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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hang in there. I find it kinda off they waived your interview in January and you are still waiting for PPR. I always thought the interview is waived toward the end of the ordeal, but what do I know?
ndbella said:
Still Waiting, Wrote a letter to my MP three weeks ago....have heard nothing back. I just want to get our lives started. I really feel like our application was lost... :'(
 

Kess

Hero Member
May 19, 2010
440
16
BC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-08-2010
AOR Received.
09-30-2010
File Transfer...
07-09-2010
Med's Done....
25-05-2010
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
11-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
26-08-2011
LANDED..........
06-09-2011
Well just received our CAIPS notes... by EMAIL!! Nice to know we don't have to wait for them to be mailed. We did the application as an Access to Information Requset ($5 fee) because we didn't have proof my husband was in Canada (no passport stamp).

The email I recieved states our application for the notes was received on July 18 and the last note visible on the file is from Jul 29. We received PPR on Aug 11 so the print off of the CAIPS notes must have been sometime between Jul 29 and Aug 10. We'll probably put another request in after my husband lands so that we can see the details.
 

Baloo

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Nov 30, 2009
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Job Offer........
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Kess said:
Well just received our CAIPS notes... by EMAIL!! Nice to know we don't have to wait for them to be mailed. We did the application as an Access to Information Requset ($5 fee) because we didn't have proof my husband was in Canada (no passport stamp).

The email I recieved states our application for the notes was received on July 18 and the last note visible on the file is from Jul 29. We received PPR on Aug 11 so the print off of the CAIPS notes must have been sometime between Jul 29 and Aug 10. We'll probably put another request in after my husband lands so that we can see the details.
How many pages were there?
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
38
124
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
So they include stuff in there even after the date of receipt of the request - that's good to know.
Kess said:
Well just received our CAIPS notes... by EMAIL!! Nice to know we don't have to wait for them to be mailed. We did the application as an Access to Information Requset ($5 fee) because we didn't have proof my husband was in Canada (no passport stamp).

The email I recieved states our application for the notes was received on July 18 and the last note visible on the file is from Jul 29. We received PPR on Aug 11 so the print off of the CAIPS notes must have been sometime between Jul 29 and Aug 10. We'll probably put another request in after my husband lands so that we can see the details.
 

Baloo

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Nov 30, 2009
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ddobro2 said:
So they include stuff in there even after the date of receipt of the request - that's good to know.
Normally the file is a whole pile of print screens, you get the information on file at the time it is actually checked.
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
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124
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
ok, so assuming these things take up to a month to come back, because of a backlog of trying to process earlier requests i suppose, that's still several weeks of possible new changes on the screens between when they get the request and when they process it, right?
Baloo said:
Normally the file is a whole pile of print screens, you get the information on file at the time it is actually checked.
 

Stumpedmom

Hero Member
Sep 16, 2010
541
14
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22/03/2011 Receivd CPC-M
AOR Received.
16/06/2011
File Transfer...
06/05/2011 Received in Buffalo, 06/2011 to Los Angeles
Med's Done....
12/10/2010
Interview........
waived...obviously cuz we got the PPR
Passport Req..
16/8/2011
VISA ISSUED...
24/8/2011 in our hands 8/29/2011
LANDED..........
3/9/2011
sshelton said:
I have been on the road collecting my son from cadet camp the past 2 days, and having to deal with a funeral tomorrw...sometime over the weekend I will send you the format that I have been sending info requests to Buffalo with response within 3 business days every time
 

Kess

Hero Member
May 19, 2010
440
16
BC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-08-2010
AOR Received.
09-30-2010
File Transfer...
07-09-2010
Med's Done....
25-05-2010
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
11-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
26-08-2011
LANDED..........
06-09-2011
Baloo said:
How many pages were there?
9 pages. And it is just a bunch of print screens so the header information doesn't always line up... very messy.
 

sandraqi

Full Member
Jun 7, 2011
39
0
Visa Office......
Buffalo/ New York
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-Sept-2011
File Transfer...
25-Nov-2011 Buffalo, transferred to New York on 16-Jan-2012
Med's Done....
06-Sept-2011
Passport Req..
05-March-2012
Hi,
I will send my application with supporting documents by XPRESSPOST next month to MISSISSAUGA , is there anyone used XPRESSPOST before? should i use the 1 or 2 address as below?
1/ CPC Mississauga
P.O. Box 3000, Station A
Mississauga, ON
L5A 4N6

2/ 2 Robert Speck Parkway,
Suite 1200
Mississauga, ON
L4Z 1H8

Thanks a lot!
 

sshelton

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May 30, 2011
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Stumpedmom said:
I have been on the road collecting my son from cadet camp the past 2 days, and having to deal with a funeral tomorrw...sometime over the weekend I will send you the format that I have been sending info requests to Buffalo with response within 3 business days every time
I am sorry for your loss, and wish you a smooth journey to Canada. Many thanks Stumpedmom.
 

Kess

Hero Member
May 19, 2010
440
16
BC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-08-2010
AOR Received.
09-30-2010
File Transfer...
07-09-2010
Med's Done....
25-05-2010
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
11-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
26-08-2011
LANDED..........
06-09-2011
sandraqi said:
Hi,
I will send my application with supporting documents by XPRESSPOST next month to MISSISSAUGA , is there anyone used XPRESSPOST before? should i use the 1 or 2 address as below?
1/ CPC Mississauga
P.O. Box 3000, Station A
Mississauga, ON
L5A 4N6

2/ 2 Robert Speck Parkway,
Suite 1200
Mississauga, ON
L4Z 1H8

Thanks a lot!
Xpresspost can go to either address (it is not courier so can go to a PO box) but if you use the first address you cannot get a signature.
 

Calgary-Bound

Hero Member
Jun 9, 2011
420
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/2/2011
AOR Received.
15/3/2011
File Transfer...
24/2/2011
Med's Done....
27/9/2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
02/04/2012
LANDED..........
28/04/2012
Hey Kess how long did It take to get your caips notes after you requested It?
 

Kess

Hero Member
May 19, 2010
440
16
BC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-08-2010
AOR Received.
09-30-2010
File Transfer...
07-09-2010
Med's Done....
25-05-2010
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
11-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
26-08-2011
LANDED..........
06-09-2011
Calgary-Bound said:
Hey Kess how long did It take to get your caips notes after you requested It?
Can't remember exactly when I sent this request in since I had originally made the request in May but sent it to the wrong place. Think it was about 5-6 weeks.
 

Tiggilicious

Hero Member
Jun 1, 2010
206
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-02-2011
AOR Received.
28-06-2011
File Transfer...
01-03-2011
Med's Request
31-07-2011
Med's Done....
14-01-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
08-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
30-08-2011
congratulations navigator! my hubby and I will be driving from Nova Scotia to Calais, Maine to do our landing in September.