Applications filed through NS --> Buffalo (Filed from USA)

[Pasi]

Thanks for your wishes friends.

Professional 1 - The cover that I got has the following:

1. A letter which says 'Further processing of your immigration application requires the following documents and/or information to be submitted to our office as soon as possible. We strongly encourage you to submit these documents in one package, whenever possible, to the Canadian Consulate General in New York. All documents have to be submitted by mail. We do not accept documents by email. Be sure to quote your file number on all the documents you submit to the Consulate.'

    - You will find medical instructions enclosed. Proceed immediately with the medical examination & ensure that the Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP) you have chosen is in the DMP list. Please submit legible copies of the receipt from the DMP office to us as soon as possible as evidence that you have complied with the medical exam requirement. The receipt from the DMP should clearly indicate the DMP's complete name. Visit our website for the lsit of DMPs. (website link)

    - The following processing fees are outstanding: Right of Permanent Residence Fee. Please visit our website for specific instructions regarding fee payments. (website link)

Both of these needs to submitted within 60 days fo the date of this letter. Next I have the instructions for medicals and the Medical Report: Section A Client Identification and Summary (with my photo and details on it).

[Pasi]

garian4u - Thanks dude.. I guess my application had a faster processing as it was transferred to NY Canadian consulate. Now I am thinking about my next steps, which is the medicals and the RPRF.

[Pasi]

Professional 1 - how long does it take for the medicals. I checked the DMP list and I see that the one close to my city is 2 hour drive from my home. So I am thinking of taking off for a day and getting it done.

[bravoo]

Hi guys,

Applied to buffalo in Sep 2009, Around 4 months back I enquired about my case and they said "Your case is in process we are unable to give to the completion date of your case" then on April 10th I again sent them the query about my case and got the same sheeett reply !!!!!!. what is that and any idea thru which stage my case to going on now???

Do you think guys that I should enquire about my case one more time because recently there has been  many peeps got medicals who applied with me in sep.2009 but on my side nothing at all ?

Please share ur views........THANKS

[professional 1]

Professional 1 - The cover that I got has the following:

1. A letter which says 'Further processing of your immigration application requires the following documents and/or information to be submitted to our office as soon as possible. We strongly encourage you to submit these documents in one package, whenever possible, to the Canadian Consulate General in New York. All documents have to be submitted by mail. We do not accept documents by email. Be sure to quote your file number on all the documents you submit to the Consulate.'

    - You will find medical instructions enclosed. Proceed immediately with the medical examination & ensure that the Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP) you have chosen is in the DMP list. Please submit legible copies of the receipt from the DMP office to us as soon as possible as evidence that you have complied with the medical exam requirement. The receipt from the DMP should clearly indicate the DMP's complete name. Visit our website for the lsit of DMPs. (website link)

    - The following processing fees are outstanding: Right of Permanent Residence Fee. Please visit our website for specific instructions regarding fee payments. (website link)

Both of these needs to submitted within 60 days fo the date of this letter. Next I have the instructions for medicals and the Medical Report: Section A Client Identification and Summary (with my photo and details on it).

Hi Pasi,

The format of our letters is completly different, mine is even specifying the amount of the RPRF which is 490 CAD or US dollar. and has an introduction (the above mentioned introduction which i quoted part of it).

Any way, do not worry about the interview thing because in my letter it says literally that if you are required to attend an interview do not proceed to the medicals until we ask you to do so in order to avoid the risk of getting your medicals expired, it means that if they wanted you to attened an interview, they would not have sent you the medical forms and asked you to do it within 60 days.

Having said that, i think they even have finished your background checks because they want the medicals to be done within 60 days to finalize the application soon. because even in the letter i received from them, it says that if you delay your medicals, you will be the reason of the unnecessary delay in processing your application, which means again that this is the last step they are waiting for.

Professional 1 - how long does it take for the medicals. I checked the DMP list and I see that the one close to my city is 2 hour drive from my home. So I am thinking of taking off for a day and getting it done.

Regarding the time taken to do the medicals, if you are lucky, and find all of the labs (blood, X rays in the same building of the doctor office and there is no long queue waiting for their turn before you, it will not take more than 10 mins. unlike my situation the X rays lab was in a faraway building in a different area, and their were lots of people waiting for their turn, so it took me almost 4 hours to get all of them done.

Good luck.

[professional 1]

Hi guys,

Applied to buffalo in Sep 2009, Around 4 months back I enquired about my case and they said "Your case is in process we are unable to give to the completion date of your case" then on April 10th I again sent them the query about my case and got the same sheeett reply !!!!!!. what is that and any idea thru which stage my case to going on now???

Do you think guys that I should enquire about my case one more time because recently there has been  many peeps got medicals who applied with me in sep.2009 but on my side nothing at all ?

