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YOUR ADVISE IS NEEDED AT THE TOPIC CALLED PR:DATED 7/2/2007 BY SHOBA
PLEASE HELP!
If anyone is able to answer this question, please do. I HAVE PASTED THIS BELOW ...PLEASE HELP!
I was in the USA when I applied for my Canadian PR. I recently relocated to India and I am unable to return to the USA. However, I have received the request to do medicals and send my passport to CIC Buffalo.
My question is:
Can I do the medicals here in India and send my medicals and passport to CIC Buffalo?
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
[07-02-2007,02:34]
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Shoba
(in reply to: PR)
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Immediateky let CIC know about the change of your mailing address and let them know about your current status. I think you can do your medicals from India.
[07-02-2007,02:41]
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nathan
(in reply to: PR)
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Yes you can do the medicals in India. There is a list of designated medical practitioners. However you should update them with change of address.
[07-02-2007,03:05]
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Anonymous
(in reply to: PR)
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Medicals can be done in India but how r you going to send the passport? No courier is legally allowed to take this out of India. Even if you do manage to send this - whenever you will leave India they may notice the stamp from US and you may be in trouble for sending the passport out of country.Indian passport cannot be sent or given to anyone the law says - read last page. Please let me know what u do as i am in the same situation for future if and when it happens. I have thgt of something but it may not work.
[08-02-2007,21:04]
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Anon
(in reply to: PR)
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Thats a very good point Anon and i think u guys can trasfer your files to india.
Moreover,when ever you will leave the india with the stamping pasport,no body will ask you all this question cause i dont think that indian customs knew this regulation.
[09-02-2007,03:55]
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james
(in reply to: PR)
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transfering file to india would mean going at the back of line. and processing time for india is 5-6 years.
[09-02-2007,19:58]
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[09-02-2007,20:02]
[**.145.187.92]
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(in reply to: PR - SHARON / ROY / UNIDEN)
K
First, I do not understand how you have received the passport request BEFORE submitting the medicals?!? Please clarify if you could..
But anyway, WHERE exactly did you receive the mailed request for passport and medicals? Are you still able to receive mail from Buffalo at your ex-US mailing address?
YES, (in theory) you can do your medicals in India, BUT..
1) make sure the physician you are seeing is a Designated Medical Practitioner (or "DMP"), approved by CIC, and..
2) do not forget that DMPs in India have to follow different rules as to where to submit your medical reports!
I have heard of cases where the Indian DMP has cooperated with the applicant and sent the medical reports to Ottawa instead of London, but do not assume this to be more than luck!
On transfering your case, please read Section 5.19 of OP1, (available @ http://www.cic.gc.ca/manuals-guides/english/op/op01e.pdf) regarding file transfers.
I can tell you right now that it is NOT possible to request a file transfer to another visa processing center. Such transfers are being conducted only internally by CIC. Further more, there is some additional clarification for you on whether your application´s AOR would be reset during a file transfer. The short answer is "NO", you will maintain the same AOR. The long answer is from the same OP1 manual, same section 5.19:
For assessment purposes, visa offices receiving a transferred file must respect the original application received date as the ?lock-in? date. For processing purposes, all processing steps for the files transferred into an office, including the scheduling of interviews, should be the same as all other applications received in the office on the date corresponding to the ?lock-in? date of the received file. This means an application that is received in Paris in July 2002 and transferred to New Delhi in March 2003 will enter the New Delhi queue as of July 2002.
Are you supposed to notify CIC of your recent address change? Read the back of your AOR. But if you didn´t.. the answer is YES!
Could you send your passport from India to Buffalo? Again, in theory you could. Do I recommend it? No comment.
Now happy digesting!!! :)
Good Luck!
[09-02-2007,22:50]
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Uniden |
(in reply to: PR - SHARON / ROY / UNIDEN)
Uniden - I have a question regarding your reply above. You say that an applicant cannot request that a file be transferred. If "A" was to change his address with CIC to India, would CIC automatically transfer the file to India? Would he get notification of such? Seems that would take care of all the issues regarding mailing a passprot out of India, which I´d think CIC would be aware of, right? But I´d think he needs to know this before trying to send his passport away.
[10-02-2007,15:23]
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oromum |
(in reply to: PR - SHARON / ROY / UNIDEN)
Oromum,
First step is to notify CIC that the address has changed. Whether the file gets then transferred to a different processing location or not happens solely at CIC´s discretion. I am not sure if it all happens "automatically" or not, as someone at CIC has to make a decision regarding this matter.
Certain is, and I remember seeing postings in other forums, where the file has been transferred to another country, that once the file is transferred, the applicant is being notified of the transfer and that no transfer fee incurred during this process.
The transfer notification letter was sent to the applicant AFTER the actual transfer, it was not a multiple choice letter where you, as the applicant, decide whether the file gets transferred or not.
I also see the advantages for "A" if this were to happen, not counting regional processing delays. Sometimes it is better to get a delayed PR than no PR at all!
[10-02-2007,17:18]
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