scrubbedexpat099

What am I missing?

Seems logical that you would apply in your home country or at least one you have residency in rather than one you are just visiting?

Ingo Pakleppa - see web site for email

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:20:50 +0000, NKKK wrote:

    >
    >> You probably want to post in the canadian immigration forum as well
    >> then, very weird way of going about it.
    >
    > Well... Its a US Visa question...
    >
    > I asked if there is a way to get 1 year permit in the US port of entry
    > with B1/B2 visa.. Regardless of my purpose for this, i wanted to find
    > out if there is a way to accomplish that.

In all honesty, there likely is no way to get a one year stay in the US in
your situation. It may be difficult to get a B-1/B-2 at all: in order to
qualify for a B-1/B-2, you have to prove that you have an unrelinquished
residence abroad. They usually require a return ticket, or a ticket to
another country along with the accompanying visa. Now you are saying that
you heard some rumors that you might be able to get that visa *after* you
arrive in the USA. That's not a credible basis for a visitor visa.

That's why we were questioning your information about the Canadian visa.
If you were able to *prove* that you are *guaranteed* a Canadian visa, the
odds of receiving a B-1/B-2 would increase dramatically (they would still
not be very good, in my mind).

    > I think Canada Forum has very little to do with this question (although
    > my purpose related to it)

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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:09:27 +0000, Vladimir Menkov wrote:

    > somebody wrote:
    >>> Well what I am trying to do is that I will apply to Canadian PR
    >>> while i am in the US, to be able to do that i need to be accepted to
    >>> the US 1 year...
    >
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Ingo Pakleppa - see web site for email <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>That is quite unusual; I have never heard of such a rule for Canadian
    >>immigration. While I'm not all that familiar with Canadian immigration
    >>law, I'd be curious what the underlying law says.
    >
    > Glad to oblige. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
    > implementing Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of 2002
    > (IRPA) stipulate that an aplication for permanent residence in Canada
    > may only be filed at the Canadian consulate serving the country
    > of applicant's citizenship or residence, defined as follows:

Thanks for that information! I think I may have misinterpreted his
question, then - what you are saying is about jurisdiction.

That makes me wonder: why would he want to apply in the US in the first
place? It seems a lot easier to fly back to the home country, rather than
try and jump through the hoops of getting a long term US visa just to be
able to use Buffalo.

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Processing times...

It takes more than 4 years to complete in my home country..
I was am visiting the US this week, and I thought i could send my
application to Buffalo while I am there..

As far as I am concerned now, I won't get one year permit to stay in the US on B1/B2 visa...

Thank you all for your answers..

scrubbedexpat099

Well that makes sense, I think the US system is just slow, equally slow no matter where you are.

There are a couple of odd exceptions I have seen mentioned.

And I think the UK system is not geographically biased.