So the story starts in APR 2009 when I submitted my documents that was received on May 01 2009. May 28, CPC-M opened the file and returned asking for a heck load of documents including my Option C that I had not initially submitted
May 01 2009: CPC-M recieved my file
May 28 2009: CPC returned the entire file asking for additional documents including Option C.
June 12 2009: CPC-M received my file again with all the documentation.
June12-Aug 31 2009: Guess my file was collection dust on someone's desk
Aug 31 2009: I received a call from CPC-M asking for addiitonal documents to prove I was in Canada. In Jan, I used to work on an H1B in Michigan but lived in Windsor, so CPC-M wanted to make sure I was living in Canada.
Sep 01 2009: I faxed a whole bunch of documents about 90 pages to CPC-M (attn to the officer who called me)
Sep 02 2009: REcived another call asking a few more questions. I had to submit another 10 pages of supporitng documents.
Sep 03 2009: Sponsorship approved. File forwarded to Buffalo NY.
Sep 14 2009: Buffalo sent a AOR (I thought that was pretty fast)
Sep 14 2009: Buffalo started processing my file (I thought that was pretty fast)
Typically Buffalo processing time is ranging about 40-45 days since AOR to Decision. Oct 3rd week, I visited Consulate to check the status I was told "No Medical Result."
For 4 weeks I was told no medical result and was asked to wait for another week. In the meantime I sent 3 faxes to RMC in Ottawa indicating the date and when the medical was done.
Nov 20 2009: I get a response (email) from RMC indicating they finally found the medicals.
Nov 12 2009: IN the midst of all these I get a request for state police clearance from all the state my spouse stayed.
Nov 23 2009: Buffalo Consulate confirmed the medical results in the system.
Nov 23 2009: Phone call from Buffalo Consulate asking for Passports. (I recived a phone call since I was in touch with the COnsulate officer. I will be moving from Fort Erie and I wanted to land before I move from Fort Erie since its 5 minutes from the border. I will be moving to Edmonton where the closest border is about 5 hours and my family is here with me in Canada.
Nov 24 2009: Hopefully everything goes in smoothly.
Anyways, my 2 cents for all you folks is when you first apply, make sure you submit all the required documents and do not miss any documentation that proves your residency. once they returned my file back with additional document request, they were no bound by any timeline to process your file and I lost about 4 months "just waiting."
I could have just waited another 10 days when I first applied to get my Option C and then applied. My impatience to wait for Option C and an unfortunate "no medical found" made a 3 month process to a long 7 month process. I don't really think it that bad but I could have been a little cautious and had it processed a little earlier.
Goodluck for all of you out there who are waiting. Your time will come too.
May 01 2009: CPC-M recieved my file
May 28 2009: CPC returned the entire file asking for additional documents including Option C.
June 12 2009: CPC-M received my file again with all the documentation.
June12-Aug 31 2009: Guess my file was collection dust on someone's desk
Aug 31 2009: I received a call from CPC-M asking for addiitonal documents to prove I was in Canada. In Jan, I used to work on an H1B in Michigan but lived in Windsor, so CPC-M wanted to make sure I was living in Canada.
Sep 01 2009: I faxed a whole bunch of documents about 90 pages to CPC-M (attn to the officer who called me)
Sep 02 2009: REcived another call asking a few more questions. I had to submit another 10 pages of supporitng documents.
Sep 03 2009: Sponsorship approved. File forwarded to Buffalo NY.
Sep 14 2009: Buffalo sent a AOR (I thought that was pretty fast)
Sep 14 2009: Buffalo started processing my file (I thought that was pretty fast)
Typically Buffalo processing time is ranging about 40-45 days since AOR to Decision. Oct 3rd week, I visited Consulate to check the status I was told "No Medical Result."
For 4 weeks I was told no medical result and was asked to wait for another week. In the meantime I sent 3 faxes to RMC in Ottawa indicating the date and when the medical was done.
Nov 20 2009: I get a response (email) from RMC indicating they finally found the medicals.
Nov 12 2009: IN the midst of all these I get a request for state police clearance from all the state my spouse stayed.
Nov 23 2009: Buffalo Consulate confirmed the medical results in the system.
Nov 23 2009: Phone call from Buffalo Consulate asking for Passports. (I recived a phone call since I was in touch with the COnsulate officer. I will be moving from Fort Erie and I wanted to land before I move from Fort Erie since its 5 minutes from the border. I will be moving to Edmonton where the closest border is about 5 hours and my family is here with me in Canada.
Nov 24 2009: Hopefully everything goes in smoothly.
Anyways, my 2 cents for all you folks is when you first apply, make sure you submit all the required documents and do not miss any documentation that proves your residency. once they returned my file back with additional document request, they were no bound by any timeline to process your file and I lost about 4 months "just waiting."
I could have just waited another 10 days when I first applied to get my Option C and then applied. My impatience to wait for Option C and an unfortunate "no medical found" made a 3 month process to a long 7 month process. I don't really think it that bad but I could have been a little cautious and had it processed a little earlier.
Goodluck for all of you out there who are waiting. Your time will come too.
