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Confused: Is FBI "Application form" the 'cover letter' form??

imatwkrp

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Please help if you can: I have read many times on this forum that I can download the 'cover letter' on the same site that the FBI has the downloadable fingerprint card. But there is no clear 'cover letter' link on the FBI page.

Is this it? http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/background-checks/applicant-information-form
 

jes_ON

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imatwkrp said:
Please help if you can: I have read many times on this forum that I can download the 'cover letter' on the same site that the FBI has the downloadable fingerprint card. But there is no clear 'cover letter' link on the FBI page.

Is this it? http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/background-checks/applicant-information-form
Yes. The FBI has updated its website and forms, CIC hasn't yet done the same.
 

imatwkrp

Star Member
Jun 16, 2010
76
2
Category........
Visa Office......
OTTAWA
NOC Code......
4011
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-21-2012
AOR Received.
05-11-2012
IELTS Request
Sent with application
Med's Request
06-05-2013
Med's Done....
06-13-2013
Passport Req..
10-03-2013 (copies only; visa-exempt)
LANDED..........
11-09-2013
Thank you so much, jes_ON!
 

jes_ON

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01-Mar-2011
Passport Req..
30-Jun-2011
VISA ISSUED...
12-Jul-2011 (received 25-Jul-2011)
LANDED..........
03-Sep-2011
wildtoucan said:
can you still request expediting and if so, what do you write and where?
Read the instructions - No expediting. Not officially, anyway.

No need for expediting in any case. CIC has relaxed the rules a bit on PCCs to take in to account some lengthy processing times.
 

jes_ON

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30-Jun-2011
VISA ISSUED...
12-Jul-2011 (received 25-Jul-2011)
LANDED..........
03-Sep-2011
Hmm... well, it's not required, but it won't hurt either. Sometimes you can get a bad set of prints; some people just are harder to print than others. So a second set is not a bad idea.