Sponsoring Parents from Crimea waiting times

[aandre]

Hi,
I have 2 part question.
1. Ive received an email stating that my application was accepted in 2016 and made it in the cap quota. I was reading on CIC site that it take 48 months to evaluate the sponsor, and then from Russia it takes another 72 months to evaluate the parents, so its 10 years total of waiting time for them to be approved? Am I reading this correctly? This seems bizzare, or there is a possibility that it'll come sooner?

2. My parents are in Crimea, and since its blockaded from Ukraine(unable even go to Kiev), we had to go through Russia, as they were given Russian passports. Would that be a problem since its a disputed territory?

Please advise. Many thanks

 

[Aquakitty]

Congrats on getting your parents app accepted. It won't take 10 years any more, that's why they instituted the caps. I think the wait is down to 4 or 5 years. Still ridiculous but better.