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I've never heard of that but you may need to do more research. I have plenty of friends who claimed refugee status at Canadian border coming from US (originally as got there as students or tourists) and who have been able to come and go between the US and Canada.

Get a US Visa like everybody else. He may have to explain himself at immigration post coming in but with residency status in Canada and a US visa he should be able to come and go however he'd like.

Hi there, First, I'd recommend you get familiar with all of your options, this link http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.asp will give you a rundown of the different ways people immigrate to Canada. Those of us of have been dealing with immigration for a while know how tedious it can be...

yep, the VO will do background checks themselves as well. The ones we send in ourselves just show that we don't have a criminal record (haven't been arrested,etc..) but the VO office must do checks regarding espionage, terrorism,etc...

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5257B_1.PDF See the link above. The top right hand corner gives you instructions on what to do when you don't have enough space.

which form are you filling out? Most immigration form instruct to use blank page if you don't have enough space...what are you applying for?

Hi there, there are only a few options when it comes to immigrating to Canada. Student and tourist visas are only temporary and don't allow you to work and you would be illegal past the expiration of the visa. Work visa would be difficult to obtain in your situation. Family sponsorship or...

Hello, Look on the top of the application form. it says you can use a blank page if you run out of space. just make sure you reference the form name and number as well as the questionw #.

yes, there are. go back to the main page and research based on your category.

thank you...makes more sense now.

I thought that if VO is Buffalo, AOR and MR are received at the same time? but if AOR is sent via email and MR via snail mail then that's incorrect...can someone clarify for me? Anyone received MR via email? Thx.

Our files were pretty much received at the same time, you should hear from them soon. Hang in there...

Yay! Congrats Jonmonc. I'm a bit confused by the letter. It says the average processing time is 10 months (from submission date?) and then it also says to contact the office directly if no instructions have been sent after 120 days ??? any ideas anyone?

Yes, sent the credit card form.

Thank you for sharing the email Jonmon! I'm $550 poorer as of today! CIO just debited my account...please update spreadsheet :D

Hi there...where did you find the information on estimated processing time? Ottawa's involvement (I think you are correct)...could you share? Thank you.

Thank you...had missed that part :)

Thank you!

@ manubobby- could you please share the link to the website you are referring to in your post (6 weeks deadline before calling)? Thank you much.