Hi,
An update on the email which I recieved from Buffalo regarding the Fingerprints for my wife.
Consulate in Chandiagrh is not capable of doing fingerprints. New Delhi Consulate does not have any availability untill mid-july. My wife got an appointment for June 7th at Phillaur, near Jalandhar (Punjab) at Crime Branch, who are capable of doing this.
I had called RCMP on last Friday, had someone call back today to clarify few things.
So the process is - When she goes there, she would be given Form#C216C to fill, and then fingerprints on paper, standard and rolling with information like full name, file# (in our case - both the file#'s), address for buffalo VO (HSBC one), etc. The Crime branch will date, sign and stamp it and give the form, fingerprints to my wife. She then has to make money order or certified cheque for $25CAD or equivalent in US currency for processing fee, and mail all these documents to Ottawa RCMP HQ. They will assess and send the assessment (results) to Buffalo VO. I was told by the lady from RCMP that we can not have electronic finger prints outside Canada, so only option we have is paper fingerprints.
My ECAS still shows RBVO, and I have 2 file#'s. The first file# which starts with E0 was issued by CIO NS, and 2nd file# is B0 which was written in email from Buffalo VO (the email which had fingerprint request).
I assume, ECAS would be updated sometime this week to In-Process (I hope so), as they have issued 2nd file#. Also, I assume, they have done the eligibility review too, or they are in processo of doing it.. But I am not sure, as we all know how VO's and Buffalo in particularly works.
Regards,
Shiv
