Hello everyone:
I am a post June 26 applicant, CIO received my application mid Sept 2010, Buffalo is my visa office. I have gone through this thread and noted the time lines for applicants from Buffalo visa office. It seems on average, it has taken an applicant 14-15 months from when application was submitted to CIO at NS, to the time passports were requested.
As you all know, we have to juggle our lives while waiting to hear from CIC. It is extremely difficult to manage things, especially for those of us with children, when you don't know when and if you are given a PR visa.... If the 14-15 month average is correct, I am thinking maybe by Dec of this year we could get our visa request, obviously if our application is not rejected. I wanted to ask the seniors here, if my time line is wishful thinking? Any opinion would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, although post June 26 2010 applicants sent their complete applications to CIO, which is supposed to save them a month or two in processing time, there has been a two month backlog at CIO, so these advantages and disadvantages should wash each other out. Thank you for your comments... it is encouraging to read this thread and see so many success stories.
Cam