Mr. O mailed his application for a new temporary work visa to Vegreville today, with the understanding that his employer has also sent their app for his LMO to HRSDC. Here's the official link to how this all works. If you clicked that link you'll notice that Mr. O isn't exactly following the rules, but rather taking the advice of a CIC agent. (In stark contrast to the CIC site, the phone reps are wonderfully human - helpful and practical.)
Depending on whether or not he'll have to wait for the LMO (which comes to the employer and then he has to send it to CIC himself) to start processing, it could take from three to six weeks.
Also of note: our PR application was submitted exactly three months ago today. Wheee!
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In regards to our PR application, this is what I just now noticed on the CIC website:
"There is a two-step process involved in family class applications: the assessment of the sponsorship application in Canada and the assessment of the permanent residence application outside Canada by the visa office. There are separate processing times for each of these two steps."
Currently the CIC website says the average processing time for family class applications, like ours, in Vegreville is 5-6 months. But that's JUST THE FIRST PART. Then, according to that note, it'll be sent to CHC in London, UK, and take another 7-8 months there. So I can expect my application to come through in 12-13 months total...
The feeling I get right now is forget it. A year to wait for some piece of paper that would give me the right to work freely here is just bs.
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