tigerpika
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« Reply #1245 on: September 17, 2010, 10:11:45 am » |
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Dayanara
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Posts: 187
Ratings: +11
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 13-07-2010
AOR Received.: 07-09-2010
File Transfer...: 16-08-2010
Med's Done....: 20-05-2010
Passport Req..: 30-09-2010
VISA ISSUED...: 07-10-2010
LANDED..........: 07-10-2010
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« Reply #1246 on: September 17, 2010, 10:32:26 am » |
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My husband and I are the same, I am near Toronto and he is in Buffalo, I go visit him at least once to twice a month and he does the same for coming here. I will say that 80-90% of the crossings are rather painless, you get the occasional guard that asks a dozen questions, but as long as you are honest, no worries.
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Married: 4/17/2010
Fees Paid: 5/13/2010
FBI Rec'd: 7/9/2010 (7weeks 4days)
"Visit" until PPR: 9/25/2010
PR Card Rec'd: 11/10/2010
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ljane79
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Posts: 157
Ratings: +4
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 07-04-2010
AOR Received.: 09-06-2010
Med's Request: Sent with entire application Miss.
Med's Done....: 09-10-2009
Interview........: Waived July 23, 2010
Passport Req..: October 8, 2010 Mailed it October 8, 2010
VISA ISSUED...: October 15, 2010 Received in mail Oct 19, 2010
LANDED..........: Driving to the border on Friday!!!
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« Reply #1247 on: September 17, 2010, 03:23:42 pm » |
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Yes, FBI has been a headache for many people on the forum unfortunately. Order one to submit as soon as possible. I'd also recommend ordering an additional set (with a separate set of prints) around the same time. This way if one set of prints comes back as unreadable hopefully the other set will be ok.
I agree, send EVERYTHING together. It may save you a lot of time and headache. |
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2009
Med done 10-9
Married 11-6
2010
Background complete 3-25
Sent App 3-27
App Rec 4-07
Sponsor appr 5-11
AOR rec 6-9
Interview waive 7-23
RPRF req 8-5 paid 8-6 rejected 8-11 rec 8-18
RPRF receipt received 09-24
Ecas Decision Made 10-5
PPR 1
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Cherlyn
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Posts: 156
Ratings: +4
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Mississauga/Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 15-03-2010
Med's Done....: 15-03-2010
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« Reply #1248 on: September 17, 2010, 05:11:54 pm » |
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I still didn't hear back from Ottawa about my medical. I sent them 2 faxes to both phone numbers what I saw over here. Is more than a week since I sent the first one. Do you know any phone # where I can talk with them directly?  ?? I have the feeling this is holding up my case. |
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03-04-2010 Fees paid
03-15-2010 Med's done
03-15-2010 PR Appl. sent to CPC-M
03-17-2010 Appl. rec at CPC-M
05-10-2010 Sp. App.recieved
04-29-2010 App transfered to B.
06-03-2010 In proc.at B.
10-05-10 Decision Made on Ecas
10-08-10 PPR by e-mail
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kerianne
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Posts: 223
Ratings: +4
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo, NY
App. Filed.......: April 27, 2010
Doc's Request.: November 18, 2010
AOR Received.: August 6, 2010
File Transfer...: June 1, 2010
Interview........: waived
Passport Req..: March 21, 2011
VISA ISSUED...: March 30, 2011
LANDED..........: April 29, 2011
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« Reply #1249 on: September 17, 2010, 06:09:16 pm » |
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CONGRATS GIGGLES! So Happy for you! I am in BC! Wooo. Here to 'visit' until my paperwork finishes up...whenever that will be  Border at Sumas was pretty painless too. Now, to enjoy my life a little bit, and not miss my hubby so much. Let's keep hoping for speedy processing!! Woo! Good luck to you all, (and me ugh, I still have to wait!! grrrr!) |
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Hope and prayer is keeping me strong Good luck to all those waiting news!! |
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Stumpedmom
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Posts: 541
Ratings: +13
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 22/03/2011 Receivd CPC-M
AOR Received.: 16/06/2011
File Transfer...: 06/05/2011 Received in Buffalo, 06/2011 to Los Angeles
Med's Done....: 12/10/2010
Interview........: waived...obviously cuz we got the PPR
Passport Req..: 16/8/2011
VISA ISSUED...: 24/8/2011 in our hands 8/29/2011
LANDED..........: 3/9/2011
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« Reply #1250 on: September 17, 2010, 06:48:36 pm » |
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So long as you have a home and a job to return back to, visits should be fine, even long visits, but they might want to see proof that you are applying for PR. The fee receipt is key to this, but copies of other paperwork might be useful. Frequent visits (say, weekly, or even more often) might annoy the border people if they start to expect that a non-Canadian is spending more time in Canada than outside Canada.
