Which Visa office to request for PR application?

[VanBurro]

Hi, does anyone have any experience with the following?

I currently live in Canada for 3 months under a temporary work permit, and intend to apply for PR under category 2 of FSW. I've been a resident in Japan for 4.5 years right before moving to Canada, but was born in a middle-eastern country.

According to CIC guidance I need to submit my initial application to the CIO in Nova-Scotia, but since I do not reside in Canada for a year, I need to request my country's visa office to handle it. As far as I know it is extremely slow.

Did anyone have a similar experience? Any idea whether I can/should request my application to be processed by a Canadian (or Japanese which I assume would be on of the fastest?) Visa office?

Any idea would be greatly appriciated. Thanks!

 

[jes_ON]

If you submit now, you'll have to go through the visa office for the country of your citizenship. An alternative (if possible) is to wait until you've been in Canada for a year, then you can go through Buffalo (Also very slow).