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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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someone who applied in June and had the file transferred to Buffalo around August 8th is already in process on e-cas. not that i'm not happy for this person, but this is too strange. I'm personally changing the name from "Citizenship and Immigration Canada" to "Clearly Incapable of Consistency." And those are my .02 for this afternoon.
 

JustandDaph

Star Member
Jan 20, 2011
104
2
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-03-2011
AOR Received.
20-04-2011
Med's Done....
10-02-2011
ddobro2 said:
someone who applied in June and had the file transferred to Buffalo around August 8th is already in process on e-cas. not that i'm not happy for this person, but this is too strange. I'm personally changing the name from "Citizenship and Immigration Canada" to "Clearly Incapable of Consistency." And those are my .02 for this afternoon.

"Clearly Incapable of Consistency" +1!!!
 

francohoosier

Star Member
Jun 25, 2011
97
0
Montréal
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo/New York
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-02-2011
AOR Received.
13-07-2011
File Transfer...
10-03-2011
Med's Done....
21-01-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
4-10-2011
VISA ISSUED...
14-10-2011
LANDED..........
12-11-2011
ddobro2 said:
I'm personally changing the name from "Citizenship and Immigration Canada" to "Clearly Incapable of Consistency."
Hear hear!
 

kayan

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Nov 30, 2010
161
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Job Offer........
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ddobro2 said:
someone who applied in June and had the file transferred to Buffalo around August 8th is already in process on e-cas. not that i'm not happy for this person, but this is too strange. I'm personally changing the name from "Citizenship and Immigration Canada" to "Clearly Incapable of Consistency." And those are my .02 for this afternoon.
However, it does not mean they are TRULY in process...Anyway, they should be processing my file now, they've received it 8 months ago today, it has been long enough :(
 

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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hmn. so what would that make that.....a false positive? I thought we had to worry about people in process in reality but not on the e-cas screen but now we have to worry about the opposite.....people in process on the e-cas screen but not in reality?!?!

Anyway, I hope it won't be much longer for you, kayan.
kayan said:
However, it does not mean they are TRULY in process...Anyway, they should be processing my file now, they've received it 8 months ago today, it has been long enough :(
 

kayan

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Nov 30, 2010
161
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ddobro2 said:
hmn. so what would that make that.....a false positive? I thought we had to worry about people in process in reality but not on the e-cas screen but now we have to worry about the opposite.....people in process on the e-cas screen but not in reality?!?!
Bad choice of words. What I meant was that there are plenty of examples of people being "in process" for months (and there was one person I remember who through caips notes could see that there was not much work being done on their file), and other people getting PPR without ever being "in process".
There is also the response we got from Buffalo to one of our emails asking about the status of our application. They said that ecas does not accurately reflect the status of applications being processed outside of Canada.
Of course, I have no idea what Buffalo is actually doing, but personally, I do not put much value into ecas updates.
 

awor

Hero Member
Nov 4, 2010
609
6
Oregon to Alberta
Visa Office......
Buffalo -> LA
App. Filed.......
26 Aug 2011
AOR Received.
15 Dec 2011
File Transfer...
[b]CPC-M to Buffalo:[/b] 03 Nov 2011 [b]Buffalo to LA:[/b] 19 Jan 2012
Med's Done....
11 Apr 2011 [b]Ecas shows received [/b]5 Mar 2012
Passport Req..
7 Mar 2012 [b]Decision Made[/b]: 1 Apr 2012
VISA ISSUED...
29 Mar 2012 [b] CORP Received[/b]: 19 Apr 2012
LANDED..........
Sumas: 25 April 2012 / [b]PR Cards Received[/b]: 4 July 2012
I think they like doing random stuff, taking away addresses, making some people wait for no reason, cause they have a stressful job and sick senses of humor and "messing" with people takes a load off.

I think I almost prefer intentional delay cause they're buttheads to incompetency LOL
 

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
I wonder If they are ever going to catch up with the older apps before they keep doing the newer ones.
 

chess101

Star Member
Mar 3, 2011
103
2
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-08-10
AOR Received.
07-10-10
File Transfer...
10-09-10
Med's Request
Done Before
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Sept 07
Calgary-Bound said:
I wonder If they are ever going to catch up with the older apps before they keep doing the newer ones.
I wish!
 

doctorkb

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Feb 6, 2011
470
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY, USA
NOC Code......
<img src="http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/usa-flag-89.gif">
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-JAN-2011
Doc's Request.
12-SEP-2011 / e-mailed 20-SEP-2011
AOR Received.
29-APR-2011
File Transfer...
03-FEB-2011 / In Process 16-AUG-2011
Med's Done....
29-SEP-2010
Interview........
<img src="http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-random-smileys-838.gif"> (waived, get it?)
Passport Req..
24-OCT-2011
VISA ISSUED...
11-NOV-2011
LANDED..........
07-DEC-2011
Well, here's hoping that those keeners are working tomorrow and we get today's share of PPR on Saturday! :D
 

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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Lol, keeners? Had to look that one up. Not sure that I would characterize them what I found for a definition. Do they really work on Saturdays? Labor Day's coming up and I get that Friday before off.
doctorkb said:
Well, here's hoping that those keeners are working tomorrow and we get today's share of PPR on Saturday! :D
 

doctorkb

Hero Member
Feb 6, 2011
470
17
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY, USA
NOC Code......
<img src="http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/usa-flag-89.gif">
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-JAN-2011
Doc's Request.
12-SEP-2011 / e-mailed 20-SEP-2011
AOR Received.
29-APR-2011
File Transfer...
03-FEB-2011 / In Process 16-AUG-2011
Med's Done....
29-SEP-2010
Interview........
<img src="http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-random-smileys-838.gif"> (waived, get it?)
Passport Req..
24-OCT-2011
VISA ISSUED...
11-NOV-2011
LANDED..........
07-DEC-2011
ddobro2 said:
Lol, keeners? Had to look that one up. Not sure that I would characterize them what I found for a definition. Do they really work on Saturdays? Labor Day's coming up and I get that Friday before off.
If a government worker is working on a Saturday, they'd be a keener.

There has been a record of some PPR showing up on Saturday. Not sure the full deal -- maybe they were sent on Friday, but regardless...
 

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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Ah, okay. Hey, that'd be great if it happened.
doctorkb said:
If a government worker is working on a Saturday, they'd be a keener.

There has been a record of some PPR showing up on Saturday. Not sure the full deal -- maybe they were sent on Friday, but regardless...