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I'm so depressed guys , my medicals arrived at CIO @ 27 Mar and since then nothing , even my ecas is not updated (just application received).
I need to know any information , just an awful position now >:( :'(
 
bkd1969 said:
QBCOOL,A53411940,PRASAMP,JONMONC,SUPERHERO, DEE001, ANESSA, JOT: See "In process" in your ECAS? PLEASE SHARE INFORMATION.
Hello brother,
I hv done my medical on 27th apr but still the ecas is file received on 19th Jan ...my ecas never changed so I don't know may be in couple of week they ll change my status ... Still waiting for prp request ....hopefully I ll get passport req in June ....Goodluck to everyone...cheers
 
@ SuperHero

I have a query. I received my medical request. one of the instruction forms reads as follows:
The contents of the parcel are to be identified with the applicant's complete postal address, the address of the Immigration Visa Office dealing with the application (found at the bottom of this page), and the file number (see box labelled "Visa Office & Number" in the upper right corner of form IMM 1017). The chest x-ray film and reports become the property of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and are NOT returnable.

Now, nothing is written at the bottom of this page. I received just one email from Ottawa. So, technically, I received One AOR and MR from Ottawa. Does it mean my visa office will be Ottawa and not Buffalo as I mentioned in my application form. I am residing in the US currently.

Can you please share your thoughts on this?

Many thanks.

Have a good one.
 
any of you read this?

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/canada-ending-buffalo-shuffle-for-visas-closing-consulate-1
 
bkd1969 said:
QBCOOL,A53411940,PRASAMP,JONMONC,SUPERHERO, DEE001, ANESSA, JOT: See "In process" in your ECAS? PLEASE SHARE INFORMATION.
[/quote
nothing yet.. :)
i dun know how long this wait gonna be..
 
Hello brother,

If ur file is process in Ottawa than u ll get passport req from Ottawa but according to my knowledge 99% u ll get passport req from buffalo n buffalo ll issue visa...bcoz I also got aor n medical from Ottawa n they mention me that I ll get email from buffalo or Ottawa for PR fees n passport req. They didn't mention anything else so I m just waiting for the req....if buffalo ll send me email to pay my PR fees I ll send my fees to buffalo n if Ottawa ll send me req I ll send to Ottawa ... Nothing to worrie abt it...we just hv to wait wait n wait...I hope this info ll be helpful to u...I m in canada n working rightnow so I really not worried abt wait bcoz I can work here until I get my PR ...cheers n good luck to u...


@ SuperHero

I have a query. I received my medical request. one of the instruction forms reads as follows:
The contents of the parcel are to be identified with the applicant's complete postal address, the address of the Immigration Visa Office dealing with the application (found at the bottom of this page), and the file number (see box labelled "Visa Office & Number" in the upper right corner of form IMM 1017). The chest x-ray film and reports become the property of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and are NOT returnable.

Now, nothing is written at the bottom of this page. I received just one email from Ottawa. So, technically, I received One AOR and MR from Ottawa. Does it mean my visa office will be Ottawa and not Buffalo as I mentioned in my application form. I am residing in the US currently.

Can you please share your thoughts on this?

Many thanks.

Have a good one.
[/quote]
 
I wonder what this news means for us who are currently in Canada/the US :o

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/canada-ending-buffalo-shuffle-for-visas-closing-consulate-1
Canada ending 'Buffalo shuffle' for visas, closing consulate

The Harper government is closing the Canadian consulate in Buffalo only 18 months after spending more than $1.5 million on renovations and signing a 10-year lease that is almost certain to stick taxpayers with millions in rent for empty offices, CBC News has learned.

Foreign Affairs is expected to announce the closure, which will affect about 75 employees, sometime next week.

One official estimates that abandoning the consulate's two floors in Buffalo's tallest downtown office tower will leave Canadian taxpayers on the hook for about $8 million in rent (that includes the renovation costs) between now and the end of the lease in 2020.

The closure of one of Canada’s largest and oldest diplomatic outposts in the United States is the result of federal budget cuts and a major change to immigration rules.
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For decades, foreign students and temporary workers in the Toronto area wanting to extend their stay in Canada have been forced to travel to the Buffalo consulate to apply for the necessary changes to their visas.

But the Harper government is putting an end to what became known in immigration circles as the "Buffalo shuffle" by getting rid of the requirement that foreigners have to leave the country for interviews regarding a requested visa change.

Instead, officials say, foreigners wanting to alter their visas will be able to apply and pay the necessary fees online, and if an interview with Canadian officials is necessary, they will be conducted at immigration offices in Canada.

Government statistics show that at any given time there are approximately 400,000 foreigners in Canada on various kinds of temporary visas.

'More convenient' visa changes

A senior official says the change in rules, coupled with a move to electronic immigration applications that will be processed in Canada rather than in Buffalo, led the Department of Foreign Affairs to conclude it "simply could not justify keeping open the rest of the mission."

All of the remaining functions of the Buffalo mission will be taken over by the consulate in New York City, the second-largest Canadian diplomatic office in the U.S. next to the main embassy in Washington.

One immigration official says: "Our government is saving taxpayers' money while continuing to provide a high level of service through the use of new technologies.

"This change will be much more convenient for in-Canada applicants."

The changes will similarly impact the Canadian consulate in Detroit, but officials say there are no plans to shut it down.

Foreign Affairs recently announced it was closing five smaller trade offices in the U.S. — Phoenix, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Anchorage, and Princeton — as part of its budget-cutting efforts to trim $170 million in annual spending.

But the Buffalo office is the first full-service consulate being shuttered, eliminating walk-in services for everything from lost passports to visa applications.

Foreign Affairs and immigration officials stress the closure of the Buffalo consulate and five trade missions south of the border is not meant to be a snub of the U.S. in any way.

They point out that even after the six closures, Canada will still have 15 consular and trade offices across the U.S., as well as the embassy in Washington.
 
bkd1969 said:
QBCOOL,A53411940,PRASAMP,JONMONC,SUPERHERO, DEE001, ANESSA, JOT: See "In process" in your ECAS? PLEASE SHARE INFORMATION.

Hi - For some reason the e-cas status for cpp folks is stuck at app recd/med recd. it just doesn't seen to move any further. It's so depressing.
 
any body tell me plz
wat happend Next
after recived AOR (CIO) how long Mix & Min process time. AOR to Medical ?
 
CHERRY123 said:
no dear my medical will be in ludhiana , even my ecas chnaged first then i got mr after week
i am also going for medical in ludhiana on Monday.to which doctor are u going.please send me your number via massage i will contact you.thanks
 
IELTS will b or not AOR already recived PNP(AINP) i m also submit IELTS 2010 AINP scheem
 
QBCool said:
Hi - For some reason the e-cas status for cpp folks is stuck at app recd/med recd. it just doesn't seen to move any further. It's so depressing.

No change! Still at Application Rcvd status. I email them last week and this is what they had to say

"Dear applicant,

We have received and assessed your medicals.

Regards,"

So I guess in my case, they haven't actually started processing. It is not the delay in updating the status on the ecas portal. :(

JonMonc
 
jonmonc said:
No change! Still at Application Rcvd status. I email them last week and this is what they had to say

"Dear applicant,

We have received and assessed your medicals.

Regards,"

So I guess in my case, they haven't actually started processing. It is not the delay in updating the status on the ecas portal. :(

JonMonc

Dear JonMonc,
Where did you write? Could you please post the email id?
Thank you.

Regards
Ahasanun
 
QBCool said:
Hi - For some reason the e-cas status for cpp folks is stuck at app recd/med recd. it just doesn't seen to move any further. It's so depressing.
yeah it is..