APPROVED!!!!

[Steph and George 1]

Hello all!!

This morning I finally got my approval for our visa! I'm so happy and excited and I cannot wait to move home to be with my man! Now for any of you who are going through vancouver any time in the next little while, let me tell you how this happened!!

First, the medical with Dr. Cheema was a very pleasant appointment, and probably the most comfortable dr's appointment I've ever had. I'm no skinny mini (though not obese) so i get told to lose a little bit 90% of the time. Dr. Cheema, on the other hand, told me i was strong and healthy and had nothing to worry about. His nurse weighed me and checked my height, he took my blood pressure, checked my throat, asked me a bunch of personal questions (drugs history, medical history, std check and all that fun stuff), then he has to check the girly bits but don't be afraid, he brought in his nurse and its just the upper outer pelvic area, its not a full on gyno-related check.

Then i was sent down the street to get my blood taken and xray done. I went upstairs first and got the blood work done which is a single vile and then downstairs to get the xray. they were very quick and efficient and i was out of there in 15 minutes (i messed up the first xray with a sneeze that made my innards fuzzy lmao!!)

For your medical make sure you bring your letter with the VAC number on it, your pictures, and vaccinations, you also need your health card (from whichever province you're from).

Now for the interview.

I was freaking out, literally, and I got there REALLY early despite my appointment being at 10. big mistake. They now longer allow you to wait in line that long, so you get sent away and are asked to come back 15-20 minutes ahead of your scheduled appointment. Do not arrive an hour and a half early or you will be sitting your butt in the starbucks like i did!

So once in line they send you through security, and confiscate any and all electronic items and then send you up stairs to go through a metal detector. Do not being birthday cards that sing, they will make you gut them, my hoops and yoyo card is no longer a singing card. i had to rip out the voice box to be permitted into the building, and go through security a second time.

After that they send you up to the 20th floor and over to window B, you flip a switch and a short time later they come with a piece of paper and ask you to take out your documents in order (passport, pictures, ds-156 x2, ds-156k, police certificates, marriage and divorce certs, ds-230 and medical) and they give you a number and send you back to the waiting room.

when your number is called you head over to the window and the person there makes you sit down as they go over your file, and then call you up by name. When you finally get up there, it's not so scary.

they take your fingerprints and then start in on the questioning;

How did you meet your fiance?

How often do you see eachother?

what do you do for a living?

what does he do for a living?

Where does he live?

Do your parents like him?"

Does his parents like you?

Congratulations, I've approved this visa, please sign the oath stating everything you have written and said today is true and correct. Go back to window B

She explains about loomis and sends you on your way with another hearty congrats!

Good luck everyone!

Hope this helps some of you who are freaking out like i was!!

[CanAm68 1]

Congratulations! I'll be doing the same later this month so thanks for the insight. I have been pretty spaztastic ever since getting the interview date so it's awesome to hear about the experience before hand.I hope you get your visa back right away!

Fingers crossed for ya!

Cheers!

[Azsara 110]

congrats to u both xx

[Rich and Wen 101]

Congratulations!!

[Steph and George 1]

Congratulations! I'll be doing the same later this month so thanks for the insight. I have been pretty spaztastic ever since getting the interview date so it's awesome to hear about the experience before hand.I hope you get your visa back right away!

Fingers crossed for ya!

Cheers!

Ya don't worry too much I completely stressed for nothing! My Visa came Yesterday and was only delayed because of thanksgiving. Good luck on your interview! and Thank you