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tidemann1st
New Member
Canada
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 Posted - September 22 2007 : 20:04:43
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The inland application process is finally over:) I'm very happy and relieved.
I applied to Vegreville AB (inland Family Class Sponsorship, Common-law partner/spouse)
My timeline;
1. Applied for PR July 15th 2006
2. Application received CIC July 20th 2006
3: Application in process October 25th 2006
4. ecase updated April 16th; Medical received. First stage aproval sent on April 16th 2007.
5. April 20th 2007 Received 1st stage aprooval and Workpermit. (Address- and work history for the last 10 years were requested for completion of PR application)
-Information sent on April 24th
6. We received the requested information on June 5, 2007. Thank you for providing the information.
7. We sent you a letter on August 14, 2007 to (my address) about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
8. Interview scheduled for September 19th 2007
9. You entered Canada at the Edmonton CIC office on September 19, 2007 and became a Permanent Resident. |
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misguith
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 20:10:37
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| Congratulation! Wow, just a little over a year of process! What type was it? Independent/Skilled Worker? It seems inland application is faster than outside. Did you apply in Edmonton and then submitted to Buffalo, NY? |
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tidemann1st
New Member
Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 20:17:17
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Hello, and thanks:)
Not too bad of a wait actually, the worst part was the wait for a workpermit (june 15th 06 to April 20th 07).
I applied under family class sponsorship (My fiancee is sponsoring me). We applied to Vegerville in Alberta (from alberta).
As soon as the PR card comes in the mail (4-6 weeks) I could go home on vacation (haven't seen my family since july last year), but I just got a new job, so I don't know if time will allow me to travel:( But at least I can take off whenever I have the chance:D Very happy, and I don't feel like a criminal anymore:S lol |
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misguith
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 20:41:44
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| No wonder it's fast. Yours was sponsorship. Others are even faster if it's spouse being sponsored. I guess other types like independent class takes longer. |
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tidemann1st
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Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 21:19:59
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| Ya, I'm not sure how the timelines are for the others. But I don't think it makes any difference if you're common-law partner or spouse. It's the same application! As long as you've been "camping" together for over a year u qualify for this class. |
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Poisson
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Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 21:44:00
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| 14 months. Quite long compared to out-land applications under the same catergory. The out-land would usually take 10 months if everything is done right. |
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tidemann1st
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Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 21:50:00
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| That all depends on where you live(!), and what office you'll have to apply to. In my case it would have been London, and I see the time there right now is actually 8 months (in more than 80% of the cases). I believe it was 11 months last summer. But we applied from here, after my fiancee got in to school here:) So a few months extra didn't really matter to us. Cause we got to see eachother every day. And the only critical wait for me was the 9 months I waited for my WP. Since April I haven't really worried too much about it:) |
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Poisson
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Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 21:57:10
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Oh I forgot to add...congrats!
Hope I didn't sound negative. :)
Well my in-land would be in Montreal, which I heard is one of the slowests in the country. So I decided to do it in Buffalo. I want to get my PR in a year before I could do an exchange program at my school without losing the international student exemption (I'm taking French courses in Quebec, so I pay the same as Quebec residents). Once a PR...I wouldn't have to worry about losing that exemption since I'd be a real Quebec resident. ^^ |
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tidemann1st
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Canada
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Posted - September 22 2007 : 22:29:44
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lol, not at all:)
Are you doing the same as me? (common-law/spouse sponsoring)
It looks like Buffalo is 12 months. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp I couldn't find the timeline for Montreal... where did u find it?
Vegreville has actually dropped to 6-7 months (thats for AIP and a WP though). On the inland the process is done in several steps. First is AIP and WP, after that they do a background check; this might take everything from a few weeks to a few months (in my case 5months). |
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lomaud
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Canada
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Posted - September 23 2007 : 00:50:05
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quote:
Originally posted by tidemann1st
The inland application process is finally over:) I'm very happy and relieved.
I applied to Vegreville AB (inland Family Class Sponsorship, Common-law partner/spouse)
My timeline;
1. Applied for PR July 15th 2006
2. Application received CIC July 20th 2006
3: Application in process October 25th 2006
4. ecase updated April 16th; Medical received. First stage aproval sent on April 16th 2007.
5. April 20th 2007 Received 1st stage aprooval and Workpermit. (Address- and work history for the last 10 years were requested for completion of PR application)
-Information sent on April 24th
6. We received the requested information on June 5, 2007. Thank you for providing the information.
7. We sent you a letter on August 14, 2007 to (my address) about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
8. Interview scheduled for September 19th 2007
9. You entered Canada at the Edmonton CIC office on September 19, 2007 and became a Permanent Resident.
congratulations tidemann1st!!! it must be a relieve to know that its over with immigration. I am still waiting for my AIP and OWP, expecting in the a few weeks.
now that you are settled, dont be a stranger to the forum. drop by once in a while to encourage us.  |
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Poisson
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Posted - September 23 2007 : 01:00:37
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quote:
Originally posted by tidemann1st
lol, not at all:)
Are you doing the same as me? (common-law/spouse sponsoring)
It looks like Buffalo is 12 months. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp I couldn't find the timeline for Montreal... where did u find it?
Vegreville has actually dropped to 6-7 months (thats for AIP and a WP though). On the inland the process is done in several steps. First is AIP and WP, after that they do a background check; this might take everything from a few weeks to a few months (in my case 5months).
Yes I am. I'm married to a Canadian.
First my application goes to Mississauga where the average time is 45 days for the AIP. Then it get sent to Buffalo (I'm an American citizen) where it could take an average of 10 months. So yeah, a year about because I need to get the CSQ from Quebec which takes like a month or so after AIP approval and before processing for PR.
About Montreal thing...I heard it in the forum somewhere last week. If I do in-land, I send my application to Vegreville and in 6-7 months, I get my AIP, then another month it takes to get the CSQ, and then Vegreville send my file to Montreal...my current address. It's a pain to do in-land for me and I'm not a patient person. :) |
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oppositeset
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Canada
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Posted - September 27 2007 : 02:06:59
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tidemann congrats !!!
my wife has sponsored me in-land we both are in toronto ... on cic website it says application received july12th process started july 20th so i guess we're looking at 6-7 months for initial appoval !!! long time
oh btw i did my medical before sending the application ...
does anyone know tht after sending the application for in-land cases does the cic inform by mail if they have received the application or if the sponsorer is eligible or not ? or they just mail once the whole process is finished ? |
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