Lock n' Load
17th Jul 2007, 22:15
Hi all,
Long story short(ish)....
Lived in Canada on a work permit for 2 years, quit job (and couldn't use work permit for any other job) and accepted current UAE gig, and THEN met a girl while enjoying a couple of months of bumhood before moving to the UAE...
Got married in November last year, we decided on Canada for kids and puppies, wifeykins finally got 2005 taxes filed (in December '06...) so she could apply to sponsor me and when the tax return arrived in January, we sent of our application for PR in Family Class - Spouse.
Sponsorship application approved in Feb, PR application off to London where processing started in March. According to the website, 50% of cases are processed in 4 months, and 70% in 5 months. It is now over 4 months!
I got a letter asking for a police certificate from the UAE (Fedexed to them immediately) and returning my wedding photos and birth cert. Was this my Acknowledgement of Receipt??? It didn't actually say so! It DID say to reply within 45 days with the police cert or have my application cancelled, and of course I didn't take anything like that long.
For those who've been there and done that, what's next? Should I expect a letter any day saying "send you passport"??? If so, do they return passports quickly???
Thanks :ok:
Long story short(ish)....
Lived in Canada on a work permit for 2 years, quit job (and couldn't use work permit for any other job) and accepted current UAE gig, and THEN met a girl while enjoying a couple of months of bumhood before moving to the UAE...
Got married in November last year, we decided on Canada for kids and puppies, wifeykins finally got 2005 taxes filed (in December '06...) so she could apply to sponsor me and when the tax return arrived in January, we sent of our application for PR in Family Class - Spouse.
Sponsorship application approved in Feb, PR application off to London where processing started in March. According to the website, 50% of cases are processed in 4 months, and 70% in 5 months. It is now over 4 months!
I got a letter asking for a police certificate from the UAE (Fedexed to them immediately) and returning my wedding photos and birth cert. Was this my Acknowledgement of Receipt??? It didn't actually say so! It DID say to reply within 45 days with the police cert or have my application cancelled, and of course I didn't take anything like that long.
For those who've been there and done that, what's next? Should I expect a letter any day saying "send you passport"??? If so, do they return passports quickly???
Thanks :ok: