dec 8, 2008-recieved a letter asking for my hubby to redo his police check and sign a declaration that he has no children(letter dated back to Nov 24, 2008)
Dec 12, 2008-recieve an update from my MP stating that our case would be reassess on or around Feb 22, 2009 and then hopefully a desicion would be made
Jan 7, 2009-hubby took papers in directly to Santo Dominigo
Feb 11, 2009-took it upon myself to sent more "proof" of relationship to Haiti
Feb 13, 2009-package recieved in Haiti
Mar 2, 2009-hubby recieved a letter stating he needs to have an interview as the next step in processing our case(letter dated to Feb 18, 2009)
Mar 4, 2009-we e-mailed Haiti to set up an interview date.
Mar 13, 2009-we received an email from Haiti stating the interview would be booked within 2 weeks
Mar 25, 2009-we received an email from Haiti stating my hubby will have his interview on April 23rd @ 11am and to bring his passport
April 23, 2009-my husband went for his interview and he got APPROVED!!! he was notified at the interview that he needs to redo his medicals so now we are waiting for Haiti to mail him the forms to redo the medicals and then he can take in the medicals slip and his passport to Santo Domingo.
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Dominican_Daisy
**Please note this is our second time around~ This timeline is based on the second time**
Married - January 25/06
Application re-sent May 28/08
Sponsorship approved - June 28/08
Status Update- In Process - October 28/08
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Ellie2008
Application Approved-August 5 2008
Status Update -In progress- November 12th 2008
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Boogirl
Married - May 13, 2008
Sponsorship Sent - August 13, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - Sept 11, 2008
In Process - November 21, 2008
~email March 30/09 asking hubby to come to Santo Domingo for interview April 30/09~
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bjnissa
- Married February 16,2008
- Sent our completed application in to Mississauga May 12th, 2008
- Approved as a sponsor and sent to the overseas office for processing June 17th, 2008
- Haiti started processing our application on October 23rd,2008
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CAREDBL84
I just came back from Dominican... where I was visiting my wife... is going to be 1 year since we started our case.... well here it goes:
Dec 29, 2007-Married
Jan 18, 2008-papers sent to Mississauga
Feb 12, 2008-approved as a sponsor
April 8, 2008-application in processing
May 8, 2008-received letter asking for additiona documents (letter dated back to April 22, 2008) the additional documents were:
- More proofs of relationship, in particular of comunication, since the beginning of the relationship (phone bills, letters, emails, cards, receipts of money send, property/vehicle/insurance/bank account in common, trips together, receipts of money send, photos together, etc).
- Copies of sponsor?s passport page showing all entry and exits stamps since 2001.
- Copy of your ?certificat de selection du quebec?
- Original marriage certificate (?extracto de acta de matrimonio?)
- Original birth certificate (?extracto de acta de nacimiento?)
May 14, 2008-my wife sent in all the requested docs via UPS exept for the property in common 'cause we dont own any vehicles or houses./...
May 15, 2008-Port au prince CAnadian embassy received all the documents sent by my wife
June 15, 2008-emailed Haiti through the CIC website asking if docs had been recieved (no answer to date)
August 15, 2008-put in a call to MP's office asking for an update (a couple of days later they got back to me telling be that the application was still within the normal proc. time and we have to wait for them to continue the process. they also said that port au prince said they got all the documents my wife sent on June 19th when they received them on May 15th and a guy named Thomas signed for them)
Dec 7, 2008-recieved an update from my MP stating that we recently requested information about our case and we would have to wait until January to send an email again
Jan 11, 2009 called mp office and they have to get back to me to request for an update because the person in charge wasnt in
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DASH AME
DEC 21, 2007- MARRIED
MARCH 12, 2008- APPLICATION SENT TO CPC-MISS
APRIL 4, 2008- APPROVED AS SPONSOR
APRIL 24, 2008- IN PROCESS IN PORT AU PRINCE
AUGUST 4, 2008- LETTER RECEIVED REQUESTING ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND MARRIAGE LICENSE.
AUGUST 14,2008- SENT IN REQUESTED DOCUMENTS
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todiscover
married Aug 29,2008
sent in forms Sep 27, 2008
Approved Oct 31, 2008
Status to in process in Haiti Dec 1, 2008
no updates since then.
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elizaj
jan 12-application mailed to Mississauga
Feb 4- approved to sponsor
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viajar
Married: June 28, 2008
Sent papers to Mississauga: July 24, 2008
Approved as a sponsor: August 27, 2008
Papers received in Haiti: September 2, 2008
Processing in Haiti: November 17. 2008
Recieved "no de dossier" December 2008. -- b file number
Baby Born February 3rd, 2009.
