Dear Massood,

I would be very grateful if you could go through my case below and give your valued view on this.

My husband and I are in Canada since April 2001 on work permit. We have a 3 year old child, who was born in Toronto. Our details are

1) I am the principal applicant.
2) Both of us have permanent jobs in Toronto (Software Developers).
3) Both of us are post graduates from India.
4) We applied for Immigration to Canada from Buffalo. Got the file number on December 31 2003.
5) Did not do the English test
6)Whenever our work permit was updated, I promply mailed the copy of the updated permit to Buffalo office.
7)The Buffalo office requested for medicals and letter from my(Principal Applicant's) current employer in Aug 2004. (They did not request for RCMP fingerprints - I dont know why)
8)Medical report was sent to them by mid sept 2004. We also send the detailed letter from the employer and landing fees by mid september.

And now it is Jan 2006, and I have not heard form the immigration dept after we sent out the requested documents in mid sept 2004. Do you think this is normal? Do you think there is some problem with my case?

Please note that we had carefully submitted all required documents at the time of the application.

Thanks and Regards,
Seema.

Hi Seema,

Please send an e-mail to Buffalo (buffalo-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca) and request them to give you the status of your application. You can also mention that your medical has expired in Sept 2005.

You can also apply for the CAIPS notes. As you are living in Canada you can apply for the CAIPS notes for free under the Privacy Act. It will take 40 - 50 days to get the notes.

1) Go the site

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5563B.pdf

fill in the form with the required details i.e.:

a) Visa post (e.g. Buffalo, NY etc.)
b) File number (e.g. BXXXX..)
c) Date of Birth
d) Your Postal address (In Canada address only)

2) Check on the box for the CAIPS notes request in the form.

3)Provide a photocopy of your valid permit/visa in Canada (Person requesting).

4) Write a cover letter requesting the notes

Post all the papers together to :

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
Narono Building
360 Laurier Avenue West, 10th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1
Tel.: (613) 957-6512

hey seeema
u know the best thing to do, go to your local MP. i understand they must be busy with election stuff but they have people in their office are working, so make an appoinment and have all your document with you.
hope it help.

Hello Kenny04,

Thanks for your reply. I am sorry I do not know what is CAIPS and how will it help me?

I had sent an email to buffalo. I got an automated response saying that my email has been received and has been forwarded to the concerned department and they will get in touch with me soon. But nothing happened after that.

I think I will send an email again to them, asking for the status.

Thanks again,
Regards,
Seema.

we applied for immigration in Nov 2002 and didnt get it till nov 2004. so according to that time line you may still have time.
this year somtime

Hello Janmeja,

Thanks for your reply.

Did you also apply through Buffalo? Were your medicals valid by the time you got passport request?

Regards,
Seema

Hi seema,

Go through the website http://www.caips.com" rel="nofollow">LINK to get more info about CAIPS notes.