Transferred to Detroit, waiting of PPR...

[WantPR]

Hello Alainski,
Congrats for getting the final one now
I requested you to please send format of letters/documents by you to Detriot office. Is it possible now to sent at wantpr@gmail.com.
Thanks a lot.

at last!!!!!.................

Dear Applicant:

Your application for permanent residence in Canada appears to be ready for visa issuance . Your permanent resident
visa can only be issued at our office in Detroit. It is not possible to have it printed at another office.
Based on the validity date of your medical examination results, your immigrant visa will be valid to APRIL 19,
2012, assuming that your passport(s) do not expire prior to that date. The visa expiry date cannot be extended. If you fail
to provide the passport(s), your application will be closed when the medical validity has expired. We encourage you to
submit your passport(s) as soon as possible to allow you adequate time to prepare for your move to Canada. If you allow your
visa(s) to expire without having entered Canada, you will be able to reapply for permanent residence in Canada, and a new
application and a new processing fee will be required. Any new application will be assessed according to the Canadian
Immigration Legislation in force at the time that the new application is filed. There is no guarantee a future application will
be successful.

Please submit the valid passports for you and all accompanying family members included in your application to the
Consulate address as indicated below. Please detach any expired passport(s) from the valid passport(s) that you send to our
office. Applicants who send their documents by mail must provide a return address in Canada or the United States to
which their passport(s) can be returned (see the “Document Return Procedure” page attached to this letter). If you do not
have a mailing address in Canada or the United States, you must deliver your passport(s) in person, Monday , Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Your passports will be ready for pick up in ten business days.

 

[alainski]

Hello Alainski,
Congrats for getting the final one now
I requested you to please send format of letters/documents by you to Detriot office. Is it possible now to sent at wantpr @ gmail.com.
Thanks a lot.

thank you. the letter will actually come from your employer. here is the format my employer gave me....

To whom it may concern:

This letter serves to confirm that xxxxNamexxxx has been employed full-time in our company as xxxxPositionxxxx since xxxDatexxx. He/she is guarranteed 40/hrs in a week and currently earns an hourly wage of xxxAmountxxx. The employeehas the potential to receive an additional xxxxx per hour if the employee shows no absences or tardiness in a two week pay perioid.

if any further employment information is needed, please do not hestitate to contact me.

yours truly.


xxxxxxxxxx
HR Director


hope this helps...good luck!

 

[alainski]

When they transferred my file to Detroit the letter contained the following.

"Do not request the status of your file within ninety (90) days of the date of this letter."

In any case, I had my passport back with visa and had landed before the 90 day limit.

how many days did you wait before they sent you back the passports?

 

[firasj78]

Just sent an Email to Detroit inquiring about my application, file was transferred to them on 10/13/11 and still did not hear anything. I will see what they will say.

This was I got from them today:
Dear Sir/Madam:
Your file is in qeue to be reviewed. We will contact you if anything is required.
Thank you.

 

[tyler_sam]

Hello Guys,
I got an email last Thursday that my application was refused due to the following reason:
According to the VO, my application was received last October 21, 2010, and my certificate of nomination for PNP program (I was an approved nominee for Alberta) expired last September 28, 2010.
And for this reason, they refused my application for PR due to my application was received after an expired certificate. All other documentation was okay except for that reason stated for refusal.
My question to all of you is : CAN I FILE RECONSIDERATION TO REVERSE DECISION N THIS ON GROUNDS THAT THEY OVERLOOKED MY APPLICATION DATES? Why am saying they over looked the dates is because here is the brief story of my application:
I got nominated for PNP last April 2010. My approval certificate was valid until September 28, 2010 and per PNP rule, the CIC of buffalo must receive the PR application before my expiration of certificate.
I submitted my complete documents to CIC buffalo last August 13, 2010 (I have a copy of the tracking receipts and a copy of the application postmarked by the CIC buffalo that the application was received last August 13, 2010) Included in the application was the application payment of 550.00 in cashier’s check Dated June 21, 2010 and has validity of 90 days)
But because they did not cashed the check within 90 days, the check becomes a stale check ( why they waited long to cashed it…I DON’T KNOW.) for this reason, CIC buffalo sent me a letter last October 4, 2010 requesting to send new checks in replacement to the lapsed checks. No other things requested other than the checks. So I immediately send them a new one on October 10, 2010 sent by Fed EX.
Since then, I did not hear anything from buffalo, then May 17, 2011, I received a letter requesting me to undergo medical under DMP, which I did on June 15, 2011 and was received by Ottawa last June 27, 2011.
Then I have not heard anything again, and then Last September 22, 2011, I received an email stating that my file was transferred from buffalo to Los Angeles office to expedite the process.
Last October 12, 2011, My ECAS changed to decision made but no PPR so I waited for the letter but after 3 weeks no letter came so I decided to send them email last October 27, 2011, then they responded last November 10, 2011 stating that they refuse my application due to my application was received after my certificate was expired.
MY QUESTION:
1. How come the VO say my application was received in October 21, 2010 when my application was stamped by buffalo August 13, 2010?
2. Is that our (applicant) fault if they did not cash the checks right away? Are we to be blame for that?
3. If my certificate of Nomination was really expired, how come Buffalo did not say that when they asked a check replacement last October 4, 2010?
4. Why let me undergo medical after 1 year if at the end my application will be refused?
I have all the documents from Buffalo…what do you think with my situation?
Do you think I have strong grounds to request for reconsideration? Is that considered an error on their part? What do I have to do now? Do I need a lawyer for this? PLEASE HELP

