Hi everyone,
My story is very long but I will try to sum it up in short. I graduated from McMaster University and went back to my home country of Saudi Arabia. I am back in Toronto, Canada on a visitor's visa and recently got accepted to a Master's degree in the Memorial University of Newfoundland which I plan to attend. Therefore, I needed to apply for a Study Permit. Now, the current system does not allow ONLINE APPLICATION in my case and only allows me to apply to the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia office, or to the Los Angeles visa office. I chose Riyadh because the processing times are shorter. I applied by mail to the visa office in Riyadh but my application was returned because'' Biometrics payment of 85$'' was not submitted. Ok, so now I can't afford a return ticket back to Saudi Arabia for the sole purpose of providing my biometrics at a VAC office there! My question is if i reapply by mail and enclose 85$ biometrics fee, will I be restricted to provide biometrics to a VAC office in Saudi Arabia only, or is it possible to go to the nearest ASC (Application Support Center) in Buffalo, NY and provide the biometrics there? PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME because time is flying and I have no idea what to do next :-[
My story is very long but I will try to sum it up in short. I graduated from McMaster University and went back to my home country of Saudi Arabia. I am back in Toronto, Canada on a visitor's visa and recently got accepted to a Master's degree in the Memorial University of Newfoundland which I plan to attend. Therefore, I needed to apply for a Study Permit. Now, the current system does not allow ONLINE APPLICATION in my case and only allows me to apply to the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia office, or to the Los Angeles visa office. I chose Riyadh because the processing times are shorter. I applied by mail to the visa office in Riyadh but my application was returned because'' Biometrics payment of 85$'' was not submitted. Ok, so now I can't afford a return ticket back to Saudi Arabia for the sole purpose of providing my biometrics at a VAC office there! My question is if i reapply by mail and enclose 85$ biometrics fee, will I be restricted to provide biometrics to a VAC office in Saudi Arabia only, or is it possible to go to the nearest ASC (Application Support Center) in Buffalo, NY and provide the biometrics there? PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME because time is flying and I have no idea what to do next :-[
