Hi,
If I am applying online on Passport Seva Kendra, Can we use our CAD Visa to pay the fee and appointment will be in Passport Seva Kendra or in Local Police Station.
Thanks.
Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2019
- Thread starter Garry2008
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If I am applying online on Passport Seva Kendra, Can we use our CAD Visa to pay the fee and appointment will be in Passport Seva Kendra or in Local Police Station.
Thanks.
No it didn't work. I had to use my dad's Indian CC. I felt like a teenager, "Dad can I have some money"
Ecas is still saying "Application Received" even though AOR received, May be it takes a while to update?
Should I use Place of birth or Passport number - Either should work
Number of Family Members are including sponsor - Sponsor (1) + Co signer (1) IF you have one + (0) Kids, irrespective of kids) + Principal Applicant + Dependents (Whatever number of Dependents. In most cases (1).
AOR means application received. ECAS would not change until your application is in process. When did you check your ECAS for the first time, May or June?
Use PA passport # and date.
Family member count with following formula =
[SPONSOR+ IF COSIGNER]+[PA+IF DEP ]
Option 1: You can ask for an extension. A user reported he got 30 days. You can ask for more, but all these will delay your application. CIC is opening Biometric center later this year. You can ask CIC to extend it multiple times if that what you are looking for.
Option 2: Apply for a US Visa, will take about 40-50 days to obtain one. Less costly travel to US
Option 3: Go to Mexico. Canadian visitor visa holder doesn't need a visa to travel to Mexico
But the extension will be hardly 30 days.
Are there any challenges with doing Biometrics in Mexico? (since no visa required if one has canadian visa)?
No, don't require any letter from CIC. Directly you can apply for PCC in passport office.
Official CIC response:
Whether your parents need to give biometrics is specific to their case – we can't tell you for sure if they will need to give biometrics. You can pay the other fees with your application, and if you do need biometrics, we'll contact you and ask you to pay the fee. Note: If you are in Canada and you receive a letter notifying you that you need to give biometrics, then you will have to leave Canada to do this. You should not travel to the U.S. if you’re only going to give biometrics. The U.S. border officials may not let you enter the country. Instead, you should go to a visa application centre (VAC) in any country that you can legally enter, such as your home country.
For OPTION 3 - Going to Mexico are there any challenges? Will VFS accept them to take Biometrics are there Mexican Facility even though they are not from Mexico?
@YULIA-2016, last night I received AOR via email and I was able to link the case to my dad's MyCIC account on June 16.