Visa News

I don't know how many people are still checking in here. I know that my posts are becoming more and more infrequent but today I have some adoption news to share.

This post actually includes some news on Mimi's visa. It's the last piece of the puzzle.

A couple of days ago I made contact with our MP's office to see if they might be able to contact the Canadian Immigration Office in Nairobi in regards to Mimi's Permanent Resident Visa. The woman I spoke to got back to me yesterday to say that they had some news for us. Apparently, one, maybe two documents are missing from the file. ARG!!! This was not the news we wanted to hear. She also said that our file would be looked at again in 30 days. ARG!! I think she thought I would be happy to hear this but I was crushed. Thirty long days while we try to figure out what is missing and how to remedy it. I contacted our agency right away and they eased my mind by telling me that this is in fact quite common. One particular document often needs to be sent a second time and they would courier it for us asap. It was questionable whether the other document was actually missing from the file or not. This was extremely worrisome. You see, our MP's office couldn't really explain exactly what they were told about it and were left as confused as I was. I think they thought I would understand the wording of what they had been told, but I didn't. It threw me into a panic because I knew if that document wasn't there, we were in for many more weeks of waiting to have it replaced. An email was sent to Nairobi asking for clarification and we were told that protocol is that they would have 10 days to give a reply. Ten days!!! ARG!! For ten days we would have to worry about this.

After feeling lots of anger, sadness, frustration and stress, I got an email from the MP's office today (less than 24 hours later) saying that Immigration in Nairobi had responded to their email requesting clarification on our documents. Everything appears to be as it should be. WHAT A RELIEF!!!! What confusion for nothing. We can only hope that everything is truly in order and the visa will be processed soon. All we can do is continue to wait and hope that there are no more hurdles to jump.