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    Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 4:39pm
How much money would you say you have spent on your PR Application??

In the past 1 1/2 years I would say we have spent around $8,400 including:
  • Application Fees - $1,040.00
  • Medical - $240.00
  • Police Certificates - $75.00
  • Applicants Photos(immigration) - $125.00
  • Wedding so we could apply as married - $6,000.00 ish
  • Marriage Licence - $120.00
  • Marriage Certificate - $35.00
  • Husbands Divorce Certificate - $22.00
  • 2 Visitors Records - $150.00
  • Renewal of my British Passport - $260
  • Printer Ink (Lexmark black & Colour Ink) - $200.00
  • Paper - $20.00
  • Photos - Developed for Proof of relationship - $40
  • Postage - $50 (some items registered or express mail)
  • Misc (Paper Clips, files, Bull dog clips, pens etc) - $40
I think that's about it!
App received by CPC-M 1/06/10
Sponsorship approved 29/06/10
In Process 15/07/2010
VISA & PP Recvd 22/09/10
LANDED 29/09/10
ELIGIBLE TO BECOME CITIZEN 4/11/2012
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Way too much after application fees, extension fees, lawyers fees for appeal, new medical, new FBI, etc.  It starts to feel like extortion.

Edited by RobsLuv - 17 Aug 2010 at 5:57pm
3/2007-applied
1/2008-Refused
12/2008-ADR failed
1/2010-Appeal allowed
4/2010-In Process(Again)
5/2010-request FBI/meds
8/2010-FBI recd
11/30/10-APPROVED!
1/31/11-LANDED!
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Robsluv: I hope your Immigration Experience is over soon!! You have been going through this "Trial" for way too long...It just goes to prove your relationship is genuine if after 3 1/2 years your still trying to get PR and didnt give up after the first application!! I have heard Appeals are Time consuming and can take a long time Hug 
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thats less than mine....mine is a lot more
because we went to uk and to india as well....
fortunately my wife is very loving caring and supportive ...
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mine is also since april 2009
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Sami55 My list is just PR application only it doesn't include the cost of all of my flights to and from Canada over the past 5 years, the cost of my pregnancy in Canada (10,000) and all the money my Husband sent me to help support our daughter when I was in the UK! 
App received by CPC-M 1/06/10
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Not quite as much, we eloped
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Ours is only slightly less than yours, Brit. Being from the States (and currently living in Washington) has really helped with the cost of visiting each other, though paying rent on two different places is a cost that I really resent. We didn't have a fancy wedding, either, so the only cost was miscellany like dress, flowers, etc. for me (and a haircut for Bryan!). But it all REALLY adds up, more than you'd expect; for example, like you mentioned, getting photos printed is a cost (plus I got a new printer here so I could do all the forms, etc.). I also have the added cost of an ARC application to remove my exclusion order (though at the rate we're going, it'll expire before I ever get approved!). I've been keeping a timeline and a cost-line, so it'll be nice when I can finally tuck it into a box so I never have to look at it again! 

Edit: I forgot I'm going to have some additional costs to import my car (I have to get some items installed on it, plus fees). 


Edited by ArityMonk - 17 Aug 2010 at 9:01pm
Married 1/22/10
Sponsorship decision made 5/20/10
AOR to Buffalo 6/16/10
PPR 10/19/10
Landed 10/29/10
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Our case has taken two years, so there has been a lot of flights back and forth between Canada and the UK (and elsewhere) when my partner's visitors stay was up every six months or so.

My partner views her cost of immigration to include not only the fees, hotel fees, flights...but also the opportunity cost of her not being able to work; some $40,000 a year.

So if you throw that in the mix as a justifiable 'cost' (well, its technically revenue she hasn't received, but) then in her eyes that's $100,000.
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