Recent content by piker751

I just sent my photos loose in the envelope they came after printing them off at walmart. wrote the info on the back with a sharpie.

yes, absoulutly send the hotel and airline reciepts. We sent in all that we had, monthly trips generated a lot of reciepts. I sent our application on Oct 17, 2010. Not sure when I was approved as sponsor, but got a snail mail on dated Nov 11 with approval. WE got the email for the PPR...

I think you will be fine. My wife and I have never spent that much time together either, and we got approved fast. Sounds like you have more than enough eveidence. What about plane tickets? etc?

We (my wife the applicant) only recieved emails, once for the AOR, and one for the PPR. Not a single thing by snail mail.

There is no way a passport sized photo will be acceptable when you are issued the Visa. The small sized immigration photo is what is used for the photo on your PR card.

I never posted on the Oct thread, but we have recieved our PPR, applied on Oct 17. Went down to Buffalo to pick up the Visa the next week. Edited to add: our Ecas still says in Process

We included the State one as well, it was much easier to obtain than the FBI one.

I cross the border several times weekly. One thing to remember is when the Canada border agent asks"do you have anything to declare?" It is up to you to disclose what you are bringing into Canada that will be remaining in Canada. A false statement can lead to permanent refusal.

DKA- I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post which site. I have no interests, etc. we just found this very convienient for us. Just before I went to get my wife Visa, she sent off a couple pics, and she recieved them in the mail four business days later...

My wife and I used an online service that does the immigration photos to the specs they are looking for. It was fast and easy, you send the digital file to him, and he prints them off and send the photos back, in just a few days. decent prices too, and hassle free of finding someone to do it...

ive been only following the Outland Buffalo thread. We got our PPR on Jan 18, and I went and picked up my wifes Visa in person Just on Thursday. The timeline surprised us actually. Almost three months exactly to the day.

I am also very interested in how specific, so I can have the forms all filled out for when we land.

So I drove down to Buffalo to get the Visa today. It is a very simple process actually, I was in and out of the office in just over a half hour. I highly recommend picking it up in person if it is feasible. I think family class, or those getting a permanent resident Visa are handled by...

With my case, Ecas was way behind reality. Ours is still showing "in process" even though we got out PPR last week. Today I'm gonna drive to Buffalo and get the Visa and see what that process entails.

My wife and I just got approved through Buffalo. Because of the nature of our work scedules, we were unable to chat online at all. But we did chat on the phone everyday. So, we got approved without an single chat log, with only phone bills to show our communication.