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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

eeeeeeeelectric

Hero Member
Mar 20, 2011
203
3
123
BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Surrey
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-05-2011
AOR Received.
05-07-2011
Med's Done....
15-03-2011
Interview........
28-07-2015
Passport Req..
1-16-2012
VISA ISSUED...
1-19-2012
LANDED..........
1-21-2012
redundant e-cas tracker love today...3rd medical results confirmation of status change lol
 

amaranth

Hero Member
Oct 31, 2009
333
11
Toronto & Buffalo
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17.12.2010
AOR Received.
31.3.2011
File Transfer...
18.1.2010
Med's Done....
30.11.2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
25.10.2011
VISA ISSUED...
10.11.2011
LANDED..........
17.11.2011
eeeeeeeelectric said:
redundant e-cas tracker love today...3rd medical results confirmation of status change lol
I had a grand total of 28 tracker updates telling me my med results were received.

Thanks for the congrats!
 

jstnmlr

Full Member
May 29, 2011
46
0
Las Vegas Nevada USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-05-2011
AOR Received.
10-06-2011
File Transfer...
09-06-2011
Med's Done....
12-04-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
17-11-2011
VISA ISSUED...
??
LANDED..........
planned Jan 20, 2012
eeeeeeeelectric said:
redundant e-cas tracker love today...3rd medical results confirmation of status change lol
I'd kill for random tracker updates. Feel so un-loved... lol
 

eeeeeeeelectric

Hero Member
Mar 20, 2011
203
3
123
BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Surrey
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-05-2011
AOR Received.
05-07-2011
Med's Done....
15-03-2011
Interview........
28-07-2015
Passport Req..
1-16-2012
VISA ISSUED...
1-19-2012
LANDED..........
1-21-2012
I did get a little thrill to at least see a new email from the immigration process. I knew full well it wouldn't be anything new since there are so many people ahead of me here who still haven't seen movement this month.

Come on CIC!
 

prophet3

Star Member
Aug 4, 2011
86
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buf
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 25
AOR Received.
June 29
File Transfer...
July 11
jstnmlr said:
I'd kill for random tracker updates. Feel so un-loved... lol
i am getting ghost updates, although there is no change, get really excited ,lol
 

cbennett

Star Member
Jul 5, 2011
62
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4.18.11
AOR Received.
8.06.11
File Transfer...
6.06.11
Med's Done....
3.30.11
Interview........
waived 9.30.11
Passport Req..
11.7.11
VISA ISSUED...
11.17.11
LANDED..........
11.17.11
So, I got an ecas tracker update today. It says my application became in process Nov. 7th. That's the same day I got my PPR email. Too funny!
 

destanova

Full Member
Jan 3, 2011
40
1
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10Feb2011
File Transfer...
24Mar2011
Med's Done....
24Jan2011
Passport Req..
04Oct2011
cbennett said:
So, I got an ecas tracker update today. It says my application became in process Nov. 7th. That's the same day I got my PPR email. Too funny!
My ECAS switched to "In Process" on the 31st of October. I landed on the 29th. :)
 

amaranth

Hero Member
Oct 31, 2009
333
11
Toronto & Buffalo
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17.12.2010
AOR Received.
31.3.2011
File Transfer...
18.1.2010
Med's Done....
30.11.2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
25.10.2011
VISA ISSUED...
10.11.2011
LANDED..........
17.11.2011
destanova said:
My ECAS switched to "In Process" on the 31st of October. I landed on the 29th. :)
I'm waiting to see how long ecas takes to change to "decision made"... if at all!

