What do they mean by AWB?

[jack87]

I had my lawyer send in a couple of documents about a month ago in response to a request for documents. The Mexico City VO sent me the following e-mail with no attachments this morning:

Dear XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX,



This refers to your application for Permanent Residence in Canada.



- We have received the original of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police fingerprint based police certificate.



- We also received a copy of your fingerprints/photos in order to obtain the PGR Mexico Federal Police Certificate. We will now appreciate you sending us a copy of the AWB with which you sent the original of these documents.



Regards,





Immigration Section | Section d'immigration (LG)
Embassy of Canada, Mexico | Ambassade du Canada, Mexico

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 193, Col. Granada, 11520, México, D.F.
www.mexico.gc.ca
E-mail | courriel: mexico-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca



* Please include your file number, complete name and date of birth in all your enquiries.




I am guessing that by saying AWB they mean the air waybill? My lawyer checked the tracking number in the waybill and it looks like these documents were never delivered, but the visa office clearly has them. Just wondering what they would need the air waybill for - maybe to check the date it was sent?

Thanks!

 

[Awesomeg]

I had my lawyer send in a couple of documents about a month ago in response to a request for documents. The Mexico City VO sent me the following e-mail with no attachments this morning:

Dear XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX,



This refers to your application for Permanent Residence in Canada.



- We have received the original of your Royal Canadian Mounted Police fingerprint based police certificate.



- We also received a copy of your fingerprints/photos in order to obtain the PGR Mexico Federal Police Certificate. We will now appreciate you sending us a copy of the AWB with which you sent the original of these documents.



Regards,





Immigration Section | Section d'immigration (LG)
Embassy of Canada, Mexico | Ambassade du Canada, Mexico

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 193, Col. Granada, 11520, México, D.F.
www.mexico.gc.ca
E-mail | courriel: mexico-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca



* Please include your file number, complete name and date of birth in all your enquiries.




I am guessing that by saying AWB they mean the air waybill? My lawyer checked the tracking number in the waybill and it looks like these documents were never delivered, but the visa office clearly has them. Just wondering what they would need the air waybill for - maybe to check the date it was sent?

Thanks!

Yes, it seem to me that you are right..
probably they want to see the date and verify the
route it took to the embassy in Mexico....
Who knows... but if you have such information provide it to them
and ask if that is what they are referring in this communication.

 

[ydj_dil]

AWB is Airway Bill - its the tracking number for the shipment I think, so that they can track it.

 

[jack87]

*sigh*

So after a lot of digging around, I finally found out why the visa office asked for the tracking number.

My lawyer sent the originals of my fingerprints and my photos in a separate shipment than my RCMP certificate (this was mailed after my fingerprints). When she sent my RCMP certificate she sent it along with a photocopy of my fingerprints and photos as if to let them know they should have received these documents. However, she used Canada Post registered lettermail to send all of these documents, which when it gets to Mexico interfaces with the Mexican postal service. It looks like it got stuck at that stage - after the documents arrived in Mexico there is no more tracking information and there is no way to know whether they actually made it to the visa office.

Ughhhh...