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cgagnon

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Kiri said:
No, mine is still in Mississauga because the applications have to go through there to process the sponsor. Only the in-process applications are in Ottawa, not those in stage one.
Yes you sent your application to mississauga but most Step 1's are coming out of Ottawa...
 

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cgagnon said:
Yes you sent your application to mississauga but most Step 1's are coming out of Ottawa...
Really? So Mississauga is sending them to Ottawa? I don't quite follow.
 

cgagnon

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Kiri said:
Really? So Mississauga is sending them to Ottawa? I don't quite follow.
Yes almost everyone who is recently approved is getting the letter or e-mail from Ottawa Pilot
 

crna80

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I saw a thread that said Ottawa Pilot, but I thought it was referring to an actual pilot, like airplanes. OMG too funny. I was way off base.
 

Kiri

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cgagnon said:
Yes almost everyone who is recently approved is getting the letter or e-mail from Ottawa Pilot
Ahh.. does that mean they are going to stay in Ottawa or go to a Satellite in the states? :\
 

ihabkal

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crna80 said:
I saw a thread that said Ottawa Pilot, but I thought it was referring to an actual pilot, like airplanes. OMG too funny. I was way off base.
I suddenly feel too old compared to you, I am too old and this process is making me old.
 
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OhCanadiana

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Kiri said:
Ahh.. does that mean they are going to stay in Ottawa or go to a Satellite in the states? :\
Ottawa has many functions - just because they possibly helped out CPC-M with step 1 doesn't mean they'll necessarily keep the application for step 2. No changes have been made (yet?) to the List of Countries and corresponding VO.

That being said, as I said above, in the long term, Canada seems to be centralizing more and more functions on Canadian soil ...
 

ihabkal

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that's because more and more countries are plagued with security and safety issues not to mention the fraud that happens even in Canadian embassies . In the Canadian embassy in Lebanon I heard the local employees were collecting application fees and keeping them for themselves. Shameful how low some people can go.
 

ihabkal

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to prove my point just a quick search online and I found this
http://updatednews.ca/2011/05/12/canadian-embassy-in-beirut-are-they-trained-to-work-with-humans/
 

mattrox10

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Today is a day of excitement for My husband and I. The application was sent out to Mississauga today! The waiting begins!!!!
 

OhCanadiana

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So, folks, it looks like the media got one thing wrong in their sneak preview.

For permanent residents, CPP-O (Ottawa) is going to be processing applications going forward (existing, per the Bulletin I posted earlier, and future ones per the CIC List of Countries and Corresponding Canadian Visa Offices.

So, for new applicants that haven't sent their app yet: select CPP-O as your visa office (not Buffalo, not NYC).

And, now, we know.*

* The only question left is interviews (regional offices make sense, but no confirmation yet).
 

OhCanadiana

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mattrox10 said:
Today is a day of excitement for My husband and I. The application was sent out to Mississauga today! The waiting begins!!!!
Congratulations!!! How exciting :)
 

Kiri

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OhCanadiana said:
So, folks, it looks like the media got one thing wrong in their sneak preview.

For permanent residents, CPP-O (Ottawa) is going to be processing applications going forward (existing, per the Bulletin I posted earlier, and future ones per the http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp]CIC List of Countries and Corresponding Canadian Visa Offices.

So, for new applicants that haven't sent their app yet: select CPP-O as your visa office (not Buffalo, not NYC).

And, now, we know.*

* The only question left is interviews (regional offices make sense, but no confirmation yet).
So that puts all outland to inland application? Does that make people have implied status... or ?
 

ihabkal

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hahaha they should. Now if that is true if this takes 6 more years I don't care lol
I wish they would do it!!!
you're smart to think about it.
 

Kiri

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ihabkal said:
hahaha they should. Now if that is true if this takes 6 more years I don't care lol
I wish they would do it!!!
you're smart to think about it.
I won't care if it's like that and they give me a work permit. But I want to be able to work and go back and see my family. So lol But it's still an interesting thought.