Mailing Passports from Outside the US for PR stamp

[ainpdude]

folks,

  i will appreciate if anybody can provide link to discussion if they can recal related
to the topic of mailing passports from outside the US to Canadaian consulate for
PR stamping...


  Some of us have moved to home country after nomination and PR application and
in some cases medicals... so how do you plan to get the PR stamp if the file
is not transferred to your home country consulate ...  rather a local consulate in US...
(or pls correct me if  my understanding is wrong...)

  I mean mailing passports outside country is illegal correct... any thoughts 

[differentquestion]

Passports can not be legally mailed to another country. That means the file has to be transferred for local processing or you have to be transferred (maybe on a business visa) to get the passport stamped!!!

[ingegarcia]

I know that passport cannot be mailed to a different country, but what about the employer driven PNP who live in Canada and process their case in Buffalo. They do mail the passport to US. Is this illegal too?

[venky321]

Has anyone asked Buffalo if they would transfer the case to the home country for the final stage of processing , i.e. for Passport Request?

[differentquestion]

Yes, I believe it is illegal. Incase of employer driven stream, one should file in home town office and not in Buffalo.
Passports can NOT be mailed across political borders. PERIOD!!!

I know that passport cannot be mailed to a different country, but what about the employer driven PNP who live in Canada and process their case in Buffalo. They do mail the passport to US. Is this illegal too?

[ainpdude]

Yes, I believe it is illegal. Incase of employer driven stream, one should file in home town office and not in Buffalo.
Passports can NOT be mailed across political borders. PERIOD!!!

I know that passport cannot be mailed to a different country, but what about the employer driven PNP who live in Canada and process their case in Buffalo. They do mail the passport to US. Is this illegal too?

while its completely justifiable that passport cannot be mailed across borders... i am aware of
one person  whose case was being processed CIC Manila and the person was working in Canada ..
she had to send the passport to Manila for CIC stamping.... its quiet confusing with the passport
rules and CIC processes...

[akk]

On my research few months ago, I have read about some people that sent passport out of the country, and it was not just one person, not two people, but much more than that, and not just to Canada, but to London and US as well.

So, unless someone put a link from a reliable canadian immigration website saying that they will not ask people to send passports out of the country, because it is illegal, don't take user's opinion as truth. Just wait to see how the cases will be processed...

Akk

[venky321]

Maybe the law is different for different countries.

I think one's best option if mailing a passport is illegal in one's country is to arrange for a close friend or relative who is visiting the US to carry the passport with him/her and pick up the visa.

[PMM]

Hi

Maybe the law is different for different countries.

I think one's best option if mailing a passport is illegal in one's country is to arrange for a close friend or relative who is visiting the US to carry the passport with him/her and pick up the visa.

Actually in very few countries is it illegal to mail passports in and out of the country.  India is one.  Think it through, some Canadian visa offices are responsible for 5 or 6 countries, how do you think the passports get there?  Also they will not transfer the "final" processing to another office to issue the visa.  Another thing to keep in mind, is that most of the offices will not mail/courier passports outside their processing area.

PMM

[aanbaan]

absolutely..

the law is different for different countries. Nepal, for instance does not have a CHC. So, their passports are worked upon in India by mail.

most countries in Africa would not have a dedicated CHC. Even KSA gets processing done from CHC London. It does not mean that they have to physically go to London for stamping.

[AlbertaCitizen]

On my research few months ago, I have read about some people that sent passport out of the country, and it was not just one person, not two people, but much more than that, and not just to Canada, but to London and US as well.

So, unless someone put a link from a reliable canadian immigration website saying that they will not ask people to send passports out of the country, because it is illegal, don't take user's opinion as truth. Just wait to see how the cases will be processed...

Akk

IMO, Purpose of passport mailing is very important. This rule that "Passport shouldn't send outside of country" must be designed for private purposes to stop illegal practices but NOT for well reasoned, justified, written requests made by consulates for immigration purpose. Otherwise why consulates will request? If that will be the case then they request personally come to Manila and pick it up. Isn't it? I can not imagine any situation where CIC Manila or any other immigration authority will ask applicant to do something against the law.