 

[firasj78]

Today my Ecas just changed to "in Process":

We received your application for permanent residence on October 18, 2010.
We started processing your application on November 11, 2011.
Medical results have been received.

How long do I have to wait after that?
Is that mean they are not going to ask for additional documents?

 

[McFly]

That is awsome Firasj !!
On an other forum, back in august, a guy received PPR the following day after he saw this update on his ecas.
You are almost there my friend, almost... 8)

 

[firasj78]

That is awsome Firasj !!
On an other forum, back in august, a guy received PPR the following day after he saw this update on his ecas.
You are almost there my friend, almost... 8)

was that from detroit?
Do you think will they ask for additional documents?

 

[TRUONGAN]

Hello Guys,
I got an email last Thursday that my application was refused due to the following reason:
According to the VO, my application was received last October 21, 2010, and my certificate of nomination for PNP program (I was an approved nominee for Alberta) expired last September 28, 2010.
And for this reason, they refused my application for PR due to my application was received after an expired certificate. All other documentation was okay except for that reason stated for refusal.
My question to all of you is : CAN I FILE RECONSIDERATION TO REVERSE DECISION N THIS ON GROUNDS THAT THEY OVERLOOKED MY APPLICATION DATES? Why am saying they over looked the dates is because here is the brief story of my application:
I got nominated for PNP last April 2010. My approval certificate was valid until September 28, 2010 and per PNP rule, the CIC of buffalo must receive the PR application before my expiration of certificate.
I submitted my complete documents to CIC buffalo last August 13, 2010 (I have a copy of the tracking receipts and a copy of the application postmarked by the CIC buffalo that the application was received last August 13, 2010) Included in the application was the application payment of 550.00 in cashier's check Dated June 21, 2010 and has validity of 90 days)
But because they did not cashed the check within 90 days, the check becomes a stale check ( why they waited long to cashed it...I DON'T KNOW.) for this reason, CIC buffalo sent me a letter last October 4, 2010 requesting to send new checks in replacement to the lapsed checks. No other things requested other than the checks. So I immediately send them a new one on October 10, 2010 sent by Fed EX.
Since then, I did not hear anything from buffalo, then May 17, 2011, I received a letter requesting me to undergo medical under DMP, which I did on June 15, 2011 and was received by Ottawa last June 27, 2011.
Then I have not heard anything again, and then Last September 22, 2011, I received an email stating that my file was transferred from buffalo to Los Angeles office to expedite the process.
Last October 12, 2011, My ECAS changed to decision made but no PPR so I waited for the letter but after 3 weeks no letter came so I decided to send them email last October 27, 2011, then they responded last November 10, 2011 stating that they refuse my application due to my application was received after my certificate was expired.
MY QUESTION:
1. How come the VO say my application was received in October 21, 2010 when my application was stamped by buffalo August 13, 2010?
2. Is that our (applicant) fault if they did not cash the checks right away? Are we to be blame for that?
3. If my certificate of Nomination was really expired, how come Buffalo did not say that when they asked a check replacement last October 4, 2010?
4. Why let me undergo medical after 1 year if at the end my application will be refused?
I have all the documents from Buffalo...what do you think with my situation?
Do you think I have strong grounds to request for reconsideration? Is that considered an error on their part? What do I have to do now? Do I need a lawyer for this? PLEASE HELP

I am very sorry to hear your story. I believe what you could learn from this is never wait until last minute to deal with immigration, even "last 2 minutes" is risky, too. However, from what you described, you are not at fault and your application was actually received by the expiry of nomination. There was issue with cheque encashing leading to the file was not created when it's supposed to be. They waited until full application fee payment received and that was beyond the nomination expiry. The visa officer was not aware of this fact, he was not aware that the first money order was not cashed out on time, this is mistake of Buffalo clerical staff, not you.