Received mail request for Complementary Medical Exam Feb 28th dated. Feb 2nd.
Received mail request for Secondary documents of identity of birth, Feb 28th, dated January 29th.
Late receipt due to being the DR for the birth of our baby.
Completed Complementary Medical Exam- March 3rd.
Sent Secondary documents, March 20th.
Applied for citizenship card for son March 17th.
Request for copy of passport application for son and for wife's passport. April 7, 2009.
Submitted passport application for son. April 20th, 2009.
Submitted passport April 27th, 2009.
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jojocdn
Married: March 18,2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: February 10, 2009
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: March 2, 2009
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emj_08
Lived together in DR for 1 yr 9 months (2006-07)
Came back to Canada, Applied as common-law
Application sent to Mississaugua: Sept 5/08
(missed a signature, papers went back and forth in between)
Sponsorship approved: Oct 22/08
Permanent Resident application started processing: Nov 28/08
Received e-mail about interview in Sto Dgo: March 31/09
(interview was scheduled for April 30/09)
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Coco55
Married: April 28,2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: May 9, 2008
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: June 10, 2008
Processing in haiti: October 24, 2008
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Missrnb
Married: january 30, 2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: May 22, 2008
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: June 19, 2008
Processing in haiti: October 17, 2008
Interniew : april 30, 2009
Please copy & paste the current information into a new post & add or edit your information to the list. This way the last post will be the most current & up to date information.
If anyone needs help, please send me a PM and I would happy to update it for you.
Sangria
UNCOMPLETED TIMELINES
_______________________________________
Sangria
March 8, 2008 - Married
July 11, 2008 - Application Sent
August 7, 2008 - Sponsorship Approved
November 11, 2008 - Status Update - In Process
November 25, 2008 - Daughter Born
March 23, 2009 - Phone call requesting Passport, Original Birth Cert and Marriage Cert to be couriered to Haiti
_______________________________________
MBG
Married - April 09, 2007
Application Sent - March 24, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - April-18-08
IN PROCESS - June 17th 08
Received letter requesting extra documents (more pictures,... dated August 7, 2008)
Embassy received the requested documents on September 29, 2008
Did the medical again (was expired) on Dec 29, 2008
_______________________________________
Laurar
Married - May 12, 2008
Sponsorship Sent - July 3, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - July 31, 2008
In Process - November 10, 2008
Letter sent requesting more documents ie: proof of realtionship since our wedding, orginal marriage certificate, phone bills, etc. - January 22, 2009
Phonecall requesting passport - February 11, 2009
_______________________________________
Princesa Pineda
Oct 25, 2007-Married
Jan 22, 2008-papers sent to Mississauga
Feb 11, 2008-approved as a sponsor
April 8, 2008-application in processing
May 8, 2008-recieved letter asking for orginal marriage and birth certificate(letter date back to April 22, 2008)
May 22, 2008-hubby sent in requested docs by mail
July 27, 2008-emailed Haiti through the CIC website asking if docs had been recieved
July 28, 2008-Haiti replied to email stating docs recieved and would contact us shortly for futher action
Dec 2, 2008-put in a call to MP's office asking for an update
Dec 8, 2008-recieved a letter asking for my hubby to redo his police check and sign a declaration that he has no children(letter dated back to Nov 24, 2008)
Dec 12, 2008-recieve an update from my MP stating that our case would be reassess on or around Feb 22, 2009 and then hopefully a desicion would be made
Jan 7, 2009-hubby took papers in directly to Santo Dominigo
Feb 11, 2009-took it upon myself to sent more "proof" of relationship to Haiti
Feb 13, 2009-package recieved in Haiti
Mar 2, 2009-hubby recieved a letter stating he needs to have an interview as the next step in processing our case(letter dated to Feb 18, 2009)
Mar 4, 2009-we e-mailed Haiti to set up an interview date.
Mar 13, 2009-we received an email from Haiti stating the interview would be booked within 2 weeks
Mar 25, 2009-we received an email from Haiti stating my hubby will have his interview on April 23rd @ 11am and to bring his passport
April 23, 2009-my husband went for his interview and he got APPROVED!!! he was notified at the interview that he needs to redo his medicals so now we are waiting for Haiti to mail him the forms to redo the medicals and then he can take in the medicals slip and his passport to Santo Domingo.
