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

[ejamal]

The medical request email, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e06Gzoaf_4Fwl_5pI7Ot3tXEpyTWPPyI6cjI6sVxKs4/edit. There were three attached files. The first one is a medical form that has my picture and information on it, that has to be filled out by a doctor. The second file is a pdf file with instructions for the doctor. The third file is a pdf file containing various instructions for the applicant about the medical request.

Cheers,

 

[Shomo]

Now the question is if they send all of our files to Ottawa or only some of them are selected for the pilot program and rest are sent to Buffalo. I really hope it is the former.

 

[kg.jadu]

Now the question is if they send all of our files to Ottawa or only some of them are selected for the pilot program and rest are sent to Buffalo. I really hope it is the former.

Shomo, it seems that the Buffalo visa office is being closed. Refer to the post by Brit_Immigrant:

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.

 

[asbereth]

The medical request email, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e06Gzoaf_4Fwl_5pI7Ot3tXEpyTWPPyI6cjI6sVxKs4/edit. There were three attached files. The first one is a medical form that has my picture and information on it, that has to be filled out by a doctor. The second file is a pdf file with instructions for the doctor. The third file is a pdf file containing various instructions for the applicant about the medical request.

Cheers,

Holy crap, congratulations!!! As I suspected, we would not receive any AOR from either Buffalo or Ottawa. Hopefully this means that things will start going for the PhD stream applicants. Now, we have to figure out how to update the spreadsheet for medical requests. Once again, congratulations, ejamal I hope the timeline now will be linear as to when PER was issued, and not when the applications were received

 

[Shomo]

Shomo, it seems that the Buffalo visa office is being closed. Refer to the post by Brit_Immigrant:

Thanks That's good news.

 

[Luigiovemma]

Huge congrat!!! Finally some positive news here. Among all the mess I've been dealing with recently, there's finally some hope out there. Guess you can now have a very good weekend!

The medical request email, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e06Gzoaf_4Fwl_5pI7Ot3tXEpyTWPPyI6cjI6sVxKs4/edit. There were three attached files. The first one is a medical form that has my picture and information on it, that has to be filled out by a doctor. The second file is a pdf file with instructions for the doctor. The third file is a pdf file containing various instructions for the applicant about the medical request.

Cheers,

 

[Brit_Immigrant]

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 your application. Hopefully this will trigger a string of progress updates from all of us over the next few months.

 

[AF___]

Guys, hold your breath! I have got NEWS

I have just got my medical request from the OCPP. I will send you the format of the email later.

Cheers,

wow! awesome! congrats!
I notice that you were also the first one to get PER among the people of this thread.
Any changes in the ECAS btw?

 

[ejamal]

wow! awesome! congrats!
I notice that you were also the first one to get PER among the people of this thread.
Any changes in the ECAS btw?

No, it is still the same as before. In progress, We received your application for permanent residence on November XX, 2011.

 

[AF___]

No, it is still the same as before. In progress, We received your application for permanent residence on November XX, 2011.

And they didn't ask for anything other than medical, say bank statement, any missing document, etc?

 

[ejamal]

Just the medical request.

 

[phdapplicant]

@ ejamal: Did you submit your police records and 6-month bank statements with your application?

 

[ejamal]

Yes, I have submitted by police records. As for the bank statements, for the preceding 6-months before my application, I don't know what that means because my bank does not send me monthly statements. I asked my bank to issue me an official letter showing my account balance for the preceding 6-months but they refused. There reason was that they never issued such a letter before. I argued with them for a bit, and they gave me two letters. The first was a personal statement which included my current balance at the time. And, the second letter was called "Account confirmation". It contained a lot of information, e.g how long I have had that account with them, whether I have any loans or not, whether I have any mortgage or not, whether I have had any checks bounced due to non-sufficient funds for the preceding three months or not, and whether I have missed any payments for the past year.


I hope that was helpful.

Cheers,

@ ejamal: Did you submit your police records and 6-month bank statements with your application?

 

[phdapplicant]

Thanks ejamal. It's very helpful indeed.
I also sent them the same things: my recent 2-month bank statements + an official letter show my banking history like yours.

Anyway, they might request us to send them our bank statements for 6 months at any time. I believe that all of us should start preparing for that.

 

[smallkick]

Congratulations!!!

Is the 6-months bank statement mandatory? I've never heard it before and didn't put it in the application package.
Now I'm little bit concerned it as MASOUD has been asked to provide it.

Should I prepare one and send it to VO before they process my case?

Yes, I have submitted by police records. As for the bank statements, for the preceding 6-months before my application, I don't know what that means because my bank does not send me monthly statements. I asked my bank to issue me an official letter showing my account balance for the preceding 6-months but they refused. There reason was that they never issued such a letter before. I argued with them for a bit, and they gave me two letters. The first was a personal statement which included my current balance at the time. And, the second letter was called "Account confirmation". It contained a lot of information, e.g how long I have had that account with them, whether I have any loans or not, whether I have any mortgage or not, whether I have had any checks bounced due to non-sufficient funds for the preceding three months or not, and whether I have missed any payments for the past year.


I hope that was helpful.

Cheers,