Buffalo's processing time

[chigirl]

yes!!! thank you LORD... I received my ppr today.. hope all of you will receive yours too.. God bless you all!!!

Congratulations !!! That was a long long wait.

[rainsplendid]

yes!!! thank you LORD... I received my ppr today.. hope all of you will receive yours too.. God bless you all!!!

Massive Congratulations! Good News J

[superboy_ec]

yes!!! thank you LORD... I received my ppr today.. hope all of you will receive yours too.. God bless you all!!!

good, This is great news...Congratulations....

[superboy_ec]

yes!!! thank you LORD... I received my ppr today.. hope all of you will receive yours too.. God bless you all!!!

could you give us your timeline unique-mom?

[sept15]

yes!!! thank you LORD... I received my ppr today.. hope all of you will receive yours too.. God bless you all!!!

CONGRATULATIONS...That is an excellent NEWS. I am happy for you....
Do you have your time-lines?
Did you receive it by email. Can you post the email for us too (remove your personal Information).

Again Congratulations.

[unique-mom]

hi to all,

thanks for the greetings.. i'm really so happy because this is our most awaited time.. God is really good and didn't fail to do His promises..

please find below email that we received this morning:

File: xxxx

Dear Applicant:

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada .  We are now in a position to request your passports for visa issuance. 

Please submit your passport(s) before April 1, 2011. The issuance of your visa(s) is time sensitive so it is important for you to submit your passport(s) as requested.

We require two (2) recent photographs of yourself and each accompanying family member.

FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE:

Passport requirements

Photographs, height and eye colour

Instructions for passport submission

Important notice for family members


Immigration Section/Section de l'immigration

Consulate General of Canada
Buffalo , New York

May all of you get your ppr too.. just be patient and continue praying.. God bless you all!!

[sept15]

hi to all,

thanks for the greetings.. i'm really so happy because this is our most awaited time.. God is really good and didn't fail to do His promises..

please find below email that we received this morning:

File: xxxx

Dear Applicant:

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada .  We are now in a position to request your passports for visa issuance. 

Please submit your passport(s) before April 1, 2011. The issuance of your visa(s) is time sensitive so it is important for you to submit your passport(s) as requested.

We require two (2) recent photographs of yourself and each accompanying family member.

FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE:

Passport requirements

Photographs, height and eye colour

Instructions for passport submission

Important notice for family members


Immigration Section/Section de l'immigration

Consulate General of Canada
Buffalo , New York

May all of you get your ppr too.. just be patient and continue praying.. God bless you all!!

Thanks unique-mom. You must be over joyed. Most of the people in this forum expect their PPR request before the end of this month and WE are optimistic about it.

One more question: The photo-specification - is it the same one that we used to follow when we sent picture with the initial application?

Thanks and enjoy.

[unique-mom]

yes the photograph has the same specifications. make them ready..

[superboy_ec]

OMG, I am getting nervous and anxious now...I want to see my PPR coming.... ...come please come!!!!

[superboy_ec]

I can see a lot of people is getting PPRs what about us sept15???

[sept15]

I can see a lot of people is getting PPRs what about us sept15???

Before feb Ends! lol.

The following person also got his today. He is a BC PNP applicant. His time-lines are:

Provincial Nominees case: Pending for 490 days (91 days more than average)   (0 comments) 
 
User: ashinvan Nationality: Iran 
Province / Territory: British Columbia Applied for Provincial Nomination: 15 Oct 2009 
Provincial Nomination Received: 13 Jan 2010 Canadian Visa Office: Buffalo, USA 
Application Sent to Visa Office: 04 Feb 2010 AOR Received Date: 04 Jul 2010 
Medicals Requested: 04 Jul 2010 Medicals Done: 17 Jul 2010 
Medicals Sent: 20 Jul 2010 File Transferred to Local Consulate:   
Initial Assessment Received: 13 Sep 2010 Documents Requested:   
Documents Sent:  Passport Requested: 16 Feb 2011 
Application Status: pending Approval/Denial Date:   
Passport Received Date:  Landed in Canada:   
Landed in City:  Total Processing Time:   
Days Elapsed: 489 days 
Case Added to Tracker: 26 Jan 2011 Last Updated: 53 minutes ago

[superboy_ec]

Before feb Ends! lol.

The following person also got his today. He is a BC PNP applicant. His time-lines are:

Provincial Nominees case: Pending for 490 days (91 days more than average)   (0 comments) 
 
User: ashinvan Nationality: Iran 
Province / Territory: British Columbia Applied for Provincial Nomination: 15 Oct 2009 
Provincial Nomination Received: 13 Jan 2010 Canadian Visa Office: Buffalo, USA 
Application Sent to Visa Office: 04 Feb 2010 AOR Received Date: 04 Jul 2010 
Medicals Requested: 04 Jul 2010 Medicals Done: 17 Jul 2010 
Medicals Sent: 20 Jul 2010 File Transferred to Local Consulate:   
Initial Assessment Received: 13 Sep 2010 Documents Requested:   
Documents Sent:  Passport Requested: 16 Feb 2011 
Application Status: pending Approval/Denial Date:   
Passport Received Date:  Landed in Canada:   
Landed in City:  Total Processing Time:   
Days Elapsed: 489 days 
Case Added to Tracker: 26 Jan 2011 Last Updated: 53 minutes ago

my status on eCas has not changed - it is still "In Process", I do recall once, I sent an inquiry and they said that eCas does not get updated let me see if I can pull the email out and show it to you..

[sept15]

my status on eCas has not changed - it is still "In Process", I do recall once, I sent an inquiry and they said that eCas does not get updated let me see if I can pull the email out and show it to you..

Super - Why are you worried about ECas- I think all of ours ECas is same: In-Process and it says :We have started processing your application XXX"... Do not worry about the ECas - i do not think it will change now. It is going to change once we get the Visa stamped...and not before...

[superboy_ec]

Here I found it:
Your application is in process. We are unable to provide a date when the processing of your application will be complete.
e-Cas is for applications processing within Canada only.
 
Immigration cases being processed in Visa offices outside Canada use a system different from that used to process similar applications in Canada. As a result, the e-Client Application Status (e-CAS)  does not reflect the status of cases being processed in Buffalo.
Do not use the CIC e-Cas on-line change of address system. Your new address will not be downloaded to your file in Buffalo.

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So, they make it a little bit harder, difficult and confusing because, I see people from inside canada applied to Buffalo that means is outside Canada and are getting eCas updated. How is that?

[superboy_ec]

Super - Why are you worried about ECas- I think all of ours ECas is same: In-Process and it says :We have started processing your application XXX"... Do not worry about the ECas - i do not think it will change now. It is going to change once we get the Visa stamped...and not before...

No no, I am not concerned, I just wanted to make a comment that these guys have different answers and not consistent. But I can see things are moving so....just wait...