Withdraw Spouse Sponsorship...

I am sponsoring my Husband and our file is still under process after 19 months with "No expected timelines when it is going to be finalized" I am considering to withdraw my application as it has got over complicated only because the visa office (Abu Dhabi) has doubts if the sponsor (me) lives in Canada or not...

Of course I am living in Canada and have all the proofs and even Abu Dhabi NOW knows it well....

 

The problem is the IO working on my husband's file made a mistake and forwarded our file to CIC-Etobicoke to Review/re-assess my Eligibility to sponsor when they called my Husband's office in May 2009 and the admin person gave wrong info that the applicant's Wife lives with him in Qatar (which wasn't True) but as Our time wasn't good and going against all the privacy/rights manuals by CIC   the IO didn't even ask us for further clarification but forward our file to CIC Etobicoke in June 2009. and after forwarding our file to CIC, Abu Dhabi requested additional proofs from us like My Full Passport Copy, Travel History from Qatari Govt, Original Employment Letter etc.... We sent them all those proofs in July 2009.

 

But CIC Etobicoke on the other hand never reviewed our file till date. . Its in Queue according to their reply to my MP , and they don't know when they are going to see our file.. Abu Dhabi says that they cannot finalize anything until they hear from CIC-Etobicoke. we are Totally Stuck...

 

Now i am considering withdrawing and I need to know...

 

How long it take for them to withdraw it officially? Returning all my documents??

Is there any time restriction before you can reapply?

Can you choose different visa office when you reapply?

Do they keep any record? Does Withdraw affect our future application (which i am going to do immediately)?

Do I have to let them know next time I Apply to sponsor again? I don't see any such question in the forms regarding withdraw, there are only questions about previous undertakings (if any)?

 

Please help me ...I need all the information...

Of course they keep records of applications and their process. And those records will quite likely be accessed in the processing of any future applications involving the same persons.

I don't know that a withdrawal has any linked effect on a future application, but of course all the circumstances attendant the sponsor and sponsored applicant are relevant, and they may very well have questions about the withdrawal -- which is likely enough I would think it better to include a brief but full explanation for it in any future application (on a supplemental page), since it is almost always better to answer questions before they arise in the examiner's mind stirring speculative answers which, perhaps, might not be favorable.

I am not certain you will receive return of all your documents. You probably want to check with CIC about that.

I don't think you can control which visa office processes the application overseas. Even applicants who are residents of a country other than their nationality, and were admitted to such country for at least a year, can only ask to be processed in the visa office for the country in which they are residing (as opposed to the one for their home country) but that is no guarantee they will be processed there.

Overall, I doubt that withdrawing the application is the better route to take if your intent is to still pursue sponsoring the applicant unless you are aware of a flaw in the application that will likely result in a refusal and that flaw can be fixed in a new application.

This is just an idea, and I don't have a clue whether it would work for you.

Thanks, FAAD (formerly BIC, right?) We're still waiting to find out what the decision is, but we know our application was very thorough and Beijing didn't ask for an interview, so we think it's a near certain "yes". We expect to find out soon.  I'm sure the letter to my wife will be delayed several days longer than normal because of the holiday in China May 1 to 4.