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Thread for outland Buffalo applicants!

Trish1982

Star Member
Jun 30, 2010
65
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-02-2010
AOR Received.
03-31-2011
File Transfer...
08-09-2011 LA
can someone link the spreadsheet again? its far too tedious to go through all the pages on my phone :D

I'm looking at the march stats and wondering what the December stats are like. Yikes.
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
38
124
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Trish1982 said:
can someone link the spreadsheet again? its far too tedious to go through all the pages on my phone :D

I'm looking at the march stats and wondering what the December stats are like. Yikes.
 

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
rjessome said:
This won't work. Not to mention that it would really annoy quite a few US immigration people to not board a flight that you are checked in for. You know how touchy US immigration people are. You cannot go to the airport just to land without physically leaving Canada.

The two options are to make the appointment to land locally in Calgary or to leave Canada and re-enter either by flag-poling or actually leaving and coming back.
That's silly that you can't flagpole in an international airport.

Thinking about it, you wouldn't TECHNICALLY have to have go through US customs if YYC is like YVR. You just need to get to the secure portion of the International (i.e departure area for flights to countries other than US and Canada) and the only way back to Canada is through Canadian Customs & Immigration.

And a one-way ticket to an International destination (so you can get through security) MAY be cheaper than the gas to drive to the border and back...
 

sithvixen

Full Member
Oct 27, 2010
26
0
Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-03-2011
File Transfer...
13-04-2011
Med's Done....
16-02-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
08-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
08-30-2011
Ok I didn't realize that the appointments were made months in advance. In that case, it might be faster to skip calling and drive 4 hours to the border. There is no point in waiting for more red tape nonsense. ::)

Oh by the way, if you are on vonage, don't try to call the 1888 number, it doesn't work!
 

sithvixen

Full Member
Oct 27, 2010
26
0
Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-03-2011
File Transfer...
13-04-2011
Med's Done....
16-02-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
08-08-2011
VISA ISSUED...
08-30-2011
doctorkb said:
That's silly that you can't flagpole in an international airport.
I agree, going to the airport would be nice!
 

pavickd

Newbie
Aug 9, 2011
5
0
Well some how my first post was missed, so here goes.
On the morning of Friday September 2 2011 my husband received the PPR email. :eek: ;D

We will drive to Buffalo and stay in a hotel the night of September 12 and then we will wake up bright and early on the 13th to be in line for the opening of the Consulate.

I can't believe that it is finally here. From start date of Application sent, December 21 2010, it has been
just short of 9 months. Those 9 months were the longest 9 months I have ever waited.
 

cbennett

Star Member
Jul 5, 2011
62
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4.18.11
AOR Received.
8.06.11
File Transfer...
6.06.11
Med's Done....
3.30.11
Interview........
waived 9.30.11
Passport Req..
11.7.11
VISA ISSUED...
11.17.11
LANDED..........
11.17.11
Congrats!!! ;D


pavickd said:
Well some how my first post was missed, so here goes.
On the morning of Friday September 2 2011 my husband received the PPR email. :eek: ;D

We will drive to Buffalo and stay in a hotel the night of September 12 and then we will wake up bright and early on the 13th to be in line for the opening of the Consulate.

I can't believe that it is finally here. From start date of Application sent, December 21 2010, it has been
just short of 9 months. Those 9 months were the longest 9 months I have ever waited.
 

Jojo12

Full Member
Sep 5, 2011
23
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-11-2011
File Transfer...
02-24-2011
Med's Done....
12-09-2010
We received your application to sponsor on January 11, 2011.

We started processing your application on February 4, 2011.

We sent you a letter on February 16, 2011 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

We received application for permanent residence on February 24, 2011.

We started processing application on September 1, 2011.



and they asked me for my RPRF Since May And It Has Been Paid Should I be looking forward to some good news any one know An E T that i should hear back somethingg??
 

mrswolfe

Star Member
Apr 20, 2011
72
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-22-2011
Nomination.....
04-20-2011
AOR Received.
07-08-2011
File Transfer...
05-05-2011
Passport Req..
08-25-2011
VISA ISSUED...
09-19-2011
LANDED..........
09-25-2011
Congrats Jojo12 and francohoosier on some progress!!!!

And to pavickd and sithvixen on your PPRs =)

Romain, we are in the same spot that you were -- just waiting for our stamp. Such an exciting moment!
 

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
Husband sent out his passport last thursday and it arrived on Friday. Just waiting for it's return!!
 

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
Well we landed on Saturday....

OMG did we not think that thru very well...Saturday of the last long weekend of the summer...

First off we were misinformed about exporting the vehicle...we were told that we could export anytime, but when I called to confirm everything on Friday, we were told no you can't, you can only do it at Port Huron/Sarnia border M-Th 8-8, Fri 8-1.

I called and finally got a supervisor, who approved us to export the vehicle on Saturday, but no one even him explained we had to go to a different building to export the car...grrrrrrr

We got an awesome officer there, who had to run cuz there happened to be an Armed and Dangerous alert at one of the booths so all ran off...(packed office and line out the door waiting). She came back and did everything for us....

We get to the Canadian side of the border and low and behold the waiting area for immigration is FULL of people needing tourist visas to come visit for the weekend.....the girl at the booth, who again was great when we told her what we were doing, laughed and said you had to pick the busiest day of the year to do this did you???

2 hours later we get an older officer who started the landing process and then passed everything off to the younger officer to do all the computer work....

We had to pay $100 plus tax on the car based on the fact it has AC in it, they didn't even ask for the recall clearance information. Hubs went and paid that, when he was done, the officer had all of his paperwork finalized and said have a good day....

I was disappointed because no one other than myself said welcome to Canada, and that was when we got back in our car.....

So hubs is official now and legal to live and work.....
 

Eddy070

Hero Member
Apr 25, 2010
274
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Welcome to Canada....What a great relief on your side...

We all expect to good news this week....As we are yet to receive any update yet but just Application Received.
The waiting is not getting easy...We need some luck and blessing this week too!! Buffalo show more love this
sept------------>We all deserve to be happy!!
 

spiritrac

Hero Member
Feb 17, 2011
273
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo/Port of Spain
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-04-2011
File Transfer...
26-01-2011
Med's Done....
12-09-2010
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
29-7-2011 Buffalo/ waiting on POS
VISA ISSUED...
Buffalo 8/31 POS TBD
LANDED..........
Sept 4,2011 POS Waiting
Landed yesterday at The Peace bridge everything went fine. There was a long line of cars coming in because of the long weekend. Once we got there it took About 20 minutes to complete the process immigration officials were very friendly. When it was all complete the officer said welcome to Canada and good luck
 

pavickd

Newbie
Aug 9, 2011
5
0
Stumpedmom said:
First off we were misinformed about exporting the vehicle...we were told that we could export anytime, but when I called to confirm everything on Friday, we were told no you can't, you can only do it at Port Huron/Sarnia border M-Th 8-8, Fri 8-1.
Congratulations on landing.

I was wondering which POE you landed at?
Our POE will be Peace Bridge, Fort Erie.
Does anyone know if they do vehicle export there and what the hours are?
Is there a phone number we call?
Any information would be grand.
Thanks in advance ;D
 

kayan

Star Member
Nov 30, 2010
161
1
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Congrats everyone on their good news! Lets hope Buffalo keeps them coming ;D