This platform has been very helpful.
Within 6 months, I have been able to secure Canada Visa and UK Visa.

Thanks Guys 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you 🙏

directonpc:

1 to 5 hours in some cases.

Hello family,
When application is transferred from DMC to VAC. How long does it take for VAC to receive the application.
Thanks

Thank you 🙏

queengift:


Visa application 10th Oct.
Biometry. 16th Oct.
DHL SMS 2nd Nov
Collection mail: 2nd Nov. In the evening.
BRP mail. 3rd Nov.

Kindly share your timelines...

queengift:
I just received my Visa today, am super excited.

Skilled worker Visa.

God is indeed Faithful.

When did you get your medical request?


I didn't do any medicals. From the portal it says I DO NOT NEED MEDICAL EXAM

Visitor Visa

Application date: 29th April 2023
Biometric done : 4th May 2023
Correspondence letter (bvl): 30th June 2023
Tracker updated with visa number: 3rd July 2023


Waiting for PPR...

teamb:


Yes

Please how long did it take?

Hello Family,

Please is anyone here who applied for Visitor visa in 2023 and has gotten a decision.
Kindly share timelines.
Thank you.

Ruskov:


Hi,

No route is the best route , and every route is the best route. You better off making out with routes that suit your call, all visa categories have advantages and downsides. The major question starts with this , what do I want ? What is my skill and does it fit into the NOC (national occupational classification) of the province? Can this skill I have help me easily secure Permanent residence? Answering these settles ¾ of your problems. You can then have quality time to plan. The question you asked may make you be very vulnerable to "agents of darkness" who want to milk you of your sweat. You gotta be very careful around here. All that glitters are not gold as you deem fit.

Make up your mind. What are your plans on moving to a new country? Working in the UK, you should have had some income at some point , it's either you have patience and consider the FSW (Federal skilled workers) or you go with PNP (provincial nominee program) you in the end collect the permanent residence then make sure your skill fits in the NOC so you can easily get a job. The processing time is another thing you need to be aware of. It may take sometime. Also one thing to note, it also depends on territories and provinces of Canada , some provinces need a skillset , some do not. Now it's up to you to make your choices and do serious research. Challenge around PR is , they would want to attend to people in Canada first , before attending to people outside Canada. The rest , you know the end results.

Secondly you may take the route of the visit visas. Since you are in the UK , the processing time for this visa maybe faster. You can switch to work permit upon getting a good job with LMIA once you get to Canada, now this has to employ some form of skillset and if you fall into something like STEM (science , tech, engineering and medical) you can get a job quick and LMIA is sure. Probably after that your wife can apply for SOWP. Look up SOWP applications and requirements, I believe you can figure out a thing or two there. Else both of you can just apply for visit visa and switch later on, it's totally up to you!

Student visa on the other hand requires money. People deem this the surest means to travel , but you have to be financially capable and meet up with requirements of IRCC and the university requirements , before anything. Again, I don't see it as the surest means, because if I am 45 for instance, most universities may have problems with my age and what I'm coming to do in that school. It may even raise eye brows at some point in visa applications. Exchange rates shouldn't be a barrier here, since you have workarounds for that, you live in the UK. Unlike for those who live in third world countries.

On the other hand also, getting venture capital to finance your company is another good one after which, you migrate to Canada , provide jobs to over 20 Canadians and then secure work permit , before PR . The major goal is PR , but the process is really discouraging at some point when no VC finances your move into Canada. It's a journey and if you not open for this, you may get discouraged later on. Getting companies to finance you is not an easy task, their requirements may be taunting at some point... You have to write business plans and pitch decks and send to incubators and VCs , the reject email could be heartbreaking many a time.

It is your call like I said earlier. I'd choose the visit visa route , so once I get there I can choose to go in for one of the PR routes so processing times can be shorter since I'm inside canada , but that should vary when it comes to you as I do not know your skill and if it falls in the Canadian NOC and what skillset you have. So you have a lot of thinking and work to do, and planning. So putting everything in pen 🖋️ and paper 📜 , and talking with your wife in this regard is needed now.

Phew , it's a long one. I hope you learnt a thing or two here.

Excellent submission @Ruskov