good news!!!

I got HAPPY MAIL today! I had an envelope from CIC(Citizenship & Immigration Canada) today and figured it was a confirmation of the arrival of my paperwork but it was SO MUCH BETTER!! It was a letter telling me that I have MET the requirements for eligibility as a sponsor and that Ronel's application for Permanent Residence has been forwarded to the Visa Office in Port-au-Prince. The letter is dated April 14th so that means that it was less than a month since the paperwork arrived and 10 days (not just business days!) since they started processing it! Praise the Lord!! Now if the next step can also go so quickly!
I have included a scan of the letter (with some highlighting and framing of the oh so important part!

ticker changes

Okay - so some of you will notice that the ticker at the top has changed. I did this so that I (and all of you) can see how long our file has been in process, and not just since it has been mailed. So the 36 days countdown for my approval process was only started 8 days ago and that means that IF all the paperwork was in order (and it should be!) that I should be approved to sponsor in just 28 more days - that is only 4 weeks!! Then the file will start the LONG process of getting approved at the visa office in Haiti.

waiting game...

Sorry it's been so long since I have posted anything!

Since mailing the paperwork there really hasn't been much going on. It is now just a big waiting game and I haven't heard ANYTHING from CPC-M (Case Processing Centre - Missisauga) and so I am just waiting to hear if I have been approved to sponsor. Once that has been decided, the file will go to the Visa office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Ronel's application for permanent residence will be assessed.

Okay - so while I was writing the above part I decided to go look at the CIC website and check out the application processing time. Well, there was a link to check your application process and so I went there and one of the ways you could log in was with your receipt number from the application payment. YEAH - so I logged in and this is what it says

We received your application to sponsor on March 13, 2008.

We started processing your application on April 4, 2008.

So the process has started and it says that the current processing time is 36 days for applications received up to March 13, 2008.

I looked at the link they provided about what this all means and my file is IN PROCESS - the following is the explanation given - to me this means that there are two steps in the "in process"

Application Received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
We have received your application and will review it in order of receipt. We will send you an acknowledgment letter.

Documentation Verified by CIC
We are reviewing your application to make sure it is complete and that no documents are missing. We will return incomplete applications for resubmission.

So, now with a little more info that before I started this post, I am still waiting and trying to listen to what God has to tell, show or teach me during this time. (And also counting down the days till I see Ronel in July!!)