+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

Search results

  1. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Sure it was Willem, post: 'News from Buffalo is available!" He must have had personal correspondence, plus it definitely fits with everyone in this thread that has received something from Ottawa Scrap that it is posted on the CIC website...
  2. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I lifted this from someones post today: "If you are an American or national of another country currently residing in the U.S. or Canada and want to submit a permanent resident application: Economic Class applications must first be sent to the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney, Nova Scotia...
  3. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I agree with you Tyrus, I am pretty sure you are going to need the $14,000 in a bank account somewhere.
  4. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I think regardless of whether it is only a select few on the pilot program or not this is good news for all of us. Massive congrats ejamal. It is good to see that the people receiving progress are towards the top of the list we have and there appears to be an order relevant to when you submitted...
  5. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I think being fairly recent applicants this can only be a positive thing. Anything has to be faster than the speed Buffalo were getting through applications. I feel it will only result in greater delays for the applicants who have had their applications sitting in Buffalo for ages. I am hoping...
  6. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Sorry, I meant living in Canada already. The stream also applies to PhD graduates who have completed their PhD in the last 12 months. People in this situation may have left Canada and are looking to return. Either way, pretty irrelevant. I would be surprised if anyone would have applied if they...
  7. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/2012/05/25/pol-weston-buffalo-consul.html This may have something to do with why you received information from Ottawa.
  8. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Why is this obvious? Not everyone in the PhD stream will be landed.
  9. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Massoud. Are you living in Canada already? Like people said, it may just be to check you still have the money available/you did not borrow it off a bank etc. I would be surprised if they asked for this if you are living in Canada and have been supporting yourself for a while unless they were a...
  10. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    From browsing on other threads. Buffalo appears to be working on October 2010 applications at the moment. Just have to hope they up their personnel numbers if we are to get processed within 12 months.
  11. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Yeah they are pretty slow. Finally in the online system today "In Process". Time to forget about it for 6 months now I guess!
  12. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I was thinking of sending it to the LVO but the initial wait looked very similar and I thought that it would be easier to deal with correspondence in North America as I live here and don't want to have to make overseas calls, quicker postal service etc. May have been a mistake now. I guess when...
  13. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    OK, that is what AOR means (thanks). I thought that was when they acknowledged that they were working on your particular application and not that they have just received it from the CIO and put you in their system. Everything is a bit clearer now. I think your timescale predictions for Buffalo...
  14. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Thanks for the help Tyrus. Hopefully it will be fast I have sent my IELTS and police record from the UK with my application which should help and I am landed in Canada, but everything in Buffalo seems to go in slow motion compared to other VO's. Oh well, I will just have to be patient the same...
  15. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Is there anyone here who has received PER but still cannot log in to eCAS? I have tried my UCI and Application numbers but still can't log in. Is this because my application has not been received by the VO? Do you only get the 'In Process' status when the VO has received your application from...
  16. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    If you are still enrolled as a full-time student in good academic standing you should be able to get a study permit extension within 10-14 days. I did this back in February and it was a really quick process. I now have a study permit well in to 2014 and I plan to be finished in October-November.
  17. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    The New Dehli VO is crazy efficient. People who got their PER in Feb have already received their Visas.
  18. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I received my PER this morning, phew! If you would like to put me on the tracker: 1 applicant English Buffalo VO App received: May 4th CC charged: May 14th PER: May 18th. RA/TA: more than 2, less than 3 years: ~4000 hours
  19. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Am I correct in saying the furthest anyone has got through this stream is having their application sent to a respective Visa office? I went to an info session at my University and the immigration official running it said that when the application reached the VO it goes in line with all of the...
  20. B

    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I am an English applicant applying through Buffalo with two years full time RA/TA (1950 hours/year) I mailed my application on May 2nd and my credit card was charged on Monday 14th. No PER as of yet. I cannot log in to my application status yet using my client ID. I guess this is because I am...