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maple

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Category........
Visa Office......
buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28 feb 2008
AOR Received.
july 2008
Med's Request
28 march 2009
Med's Done....
april 2009
Interview........
no
Passport Req..
29 / 07/ 2010
VISA ISSUED...
03 /Aug/ 2010
LANDED..........
landed on 5th Aug 2010
what do they mean exactly, after Feb 26 2008 or after Nov 2008? It is really confusing. If they are correct, what about those received after Feb 26 -2008?
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/02b-skilled-fed.asp

see this too http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/01-all.asp

Maple
 
oh...one comment from me: Nothing I believe in this update, how can they mention that Buffalo take almost 8 - 16 months to finalize applications while we who applied under the FAST TRACK SYSTEM are still waiting a year after the medical now. It is nonsense.
 
Hi

maple said:
oh...one comment from me: Nothing I believe in this update, how can they mention that Buffalo take almost 8 - 16 months to finalize applications while we who applied under the FAST TRACK SYSTEM are still waiting a year after the medical now. It is nonsense.

Look at applications filed BEFORE 28/02/08 and note the numbers are averages.

PMM
 
Hard to believe these time lines. We, who applied in 2009, are told that it takes 64 weeks for Buffalo to start processing our applications. Applications sit in their office for at least a year before being processed. Six or eight months to finalize? Are you kidding me?
 
its totally wrong update

is there any way we can question their information......not a single case has been finalized in 1 year.....
 
roopa82 said:
its totally wrong update

is there any way we can question their information......not a single case has been finalized in 1 year.....

Are they lying to people so that they can receive more applications? I don't get it!
 
It is correct! The OP6 clearly indicates that processing times are calculated from the time visa office eligibility review is complete that is when your file status changes to In Process. A friend of mine sent full application to Tokyo visa office in April 2009 and it was there untouched until January 2010! Now she has received medicals and PPR and is expecting to have here visa in a month. So for her it took more than a year but for the visa office statistics 4 months only!!

Still, the processing times are misleading I suppose! ;)
 
wpc71 said:
It is correct! The OP6 clearly indicates that processing times are calculated from the time visa office eligibility review is complete that is when your file status changes to In Process. A friend of mine sent full application to Tokyo visa office in April 2009 and it was there untouched until January 2010! Now she has received medicals and PPR and is expecting to have here visa in a month. So for her it took more than a year but for the visa office statistics 4 months only!!

Still, the processing times are misleading I suppose! ;)

But people say New Dehli and other visa offices in Asia process & finalize applications with 6-8 months.
 
New Delhi yes, they are super fast under the new rules, they even have finished some cases within 4 months, but Buffalo Nooooo way to start even the processing before 8 months not to finalize it within 8 months! the update is not accurate.

My application has been stuck in Buffalo 6 months ago without any responce or progress except their AOR.
 
professional 1 said:
New Delhi yes, they are super fast under the new rules, they even have finished some cases within 4 months, but Buffalo Nooooo way to start even the processing before 8 months not to finalize it within 8 months! the update is not accurate.

My application has been stuck in Buffalo 6 months ago without any responce or progress except their AOR.

Mine's been stuck in Buffalo for 8 months! Still Received by Visa Office. I check almost every morning these days. It's quite depressing!
 
My medical expires in April (now), and I applied 28 Feb 2008!! That is just nonsense. This whole thing about time processing update makes no sense, it is the very opposite of reality (I mean Buffalo). Other visa offices like London and NewDelhi are really fast though
 
Hello PMM, Thanks for answering.

It makes no difference for me now.
Looking at those before Feb 27 2008, well at Buffalo it says it takes 16- 27 mos to finalize an application. I am almost 27 months now since filing my application. I became an expert at waiting. I will see what happens these few weeks.


PMM said:
Hi

Look at applications filed BEFORE 28/02/08 and note the numbers are averages.

PMM
 
Hi

maple said:
My medical expires in April (now), and I applied 28 Feb 2008!! That is just nonsense. This whole thing about time processing update makes no sense, it is the very opposite of reality (I mean Buffalo). Other visa offices like London and NewDelhi are really fast though

If you applied Feb/28/08, you realize of course that NO applications for FSW were processed until Nov/08? So CIC is not counting that time until the instructions were issued.

PMM
 
Buffalo timeline is Bullshit.Yes,New Delhi is giving results in 6 to 12 months.But Buffalo with the indicated time line, it's nonsense.I can laugh at it for 6-12 months without stopping.
 
It's getting slower and slower. It was up to 52 weeks for Buffalo to start processing apps. Now it's 64 weeks. And someone started saying 72 weeks. It's definatly getting slower. The best time to apply was between March-Dec. in 2008, I think.