ABU DHABI

[HammadJawaid]

AFTER THE ISSUES BETWEEN DOHA AND UAE IS THE ABU DHABI CANADA EMBASSY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH VFS CENTRE DOHA BECAUSE I WAS THINKING TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISA BUT THE PROBLEM IS WILL I BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS THERE IS ONLY . VAC IN DOHA AND THE DOCUMENTS GO TO ABU DHABI DOES ANYONE HAS THESE INFORMATION .

 

[Saajye]

That's true! They will send your documents to Abu Dhabi embassy

 

[HammadJawaid]

IT IS STILL WORKING RIGHT THIS PROCESS ?

 

[HammadJawaid]

WILL THERE BE ANY EFFECT ON APPROACH MAYBE THEY WILL REJECT DOHA APPLICANTS DUE TO ISSUES BETWEEN THE 2 COUNTRIES IS IT WISE TO APPLY FROM HERE ?

 

[Saajye]

You need to discuss this with the vac in Doha?

 

[Saajye]

It's Canadian embassy who would deal with your applications! Not UAE

 

[HammadJawaid]

Will it have any effect on my application maybe they will reject due to issues between these 2 countries I also have option from applying in Pakistan what should I do

 

[Saajye]

Do it from Pakistan!

 

[Saajye]

Better safe than sorry

 

[HammadJawaid]

WHY?

 

[FahrenheitZR]

No, there will not be any problems. VFS Doha will send the documents to the Canadian embassy in Abu Dhabi. As Saajye pointed out, the Canadian Visa Officers will be dealing with your application and that has no connection to UAE/Qatar diplomatic ties whatsoever. The only thing may be that when you send your documents, they will possibly go through Iran or Oman, adding to the cost of transmitting it. But if you send it through VFS Doha, they will be dealing with it so everything remains normal.

And if you are planning to apply for September do it right away, since Abu Dhabi's Canadian Embassy is famous for its slow service. Good Luck.

 

[besbi07]

I sent my passport last July 27 to VFS Dubai for visa stamping. when I can expect passport to return? anyone having same status? thanks

 

[anaqi]

A friend applied from VFS Qatar on April 12th and she recieved her visa on June 15th. VFS Qatar sent her passport to get visa printed and stamped from the Canadian embassy in Poland once approval was recieved from the Abu Dhabi embassy. Your passport will be sent to a different country since the passports can't be shipped to the UAE, but this shouldn't affect applications or timings. You can contact VFS Qatar to confirm this, the blockade doesn’t affect or slow down your visa process.

 

[smm_0411]

Anyone here did upfront medical in Qatar at Gulf Laboratory in Al Nasser?

I called them for an upfront medical schedule and requirements, they informed me that they do not recommend upfront medical particularly with student visa as there were many cases that medical results were lost and applicant needs to undergo medical again using the medical request letter from the embassy.

Any thoughts of this? Could you please share if you have done upfront medical in Qatar.

Thanks

 

[anaqi]

Anyone here did upfront medical in Qatar at Gulf Laboratory in Al Nasser?

I called them for an upfront medical schedule and requirements, they informed me that they do not recommend upfront medical particularly with student visa as there were many cases that medical results were lost and applicant needs to undergo medical again using the medical request letter from the embassy.

Any thoughts of this? Could you please share if you have done upfront medical in Qatar.

Thanks

Did an upfront medical last year, exact thing happened to me. They requested medical had to do it again. No upside to upfront medical.