If we dont have the fees paid before he comes to visit, is it going to be a hassle. Its not like we can visit all the time. He lives in Arizona and I am in Ontario. We are hoping to get his medical done and pay for and file all the paperwork while he is here too. We have been collecting everything along the way, and have all the paperwork in order. By Paying all the fees does that mean the PR fees as well??? We are going to have the money to have the medical done here and file the application fees for sure, but I have had to take a medical leave for atleast a month, so the extra right off the hop is going to be hard. Not only am I having to deal with immigration, but now employment insurace...ugh!!!! |
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Cherlyn
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Posts: 156
Ratings: +4
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Mississauga/Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 15-03-2010
Med's Done....: 15-03-2010
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« Reply #1251 on: September 17, 2010, 07:21:38 pm » |
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If we dont have the fees paid before he comes to visit, is it going to be a hassle. Its not like we can visit all the time. He lives in Arizona and I am in Ontario. We are hoping to get his medical done and pay for and file all the paperwork while he is here too. We have been collecting everything along the way, and have all the paperwork in order.
By Paying all the fees does that mean the PR fees as well??? We are going to have the money to have the medical done here and file the application fees for sure, but I have had to take a medical leave for atleast a month, so the extra right off the hop is going to be hard. Not only am I having to deal with immigration, but now employment insurace...ugh!!!!
I don't know what others will suggest but my personal opinion is: Submit the file as soon as you can. The forms and whoever is the sponsor ( to pass the first part in Mississauga around 4 -6 weeks) after (when you get the file # )that when your file is transferred to Buffalo and you will get the stickers file the rest. Try to collect till that time (FBI, Medical, RFPF). I submitted the RFPF later on. |
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03-04-2010 Fees paid
03-15-2010 Med's done
03-15-2010 PR Appl. sent to CPC-M
03-17-2010 Appl. rec at CPC-M
05-10-2010 Sp. App.recieved
04-29-2010 App transfered to B.
06-03-2010 In proc.at B.
10-05-10 Decision Made on Ecas
10-08-10 PPR by e-mail
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fafi
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Posts: 30
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Category........: FAM
App. Filed.......: 12-08-2010
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« Reply #1252 on: September 17, 2010, 09:22:56 pm » |
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hey guys! i'm a new member just joining in on the fun here. i'm currently living with my common law partner in ontario. just got my AOR today! i hope to have PR by christmas. santa couldn't possibly bring anything better!
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BeShoo
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Visa Office......: Buffalo
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« Reply #1253 on: September 17, 2010, 10:14:26 pm » |
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By Paying all the fees does that mean the PR fees as well??? If it's a very short visit, it might be okay, but when my partner tried to come for 6 months, the IO at the border kept saying, "Where is your fee receipt?" She finally let him stay for 3 months, even without it, because it kind of looked like we were going through proper channels because we had a stack of forms. There is no need to pay the $490 RPRF, but the $75 sponsorship fee and the $475 (so, total $550) must be paid before they will even look at your forms. If he's not going to come for more than a few days or a week, I wouldn't even mention the PR application unless they ask, but he had to be honest that you two are a couple and not just distant friends. They hate evasiveness. |
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Same-sex common-law partner application in process soon.
