Apply for Canada Tourist Visa from US - Questions

[Bryanna]

Thanks Bryanna for your help. I got a multiple entry 3-year visa (1 month before passport expiry date).

Hey that's super great.... congratulations and have a great trip

 

[h1bindia1975]

Hi

Is it possible for you to share the time line for your process? I mean the day you submitted your online application to the day you got your passport back

Thanks
Manu

 

[Bryanna]

Here's the timeline:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/approved-online-visitor-visa-passport-return-times-t134432.0.html;msg5060340#msg5060340

 

[Vivaronaldo]

Hi

Is it possible for you to share the time line for your process? I mean the day you submitted your online application to the day you got your passport back

Thanks
Manu

Here you go, just in case you're not able to access the link Bryanna provided:

My timeline (I live in the US):

Application Submitted: March 1, 2016
Passport Request: March 8, 2016. Sent all the documents required to NY VAC + money order to lockbox in Philadelphia.
Passport Received: March 10, 2016
Email from NYC VAC with Tracking Number: March 14, 2016
Passport in Transit to Visa Office: March 14, 2016
Passport Received by Visa Office - Under Consideration: March 15, 2016
Application Processing Completed - In Transit to the VAC: March 16, 2016

I checked my CIC online and it says Closed and Approved. Expecting to receive my passport sometime end of this week or early next week, once NY VAC mails it back using the returned envelope that I attached.

All the best.



Update

My passport was mailed back by the VAC yesterday on March 17. I have received my passport today with a multiple entry visa valid until March 2019 (one month before my passport expires).

Overall the process took 2.5 weeks as I submitted my documents online on March 1 and got my visa on March 17.