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Letter from Buffalo with bar codes! What next?

88mv

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Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
I'm apply for PR to live with my hubby in Canada and just received a letter from Buffalo stating that no additional documents are needed, medical results have been received, and no interview required as of yet. The back side of the letter has the PR fee info circled.
The second paper had information about the attached bar codes and when they request my passport. What does this mean? Are we near having it completed? If anyone has a timeline or a list of what comes next that would be great!
Thanks.
 

rjessome

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Feb 24, 2009
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88mv said:
I'm apply for PR to live with my hubby in Canada and just received a letter from Buffalo stating that no additional documents are needed, medical results have been received, and no interview required as of yet. The back side of the letter has the PR fee info circled.
The second paper had information about the attached bar codes and when they request my passport. What does this mean? Are we near having it completed? If anyone has a timeline or a list of what comes next that would be great!
Thanks.
It means they want to issue you the PR visa as soon as you pay the fee and submit your passport. Send a copy of the fee payment receipt with the passport.

Congratulations, you are almost finished.
 

88mv

Full Member
Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
Do they send another letter explaining where to send the passport after we pay the PR fee?

And thank you for your quick reply! This sounds promising!
 

88mv

Full Member
Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
Another quick question. Does my husband have to pay the fees, and if so, does he send them to Buffalo or to Mississauga? I see a lot of people have sent it to Mississauga when they paid early. When he tried to do it to Buffalo, it just redirected him to the Buffalo site with nowhere to go. I'm also confused by what this says on Buffalo's site:
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We will accept:

* Money Order
* Cashier's Cheque
* Certified Cheque
* Bank Draft

We will NOT/NOT accept:

* Cash
* Personal Cheques
* Credit Cards
* Receipts for fees paid in Canada
* Receipts for on-line payments
* Fees in amounts other than those shown in the Fee Schedule
--------------------------------------------

If anyone can provide clarification, that would be great!
 

kelKel

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Apr 8, 2010
1,296
63
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-10-2010
AOR Received.
17-11-2010
File Transfer...
04-11-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
28-02-2011
LANDED..........
03-03-2011
Fees must be paid to Mississauga and I believe some people also fax a copy to Buffalo as well.
 

AllisonVSC

Champion Member
Nov 5, 2009
1,455
64
124
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo - Conjugal Partner
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-08-2009
Interview........
waived
VISA ISSUED...
04-11-2009
LANDED..........
04-11-2009
you can pay online or at some banks. Check out this link to the cic website for payments.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/index.asp
 

parceromiguel

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Dec 27, 2010
79
0
124
Unites States
Category........
Visa Office......
Bogota, Colombia
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14-May-2011
AOR Received.
23-Aug-2011
Med's Done....
28-Jan-2011
Passport Req..
December-2013
VISA ISSUED...
14-Feb-2014
LANDED..........
22-Feb-2014
Hey there

First of i just wanted to congratulate you. I can't wait until this happens to us. It is a log journey but it is worth the wait.
Congrats again!!! :D

I just wanted to ask you a few questions.

When did you file your application?
How long did it take to be transferred to buffalo?
What kind of proves did you include?

Thank you.

We are new at this and we are just now getting everything together and organized.
I am just asking so i can have some sort of idea on how long everything takes.

Thank you.
 

88mv

Full Member
Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
parceromiguel said:
Hey there

First of i just wanted to congratulate you. I can't wait until this happens to us. It is a log journey but it is worth the wait.
Congrats again!!! :D

I just wanted to ask you a few questions.

When did you file your application?
How long did it take to be transferred to buffalo?
What kind of proves did you include?

Thank you.

We are new at this and we are just now getting everything together and organized.
I am just asking so i can have some sort of idea on how long everything takes.

Thank you.
We mailed our application in the last week of October, and husband received letter approving him for sponsorship on Nov 29. It took until December 31st for Buffalo to update and start processing (they received my medical results by this time too). And then we got the letter yesterday, Jan 22 requesting payment.
I made sure to be specific on the application about when we met and things we have done, etc. I probably included only about 10-15 photos of us from vacations and our wedding, and made sure to label them with a date and description. I also sent some tickets of things we did together.
It feels like forever to be away from him but I'm optimistic that it's going fairly quickly compared to the estimated times online.



Also, thanks everyone for replies!
 

parceromiguel

Star Member
Dec 27, 2010
79
0
124
Unites States
Category........
Visa Office......
Bogota, Colombia
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14-May-2011
AOR Received.
23-Aug-2011
Med's Done....
28-Jan-2011
Passport Req..
December-2013
VISA ISSUED...
14-Feb-2014
LANDED..........
22-Feb-2014
Thank you very much for your reply.

Sorry it took me a while to reply back. I just now saw a small link "Show New Replies To Your Posts". It used to take me forever to look through all these conversations trying to find the one that i posted on. I dont feel very smart right now.

Well just to let eveyone know, my application is almost done, and it looks like we will be sending it to the Canadian Office on mid March.
 
R

robrod

Guest
Big Congratulations your way, 88mv!!!!!!!!!!!!....
Had the landed fee being paid upfront, it would have been just over their record 3 month processing time. But not bad at all regardless!.
Enjoy the landing experience, it's real sweet...
 

Kenomee

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Aug 19, 2010
41
1
Oregon, USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-09-2010
AOR Received.
16-12-2010
File Transfer...
15-11-2010
Med's Done....
13-08-2010
Interview........
Waived - Jan 20
Passport Req..
25-02-2011
VISA ISSUED...
24-02-2011
LANDED..........
12-05-2011
My wife has received such a letter as well, only difference is, we already paid the RPRF. They stated that they should be able to finalize our app without an interview and gave us barcode stickers. They also said no additional documents were necessary at this time.

Are we almost at the end as well?
 

Pharoh

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Oct 5, 2010
598
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Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
NOC Code......
2281
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13/11/10
Doc's Request.
WAIVED
AOR Received.
28/01/11
Med's Request
Med's Received
Med's Done....
02/10/10
Interview........
WAIVED
Kenomee said:
My wife has received such a letter as well, only difference is, we already paid the RPRF. They stated that they should be able to finalize our app without an interview and gave us barcode stickers. They also said no additional documents were necessary at this time.

Are we almost at the end as well?
It certainly sounds like it!! Congratulations Kenomee!
 

88mv

Full Member
Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
I hope so! Kenomee, you'll have to let me know when you get your PPR.
Mississauga hasn't even processed our payment yet and we sent it on the 23rd of Jan.
 

Kenomee

Full Member
Aug 19, 2010
41
1
Oregon, USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-09-2010
AOR Received.
16-12-2010
File Transfer...
15-11-2010
Med's Done....
13-08-2010
Interview........
Waived - Jan 20
Passport Req..
25-02-2011
VISA ISSUED...
24-02-2011
LANDED..........
12-05-2011
Thanks! Believe me, I'll be posting, no matter what activity goes on. Good luck to you both too!
 

88mv

Full Member
Jan 22, 2011
43
1
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 25, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 31, 2010
Med's Request
Sent with App
Med's Done....
Sept 12, 2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 11, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 10, 2011
LANDED..........
April 13, 2011
Woo, hubby got a letter today saying the payment has been processed. I hope PRR isn't too far behind!