What you could do, if I were you, is to write a detailed explanatory letter to the following parties, make sure you include all proofs of submission, copies of money order records, and PNP, CIC file numbers.

1. Individual-case inquiries related to the decision or decision making process

Mr. Mark Floyd, Director, Geographic Operations, Asia & the Americas
o Americas: Nat-Americas@cic.gc.ca

2. Buffalo Immigration Manager
Catherine Bailey
Catherine.Bailey@international.gc.ca

3. Los Angeles Immi Manager
Erin Brouse
Erin.Brouse@international.gc.ca

4. Your nomination province

I hope you will be able to resolve this issue quickly! I believe they will review your case.

 

[McFly]

was that from detroit?
Do you think will they ask for additional documents?

Yes indeed, it was for Detroit.
and no, they didn't request any document.

I don't know if you will get PPR tomorrow too, but for sure these are the final yards of this great PR marathon.

 

[tyler_sam]

I am very sorry to hear your story. I believe what you could learn from this is never wait until last minute to deal with immigration, even "last 2 minutes" is risky, too. However, from what you described, you are not at fault and your application was actually received by the expiry of nomination. There was issue with cheque encashing leading to the file was not created when it's supposed to be. They waited until full application fee payment received and that was beyond the nomination expiry. The visa officer was not aware of this fact, he was not aware that the first money order was not cashed out on time, this is mistake of Buffalo clerical staff, not you.

What you could do, if I were you, is to write a detailed explanatory letter to the following parties, make sure you include all proofs of submission, copies of money order records, and PNP, CIC file numbers.

1. Individual-case inquiries related to the decision or decision making process

Mr. Mark Floyd, Director, Geographic Operations, Asia & the Americas
o Americas: Nat-Americas @ cic.gc.ca

2. Buffalo Immigration Manager
Catherine Bailey
Catherine.Bailey @ international.gc.ca

3. Los Angeles Immi Manager
Erin Brouse
Erin.Brouse @ international.gc.ca

4. Your nomination province

I hope you will be able to resolve this issue quickly! I believe they will review your case.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT… I ACTUALLY EMAILED LA AND COPIED BUFFALO OFFICE 2 DAYS AGO AND I STATED DETAIL BY DETAIL.
I AM JUST SO HAPPY THAT LA CANADIAN CONSULATE REPLIED ME THIS MORNING AND INFORM ME THAT
“After a careful and thorough review of all information in your file, your application for permanent residence in Canada file has now been reopened and the processing resumed as of this date. Your file number remains the same.”
NOW THEY ARE ASKING ME TO SUBMIT AN UPDATED FBI (FOR U.S.A) AND NEW POLICE CLEARANCE FROM MY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, AND THAT THEY ARE GIVING ME 120 DAYS FROM THIS DATE TO COMPLY ON THAT.
ISN’T THAT AMAZING HOW PRAYERS AND HARDWORK MADE ALL THIS TO HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS FROM THIS TIME …BUT AM PRETTY SURE AM ON MY WAY TO MY PR. THANKS GUYS AND JUST A SHARE OF THOUGH…PRAYERS DID A LOT TO MY FAVOR.

 

[firasj78]

Yes indeed, it was for Detroit.
and no, they didn't request any document.

I don't know if you will get PPR tomorrow too, but for sure these are the final yards of this great PR marathon.

Thanks McFly, I hope they dont ask e for additional Docs

 

[alainski]

its been a week now since i sent my pp.....hope i receive it next week....

 

[firasj78]

received a letter in the mail from detroit dated 11/15/2011. no additional documents required and no interview and to pay RFPR.

 

[McFly]

Congrats Firasj
You are one step away from the end.

Go Detroit, go Red Wings, go Lions, go Tigers and go Pistons