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I just got off the phone with immigration and found out that the wait time for an appointment in Calgary is 8 weeks!!! LOL what a joke! We will definitely be going shopping in Great Falls, Montana this weekend! It is so ridiculous that they offer it as a choice and then make it impossible...

:P :P :P ;D ;D ;D Our visas and passports just arrived! I am so excited! The paperwork says we don't even have to cross the border but can just go to the immigration office here in Calgary! Is that correct??? I would love to not have to make a trip down if it can be avoided! Any answers??

The tracking number for our passports to be returned to us just activated this morning so I am believing they will show up on Monday!!! We will go to the border on Friday and try this Landing thing for ourselves! :o :-X I have to admit that I am terrified that something will go STUPID at the...

I always used "APPLICATION STATUS" as the subject line and made sure I only asked one question per email. I discovered that they only EVER answer the first question you ask. They NEVER respond to requests for address changes... I got pretty good at the Monday morning emails to Buffalo...I might...

Once I received an email from them from an email address that WASN'T the typical mail bot, I began hammering them weekly. I will share the email address. Maybe it will work for you too! bfaloimpa-ap@interna​tional.gc.ca This seems to be the "processing department" instead of the F**K off...

:P :-\ ;D WE GOT THE REQUEST FOR PASSPORT THIS MORNING BY EMAIL!!! I AM THRILLED AND EXCITED!! THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE!!! THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT EVERYONE!!

OMG! I hope my story isn't as exciting or nuts as yours!! I am hoping for a nice BORING landing! Congratulations! We received the PPR this morning by email!!

LOL I was wondering what happened to me too! I had to bully a Seargent Major in the US Army into getting mys on fingerprinted while in Basic Training! He caught a HUGE amount of shit for that!! Then, we had to wait 8 weeks for the FBI to do their little dance and THEN I had to set up a special...

:P :o WE GOT THE REQUEST FOR PASSPORTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD! I AM SO THRILLED!!!!!!!!!! THE EMAIL CAME THIS MORNING!!!!!!!! IT IS GOING TO BE A FABULOUS CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Making this process more user-friendly definitely has to come from higher up in the chain of command. But I don't know if they can do that with the budget cuts they've faced/are facing...... :-\ Good old Winston! The budget cuts are a load of crap! They have a healthier economy than any one...

Every piece of paper goes to the applicant's address! Make sure you have immediate access to it. I didn't and have the rest of this F U B A R process to regret it!

But since Buffalo's processing is a big riddle wrapped up in an enigma stuffed into a black box, we can only speculate what that actually means, in real days and weeks. A better description of our beloved immigration system I have yet to hear. I think all MPs should have to have gone though...

I think if I ever get this darn PR that my goal will be to get my citizenship, go into politics and do my best to improve the CIC. Ugh.!! I AGREE COMPLETELY! I fully intend to attack the system from the inside if I ever get though this process. I am a High school English Teacher and I fully...

Yes, they already waived the interview! This process is so confusing!!! why do they need FBI clearance if they are going to do their own security search?

I just got an email from Buffalo stating that they have FINALLY received the FBI clearance on my son (who is NOT immigrating) and they are sending the file to THEIR security process before final assessment. Does anyone know how long THEIR security process takes???? Am I looking at weeks and...

I would love to just do it except HE JUST STARTED BASIC TRAINING! I cannot contact him, or get finger prints from him until October. They want it by Sept 20th! These stupid people are going to be the death of me!!!

:o :P I just received a letter from immigration saying that the interview has been waived and requesting FBI clearance for my NON ACCOMPANYING son who is on active duty with the US Army! I sent them an email quoting their own application packet which states that non-accompanying family members...

I am so happy for you my friend!!! Have fun planning your trip! Good luck selling your house. That may end up being more difficult than this process...who would have thought? Please let me know when you are arriving. I want to go and have that lunch and maybe, just maybe, by then we will both...

You are awesome Tiggilicious! I was just getting ready to ask a very similar question and you have answered it beautifully. I have been in Calgary with my hubby since the 10th of June and I want to extend and wait out the process. We are headed to the border to get student visas for my two sons...

Thanks so much! How would any of us survive this process alone?