Please share ur views........THANKS

Bravoo,


Based on the letter i received, which insists of doing the medicals as soon as possible to avoid any delays, i think what is happening in your case is the background checks which might not be complete yet, so they are postponding your medicals to let you avoid any delays that might affect the validity of the medical expiry date. because they strongly recommend not to proceed to the medicals if someone has an interview scheduled to maintain the validity of the medicals. therefore, i think they have a new trend in Buffalo to finish the background checks first and then send the medicals to the applicants.

To be 100% sure about what is going on in your application, oredr the CAIPS notecs


Hope that you will receive your medical request soon and Wish the best of luck.

[anne55]

Hi guys!
Congrats to all those who received their med request!   

I have some queries here that really bothers me a lot....
I was supposed to submit my full documents to Buffalo yesterday coz finally I got my PCC from Dubai after a month of waiting and was the last document I've been waiting for but unfortunately it has a typo error, instead of writting physiotherapist in my profession, they wrote MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN...   
Anybody had the same experience before??? How it will affect my documentation then?
Please advice.......

Anne55

[professional 1]

Hi guys!
Congrats to all those who received their med request!    

I have some queries here that really bothers me a lot....
I was supposed to submit my full documents to Buffalo yesterday coz finally I got my PCC from Dubai after a month of waiting and was the last document I've been waiting for but unfortunately it has a typo error, instead of writting physiotherapist in my profession, they wrote MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN...  
Anybody had the same experience before??? How it will affect my documentation then?
Please advice.......

Anne55

Hi anne55,

This is a police clearance certificate not an experience one, therefore the job title is not that important. because the purpose of this certificate is to check whether you have any criminal records or not. The most important thing here will be your full name same as it shows in  your passport, the spelling of it, date of birth,....and any personal information belongs to you if the format of that letter from that country containing them.

Anyway, my advice is,

Send your documents to Buffalo, and at the same time apply again for that PCC to get your job tittle corrected from Dubai, as soon as you get it send it immediatly to Buffalo with an explanation letter.

[canadacanada]

Professional 1 - how long does it take for the medicals. I checked the DMP list and I see that the one close to my city is 2 hour drive from my home. So I am thinking of taking off for a day and getting it done.

NOw we all can say BUFFASLOW is BUFFALO..yay..

[anne55]

Hi professional 1,

Thanks a lot for enligthening me...
I will send my documents now and hope I will get a positive response like yours!   
Cheers!

Anne55

Hi anne55,

This is a police clearance certificate not an experience one, therefore the job title is not that important. because the purpose of this certificate is to check whether you have any criminal records or not. The most important thing here will be your full name same as it shows in  your passport, the spelling of it, date of birth,....and any personal information belongs to you if the format of that letter from that country containing them.

Anyway, my advice is,

Send your documents to Buffalo, and at the same time apply again for that PCC to get your job tittle corrected from Dubai, as soon as you get it send it immediatly to Buffalo with an explanation letter.

[professional 1]

Hi professional 1,

Thanks a lot for enligthening me...
I will send my documents now and hope I will get a positive response like yours!   
Cheers!

Anne55

Wish you the best of luck.

[Pasi]

Professional 1 - Thanks for your reply.

The letter that I got also has the line that you mentioned - if you are required to attend an interview do not proceed to the medicals until we ask you to do so in order to avoid the risk of getting your medicals expired. This only made me believe that my interview could be waived. Anyways I am not worried much about it now.

About the medicals, I called the DMP office yesterday and got the message that they are open only from Mon - Fri, 8:30 am to 5 pm. I need to call them again tomorrow to get an appointment and then proceed further.

[professional 1]

Professional 1 - Thanks for your reply.

The letter that I got also has the line that you mentioned - if you are required to attend an interview do not proceed to the medicals until we ask you to do so in order to avoid the risk of getting your medicals expired. This only made me believe that my interview could be waived. Anyways I am not worried much about it now.

About the medicals, I called the DMP office yesterday and got the message that they are open only from Mon - Fri, 8:30 am to 5 pm. I need to call them again tomorrow to get an appointment and then proceed further.

Pasi,

That is good. Try to have your medicals done as soon as possible because i do not know why the doctor says it takes 2 weeks to send the results to Ottawa, all of them here in ontario say the same !! i have no idea how are the medicals going to reach Buffalo within 60 days if it takes 2 weeks only to reach Ottawa, and i heard that Ottawa takes up to 4 weeks to send the results to Buffalo !!

I need to see someone "In canada applicant" who has done his medicals and they reached Buffalo to know how much did it take to reach Buffalo, but i cannot find anyone here !

[Honolulu]

Hi Professional,
My impression is that once they reach Ottawa, its OK.
I do not suppose that we need to factor in transmission time to BUffalo from Ottawa.
My thoughts only.

[Pasi]

Professional 1 - I am asking this just out of curiosity. What would be the next step after medicals and RPRF? Do we need have anything to do before the passport request? Also do you know any idea about how long it takes to get your visa after you send your passport?