Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

[AllisonVSC]

Ours only got updated to "decision made on your application" almost a week after PPR email.

That happened to me too.

 

[can_usa_97]

Thank you so much for that info on sending the passport. I appreciate it. Does anyone know if my kids are required to have passports too? Their 14 and 9 and they don't have passports, they have been using nexus cards to cross the border.

If they are under age 16, they do not require a passport (as American Citizens) to enter Canada).
See this link on what is accepted- http://www.getyouhome.gov/html/lang_eng/eng_sa.html


Children: Beginning June 1, 2009, U.S. and Canadian citizen children under age 16 arriving by land or sea from contiguous territory may also present an original or copy of his or her birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, a Naturalization Certificate, or a Canadian Citizenship Card.

 

[Cherlyn]

Anybody got recent passport request from Buffalo?

 

[SaugaBoss]

DID ANYONE MAIL IN AN EXPIRED FBI CERTIFICATE AND HAVE TO MAIL A NEW ONE MINES WAS DATED FOR JANUARY 2010 AND I MAILED MY APP ON MAY 19 CIC GOT IT? I WAS APPROVED FOR FIRST PART

DO I NEED A NEW ONE

 

[SCsquare]

Counting the days for the interview...

 

[heatherusa]

DID ANYONE MAIL IN AN EXPIRED FBI CERTIFICATE AND HAVE TO MAIL A NEW ONE MINES WAS DATED FOR JANUARY 2010 AND I MAILED MY APP ON MAY 19 CIC GOT IT? I WAS APPROVED FOR FIRST PART

DO I NEED A NEW ONE

The first part is the sponsorship which has nothing to do with the FBI clearance. You may want to get another set if you haven't started already because that will hold your application up. The instructions say something about a clearance that is not older than 3 months.

 

[SaugaBoss]

thanks heatherusa when i receive it should i mail it in right away or should i wait for them to request it?

 

[SaugaBoss]

by the way the call centre said to call the buffalo office by email or fax which i have emailed them several times about my FBI thing and no one ever gives me an answer.

Who do you guys call for updates on your status once its sent to Buffalo.

 

[heatherusa]

by the way the call centre said to call the buffalo office by email or fax which i have emailed them several times about my FBI thing and no one ever gives me an answer.

Who do you guys call for updates on your status once its sent to Buffalo.

You can't contact Buffalo until the have received your application. They seem to be very cranky if you do. If you sen off for new FBI clearance today it is likely that you get a request from Buffalo to produce them before you actually get it from the FBI so at that point you can probably send them.

 

[Kess]

Still waiting on the FBI check. At least CPC-M is processing apps up to May 28 and down to 41 days!

 

[Vervain]

My FBI and State clearance were way past the three month mark, had them done in Sept and Oct of 09, filed app May 3rd. I'm not worried because I've been living here in Canada since '07 and I sent in the RCMP clearance as well. I have heard from some people who were approved with "expired" ones. I won't waste my money before they ask.

 

[SaugaBoss]

You can't contact Buffalo until the have received your application. They seem to be very cranky if you do. If you sen off for new FBI clearance today it is likely that you get a request from Buffalo to produce them before you actually get it from the FBI so at that point you can probably send them.

my file was transferred on June 23, 2010 to Buffalo i tried calling the numbers on the CIC website nothing seems to work

im requesting them and going to wait to mail them in when they request it right?

thanks heatherusa

 

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SaugaBoss
it takes buffalo office atleast 2-3 weeks after they receive ur application before they can reply to any of your queries through mail or fax.. have patience.. my file got transfered to buffalo on 17th nov.. but they could only answer to my queries around Dec 10th.. so wait a while to contact them

 

[sbwv09]

SC, is that about the same time that you got AOR from Buffalo?

 

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yes.. the reply to my mail.. n my AOR came the same day