I got my medical form 2 weeks ago and those guys from Buffalo said I am gonna wait 7 to 10 months until my file is going to be transfered to the Los Angeles Canadian Consulate...Do somebody knows is this time correct ? I mean if i have to wait for that long just for the transfer(7-10 months) there is not any reason for them to extend the proccesing that long!!! Are they that busy? I requested my interviu from the begining to take place in Detroit but they scheduled me for the L.A. telling me the Detroit consulate is too busy for receiving further applications...and the waiting for an interviu in Detroit could be around one year and a half !

I applied for P.R. in june 2001 under the independent skilled work program.

My personal opinion is I have to wait 7-10 months until the interviu is gonna be scheduled, and my file is gonna be transfered in few months like 3 or 4. I just hope I will have the interviu this year...

I am waiting for your opinions !!!Thanks a lot!~

be patient, with the same dates of application - I mean June 2001 I got interview notice right in a months from medical forms. And it was LA though it was not my choice.

I was just wondering myself - how long does it take to get visa documents after interview in LA? It's been more than 3 months already and i have not gotten anything.
good luck and thanks for help if any...

Ronik,

Can you please post your timeline.

Thanks

Ronik,

Can you please post your timeline.

Thanks

Applied in Buffalo June 2001
Assesment January 2002
Interview Notice March 2002
Intreview Los Angeles May 2002
During the interview I was told that i should recieve my final documents within 3 months. It's been a little more than 3 months and it makes me quite nervous.

Ronik,

Thank you for the timeline. They mentioned 7-10 months interview queue in my letter. You received your interview notice 2 months after the initial assessment. It is hard to understand how they handle the queue. In which category and profession did you apply ? I do not mind waiting but if my interview notice letter is lost that can be a problem. Any suggestions?

Regards

i think profession doesn't make any difference here. I 've got the same letter from Buffalo saying that i would need to wait 7-10 months. But it turned out to be only two month. So, be patient and you will finally receive inotice for an interview.

its taking an average of about 5-7 months after the medical exams/interview for any further communication from the visa office. in these cases people are being asked to send in their passports for the visa. after the passport is sent it seems to be taking an additional 1 month +.

from this forum, the last known occurence was the visa office asking for the passport about 6 weeks ago, and i dont think the person has ehard back yet.

be patient...

I got the letter that my file has been transferred to NY in june '2002.Can someone inform me about the timeline for the actual interview??????????????

thanks Bighead. Do you think that 5-7 months period is for LA office or is average for all of them? Does LA office do the stickers?

5-7 months seems to be the average for buffalo interview waived cases. it all depends on the background checks to be completed. la should be fairly close as well.

and apparently all new immigrant visa's will be affixed in passports. no more imm1000.

My info with time line: Application received at Buffalo: July/2001 Receipt from
Buffalo: Oct/2001 AOR: April/2002 File
Transferred to Los Angeles: 25-April-2002 Nationality: Pakistani Profession:
Independent "Applied Chemical technician" Score: 62 as per old system and 69
as per new system Back ground checks should not be a problem as we are living in Gulf
since a long time before, > 09 years with a clean record

Good Old Wait.. wait ...wait and wait

M.Y

bighead <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
    > Originally posted by ronik:
    > > thanks Bighead. Do you think that 5-7 months period is for LA office or is
    > > average for all of them? Does LA office do the stickers?
    > 5-7 months seems to be the average for buffalo interview waived cases. it all
    > depends on the background checks to be completed. la should be fairly close
    > as well.
    > and apparently all new immigrant visa's will be affixed in passports. no more
    > imm1000.

I did my interview at LA in April 2002, and was told I will hear from them in 2 moths, unfortunately I am still waiting.
But I have a question, when I eventually hear from LA will I need to send my passport? I am out of the US and travel frequently and thus need my passport. I thought they just send the visa as a document to me

nope, no more visa document... pr visa is now a sticker they affix to your passport apparently...

maybe you could ask them if you can bring in your passport personally to the consulate... who knows... there isnt enough info yet about the process... you will just have to wait like the others...