VAC in NY Closed!!! Anyone applied for TRV 'In Person' ??

[MoonRiver]

Aloha!
My J1 Visa is expiring within next month, I need to go Canada/third country, and apply for a new visa to come back to my research in the University of Hawaii! This is very strange rule! I already tried to contact Consulate office in NY for any appointment, couldn't talk with a human!
I decided to fly from Hawaii to NY next week, to submit application 'In Person' in Wednesday. If VAC is closed, where should I submit, or do the Biometrics? How long does it take? Can I get the visa within a week or even month? All these questions are making me mad, please help me out!
Thanks!

 

[scylla]

NY VAC is closed. In person applications to the consulate general take longer to process than online applications and VAC applications.

http://can-am.gc.ca/visas/apply-how_la_demande-comment.aspx?lang=eng

You should also read the following note on the page above:

*If you need to give your biometrics you MUST apply online – DO NOT apply through the VAC or to the visa office. Find out if you need to give your biometrics.

 

[MoonRiver]

Thanks much! Today I started applying online, I hope I will be able to complete it by tomorrow. But how about sending my passport and other necessary docs, if I mail them it will take longer time. Do you think, it will be better if I go in person to NY next week, and submit my passport there? In the meantime, my online application will be done and I don't know, where to do Biometrics here in Hawaii !
Please let me know if you have any suggestions. I look forward to hear from you

 

[PMM]

Hi

Thanks much! Today I started applying online, I hope I will be able to complete it by tomorrow. But how about sending my passport and other necessary docs, if I mail them it will take longer time. Do you think, it will be better if I go in person to NY next week, and submit my passport there? In the meantime, my online application will be done and I don't know, where to do Biometrics here in Hawaii !
Please let me know if you have any suggestions. I look forward to hear from you

Won't do you any good. Their posted processing time is 35 days.