BUFFALO Transfer Files To Other Visa Office In US

[erikvirgo]

My application was transferred to Los Angeles Visa Office on October 5. Anyone knows how fast usually Los Angeles Office processes application to send out the Medical Request?


We received your application for permanent residence on December 11, 2009.

We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on February 16, 2010. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

Your application and supporting documents were received by the Los Angeles office. They are pending review.

We transferred your application to the Los Angeles office on February 24, 2010. The Los Angeles office may contact you.

We transferred your application to the Los Angeles office on October 5, 2011. The Los Angeles office may contact you.

 

[Eliza.W]

Do you guys have any idea or just guess that how they decide to choose which one to be transferred to other office? Recently I did not get any information about my application transferring, but many people applied after me got transferred already.

 

[Kummy29]

My understanding is that the applications are transferred to offices close to where you live. I live in Iowa,United States and mine got transferred to the nearest office i.e Detroit.

I could be wrong !

 

[arasha]

We transferred your application to the New York office on October 5, 2011. The New York office may contact you.

It sounds thay are working so hard

 

[danhass]

i live (in illinois) closer to detroit than to buffalo

didn't get any file transfer email or ecas status

 

[vermas]

hi moein,

Is it a new line after "we started processing your file on......."

Cheers..

Hi,

My E-cas is updated showing my file is transferred to Detroit.

 

[moein]

Yes, there is a new line shows the transfer to Detroit.

hi moein,

Is it a new line after "we started processing your file on......."

Cheers..

 

[Eliza.W]

i live (in illinois) closer to detroit than to buffalo

didn't get any file transfer email or ecas status

Me too, my address was in Michigan, very close to Detroit. My attorney is also here. Till now, I did not get the notice about file transferring.

Also, I wish the office could start to offer MR as soon as possible, both 227 and 626 applicants did not get MR from Buffalo for a long time.

 

[Kummy29]

Guys - I was referring to the files that were transfered. Not ALL files get transfered !!!

Also, Now CIC is working closely on back-logs. My application was sent in Aug-2009 and they have just started processing. I was informed by my lawyer that it is CIC's primary priority to clear back-logs from 2009 !!!

Stay tuned ....

 

[tshabanah]

Hi all,
I would like to join you in this threat. I received an email from Buffalo telling me that my file was transferred to New York. Do you have any idea what is that mean? Is it good or not? My time line is appearing in my profile.
Thanks,
Ali

 

[vermas]

I have just received an e-mail from Buffalo VO that my file has been transferred to New York.

 

[shiraz80]

Hi,
Every one,

I am new in this forumn site, my file got transfered to Los Angeles, California visa office at September 2011.
My time line is :

Received Application at NS office: Nov 30, 2011
First AOR: Feb 1, 2010
File to Buffalo: May 2010
Second AOR: Oct 2010
File transfered to Los Angeles vise Office: Sept 2011
Medical request - Awaiting

Thanks for sharing guys!!

 

[wilson]

Hi Friends,

May be this article is interesting for you:

The rankings of the Buffalo-NY visa post responsible for processing Canadian immigration applications have plummeted from being near the top -in terms of processing times globally - to near last. The Canadian Consulate General in Buffalo-NY, the main office responsible for the processing of Canadian Permanent Residence and temporary visa applications for persons in the USA intending to immigrate to Canada, was known as one of the fastest, most reliable processing centers for Canadian immigration applications globally – until recently. Only the visa posts in Trinidad & Tobago and Pakistan process applications slower than the Buffalo visa post at the moment. This cannot be good news for the many American nationals and persons living in the US who are considering immigrating permanently to Canada. With the highest rate of American immigration into Canada in the past 30 years, it may be the backlog, it may be the management, but something is certainly slowing down the processing of applications at this visa post. Applicants who submitted their documents when the Buffalo visa post had published processing standards of 6-12 months in past years, are dismayed to find out that processing times have grown to 21 months. For Federal Skilled Worker applicants, this delay is compounded by the fact that these applications must first pass a preliminary assessment stage at the Case Processing Centre, which itself takes an additional 5 months at this time. In all, waiting for 26 months may not be such an attractive deal to many highly qualified nationals. The solution? May applicants are instructing their Canadian immigration lawyers to submit their applications at the visa post responsible for their country of nationality. With processing times like 18 months in Damascus-Syria, 15 months for New Delhi – India, and 15 months for Mexico City – Mexico, many applicants, even those who may be working or living in the US, are asking their Canadian immigration lawyers to file their applications at the visa offices responsible for their home countries.

Copy of blog posted by Veronica Zanfir on Bomza Law group's website.

 

[FireFlySun]

Good day all,

Please count me in.. My file got transferred to Seattle on Oct. 14th, 2011.

May we all get our MR very soon...

 

[Eliza.W]

How long haven't we heard the news of MR from 227 applicants? 4 or 5 month?