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journeyman
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Posts: 185
Ratings: +6
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 15-04-2010
AOR Received.: 22-07-2010
File Transfer...: 25-05-2010
Med's Done....: 19-02-2010
Passport Req..: 26-08-2010
VISA ISSUED...: 02-09-2010
LANDED..........: 12-10-2010
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« Reply #1254 on: September 18, 2010, 12:36:38 am » |
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I don't know what others will suggest but my personal opinion is:
Submit the file as soon as you can. The forms and whoever is the sponsor ( to pass the first part in Mississauga around 4 -6 weeks) after (when you get the file # )that when your file is transferred to Buffalo and you will get the stickers file the rest. Try to collect till that time (FBI, Medical, RFPF).
I submitted the RFPF later on.
I just wanted to stress, as some other members have recently, that sending in a complete application, including medicals, FBI clearances (and possibly state clearances for each state he has lived in for more than 1 year since age 18), and all the fees can help to speed up the process. Most of us who have gone through the process fairly quickly have stressed this point. Missing documentation can cause your file to be put in a bring forward queue and not looked at until the next bring forward date is, even if you submit it before the date they next look at it. |
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USA2BCCANADA
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Posts: 62
Ratings: +0
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 12-07-2010
AOR Received.: 01-09-2010
Med's Done....: 01-05-2010
Interview........: WAIVED
Passport Req..: 21-9-2010
VISA ISSUED...: 1-10-2010
LANDED..........: 30-11-2010
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« Reply #1255 on: September 18, 2010, 12:21:47 pm » |
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Kind of off topic but I called the consulate in Seattle (amazingly I have the direct office number to one of the workers there, I have no idea how I got so lucky) to inquire about my son's citizenship card (he is dual us/canadian) since I have yet to hear ANYTHING and I want to try to have his card before my PR processes. Normally it can take up to 10 months to get his citizenship card and my PR started processing on Sept 1st so most likely mine will finish first. Well, the sweet gal told me she would put a RUSH on it and sure enough, I checked on ECAS and his file started processing that day! She was not kidding I only share this cause don't we all wish we could just put in a call and they could RUSH our PR file. We can all wish, right? Have a great weekend everyone and let's all hope for a productive week ahead. -Laura |
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From date application filed until Visa issued was 81 days!!!
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SaugaBoss
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« Reply #1256 on: September 20, 2010, 09:33:27 am » |
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heatherusa
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Posts: 799
Ratings: +64
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Buffalo
App. Filed.......: 05-05-2010
File Transfer...: 14-06-2010
Med's Done....: 22-04-2010
Interview........: Not required
Passport Req..: 08-10-2010
LANDED..........: 26-10-2010
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« Reply #1257 on: September 20, 2010, 10:08:42 am » |
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Same for us  |
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FBI Clearance received May 19, 2010 - 6 weeks processing
File sent to B'lo June 14, 2010
Sponsorship letter received 6-19-10
In Process at B'Lo Aug 6, 10,
Decision Made on Ecas 10-05-10
PPR by email 10-08-10
Landed 10-26-10
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SaugaBoss
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« Reply #1258 on: September 20, 2010, 10:18:01 am » |
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Same for us u havent recvd any update after aOR either? this is unfair... i dont get y some are faster than others  iwish they gave us a time like ok 2 months left so i would prepare better than assuming |
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canadausa
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« Reply #1259 on: September 20, 2010, 10:44:00 am » |
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Update for my case to sponsor my US husband:
Application rec'd in Mississauga - April 22, 2010
Sponsorship approved - letter sent May 28, 2010
File sent to Buffalo, they started processing the case July 12, 2010
Received letter saying medicals had been received, interview waived, requested FBI clearance (I had sent without them) - August 12, 2010. Immediately fedexed FBI clearance (rec'd in Buffalor August 16,2010)
Today (September 20, 2010), I received an email requesting his passport and 3 photographs. So we're almost done!
Question: are these photographs different from the ones I sent in with his application? I thought we were done with photographs...does anyone know?
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