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Lyhothiel Posts: 7
Posted On: 3/28/2016
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Hello.
I am sponsoring my wife who lives right now outside of Canada and we have submitted our documents and they were received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada mid December 2015. According to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website, the current time allocated for assessment of sponsor is 47 days. When I log into my account to check the status of our application is says that "processing of the application" started on the first week of February 2016. It's now passed the 47 days period even since then but when I call the call center I only get the response "Your application is under review" with no explanation why it takes so long. Do I have the grounds to complain to my member of the Parliament for being mistreated by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada on the basis of my ethnic origin and place of birth? I am a naturalized Canadian citizen and also former member of the Canadian Forces.
What else can do to speed up the process or at least held accountable those who are in charge of my case?
Thanks in advance.
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4075
Posted On: 4/6/2016
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing your situation and questions with us.
We can appreciate that you would be concerned about the timelines.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done in order to speed up the process.
We hope that there are others with similar timelines who can post their suggestions and experiences for you here.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
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Lyhothiel Posts: 7
Posted On: 5/9/2016
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has an online form you can fill out if the times allocated for checking either the sponsor or a spouse (person being sponsored) have passed the official limits. It could be found here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp They suppose to give you an answer why it takes so long by the end of ten working days. I did that and I've got my answer after 12 working days. I wasn't impressed with what I've got:
"Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Please note that the processing times provided to you on our website are an approximation. Currently, your file is still in process and there is no maximum timeframe to finalize an application.
If further information is needed, the responsible office may contact you.
Please visit our Help Centre for more information.
Sincerely,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada"
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Lyhothiel Posts: 7
Posted On: 6/15/2016
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O.K. The wait is finally over and we've got a positive answer after seven months. So now it's off to the Canadian embassy in the third country and not to the country where my wife is from which is weird to say the least, considering that there is a Canadian embassy in my wife's country. My take out from this is that the official waiting period is a guide line and everything depends on what your nationality is as a sponsor and/or a country where you were born.
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Careyna9 Posts: 1
Posted On: 6/16/2016
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Good day
This is reply to your post Sir
I know its very hard to wait.
Like my husband, He is natural and born Canadian. He sponsor us me and my daughter.The CIC received our complete packaged last Sept. 2015 but until now we are still waiting for the approval of our PR by the way we are came from Philippines it'd third world country also. But in processing timr in Philippines is 17 months.
But not all I read and and heard some approved less than than o my couple of months now my husband loss his patience we are in long distance relationship.
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Lyhothiel Posts: 7
Posted On: 6/17/2016
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When I wrote "the third country" I meant not a "third world country" but rather something different from Canada and my wife's native country. In your case since you are from the Philippines it would be like sending your documents to Indonesia or Malaysia.
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Lyhothiel Posts: 7
Posted On: 7/26/2016
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So my wife finally got her visa. All in all it took us seven months.
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4075
Posted On: 7/26/2016
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That is great news!
Thanks for updating us and for sharing your timeline.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
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