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Rocco: Thanks a lot!  there are lots of compelling reasons for my husband to come to Canada but in the end it really depends of the immigration officer who will review his file. When he applied for PRRA in Canada, they turned all the positive points into negative even in the reason letter they put that me & my son can live in Hungary & if we don’t want, then there is still a way of communicating like skype & long distance, even his in demand job, they still find excuses to not grant him a visa.  

 

I really don’t know now based from my past experiences, I cannot really say any positive until my husband will land Canada. Last May 18, they already started to process. June 2011 they respond back to me that they were still doing background verification. I asked CSIS & CSIS respond early July 2011 that they were done & result was sent to Vienna Visa office. A week after that, I saw in my e-cas they already accepted the 2nd medical re-do.

 

Last week, they emailed & request for an original police clearance because the one submitted in not suficient ( as per their email). When my appeal was allowed last April 2011 We already sent all updated documents, medical redo, police clearance, imm0008, sched 1, new photos. I thought they won’t asked for the police clearance since it was already submitted & the time when they received it, it was still valid. we thought sending the forms in advance than waiting for them to request would be better to lessen processing time & also heard from other visa office that sometimes they ask for a document one at a time.

 

anyhow, we just decided to send another one. My husband submitted the new Police clearance last week. Up until now, we are again back in waiting game until any news coming from Vienna. The good thing at least it’s moving.  

 

I don’t also know if my friend’s hubby had a warrant but he was held. I think as long as your police clearance are clear & they believe marriage is genuine then you can get it. I mean probably visa offices know about those refugee claimants history. They come here in Canada to have a better life. My hubby doesn’t qualify for those points system.

 

Did you apply for a police clearance in Canada with fingerprint when you initially submit the spousal application because if it won’t show there then your husband is cleared. Only CBSA has records of his warrant. As long as he is not charged.

 

Alex121: Congratulatons Alex! you're almost at the end of the tunnel.

 

 

 

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THANK YOU but I still need to go get the meds done plus send them the recepit and passport back so maybe al be leaving costa rica by the end of september :)

