Hey everyone!
My AOR is November 2019. Have been waiting for 10 months, lost all hope, but received my "Ready for Visa" letter last Friday. Good news, but I'm not sure what I should do right now, as my medical expires in mid October. I'm currently in the US on the student visa, but my status is gonna be over by the end of September. Got two options:
- Stay in the US, apply to change my status to a tourist (which I'm not sure is gonna be approved), send my passport and hope to get it back stamped in early October. Risking to become illegal here in the US, obviously don't need that.
- Go back to my country in less than 2 weeks (which was the plan before I received the letter), waiting for my visa there, most likely not being able to land in Canada before my medical expires. Risks here: apart from the medical I'm also worried that I'll need to get a new police certificate from the US, since I relocate back to my country.
What is the best way to approach this problem? Will I absolutely have to get a new medical if I can't land before my old one expires? Will they require a new police certificate from the US if I leave the country? The letter also states that if my address has changed, I need to provide a new one, but the thing is I've never provided one in my application (there was no such question, only the country of residence), while the only document with my US address they have received is my medical. I just realized that it's pretty weird and I'm not sure what to do about that. Sorry for the long message, had to explain everything clearly.