Montreal Visa Office ... Let's connect here.
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try harder next time
she usually adds people frequently enough, might have missed you in the deluge of people asking her to add you. Our sample size is almost 130 and growing i believe. So try once again with her
Hello everyone,
Please does anyone know the best way to transfer money from the US to Canada. Im torn between Transferwise, HSBC and TD or just doing a wire transfer from my bank which is a credit union (this costs 95 dollars) But I have read people complain about rates and how they lose a lot with the exchange rates. I do not want to lose and I do not want extra fees. Which option is the least expensive.
Please let me know if you know.
Thank you
Please does anyone know the best way to transfer money from the US to Canada. Im torn between Transferwise, HSBC and TD or just doing a wire transfer from my bank which is a credit union (this costs 95 dollars) But I have read people complain about rates and how they lose a lot with the exchange rates. I do not want to lose and I do not want extra fees. Which option is the least expensive.
Please let me know if you know.
Thank you
I did a wire transfer from Chase in the US to CIBC in Toronto. Not sure how much i would have lost but i think i had to pay about a 100 dollars for the total transfer, which i thought was ok.
I just called CIC to check on my application. Its been 4.5 months.
The agent was very helpful. She told me that all my docs were complete but nothing had started on my file, no background check, no security, no eligibility. I asked her my office (hoping that it would have moved out of Montreal), and she said it was in Montreal (and broke my heart). She also said that if i don't hear back by June 16th then i should call again and they might be able to expedite processing on my file. It was then it occurred to me to ask her if my file was always in Montreal. She told me that it got transferred from Sydney NS to Montreal QC on 17th January.
Sigh, I am crestfallen.
The agent was very helpful. She told me that all my docs were complete but nothing had started on my file, no background check, no security, no eligibility. I asked her my office (hoping that it would have moved out of Montreal), and she said it was in Montreal (and broke my heart). She also said that if i don't hear back by June 16th then i should call again and they might be able to expedite processing on my file. It was then it occurred to me to ask her if my file was always in Montreal. She told me that it got transferred from Sydney NS to Montreal QC on 17th January.
Sigh, I am crestfallen.
@Adeife23 Have you tried xoom.com? It’s relatively quick and you can do it from your phone. . My friend told me that he does it all the time and never had any problems and it’s quick and easy.
We finally received the email for PPR!!
Our timeline:
AOR: August 10th
Medical: September 9th
PPR: March 19th
Montreal office. Status on CIC website still shows "processing background check". Only changed to IP2 yesterday. Hope y'all get your PPR email soon as well! Good luck. The wait was pretty frustrating.
Our timeline:
AOR: August 10th
Medical: September 9th
PPR: March 19th
Montreal office. Status on CIC website still shows "processing background check". Only changed to IP2 yesterday. Hope y'all get your PPR email soon as well! Good luck. The wait was pretty frustrating.
yeah..U should be close to ur ppr, i hope u have ordered gcms notes recently, and that you've the latest updates possible regarding your application , otherwise U should be so close.. best of everything
one of my friends called the call center for status. Processing montreal office. Agent gave the fax number of Montreal office and asked to check directly with montreal office. Did it happen to any of you ? I thought agents are not allowed to provide info of Local offices?
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that's great, cuz I guess anything that could be an issue wz ur application would have appeared in the notes ordered mid feb. , that was a good timing to request these.. U r so close. Stay strong.