Hi Senior members and anyone,
I am in US for the past more than 6 years working on H1B. I am an Indian national along with my wife. My son was born in US and is a US citizen.
Below is how I think I screwed up:
1. I applied to NSNP 2014 (without job offer). I had applied early enough but I had missed putting in the Visa office where I wanted my application to be processed in IM0008 (Q4). So I was contacted by an Officer and she asked me which visa office do I want to process my application.
2. My job situation is sort of ok but we never know when lightening can strike, so to be on safer side I filed "New Delhi" as my Visa office. A few days back the nomination paper arrived in email mentioning that my visa office is New Delhi.
3. Recently, I was reading some forums (specifically Reply #1095 on
Re: FSW 2014 Applicants Timeline- Lets Network Here. ) where one of the members (ashif_eee) mentioned that "Brother first of all since u r in US over one yr then as per rule ur VISA OFFICE will be CPC-OTTAWA not NY or in US VO...".
4. I did some more search and found that on CIC website that english/DEPARTMENT/media/notices/notice-buffalo.asp where it says:
"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, Canada (CIO-S).... Applications that have been screened for positive eligibility will be sent directly to CIO-S or CPC-O for further processing. Applicants should indicate “CPC-O” as the processing office where indicated in their application."
I am not sure if this is true and if so, what can I do? Please guide me.
Thanks,
Distressed immigrant wannabe
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