Prints in Valletta, a wrong form and a restart
- Week 1Printed at a Sliema shop.
A shop off Tower Road rolls her prints and posts them to a vendor in Canada.
- Week 4Not accredited, wrong form.
The vendor holds no accreditation and printed her on an FD-258. Her file goes nowhere.
- Week 9File starts again.
Fresh prints on a C-216C, another fee, and her employer in St Julian's asking for dates.
- Week 14Apostille step missed.
Identità expects one, and she had never heard of Global Affairs Canada's authentication service.
- Week 18Permit delayed.
Her start date in St Julian's moves twice, and she has paid three different providers.
Her C-216C taken right first time in Valletta
- Day 1Printed at home in Gżira.
One C-216C, checked impression by impression, and a Letter of Identity Verification for her records.
- Week 1Straight into the accredited channel.
Her C-216C goes from Gżira to Globeia Incorporated in Toronto and is submitted through the RCMP-accredited route, with nothing to redo.
- Week 3Result reviewed, apostille next.
We review it at once and send it to Global Affairs Canada for the apostille.
- Week 5No translation needed.
The certificate is in English, an official language of Malta, so it goes straight into her file.
- Week 6Ready for Identità.
One invoice. Her Single Permit file is complete before her employer's deadline.