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OH MY Goshhhh!!! that is such GREAT news...start packing ladyyy! CONGRATULATIONS =) 
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ok I have good news the vo from guatemala called me and asked if my hubby can leave before august 10 to canada because his medicals will expire I said no because its too little time and as well we have a 3 yrd old child and dont want to rush things so the lady I will  be sending your husbands passport back with forms so he can do his medicals once this is done hes needs to send passport with the recepit showing he did his medicals and then once we recieve this we will issue the visa :) am so happy I thought this would be longer and thank god we are near the end dont give up rocco and turquiose soon your time will come :D
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turqoise: i am so sorry you have to go through the same ordeal for the 2nd time...Which embassy are you going through? and have they asked you to pay the ARC fee or not yet? to be honest with you i am very confused with the whole ARC process...i was reading your story on another thread here and it said ur hubbie was involved in something that has happened over 10 years ago that's why he was refused the 1st time...like i said i am confused about the ARC so i don't know anything for sure but i will state my opinions...as for the the ARC i know that deportation is a BAN from Canada....so without the ARC hubbie will be inadmissible...concerning his first inadmissibility..ur appeal was won and the Judge overruled that...so the only factor you're worried about is the ARC now...in the ARC application they ask you whether you have committed any criminal offences in any countries...the answer to that question will look bad on your hubbie....but now you have mentioned his Canadian RCMP is clean... what about the one for his country?...i think the ARC is about the circumstances leading to his removal/exclusion from Canada and the compelling reasons to return...which he does have because he has you his wife...your marriage is genuine and you both have a kid together so that's a compelling reason 2 grant the ARC...as for the ancient thing that has happened 10 years ago i will not lie it does look bad on him...but you won the appeal and the Judge overruled his inadmissibility  so to me that's a positive sign...now as far as the ARC...i have heard stories of people who's hubbies had criminal records in Canada and received their ARC's but its because they received pardons...but then i have a friend who had problems with US immigration as well as was involved in some fraud in Canada...well the ppl she was working with were involved in fraud and since she was there doing whatever they were doing she was involved as well....was never convicted but the whole thing did show up on her background check and it did create problems and longer processing times but at the end she was granted the ARC...i don't know how exactly does the whole thing work...some embassies have interviews for the ARC's where as others just ask hey pay the $400.00 fee and wait...to be honest with you i am freaking out as well cuz my hubbie had a warrant...was caught... held and released on a $5000.000 bond... applied for his PRRA which obviously was negative and then the removal process began... we applied for the PRRA cuz i needed to save some money for 2 plane tickets,,,, i had to pay our consultant for releasing him and pay for our PR application...adding all those things together it did cost us a lot...now i am worried that he will be denied his ARC.... well its a possibility cuz he did have a warrant and was held...so he did not comply with Canadian immigration laws and that is bad... looks bad on him...we haven't been asked to pay the ARC fee yet.... the embassy returned all our pics... letters...wedding cards... receipts for stuff we bought back home and here...they asked for his RCMP we didn't send that in with our application cuz we were told if they embassy wants they will conduct their own RCMP checks... but they did ask us for RCMP and local police checks for Peru the country he's in...so we took care of that and at the same time i asked the lady at the embassy if i can pay his ARC she told me no wait till we advise you to do so...i told her i  heard that in MEXICO it takes a year to process the ARC she laughed and told me no it won't take a year...we process them fast but you have to wait till we ask you for the payment..so i'm guessing!!! they are in the middle of doing his security check and once that goes through they will ask for the ARC fee....i am worried he will get denied the ARC because he had a warrant.... but honestly no one really knows... all embassies have different rules... different time frames and procedures.... SHOULD THEY NOT ALL BE THE SAME??? i don't know but i guess not...i am just confused as you are..so until we get what we are waiting for have a glass of wine or 2 and relax and wait...no one can predict the outcome and worrying yourself about it crazy won't help...so many diff stories with so many diff outcomes... it cannot be predicted...think positive and positive will happen that is my motto...and even if I get denied... i will fight till my last breath 2 have what i deserve 2 have with me back home...and so will you =)... so lets hope for the best and just wait and see what happens...maybe we are worried for nothing....maybe all will go smooth..no one knows...Good luck 2 all of us...never give up no matter how hard you fall... you brush yourself off and try again and again... do not give up...=) soon our time will come....=)
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They ask for arc whether its denied or approved thats the thing so right now even though they asked for it its not 100% my husband applied for refugee and got denied and filed prra and he got denied and was asked to leave in 30 days never did and he met me a yr or so later and we started our relationship 2006 and we have a baby as well we wanted to apply but it was soo hard financially so we were trying to save $$$ and then in november 2010 we were ready so he went an gave himself in and left and I left with him as well november 2010 and now we are waiting, they asked for all the documents so I dont know what else they can ask for as well my hubbys medicals are going to expire august 10 and I dont know if there gonna ask for them again or what am soo confused and lost I just want this to be over and I feel your pain in the process of appealing I hope you do get it this time and everyone here going through this ARC process :) ps I know alot of ppl that have gone through arc process and have gotten approved havent heard any negatives yet with the ppl I know hopefully the good vibe will come to us and soon :) keep us updated :)
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Alex121: From what I know if Visa office asked for ARC fee that means you are okay? I had a friend her husbnd got deported, was a failed refugee claimant but didn't leave the country, was caught, had to pay for the plane ticket & bail bond $5,000.00. His ARC was approved & was already working in the company I'm in. 
 
My husband also needs an ARC. I already appealed our case on the intial PR application because of his inadmissiblity issues. Now, ARC is what I'm worried about since this is a separate application and my husband was a failed refugee claimant, had deportation order, filed PRRA & my hubby paid the plane ticket. I don't want another appeal, it's horrible & costly. Count me in this forum & hopefully we will get the PR soon!   
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Yes I will definetly keep u updated and yes hopefully soon this process will be over :)
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hope you get some GOOD NEWS soon...hubbie will have VISA b4 you know it :D ...GOOD LUCK... and please keep me posted when his passport with his visa and ARC arrives...soon!!! sOON!!! =)
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I lived with my parents in law at the beginning and then 2 months after we moved on our own because to many ppl live there and me and my hubby are use to our privacy but we did live close to visit :) my parents said it was fine even tough they were sad deep down in there hearts but they know I was coming to costa rica with  a good man and my son which are now my family and soem members from my family like aunts and grandma they didnt want me to leave and said what am I gonna do there lol but I know that I was doing the right thing coming here as well my brothers and sisters they are still young and they were crying tell me not to go :( so I was sad and my friends some didnt say anything and some of them are in the same situation as me, lol right now I have one friend here in the same situation so we understand each other and support each other as well lol but soon keeping my fingers crossed all be back in CANADA :D
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