Just a couple of things to add to my visa pick-up journey yesterday. They returned my big old envelope of photos, which I really wasn't expecting. Also, I finally got my #Bxxxx file number, and only because it was written (along with the #Fxxxx file number) on the envelope of photos. The #Bxxxx isn't even on the COPR! So I'm assuming this means the #Bxxxx number isn't the important one, and only receiving the #Fxxxx is good enough... The mystery rolls on, I suppose. ::)
 

AmericaninQuebec

Hero Member
Oct 12, 2011
528
7
Quebec
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-02-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
15-12-2011
LANDED..........
11-01-2012
destanova said:
My ECAS switched to "In Process" on the 31st of October. I landed on the 29th. :)
That makes me feel a bit better that mine hasn't updated since July! Haha.
 

Bargeld

Hero Member
Sep 17, 2011
338
53
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-05-2011
AOR Received.
14-07-2011
File Transfer...
05-07-2011
Passport Req..
06-10-2011
VISA ISSUED...
20-10-2011
LANDED..........
20-10-2011
destanova said:
My ECAS switched to "In Process" on the 31st of October. I landed on the 29th. :)
e-Cas still says the application in Buffalo is "In Process" as of October 4th. Obviously looking at my timeline something is amiss. ;)
 

AmericaninQuebec

Hero Member
Oct 12, 2011
528
7
Quebec
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-02-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
15-12-2011
LANDED..........
11-01-2012
ddobro2 said:
No new PPRs this week? :mad: ::)
Apparently not. Sigh. Fingers crossed that next week is our week! :)
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
38
123
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Not surprised, ridiculously enough. I know they're also working on FSW and TRV stuff and all, but they might as well have just observed Veteran's Day/Remembrance Day today since we don't see any results from them anyway in the form of passport requests. And next comes American Thanksgiving, which they'll be closed for, and then I'm sure people will start taking time off for holidays so that'll be just dandy in terms of waiting longer.

AmericaninQuebec said:
Apparently not. Sigh. Fingers crossed that next week is our week! :)
 

AmericaninQuebec

Hero Member
Oct 12, 2011
528
7
Quebec
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-02-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
05-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
15-12-2011
LANDED..........
11-01-2012
I randomly started reading some of the initial posts on this threat just now (me, bored? why would you ask? ;)) I saw one poster mention that she and her conjugal partner had sponsorship approved in 1 mth, then her PR approved 2 mths later. It took them at a total of 3 mths to get her PR. This was just in 2010. I thought people who got PR in 5 or 6 mths were lucky, but a 3 mth total turn around time? That's just near unbelievable! ::)
 

doctorkb

Hero Member
Feb 6, 2011
470
17
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY, USA
NOC Code......
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Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-JAN-2011
Doc's Request.
12-SEP-2011 / e-mailed 20-SEP-2011
AOR Received.
29-APR-2011
File Transfer...
03-FEB-2011 / In Process 16-AUG-2011
Med's Done....
29-SEP-2010
Interview........
<img src="http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-random-smileys-838.gif"> (waived, get it?)
Passport Req..
24-OCT-2011
VISA ISSUED...
11-NOV-2011
LANDED..........
07-DEC-2011
AmericaninQuebec said:
I randomly started reading some of the initial posts on this threat just now (me, bored? why would you ask? ;)) I saw one poster mention that she and her conjugal partner had sponsorship approved in 1 mth, then her PR approved 2 mths later. It took them at a total of 3 mths to get her PR. This was just in 2010. I thought people who got PR in 5 or 6 mths were lucky, but a 3 mth total turn around time? That's just near unbelievable! ::)
There were a few people with similar timelines in early 2011. Basically, if you sent your package to Mississauga in Feb or Mar, you stood a decent chance of an approval that quickly.

If you look at the Family Class tracker at trackitt.com you'll see that there are some people that have received it in about 18 days. Yes, they are the exception and basically it was an "oops" on the part of CIC... but seriously, should we be at all surprised?

As for us, Buffalo has had the passport for two weeks now. (Literally, had it. It was delivered there 14 days ago). Our return envelope's tracking hasn't activated yet, either... but you know CanadaPost -- they're about as consistent (perhaps less so) than CIC.