Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

[alisa]

Just woke up and checked my email and recieved my passport request!!!! Yay!!!!

Congratulation Nej!!!!

 

[mrsprogram]

Just woke up and checked my email and recieved my passport request!!!! Yay!!!!

Congrats!!

 

[mrsprogram]

Waiting for 21st... as each day passes.. i m getting more n more tensed..

what if the IO is not convinced?.. what if the IO denies?.. what more docs can I take which would proove our genuine realationship?.. If I could jst rewind my life.. n show it to the IO then maybe they would understand.. :-[

Good luck tomorrow! Hope everything goes smoothly.

 

[alisa]

Hi guys,

I just landed yesterday at rainbow bridge Niagara falls. I wanted to land earlier but I planned to go to Mexico at the time I got passport request so I decided that it would be better to do it after coming back from Mexico. Landing process was so easy. I left home around 6am and drove from Toronto to Niagara Falls, dropped my husband at Starbucks with all luggages as we were heading to Chicago by car after landing. I was not sure if the officer will check all luggages during the landing process or not so I didn't want to waste time for that if my husband went with me. I drove pass US border and told officer that I wanted to flagpole, crossing the border and return to Canada to land as a permanent residence. I told him I had multiple I-94 in my passport. He seems new for this flag pole thing so he discussed with another officer and later he told me I had to park the car and go in the building. I asked him again if I really have to as multiple I-94 should be enough to enter and I can just drive back to Canada border. He insisted I have to...

I parked my car, went inside the building and went upstairs on the 2nd floor. There was 2 families waiting upstairs. I sit and wait. The process there was slow. After a while, there were few more families coming and they all waited. I arrived there at 8.10am. No one got called (Except 2 families that arrived before me). At 8.35, I saw an officer came upstairs with a stack of passport so I was thinking they will call me soon. Unfortunately they called other 3 families before me. I was so annoyed as I arrived probably 10 min before all of them. The cashier woman saw me and remembered that I was there for a long time asked me why I hadn't finished yet. I told her I hadn't got called and ppl who arrived later were all got called. She went inside and check for me. She came back and told me they missed my passport!!!!!!!!!!!!! My passport was still with that officer at the border. One officer went downstairs to check and finally came back. At 8.50am, one office called my name and told me I didn't need to come upstairs as actually I had I-94 which I can just enter and return back to Canada. He said sorry to me that the officer downstairs made a mistake. I was so annoyed but whatever...

I went back to the car and drove back to Canada border. At the border, I told the officer I wanted to land as a permanent residence. She asked me couple questions like how much did I buy the goods from US, did I carry money more than $10,000....etc. After that she gave me a yellow paper and told me to park the car and go inside the office. I went inside and there were 2 persons waiting before me. I waited for 5 mins and then I gave my document to the officer. She asked me couple questions about my husband, current address and phone number. After that I signed the paper and she said the process was done. It was really fast as it took only 15 min in total for Canadian side. I drove back to Starbucks to pick up my husband.

 

[Cherlyn]

Today I got a letter from Mississauga they asking for the landing fee.
I sent them by express post the copy of the receipt.
Waiting for the passport request I hope I am close to the end

 

[Cherlyn]

Just woke up and checked my email and recieved my passport request!!!! Yay!!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[giggles1985]

Congratulations Nej . I also got news today from e-cas. We have now moved to "in process" as of July 14th ;D

hope I am right behind you!!!

 

[journeyman]

hope I am right behind you!!!

I hope you are too. Good luck and cheers to next week

 

[giggles1985]

They started processing mine too!!! Ironically, slightly before yours (July 12th)

A month and a half for them to open our applications.... could have been worse, I guess!! ;D


Congrats to everyone who got good news this week! Seems like Buffalo is moving foward again.

 

[Lilac6]

Hi guys,

I just landed yesterday at rainbow bridge Niagara falls.

Hi Alisa, well done and congraturations for landing! Can imagine your annoyance about 'misunderstanding' at the border office (we cross the border quite often and yes sometimes there are new guys, misplaced travel documents etc ) ... but all went well in the end, so that's good.
I'm planning to land later this week, hoping it'll be smooth too.

 

[mrsprogram]

Alisa, thanks for sharing your landing experience. Sorry to hear about the delay though. Lilac6, you're landing near Vancouver? Let me know how that goes!

Oh and Cherlyn, hope you get your PPR anyday now! ;D It was so nice to open that email that day!!

 

[SCsquare]

Good luck tomorrow! Hope everything goes smoothly.

Thanks so much.. I n hoping n wishing n praying all at the same time.. Thanks once again for ur wishes

 

[heatherusa]

Thanks so much.. I n hoping n wishing n praying all at the same time.. Thanks once again for ur wishes

Hey SCsquare... when you are there tomorrow could you ask them what the hold up seems to be with the rest of our applications! hee hee

 

[alisa]

Hi Alisa, well done and congraturations for landing! Can imagine your annoyance about 'misunderstanding' at the border office (we cross the border quite often and yes sometimes there are new guys, misplaced travel documents etc ) ... but all went well in the end, so that's good.
I'm planning to land later this week, hoping it'll be smooth too.

Thanks Lilac6!!! I hope your landing goes well

 

[alisa]

Hi Guys,

For you guys who got passport back from Buffalo office, did you get 2 photos back from them? I was requested to bring 3 photos in my passport request e-mail. When I went to pick up my visa in Buffalo, I got 2 photos returned. I forgot to ask them about it and I was thinking maybe those 2 photos would be used when landing. However I landed yesterday and I didn't have to use those 2 photos. Is there anyone know what are those 2 photos for? Seem like most people in this forum sent passport by mail not in a person. Did you get 2 photos back as well?

Thanks.