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joejoe

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Mar 31, 2008
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Hi,

I have been browsing this forum and it seems that most people don't send all the documents required in the checklist all at once.

Can someone please post what I should initially send to the Buffalo's office?

Thanks!
 
Here's what i sent:
Copies (not original) : birth certificate, passport, U diploma, transcripts (just in case, but the diploma by it self is good enough),

bank Statements: from the mail nothing out of ordinary, just make sure they ad up to the amount you need 10k+

English proficiency, just a letter saying that you speak english....

Employer letters: This one was hard to get, couse I had to talk to my ex boss to do it, thankfully i had a friend still there and she did it for me, essentially an original letter

Forms: filled out schedule 1, 3 plus application
Photos: pretty straight forward
police report: I went downtown to my police station and asked them for a conviction history request or good conduct letter, something of that sort, they asked me for my info, charged me $10 and gave me a notarized letter saying im a good boy :) ORIGINAL

What i did not send:
FBI prints: these are going to take for ever, Im trying to get the whole thing done as soon as possible and i understand I can send them over at a later time, the same day i mail out my application i sent out the fbi prints. I dont know if you have read my argument as to why but here it is;
-Send the application no prints, after a few days i will recieve back the application stating that i need them
-wait for prints, re-send, since the prints are going to take a long time it wont make a difference, Im back to square 1
 
Then if you get back to square one, why not send the application with the fingerprints?
Can you get a receipt number without the fingerprints?

How about the $550? when do you send that?
 
$550 has to be send with the application. Without it they will not accept your application! You need to have bank draft of $550.
 
the $$ goes out the first time, once im back to square 1, i will wait until i get the prints from the fbi, but until then, see at that point i would know that i tried and fail but without a negative impact...

So far however it has been 2 weeks and i have not heard from the FBI nor Canada, once i do ill let you know....

I have asked other people and everyone seems to agree i played my cards right.