___________________________________
Dominican_Daisy
**Please note this is our second time around~ This timeline is based on the second time**
Married - January 25/06
Application re-sent May 28/08
Sponsorship approved - June 28/08
Status Update- In Process - October 28/08
____________________________________________
Ellie2008
Application Approved-August 5 2008
Status Update -In progress- November 12th 2008
____________________________________________
Boogirl
Married - May 13, 2008
Sponsorship Sent - August 13, 2008
Sponsorship Approved - Sept 11, 2008
In Process - November 21, 2008
~email March 30/09 asking hubby to come to Santo Domingo for interview April 30/09~
____________________________________________
bjnissa
- Married February 16,2008
- Sent our completed application in to Mississauga May 12th, 2008
- Approved as a sponsor and sent to the overseas office for processing June 17th, 2008
- Haiti started processing our application on October 23rd,2008
____________________________________________
CAREDBL84
I just came back from Dominican... where I was visiting my wife... is going to be 1 year since we started our case.... well here it goes:
Dec 29, 2007-Married
Jan 18, 2008-papers sent to Mississauga
Feb 12, 2008-approved as a sponsor
April 8, 2008-application in processing
May 8, 2008-received letter asking for additiona documents (letter dated back to April 22, 2008) the additional documents were:
- More proofs of relationship, in particular of comunication, since the beginning of the relationship (phone bills, letters, emails, cards, receipts of money send, property/vehicle/insurance/bank account in common, trips together, receipts of money send, photos together, etc).
- Copies of sponsor?s passport page showing all entry and exits stamps since 2001.
- Copy of your ?certificat de selection du quebec?
- Original marriage certificate (?extracto de acta de matrimonio?)
- Original birth certificate (?extracto de acta de nacimiento?)
May 14, 2008-my wife sent in all the requested docs via UPS exept for the property in common 'cause we dont own any vehicles or houses./...
May 15, 2008-Port au prince CAnadian embassy received all the documents sent by my wife
June 15, 2008-emailed Haiti through the CIC website asking if docs had been recieved (no answer to date)
August 15, 2008-put in a call to MP's office asking for an update (a couple of days later they got back to me telling be that the application was still within the normal proc. time and we have to wait for them to continue the process. they also said that port au prince said they got all the documents my wife sent on June 19th when they received them on May 15th and a guy named Thomas signed for them)
Dec 7, 2008-recieved an update from my MP stating that we recently requested information about our case and we would have to wait until January to send an email again
Jan 11, 2009 called mp office and they have to get back to me to request for an update because the person in charge wasnt in
___________________________________________
DASH AME
DEC 21, 2007- MARRIED
MARCH 12, 2008- APPLICATION SENT TO CPC-MISS
APRIL 4, 2008- APPROVED AS SPONSOR
APRIL 24, 2008- IN PROCESS IN PORT AU PRINCE
AUGUST 4, 2008- LETTER RECEIVED REQUESTING ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND MARRIAGE LICENSE.
AUGUST 14,2008- SENT IN REQUESTED DOCUMENTS
____________________________________________
todiscover
married Aug 29,2008
sent in forms Sep 27, 2008
Approved Oct 31, 2008
Status to in process in Haiti Dec 1, 2008
no updates since then.
____________________________________________
elizaj
jan 12-application mailed to Mississauga
Feb 4- approved to sponsor
____________________________________________
viajar
Married: June 28, 2008
Sent papers to Mississauga: July 24, 2008
Approved as a sponsor: August 27, 2008
Papers received in Haiti: September 2, 2008
Processing in Haiti: November 17. 2008
Recieved "no de dossier" December 2008. -- b file number
Baby Born February 3rd, 2009.
Received mail request for Complementary Medical Exam Feb 28th dated. Feb 2nd.
Received mail request for Secondary documents of identity of birth, Feb 28th, dated January 29th.
Late receipt due to being the DR for the birth of our baby.
Completed Complementary Medical Exam- March 3rd.
Sent Secondary documents, March 20th.
Applied for citizenship card for son March 17th.
Request for copy of passport application for son and for wife's passport. April 7, 2009.
Submitted passport application for son. April 20th, 2009.
Submitted passport April 27th, 2009.
_____________________________________
jojocdn
Married: March 18,2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: February 10, 2009
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: March 2, 2009
_____________________________________
emj_08
Lived together in DR for 1 yr 9 months (2006-07)
Came back to Canada, Applied as common-law
Application sent to Mississaugua: Sept 5/08
(missed a signature, papers went back and forth in between)
Sponsorship approved: Oct 22/08
Permanent Resident application started processing: Nov 28/08
Received e-mail about interview in Sto Dgo: March 31/09
(interview was scheduled for April 30/09)
__________________________________________________ ______________________
Coco55
Married: April 28,2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: May 9, 2008
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: June 10, 2008
Processing in haiti: October 24, 2008
__________________________________________________ _________-
Missrnb
Married: january 30, 2008
Application Sent to Mississauga: May 22, 2008
Approved as Sponsor and papers sent to Haiti: June 19, 2008
Processing in haiti: October 17, 2008
Interniew : april 30, 2009