Immigration Time Line

[SASHA123 50]

HI New Ventures,

Congratulations and we are currently in the same boat We have not been requested to do medicals as yet, but am pretty much still at the beginning stages of the process so will hopefully not cause any delays in our processing time.

We have sent through and email to PTA PRETIMMIGRATION@international.gc.ca and pretoria-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca' and a message on the 'case specific' website - www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions.asp,

[New Ventures 47]

Congrats to you too! Thanks for the info. I will let them know. We received our medical request 7 days after the status change on ECAS, so we will now ask for extension of the medical deadline.

[Coetzee's 9]

This is our immigration time line:

22 July 2013: Went for our passports renewal

30 Oct 2013: Received job offer & signed contract

Nov 2013: Police Clearance

10 Feb 2014: Courier all documents to our agent in Canada

28 Feb 2014: Canada Government received all our documents

8 July 2014: Received Letter of Acceptance!!!!!! :-)

9 July 2014: Went for our Unabridged Birth Certificates

14 July 2014: Police Clearance again

16 Aug 2014: IELTS exam

Hope this info helps...but we still in process. Once I receive my IELTS back I can submit my documents for Work Permit.

Edited July 16, 2014 by Amiel

[SASHA123 50]

Hi New Venture,

Please keep me posted, as I have been informed by the lovely people on the forum that nothing can proceed until the babe has arrived - I would love to hear what the CIC PTA has to say about the matter - as we have sent emails etc, with no reply, but we are still at the beginning stages and they haven't started processing our application yet.

[Coetzee's 9]

This is our immigration time line:

22 July 2013: Went for our passports renewal

30 Oct 2013: Received job offer & signed contract

Nov 2013: Police Clearance

10 Feb 2014: Courier all documents to our agent in Canada

28 Feb 2014: Canada Government received all our documents

8 July 2014: Received Letter of Acceptance!!!!!! :-)

9 July 2014: Went for our Unabridged Birth Certificates

14 July 2014: Police Clearance again

17 July 2014: Submitted and paid for: Work permit and temporary resident visa

16 Aug 2014: IELTS exam

Hope this info helps...but we still in process. We can only apply for our permanent resident visa once I did my IELTS exam and passed.

[New Ventures 47]

Hi Sasha

I received an email from CHC in Pretoria on Friday stating that we should wait untill birth and then soon afterwards submit the documents for the little one. So, in short: Everything is now on hold untill end Feb/Mar 2015.

[SASHA123 50]

HI New Venture,

Thanks for letting me know. Also FINALLY received feedback from them and they obviously informed the same and what documents etc need to be sent!

So we will also be waiting for next year Feb and hopefully then they will start processing our application!

Good luck with the delay....

[New Ventures 47]

Thanks! Good luck to you too!

[canuck nick 301]

Good luck to all of you. Emigration and expecting a baby. You guys certainly dont do things the easy way, do you! ?

[Sideline 997]

Good luck to all of you. Emigration and expecting a baby. You guys certainly dont do things the easy way, do you! ?

It makes for an interesting journey to say the least. We had the same surprise package and it delayed us a little but it was so worth the extra time."All things for a reason" they say.

[New Ventures 47]

Thanks guys... I must say that it is surely interesting times! Nailbiting, but wonderful at the same time.

[M-N 896]

So I decided that I should probably continue my timeline here

Edited April 1, 2015 by M-N

[yoya 0]

Help....help....help...

I am September 2014 applicant.

I received the following message from Pretoria VO in response to my CSE.

''Please be advised that your application has been reviewed by an officer and is currently in the queue for correspondence and medical examination instructions to be sent to you.'' I received this email on the 14th of May 2015 and nothing came out until now.

How long should I wait to get Medical Request???

Please share your advice.

[maplelove 28]

Help....help....help...

I am September 2014 applicant.

I received the following message from Pretoria VO in response to my CSE.

''Please be advised that your application has been reviewed by an officer and is currently in the queue for correspondence and medical examination instructions to be sent to you.'' I received this email on the 14th of May 2015 and nothing came out until now.

How long should I wait to get Medical Request???

Please share your advice.

Hi yoya any update on ur application?

[Druce 539]

Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum but not new to the whole immigrating idea and terms.

We visited our family in Winiipeg in 2012 December and decided to relocate. We submitted our MPNP (Manitoba Provincial Nomination Program) application April 2014.

Today our status is only still "Pending" and we have not even submitted our application to CIC for permanent residence.

With what stream are all of you applying and whats the requiremnts? Seems like some people on this forum are getting to Canada in under one year...have I missed something somewhere along the line?

[Ydean Hartzenberg 53]

Hi all. Here is our timeline. Entered through Express Entry. Not sure how to get this in the grey font as in the previous post.

December 2014 - Went over to Canada to visit friends and started talking about the big move.

22 July 2015 - Sent our credentials to WES

1 August 2015 - Both wrote IELTS test

14 August 2015 - Received IELTS results; Overall score of 8.0 for me and 7.5 for my wife

14 August 2015 - Received WES credential assessment

14 August 2015 - Submitted EE Profile

Edited August 18, 2015 by Ydean Hartzenberg

[Sideline 997]

Hi all. Here is our timeline. Entered through Express Entry. Not sure how to get this in the grey font as in the previous post.

The grey font is your signature under the settings, top right click your name and change or add signature etc.

[Ydean Hartzenberg 53]

Thank you Sideline

[Druce 539]

So, this might be a good time to get this thread going again. Get those timelines flowing and lets see what happens

[RossW 2]

Decided in October 2015 to emigrate to Canada.

I'm a professionally registered hydrologist (NOC 2113). My fiancé is a professionally registered scientist.

Applying for PR under Entry Express

2 March 2016       -  Applied for unabridged birth certificates.

5 March 2016       -  Wrote IELTS.

13 March 2016     -  Submitted WES paperwork via courier.

18 March 2016     -  IELTS results --> 8.5 overall.

                                         fiancé --> 8.5 overall.

18 March 2016     -  Fiancé's birth certificate ready for collection.

1 April 2016          -  My birth certificate ready for collection.

5 April 2016          -  Birth certificates collected.

21 April 2016        -  WES report for myself received

[Marelda 22]

For any future applicants through the family class, this is my timeline applying form outside of Canada with a husband as a sponsor:

26 August 2016 - Application mailed to Mississauga  (complete application) 

31 August 2016 - Application was received

29 September 2016 - AOR

24 October 2016 - Hubby's application to sponsor me was approved

1 November 2016 - Request to pay the right to permanent residence fee (paid the same day)

10 November 2016 - Passport request letter

21 November 2016 - Passport handed in at VFS Global Pretoria

5 December 2016 - Visa and landing papers received 

17 December 2016 - Landing and reunited with hubby