alexander_Schwartz said:
Hello All,
I am looking for some advice. I am originally from the United States and applied inland and my application was received on 16 Jan. 2014. I applied inland as I did not know that you could apply outland if you live in Canada. Due to the lack of movement on inland cases (i.e. not even three weeks worth of cases for the 1st stage in six months) I am now considering withdrawing my inland application and re-applying outland. However, I have a few questions. Would I need to send a new police certificate or would they use the one I sent in with my inland application? I only ask as the FBI took three months the last time and it was such a hassle to get my fingerprints done as well as costly. What about medicals...I did them upfront. They should still be valid right? Can they be used if I submit for outland. Although I have an open work permit that is valid until 16 June 2016 as it is a PGWP issued after my studies, I think that I might apply outland instead as the inland time seems to be going up an up and I have legal status and can work. Furthermore, I have read on this thread that for US citizens there are very few circumstances in which they should apply inland and should always apply outland. Having been almost half of the current waiting time already, should I just leave my application alone and wait or do you guys think I should withdraw and apply outland.
Thank you for all your help and advice! It is really appreciated
It's a tough decision. I believe that if you withdraw and apply outland you will need a new police check. Maybe they send back to you your whole app with all the original documents, but your certificate will be still expired. As for the medicals, it's good for one years, so there is a chance that you have to do it again both with the inland and with the outland app.
So, if you decide to withdraw, it will cost you a pretty amount of money, some more headache with the FBI and with the new forms and all of the evidence, but you I heard that lot of outlander apply with the explanation letter that they are waiting for the FBI record, so don't have to wait 3 months before applying. Once you submitted your app it take an average 8 months to become PR, so lets say, you will get your papers around Spring.
If you stay with the inland apps... If CIC manage to stay around 11 months, you will get AIP and OWP by the end of the year. If they continue to process 1 week of apps in 2 weeks, you will get your papers around the next Summer. But we have seen before miracles when CIC process one month of apps in one week. But they can be also even slower. Who knows...