Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

[yooper]

Yup it did!!!!! The letter also has the phrase bolded that states CPC MISSISSAUGA REQUIRES THAT YOUR SPONSOR PAY YOUR RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE.

Congrats on your PPR btw 

Been a while, since we paid prior to application, but in my case, 'sponsor' paid, but 'applicant's credit card was used.  And since we're married, there's not a lot of distinction to me -- and so it seems to CIC in my case anyway.

I'm guessing that since sponsor sometimes doesn't mean spouse, it might lead to an appearance of 'payment for PR' if applicant paid in those cases.

[awor]

I'm working on a spreadsheet for the transfers, it's brand new so it's only my info so far, but wanted to share:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqWjgVnQfJ9adFkxWHNTbm5qeHBBTEtYc2JfemJ1cWc

[bubba]

Right. I got you now. You'll certainly want to land, or 'activate' it before it expires as it cannot be extended.
In my case, I had the option to land that lasted all the way to around mid-April as that was when my immigration medical results would have expired. But why was I going to wait that long? 

When you do get your COPR, check the date listed on line 33. That's your expiration date. It should be the same as line 31, which tells you how long your medical results are good for.

I did my medical in January of last year, so I figured it would expire soon.  Buffalo told me they got an extension on the results, so with any luck I will have enough time so I can go on a trip and come back by the end of February then cross with the COPR.

[cantor2537]

I'm working on a spreadsheet for the transfers, it's brand new so it's only my info so far, but wanted to share:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqWjgVnQfJ9adFkxWHNTbm5qeHBBTEtYc2JfemJ1cWc

You may want to update your spreadsheet. My wife is OUTSIDE Canada right now, in the US.

[awor]

You may want to update your spreadsheet. My wife is OUTSIDE Canada right now, in the US.

Gotcha, thanks! I thought I saw one of your posts that said you were together, but I have NOT had enough coffee yet this morning!

[mjh49783aa]

That's good to hear as they don't always extend the medical results.

I did my medical in January of last year, so I figured it would expire soon.  Buffalo told me they got an extension on the results, so with any luck I will have enough time so I can go on a trip and come back by the end of February then cross with the COPR.

[yooper]

ddobro2, did you convey the spreadsheet duties onto awor? 

Regardless, just a quick note of great thanks for those who do this work.  The forum is great, but the spreadsheet really gives you some perspective, and helped me understand what might be happening.

Thank you for all your hard work and effort on this forum.

[awor]

ddobro2, did you convey the spreadsheet duties onto awor? 

Regardless, just a quick note of great thanks for those who do this work.  The forum is great, but the spreadsheet really gives you some perspective, and helped me understand what might be happening.

Thank you for all your hard work and effort on this forum.

I just started a separate one, I'm not doing the main one and I'm not sure I'd have time to properly update it. If ddobro2 wants to hand off the duty and no one else wants to do it, I can try though.

[AmericaninQuebec]

I did my medical in January of last year, so I figured it would expire soon.  Buffalo told me they got an extension on the results, so with any luck I will have enough time so I can go on a trip and come back by the end of February then cross with the COPR.

My medicals expired before the PPR was even sent, and they still gave me that 10 mth window for landing. I wouldn't worry. Seems like they tend to give people at least a good 6 mths on the COPR before it expires, at least out of Buffalo.

[ddobro2]

I just got a call from someone who handles immigration at an MP office. You might be wondering why I'm sharing this, given that I already got PPR, but I had contacted this MP before, was told by someone else in that office (not the aide who called me) that they wouldn't work with me because I'm not in their riding, so then I contacted my own MP. So I was pretty surprised when I got a call back (the aide knew I had received PPR because she had apparently looked into my case without my knowing it). We ended up having a conversation about the process at Buffalo and I told her everything I know about the problems applicants face there (and this forum). She told me she'd pass on what I had told her to the minister.

[ddobro2]

Looks like someone doesn't have the luck of the Bargeld regarding the police cert  
As for that landing fee, seriously I am pretty confident that the term "your sponsor" in that sentence was not inserted with much thought as to how it would be interpreted. The point is that they need the RPRF paid, and most times (I guess) it's the sponsor that does it, or it's at least the sponsor that's acknowledged officially for it.

I said that I paid the fees before, and I totally missed a major caveot. I used my husband's credit card and then deposited the full $1040 in his bank account electronically (I only have a "client card" and I didn't want to use my American credit card, whereas he has a Canadian cc). So technically I paid the fees, although it appears that he did. It was my name on the receipt though.

BUT......I highly doubt that fees would be rejected because the applicant paid them and not the sponsor. CIC just wants to have your money, they don't care who gives it as long as it's authorized. Anyway, especially with Can-Am couples, the sponsors are pretty equivalent financially and are very like to have joint financial accounts, so what's the point? So if you already paid, you need to just bring it to their attention.

Yup it did!!!!! The letter also has the phrase bolded that states CPC MISSISSAUGA REQUIRES THAT YOUR SPONSOR PAY YOUR RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE.

Congrats on your PPR btw  

[ddobro2]

They don't require an RCMP police clearance.

When was your police cert taken? Is it FBI or Canadian one that's expired? I have one of my police certs expired and I don't know if I should request a new one or wait until Buffalo requests it.

[ddobro2]

No, I didn't. But I can, if s/he or someone else wants to do it. Otherwise, I don't have an issue with still doing it for the time being. If someone posts their timeline and it doesn't make it onto the spreadsheet, just give me a PM and then I will be much more aware of it.

ddobro2, did you convey the spreadsheet duties onto awor? 

Regardless, just a quick note of great thanks for those who do this work.  The forum is great, but the spreadsheet really gives you some perspective, and helped me understand what might be happening.

Thank you for all your hard work and effort on this forum.

[ddobro2]

No, sponsor doesn't always mean spouse as there are other relationships between spousal in the FC category. But I don't understand your point about paying for permanent residence. No one is paying big money like they did in 2002 to forge the now-replaced IMM1000 and come in illegally. We're paying CIC for their efforts ( .....) to examine our cases so of course we, the applicants, are paying for (the opportunity, legally, to be examined as candidates for) PR.

I'm guessing that since sponsor sometimes doesn't mean spouse, it might lead to an appearance of 'payment for PR' if applicant paid in those cases.

[AmericaninQuebec]

Okay, so random bit of information I wanted to pass on for anyone else coming to QC. I was freaking out because I haven't been able to get to Montreal to the office of the RAMQ to register for health insurance in QC. I called them this afternoon about getting the necessary forms (since they won't let you download them online), and I had a nice conversation with the woman on the phone (in English since I felt like being 100% certain I understood her). Turns out the 3 mth waiting period starts from the first time you call the RAMQ and open a file with them. Apparently after our phone call today the 3 mth clock has started, and the best part is that it isn't even a full 3 mths that I will have to wait. Apparently I will be covered by the RAMQ as of April 1, 2012, as long as I get all of my documentation back to them by March 4th. In the mean time they're sending me the required forms, and told me what other documentation to gather to bring to their satellite office in my region. Definitely a relief, since I thought that the 3 mth clock didn't start until you'd actually done your registration and submitted the required forms.

Anyway, just wanted to pass that along so that no one else sits around waiting to contact the RAMQ just because they can't get to the office in person right away!

Now all that's left (I think) is to export/import my car, register it and get my driver's license changed. So close, yet so far. Haha.