Spouse Outside Canada - Completed Timeline

Landing was a breeze, proving all Nickie's worst fears and anxiety to be completely without merit. U.S. customs did our car exportation within minutes. Canadian customs handled the entire immigration process, the car importation, and our B4 and belongings within around 15 minutes. For immigration they asked a few really basic questions, something like, "Have you ever been refused entry to Canada?" and "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" and the rest was paperwork. It was just smooth sailing all the way.

I'll probably elaborate more later... I'm just a wee bit tired -- we just today finished driving across most of the country on the Trans-Canada Highway! In doing so, we were reminded again of so many reasons why we fell in love with this beautiful place. Wow! It's just amazing here.

09/29/06 - Got fingerprints done
09/30/06 - Mailed paperwork to FBI and California DOJ
10/03/06 - FBI received fingerprints
10/04/06 - Received DOJ police clearance letter
01/25/07 - Received FBI clearance
02/19/07 - Got fingerprints re-done for DOJ
(they're nearly 5 months old)
02/22/07 - Medical exam
02/22/07 - Received 2nd DOJ police clearance letter
02/23/07 - Mailed application to CPC-Mississauga
03/07/07 - CPC-M received application
03/28/07 - Sponsorship decision made and letter sent
04/04/07 - Received letter - sponsorship approved
04/12/07 - Buffalo started processing Immigrant portion
05/01/07 - Received letter - Buffalo acknowledgement of receipt (mistakenly sent to our old address)
05/08/07 - Received letter - file sent to Los Angeles Consulate (also mistakenly sent to our old address)
07/14/07 - Received PPR letter - applicant approved, request for passport
08/02/07 - Received CoPR and Visa
08/14/07 - Landed!!