Recent content by eletyl

get there at 7-7:15am. if you ask any security where to go, they will tell you to wait in Tim Horton's. the guard from the consolate will come down at 7:30am and bring you up so you are in line for opening at 8am. (I did this, and was 4-5th in line, but still got out at 10am)

Buffalo returned all my photos when I went there in person for the visa.

Buffalo returned all my photos when I went there in person for the visa.

I just printed out a document (from MS Word) in this format, and handed it loosely with all my other documents: Last Name: xxx First Name: xxx Middle Name: xxx Height: xxx Eye Colour: xxx It was probably overkill, but they had gotten my middle and last names swapped in the PPR, so it...

I stayed here: http://bestwesternnewyork.com/hotels/best-western-plus-galleria-inn-and-suites it had free parking, and was a 5 minute drive from downtown, no traffic at 7am. it wasn't totally luxurious but it was simple and clean, recently renovated, and had free breakfast/coffee in the...

I don't know. they asked for my date of landing, so if you know that in advance, perhaps it's worth letting them know. Question@cic.gc.ca

if you get PR while on implied visitor status, make sure to write CIC to withdraw your visitor application. apparently, they refund your $75!

I am preparing an application to sponsor my parents. I have a question about "adoptive" non-accompanying family members. My mother was born in 1945, and her parents divorced soon after. The man whom I consider my grandfather married my grandmother just a few years later, and raised my mom...

the consulate officially opens at 8. but they actually start letting people in at 7:30. if you get there before 7:30, ask any guard and they will tell you to wait in tim horton's. then the consulate guard will come down and ask everyone at tim horton's who is there for the canadian consulate...

lol. it's the first thing that comes up if you try googling it. ;) but here you go: https://ecas.carroll.org.uk/

so glad to hear it, Inl and Sparkle!!

quakingaspen: my PPR was July 23 and landing was Aug 2. thx!

just by logging into e-cas. (actually, I had signed up for the e-cas tracker, so it had sent me an automated email)

I received AOR and PPR by email, but when they lost the RPRF and requested it be paid (even though I had already paid it), it was by snail mail. then it got lost in the mail + postal strike, and ended up delaying us months.

Thanks! And, another hint: for a better spot in line, try to sit or stand as close to the door to the escalators (NOT the elevators) as possible. :)