Get passport back in person from NYC consulate

[lineline]

Hi, I mailed my TRV application to the canadian consulate in NYC on June 12th and got the confirmation that they received it on June 14th, but till now i have no response about my application and need my passport back till this friday bcs i have a flight booked for next week. I've been e-mailing then since July 10th, but yet no response, just got my file number from them!!
Does anyone know how to get it back in person in the consulate? If I go there can I cancel the process and get the passport back in the same day?
I don't care abt the visa anymore, just need my passport back!!!
PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER ME!!

 

[fishics]

lineline: I am in the same situation and have started writing emails to them today (they received my package at July 16th)
Waiting for someone to answer whether we can get the passport and other documents back if we go in person.
(yet i was told by someone that we cannot even enter the consulate without a passport?)

Hi, I mailed my TRV application to the canadian consulate in NYC on June 12th and got the confirmation that they received it on June 14th, but till now i have no response about my application and need my passport back till this friday bcs i have a flight booked for next week. I've been e-mailing then since July 10th, but yet no response, just got my file number from them!!
Does anyone know how to get it back in person in the consulate? If I go there can I cancel the process and get the passport back in the same day?
I don't care abt the visa anymore, just need my passport back!!!
PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER ME!!

 

[smitra]

I am in the same situation. I applied for Visitor visa for my father-in-law, who is visiting from India. Package was received by consulate on June 12th. When we did not get visa by July 13, we sent a fax to them withdrawing the application and requesting return of passport and other materials. Since then we have been e-mailing them regularly requesting return of passport. Till today, they have not bothered to reply, other than send an auto-acknowledgment that we will not respond unless processing time has been exceeded (which it has).

I too would like to know how we can get the passport back from the consulate if we visit them in person.

What other options do we have?

 

[lineline]

I've tried to reach them by phone, fax and e-mail and had no success. The front desk receptionist from the consulate who picked up my phone call today told me that I have to wait or try to withdraw it sending and e-mail, but I can't wait for them anymore. I can't miss my flight. I'm going there on wednesday and I'll stay there all day long till i get my passport back!
I read somewhere that if u withdraw it would take from 7 to 10 business day.
If I have any news till wed i'll let u know.

 

[STURD]

MEDICAL REASONS - U MIGHT GET IT FAST

 

[fishics]

good luck lineline!
and please keep us updated of your visit there!

 

[smitra]

Yes, lineline. Please keep us updated!! Thanks in advance...

 

[lineline]

Today i received an e-mail from the immigration asking my full name, date of birth, country of birth and passport details.
Does it mean something?

 

[fishics]

Hi lineline, Did you include the information when you try to withdraw through email?
and from which email address was the last email from?

good luck!

Today i received an e-mail from the immigration asking my full name, date of birth, country of birth and passport details.
Does it mean something?

 

[lineline]

I didn't try to withdraw it at all bcs i knew it would take more than 10 business days, so I just sent them several e-mails asking about the status bcs I have to travel and need my passport back asap. But i never filled in any withdraw form...
Their e-mail came from the address: re-cngny-immigration@international.gc.ca

 

[smitra]

We sent them several e-mails asking them to withdraw the application. Today, the passport came back WITH THE VISA STAMPED, and the following e-mail:

FILE NO: V_________

Dear Sir / Madam,

Your application for a Canadian Temporary Resident Visa has been finalized. Your passport and documents were sent to you on July 24 by EXPRESS MAIL tracking no. _________________________.

We ask that you wait for the mail to arrive before requesting any further information.

For future reference, in all correspondence to our office, please refer to the applicant's full name, date of birth and file number.

Thank you for your interest in Canada.

Immigration Section | Section d'Immigration
Canadian Consulate General | Consulat général du Canada
1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1175
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
.....
newyork-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca

***** This was sent in REPLY (from: re-cngny-immigration@international.gc.ca) to an e-mail with the subject line *** EXTREMELY URGENT ****: WITHDRAW VISITOR VISA APPLICATION.

The total time was 44 days (sent by Express mail on June 11, 2012, received by consulate on June 12, 2012).

I don't know if the e-mails and faxes we sent over the past week withdrawing the application did anything.

What a relief!!

 

[lineline]

We sent them several e-mails asking them to withdraw the application. Today, the passport came back WITH THE VISA STAMPED, and the following e-mail:

FILE NO: V_________

Dear Sir / Madam,

Your application for a Canadian Temporary Resident Visa has been finalized. Your passport and documents were sent to you on July 24 by EXPRESS MAIL tracking no. _________________________.

We ask that you wait for the mail to arrive before requesting any further information.

For future reference, in all correspondence to our office, please refer to the applicant's full name, date of birth and file number.

Thank you for your interest in Canada.

Immigration Section | Section d'Immigration
Canadian Consulate General | Consulat général du Canada
1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1175
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada
.....
newyork-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca

***** This was sent in REPLY (from: re-cngny-immigration @ international.gc.ca) to an e-mail with the subject line *** EXTREMELY URGENT ****: WITHDRAW VISITOR VISA APPLICATION.

The total time was 44 days (sent by Express mail on June 11, 2012, received by consulate on June 12, 2012).

I don't know if the e-mails and faxes we sent over the past week withdrawing the application did anything.

What a relief!!

Congrats!!! Hope mine comes to me very soon!!! I really need to get it back this week yet!

 

[fishics]

any news?
i m thinking abt going there in person now...

Congrats!!! Hope mine comes to me very soon!!! I really need to get it back this week yet!

 

[lineline]

Hi!!
I went to the consulate today and came back with my passport and visa stamped on it.
But it took me the hole day!
If you go there, be prepared to wait and take all documents u think u may need to present!

 

[fishics]

Thanks a lot lineline!!!
still some questions
without a passport you can enter the consulate?
wt other documents you brought?...guess i v mailed all documents to them ...
thanks a lot again!!!!

Hi!!
I went to the consulate today and came back with my passport and visa stamped on it.
But it took me the hole day!
If you go there, be prepared to wait and take all documents u think u may need to present!