Peru timelines and immigration

Hi

melaniemezones wrote: yes that is what CIC has on their website as the current timeline. However, the consulate when emailing them says UP to 12 months. I'm not saying that we are over the time line, I just wish the process would be a little easier, specially where there was no news for 9 months. They also have not yet updated their timeline up to the last quarter so the 16 months may not be completely accurate.

You can look at the actual timings from Lima at http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/427337d0-7c36-4fed-8428-c6a63f8c19b3 from April/12 to Mar/13

20 %     30 %     50 %     70 %     80%

5     7     10     12     15 Months.

So the tourist visa helped them to look at the PR file faster or were you guys given the tourist visa instead? My husband and I discussed this but he was concerned that if he was given the tourist visa first there might be some back and forth back to Lima if we had to redo some of the paper work that expired on his PR application, which is money that we don't have. So just to make sure I understand correctly, you filed the tourist visa application while waiting for the PR application and it helped moved things along with the PR application?

We also applied for a tourist visa once the application for the PR was in. Wait for it to be in the hands of the embassy for about a month and then send it in.This will ensure that they have it and that it is available to be seen by their workers. There is no extra back and forth with the embassy because of the tourist visa application, but when you make the application for the tourist visa you should make sure that you indicate on it that you have a PR application in process.

The logic behind it works like this: The embassy worker cna have a look at and screen and then approve/disapprove your tourist visa application, and then they can come back later and do the same with your PR application, or, if the sun catches them in the right light, they might just decide that it's easier to just do the one application and process your PR instead. That's what happened with us. We applied for the tourist visa and instead got the PR, rather than a response on the TV. Of course, there's no guarantees in any of this, and there may be some luck involved in who gets the application, but it worked for us and has apparently worked for several others as well.

Omg you guys are awesome!!! We got the refusal letter today for the Visitor Visa and just as I was going to post a question here about how long it took to hear back from the embassy on the PR application I got an email from them asking for paperwork!! So they finally started working on it!! Wish us luck.

Did any of you or your spouses have to go for an interview? My husband has one scheduled for Monday October 28th and all that he was asked to bring to the interview is a photo ID, nothing else. We are so nervous for Monday. We've been studying up on all sorts of questions that people have posted online from their own experience but its hard to tell what they will ask. Any suggestions or advice that you guys may have would be really great!