innosense said:
Hi,
First of all, don't believe everything that the call center rep tells you. They are often found to lack knowledge or give misleading info.
I was here in Canada for the entire process. I received PPR when I was here and had no issues getting the visa from Ottawa. The transfer of file happens internally. and overall it took less than 2 weeks to get passport back.
You can do flag poling at US border. And
No u will not lose the benefits of first entry. you have to declare your "accompanying goods" and "goods to follow" as 2 separate lists.
Thank you so much, that helps a lot!!
One other question though, for you or anyone else who knows the answer to this.
My wife's medical results expire later this month. Should I send NDVO a case-specific email saying her meds expire on July XX 2015, and please advise what you would like us to do?
Or should we just wait until they request the medical exam again? Or should we just go ahead and do it again anyways?
My concern with waiting for them to request it is, let's say towards the end of the month they send us an email saying please do your medicals again. We might go and get it done the next day, but then NDVO won't look at the file again for a month. If we do it without them asking, will that piss them off, or is it good because they would have the results directly in front of them?
Or is it worth sending them an email asking what they would like us to do? Then maybe they can tell us "yes, please go do it again right away" so that they have the results when they look at her file, or if we're lucky, they just process her visa, haha. (Are government offices capable of rational thought?)