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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

jessibee

Star Member
Mar 15, 2010
92
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-06-2010
AOR Received.
02-09-2010
File Transfer...
29-07-2010
Med's Request
Sent with Application
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
18-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
Kerianne: I hope you had a great celebration!

CIC emailed us back this morning to tell us that they found my husband's FBI clearance and his application is with an immigration officer for final review. This sounds like good news! It just goes to show - it doesn't hurt to ask them to take another look.
 

Romain

Star Member
Jan 9, 2011
58
2
Kitchener Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
15-03-2011
File Transfer...
13-01-2010
Med's Done....
07-12-2010
I am trying to order our caips notes online.
When we received our AOR from Buffalo we got a file number starting with #F and the online company that would request the caips notes for us is asking me for a file number starting with #B

Does anybody knows what is the difference between #F and #B files ?

Thanks
 

kelKel

Champion Member
Apr 8, 2010
1,296
63
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-10-2010
AOR Received.
17-11-2010
File Transfer...
04-11-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
28-02-2011
LANDED..........
03-03-2011
jessibee said:
Kerianne: I hope you had a great celebration!

CIC emailed us back this morning to tell us that they found my husband's FBI clearance and his application is with an immigration officer for final review. This sounds like good news! It just goes to show - it doesn't hurt to ask them to take another look.
That's great news Jess! Hope it's a matter of days :)
 

kerianne

Hero Member
Jul 24, 2010
223
4
CANADA :)
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 27, 2010
Doc's Request.
November 18, 2010
AOR Received.
August 6, 2010
File Transfer...
June 1, 2010
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
March 21, 2011
VISA ISSUED...
March 30, 2011
LANDED..........
April 29, 2011
jessibee said:
Kerianne: I hope you had a great celebration!

CIC emailed us back this morning to tell us that they found my husband's FBI clearance and his application is with an immigration officer for final review. This sounds like good news! It just goes to show - it doesn't hurt to ask them to take another look.
Thanks! I had a great night! I got lots of beautiful flowers and cards and a gift card for a massage at a wonderful SPA from my boyfriend!! I got so spoiled :)

That's awesome to hear!! I'm glad they found it, that would have put a huge weight on your shoulders to have to wait longer! Hopefully you're just around the corner from the end! I'm crossing my fingers for you.
 

jessibee

Star Member
Mar 15, 2010
92
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-06-2010
AOR Received.
02-09-2010
File Transfer...
29-07-2010
Med's Request
Sent with Application
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
18-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
Thanks for the support! Who knows how long it will be now - I have learned not to expect any specific timeline from CIC - but at least we are in the final stage. The initial assessment took almost 8 months! Here's to hoping that the final assessment isn't nearly as long and we get PPR soon.
 

valy79

Star Member
Aug 10, 2010
100
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-11-2010
AOR Received.
27-01-2011
File Transfer...
10-12-2010
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-04-2011
LANDED..........
14-07-2011
Seems as if Buffalo is working again 8) - when I checked today in the morning my e-cas said "Decision Made"! So I am really nervous now...

I didn't get any e-mail though. Both my AOR and IA came by snail mail, so I guess it would be safe to assume that this one would too? I am a bit worried that it could be something bad cause I am not getting it by e-mail like 90% of other people (it seems). But maybe I am just over-reacting....
 

jessibee

Star Member
Mar 15, 2010
92
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-06-2010
AOR Received.
02-09-2010
File Transfer...
29-07-2010
Med's Request
Sent with Application
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
18-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
valy79 said:
Seems as if Buffalo is working again 8) - when I checked today in the morning my e-cas said "Decision Made"! So I am really nervous now...

I didn't get any e-mail though. Both my AOR and IA came by snail mail, so I guess it would be safe to assume that this one would too? I am a bit worried that it could be something bad cause I am not getting it by e-mail like 90% of other people (it seems). But maybe I am just over-reacting....
Try not to overreact! This is probably a very good thing :)

I'm curious.. when did you receive your IA?
 

valy79

Star Member
Aug 10, 2010
100
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-11-2010
AOR Received.
27-01-2011
File Transfer...
10-12-2010
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-04-2011
LANDED..........
14-07-2011
jessibee said:
Try not to overreact! This is probably a very good thing :)

I'm curious.. when did you receive your IA?
I got my IA almost exactly one month ago (it was dated March 10th, and I got it by mail on March 16th).
Hopefully you will hear something really soon too!
 

kelKel

Champion Member
Apr 8, 2010
1,296
63
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-10-2010
AOR Received.
17-11-2010
File Transfer...
04-11-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
28-02-2011
LANDED..........
03-03-2011
valy79 said:
I got my IA almost exactly one month ago (it was dated March 10th, and I got it by mail on March 16th).
Hopefully you will hear something really soon too!
If you didn't have am interveiw or other documents weren't requested then it's positive 100%.
 

jessibee

Star Member
Mar 15, 2010
92
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-06-2010
AOR Received.
02-09-2010
File Transfer...
29-07-2010
Med's Request
Sent with Application
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
18-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
valy79 said:
I got my IA almost exactly one month ago (it was dated March 10th, and I got it by mail on March 16th).
Hopefully you will hear something really soon too!
Great! I don't count on any consistency when it comes to processing times but I am still always trying to figure it out :p

Congrats!
 

valy79

Star Member
Aug 10, 2010
100
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-11-2010
AOR Received.
27-01-2011
File Transfer...
10-12-2010
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-04-2011
LANDED..........
14-07-2011
kelKel said:
If you didn't have am interveiw or other documents weren't requested then it's positive 100%.
Well, then that puts my mind to ease (for now at least :D) cause that was the case (no interview, no documents)

Jessibee - yeah, I kept doing the same thing. "Trying to understand" must just be a human instinct :)
 

quakingaspen

Hero Member
Sep 24, 2010
536
18
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01.12.10
AOR Received.
07.03.11
File Transfer...
11.01.11
Med's Done....
16.11.10
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
12.04.11
LANDED..........
02.05.11
I just got my PPR!! YAY!!! :)

So Buffalo is doing something!! I hope many more come through soon, and that there is more good news for people this week!
 

FleetingDasein

Star Member
Sep 2, 2010
89
4
Toronto, ON
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14-12-2010
Doc's Request.
N/A
AOR Received.
07-03-2011
File Transfer...
23-01-2011
Med's Request
N/A
Med's Done....
30-11-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
12-04-2011
VISA ISSUED...
19-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
PPR! Going down to Buffalo on Tuesday!
 

valy79

Star Member
Aug 10, 2010
100
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-11-2010
AOR Received.
27-01-2011
File Transfer...
10-12-2010
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
13-04-2011
LANDED..........
14-07-2011
Congrats guys!
Seems I am once more the only one who needs to wait for a stupid letter. Seriously... ::)
 

jessibee

Star Member
Mar 15, 2010
92
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-06-2010
AOR Received.
02-09-2010
File Transfer...
29-07-2010
Med's Request
Sent with Application
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
18-04-2011
LANDED..........
19-04-2011
Congrats everyone! It is so good to see some movement on Buffalo's part. It seems like they were so quiet for a while. I am holding on hope that we will be soon!!