Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

[ihabkal]

Sorry to be posting so frequently on this board, but I want to give people any new information I've received.

I got through to CIC, but did not receive any new information. The call center agent said that my file is probably in Ottawa. I told him that Buffalo indicated that my file is in Detroit. He responded that my file may be in LA if I am at the end of the process. Apparently, my passport is floating around somewhere in North America without any way to track its whereabouts. So, I asked him how I could find out the location. He said that neither he nor anyone else would be able to give me that information. I asked him when I would receive notification from any office and he said that would come in "due time". I asked what "due time" is and he said he didn't know.

The only useful piece of information I received was that I don't need to do anything to trigger an extension on my medical. I guess they decide on a case-by-case basis whether to extend or ask for a new medical.

Although I do feel for you, please know that some people like me have been waiting for 6 or 10 years if you cont the frist time I applied fresh from college, 10 years is a looong time, it is a lifetime.
you are sooo lucky compared to me.

 

[oreidapennsyltucky]

Although I do feel for you, please know that some people like me have been waiting for 6 or 10 years if you cont the frist time I applied fresh from college, 10 years is a looong time, it is a lifetime.
you are sooo lucky compared to me.

By no means do I think I am in a worse position than many people and I realize that as an American I'm privileged in this process. I do feel like I have every right to be frustrated right now and it has nothing to do with the wait time. My frustration is with the lack of empathy this process provides and the bureaucratic nature of CIC. All of us should have the right to wake up next to the person we love, regardless of nationality.

 

[Kiri]

By no means do I think I am in a worse position than many people and I realize that as an American I'm privileged in this process. I do feel like I have every right to be frustrated right now and it has nothing to do with the wait time. My frustration is with the lack of empathy this process provides and the bureaucratic nature of CIC. All of us should have the right to wake up next to the person we love, regardless of nationality.

You're completely entitled and have every right to be frustrated. It doesn't matter how long you've been in this process or not, it's not any easier on people who've been in it 3 months, 1 year, or even like ihabkal says, 10 years. The time doesn't matter so you have a right to post and say whatever you want. This is where you can get solutions and others who sympathize and support you in your wait... don't ever feel that just because you've not been in it as long as some people, you're not entitled to these feelings. If anyone says otherwise, they are the ones who have no right and are in the wrong.

I feel so bad that you're dealing with this really. I wish I could make it easier for you. We all should be able to be with who we love and start our lives with them. I'm putting off starting a family until this is over myself. :\ I don't want to risk having a baby and then being told, go back.

 

[Lasiar]

By no means do I think I am in a worse position than many people and I realize that as an American I'm privileged in this process. I do feel like I have every right to be frustrated right now and it has nothing to do with the wait time. My frustration is with the lack of empathy this process provides and the bureaucratic nature of CIC. All of us should have the right to wake up next to the person we love, regardless of nationality.

Here Here., I feel your frustrations as I have them as well. CIC has our lives in their hands, and I don't know about you but I feel powerless to do anything but sit and wait and wait some more. They offer us nothing, no information at all coming from them without trying to pull teeth to get it. I miss my husband very much and I want him home now. Sighs!

 

[parker24]

I feel so bad that you're dealing with this really. I wish I could make it easier for you. We all should be able to be with who we love and start our lives with them. I'm putting off starting a family until this is over myself. :\ I don't want to risk having a baby and then being told, go back.

My husband and I are in agreement with you here. We decided to wait to have kids until he has been working for a while after getting PR, in case something happens and he has to go back home and I'm stuck here with a baby! Me being me, (emotional person) I'd probably have a meltdown if that happened and I had a baby! Though I do want kids, I want them with their dad here for good

 

[Kiri]

My husband and I are in agreement with you here. We decided to wait to have kids until he has been working for a while after getting PR, in case something happens and he has to go back home and I'm stuck here with a baby! Me being me, (emotional person) I'd probably have a meltdown if that happened and I had a baby! Though I do want kids, I want them with their dad here for good

Definitely... and since I'm the one who is being sponsored and having to travel, I would not last having to do that being pregnant or with a newborn.. and to deny the baby their father just because CIC has the hammer over our heads would be too much to bear. I could not stand leaving my baby here (not that I dont' trust my partner!! .. just new mama = MY BABY GIMMIE GIMMIE ), but at the same time.. I could not even dream of taking his child from him for any period of time for any reason.

 

[avocadosandcheese]

Hi all. A small update: Ecas now says "in process" as of May 29.

Yay, some progress....Now I wonder where it actually is....still don't know which visa office is processing it!

 

[Occasita]

I also feel lucky that I married an American... I met him in an online game, so I could just have easily met someone from ANY country! Just goes to show how amazing communication has become in recent years.

Side note, CIC received application today (Canada post tracking says delivered)

 

[Kiri]

I also feel lucky that I married an American... I met him in an online game, so I could just have easily met someone from ANY country! Just goes to show how amazing communication has become in recent years.

Side note, CIC received application today (Canada post tracking says delivered)

Uh oh, another online gamer! yay! It IS amazing how far communication has come!

What game if you don't mind my asking? Turns out when I mentioned that the one I met (who was Canadian, I'm the American) was on an online MMO, a few people said their experiences.

 

[sariss]

Uh oh, another online gamer! yay! It IS amazing how far communication has come!

What game if you don't mind my asking? Turns out when I mentioned that the one I met (who was Canadian, I'm the American) was on an online MMO, a few people said their experiences.

Me too! My hubby and I met in World of Warcraft, haha!

 

[Kiri]

Me too! My hubby and I met in World of Warcraft, haha!

YES! That's the game alright We met there as well!

 

[tavora]

YES! That's the game alright We met there as well!

My husband and I did too.

 

[Occasita]

Haha so many from WoW!
I've played dozens, possibly hundreds of MMOs, being a software developer I tend to fall into them easily.
I met my husband on FlyFF, and then we played DOMO. Currently I'm an active Perfect World player.

 

[Kiri]

Haha, nice! I played Perfect World a bit. Played lots of online games... I'm an illustrator, so it's my field.. so like you, I'm drawn in.

It's so crazy how the world works, eh?

 

[Lasiar]

Haha, nice! I played Perfect World a bit. Played lots of online games... I'm an illustrator, so it's my field.. so like you, I'm drawn in.

It's so crazy how the world works, eh?

Hey guys, just reading some of these latest posts and I was smiling, My American hubby and I met on Perfect World... That is so awesome to see so many others having met the same way. Fingers crossed to us all to be able to be with our loved ones soon.. ;D

"Currently I'm an active Perfect World player".. So are we still Occasita.. such a small world.