Gulf based PR applicants please join with me to post Processing time and personel experience while processing PR application.

I would request the modarator to allocate separete Topic for GULF based applicants...

Hope this will help new commers to have an idea about the process and also it will stop people hireing so called Immigration Consultant Mushroming in GULF...

any reply on this post is highly appriciated....

CMANYAM

Abu Dhabi

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Hi to all...

I do not think that is a good idea. You can start topics which will be only applicable to Gulf based intending immigrants and automatically, the people who will contribute to it will be Gulf based.

But also remember, those topics should in some way be related to Canada in some manner - it is not advisable to start a chat session only for your life in the Gulf which will have no connection with Canada.

Chandresh

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Chandresh

Advice is free – lessons I charge for!!

Hi Chandresh i agree with you.
The post should be based on canada PR process .
If you look at my post you will understand my seriousness about canadian PR process related topics for Gulf based applicants...

cmanyam
abudhabi

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Hi to all...

Applied for Immigration: March 2001
Location: Abu Dhabi; via London CIC
Received file Nos in approx. two weeks.
Interview Held: Abu Dhabi August 2002
Medicals received within one month of interview, and landing papers plus passport stamping in the following month.
Hope that helps.

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Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You

Yea, and then the next question would be start topic for US based, UK based, europe based ..I dont understand why cant you spend time and read or search through this topic board itself..

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Ashish

Yea, and then the next question would be start topic for US based, UK based, europe based
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what is wrong to start separate topic for gulf applicant ....... ? yes u can start for US also . this way u can search easily .........
CMANYAM i support your idea ........
i applied in september 2004
received file no in october -04
status showing - In process
Mr. Chandresh please allow us to start separate topic on gulf applicants

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DSD

I don't think having a separate topic for Gulf (or any region) immigrants is going to be productive for the CD community in general.
Reasons -

1. I've never seen any point in posting timelines. Lot of people try to predict their own timeline baased on other people's posted timelines, but it doesn't quite work that way.
All cases are different and are processed at different speeds.

Trying to predict one's timeline based on other cases only causes frustration and anxiety.

If you are interested in timelines, check out the Canadian Immigration Usenet group at misc.immigration.canada - people post their timelines there by the thousands every day and other people try to predict their own cases based on that.

And when it doesn't work out that way, they post messages saying "my friend got his visa is x number of months - why haven't I got it yet".

In any case, the website of the Canadian consulate in your country of origin, as well as the CIC website has the approx. timelines for processing.
I don't see why another set of timelines is needed.

2. If you plan to post general discussion and advice under that topic, then it is better to do so as a separate topic because otherwise people who are not immigrating from the Gulf may not read that post, and hence miss out on valuable information.

If there is anything specific going on with cases from the Gulf at any point, you can always post a new topic.

But I don't like the idea of starting separate topics based on the region.

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