Application from within Canada:
Visa office: Buffalo
NOC: 1111 - Accountant (Category 1)
International student in Canada since 2 years (Category 3)
Have relatives in Canada (first blood relatives)
Applied to the CIO: June 8, 2009
Received the approval letter from the CIO On August 19, 2009. (by email)
Sent full documents to Buffalo: Sep 23 , 2009
Received AOR from Buffalo: October 21 , 2009. (by email)
Got a letter from Buffalo on April 6, 2010 Requesting me to submit an RCMP fingerprint based police clearance from Canada. (by email)
E-case status is still "Received by the visa office" since October 2009.