Romain
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- Jan 9, 2011
- 2
- 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
Well the good news is that everything that you could do and that the VO office was done !!avon said:Well, I emailed buffalo, and they responded to me with the following:
We have requested background information from other government offices(s). Unfortunately, we cannot provide a date when the processing of your application will be complete.
I received my IA which said no documents were required, and medical received, and the receipt had been paid. I wonder is this standard procedure, my fbi clearance was good. I did a study abroad for 3 months in college in an African country. I wonder who/what they are doing exactly.
Does anyone know if this is commonplace?
The last remaining activity before you get your visa are the security clearances
There are 2 things CIC needs:
- criminal records : they get that from the police certificates you provided
- security clearance: they get that from inquirery with angencies from governments from every countries the applicant has lived in.
If the applicant has only lived in the us it might be quite fast.
If he/she has lived in other countries the VO may have to go through the Canadian embassy in that country to request those infos... That can be time consuming.. Up to 5 months
In your case it is still nice to know that everything else has been processed.
In my case I only have a