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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

kitchloo

Star Member
Apr 18, 2010
69
1
Kitchener, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
cgagnon said:
Congratulations!!! Wishing you all the best!
Thank you, and thanks for listening to me when I was down. :) I hope they get everything in order and that you get your PPR quickly!
 

cgagnon

Hero Member
Nov 10, 2011
820
15
Montreal,QC
Category........
Visa Office......
LA(Buffalo)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-03-2012
AOR Received.
None
File Transfer...
31-05-2012
Med's Done....
13-12-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10/10/2012
kitchloo said:
Thank you, and thanks for listening to me when I was down. :) I hope they get everything in order and that you get your PPR quickly!
I'm glad I could help keep me posted I wanna know how the rest goes :) I'm hoping for a fast ppr too!!
 

Kiri

Hero Member
Jan 31, 2012
453
13
124
Hamilton, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-05-2012 App. Return....: 30-8-2012 App. Refiled....: 02-01-2013
Doc's Request.
24-01-2013
AOR Received.
23-01-2013 Mississauga 10-05-2013 Ottawa
File Transfer...
19-02-2013
Med's Request
23-07-2013 (New XRay)
Med's Done....
11-05-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Decision Made 03-09-2013 without PPR
VISA ISSUED...
27-09-2013
LANDED..........
04-12-2013
Occasita said:
STEAM FTW.
Quoted for truth and great justice. :p


Also, congrats Kitchloo!!! :D
 

muffy1

Hero Member
Feb 21, 2012
371
9
Just FYI, in case anyone is curious, I called CIC this morning to see if they would be able to tell me which VO would now be handling my application since Buffalo closure. The response I received was "All of the files from Buffalo are all in transit to CPP-Ottawa. You should wait a month and then call back if you have not heard anything by that time". However, aren't applicants still receiving PPR/correspondence from Buffalo?
 

g-man

Star Member
May 15, 2009
118
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo -> Seattle
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-10-2011
AOR Received.
24-01-2012
File Transfer...
09-01-2012 (22-02-2012 Seattle)
Med's Done....
19-07-2011
Passport Req..
12-04-2012
LANDED..........
01-07-2012 (Canada Day!!)
Kiri said:
I'm so sorry Lasiar... :\ I hope it ends soon for you and you can relax with your love..



First thoughts was 4chan.. but then you say UK based and the creator is American so now I have no idea :p

Haha, I had to explain that one at the border too! :p

Also g-man, Guild Wars rocks too. Played the GW2 beta?
Hell yes! Another one upcoming this weekend and I'll be back with my wife just in time for both of us to piddle away our weekends trying out the new races! :D
 

g-man

Star Member
May 15, 2009
118
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo -> Seattle
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-10-2011
AOR Received.
24-01-2012
File Transfer...
09-01-2012 (22-02-2012 Seattle)
Med's Done....
19-07-2011
Passport Req..
12-04-2012
LANDED..........
01-07-2012 (Canada Day!!)
So I finally got my passport back this week. I asked CIC if I could just email them a PDF copy so I don't have to wait on snail mail, but I doubt they'll get back to me quickly anyways so I'll just mail it I suppose. My land-before date is coming quickly (July 19)!
 

oreidapennsyltucky

Star Member
May 23, 2012
59
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 13, 2011
AOR Received.
Nov. 23, 2011
Med's Done....
June 14, 2011
Passport Req..
May 1, 2012
Jenny parsely said:
Received my Passport and COPR today :) :)

Landing sooonnnn :D :D
Jenny, when did you get your PPR?
 

oreidapennsyltucky

Star Member
May 23, 2012
59
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 13, 2011
AOR Received.
Nov. 23, 2011
Med's Done....
June 14, 2011
Passport Req..
May 1, 2012
muffy1 said:
Just FYI, in case anyone is curious, I called CIC this morning to see if they would be able to tell me which VO would now be handling my application since Buffalo closure. The response I received was "All of the files from Buffalo are all in transit to CPP-Ottawa. You should wait a month and then call back if you have not heard anything by that time". However, aren't applicants still receiving PPR/correspondence from Buffalo?
I received a similar answer a couple days ago when I called CIC, but obviously that's not true. In theory, I believe applications in the final stage are supposed to go to one of the other offices in the US and newer applications are being forwarded to CPP-O. Who knows. It seems like the call center agents haven't gotten a lot of information about this either.
 

cgagnon

Hero Member
Nov 10, 2011
820
15
Montreal,QC
Category........
Visa Office......
LA(Buffalo)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-03-2012
AOR Received.
None
File Transfer...
31-05-2012
Med's Done....
13-12-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10/10/2012
oreidapennsyltucky said:
I received a similar answer a couple days ago when I called CIC, but obviously that's not true. In theory, I believe applications in the final stage are supposed to go to one of the other offices in the US and newer applications are being forwarded to CPP-O. Who knows. It seems like the call center agents haven't gotten a lot of information about this either.
belinasha and I both got our approvals end of may and were transferred to LA...so who knows at this point maybe files that were just approved are sent out to other VO's and the ones Buffalo had will be expedite in ottawa?
 

calissons

Star Member
Feb 1, 2012
57
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo-->SEA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 2011
Interview........
Waived
Happy for you, kitchloo!
 

Occasita

Star Member
May 5, 2012
91
3
Winnipeg
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31-05-2012
AOR Received.
20-07-2012
File Transfer...
30-07-2012
Med's Done....
31-05-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
18-01-2013
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2013
LANDED..........
16-02-2013
Out of curiosity, what happens if you get your PPR, but your on a visa in Canada that will end before you get your passport back... you can't go back into the states without your passport?
 

g-man

Star Member
May 15, 2009
118
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo -> Seattle
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-10-2011
AOR Received.
24-01-2012
File Transfer...
09-01-2012 (22-02-2012 Seattle)
Med's Done....
19-07-2011
Passport Req..
12-04-2012
LANDED..........
01-07-2012 (Canada Day!!)
Occasita said:
Out of curiosity, what happens if you get your PPR, but your on a visa in Canada that will end before you get your passport back... you can't go back into the states without your passport?
I suppose that would be CIC's fault, as I understand they're not supposed to give you a visa that outlasts the validity of your passport.
 

Rattles

Star Member
Oct 12, 2011
91
4
Vancouver
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-10-2012
Doc's Request.
16-03-2013
AOR Received.
NA
File Transfer...
15-11-2012
Med's Done....
05-08-2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
16-03-2013
VISA ISSUED...
13-05-2013
LANDED..........
17-05-2013
g-man said:
I suppose that would be CIC's fault, as I understand they're not supposed to give you a visa that outlasts the validity of your passport.
I think you got the question wrong. I think what was meant was that the Visitor visa they were issued will expire before the passport is returned from PPR. Not the passport expiring before the visa.
 

Occasita

Star Member
May 5, 2012
91
3
Winnipeg
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31-05-2012
AOR Received.
20-07-2012
File Transfer...
30-07-2012
Med's Done....
31-05-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
18-01-2013
VISA ISSUED...
13-02-2013
LANDED..........
16-02-2013
Rattles said:
I think you got the question wrong. I think what was meant was that the Visitor visa they were issued will expire before the passport is returned from PPR. Not the passport expiring before the visa.
Yes :p Passport doesn't expire until 2018, student visa expires Feb 2013.