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srini88

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Hi,
Does anyone know of any rules change where one has to apply from their home country and not from their place of residence?

I heard that going forward you need to apply from the country of which you are a citizen and if you have already applied from a different country then the application will be sent back to your country of origin. I heard this was being done to reduce backlogs in consulates where people from other countries were flooding their applications
 
Really. Its surprising. Where from you get this information. Can you please provide me the link please.....
 
Originally posted by srini88
Hi,
Does anyone know of any rules change where one has to apply from their home country and not from their place of residence?

I heard that going forward you need to apply from the country of which you are a citizen and if you have already applied from a different country then the application will be sent back to your country of origin. I heard this was being done to reduce backlogs in consulates where people from other countries were flooding their applications
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I presume you are in US, you can apply from CCG-Buffalo
its not mandatory to apply from your home country.

As you might be aware nowadays the Canadian GC Process
takes anywhere between 14 to 36 months or more.

So are you able to stay in US until then, say if you have to go back to home country in the middle of the process you can
always request for "transfer" of file to your country.

Ofcourse, it will go thru the queue of that processing centre.

I guess you got the answers for your questions.

All the best.

Cheer up.

Vjy :)
 
Understand!!!

But the problem is how could immigration officer knows whether you applied visa at the US consulate in Canada or Mexico.

I think they will look for "Application Received" stamp on yout passport and will not let you in.

Is this true...
 
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Here is just my understanding. it can be totally wrong....

Yes, there is a new rule saying that Canadian PRs will require a valid visa to enter the US unless you are from one of the country in US visa waiver program.

I believe this is mainly to the people from Commonwealth countries. Currently, if you are Canadian PR and citizen from one of the commonwealth counties, e.g. India, you don't need to get visa at all to enter the US. Under the new rule, you will need to have a valid visa stamp.

However, the new rule doesn't say anything the 'automatic revalidation rule'. I would assume that the 'actuomatic revalidation rule' is still valid. According to this rule, if you previously had a US visa and it had expired, but you have valid I94 and you are just go to Canda or Mexico for less than 30 day, your previously expired visa will be automatically revalided with the expiration date of the date you reenter. In other words, you actually have a valid visa to enter the US in this case.

However, if you've never got a US visa stamp on your passport, you will have to get one to reenter.

Again, this is just my understanding after reading the rule and it can be total wrong. Also, even this is correct, I think there may be lots of confusion among US immigration officers, so different person might get different result. So, personally, I still recommand everybody to play at the safe said unless you absolutely cannot.

As for how they can tell whether you applied for visa or not, the consulor in the US consulate will take your I94 away (this was what happened to me last time), or as I heard, they might stamp on your previous visa 'void' even it expired already. In this way, if your application was denied, you will either don't have valid I94 to reenter, or the immigration officer will find out you've applied for visa.
 
I just got off the phone with BCIS at Lewiston Bridge (Buffalo), and was advised that BCC has to have a valid visa stamp in the passport effective March 17th to enter US.

Confused or questions call 716-285-1690
 
Vault Please go to
http://www.state.gov/

and then search for Automatic visa Revalidation
you will find the results and Automatic visa Revalidation is still effective, how the BCIS border post can give you a difrent version, give then the copy of March 14 telegram, see what they say

http://travel.state.gov/exclusionvisa.html

EXCLUSION FROM AUTOMATIC REVALIDATION OF A NONIMMIGRANT VISA
http://www.travel.state.gov/exclusionvisa.html

Revised Regulation on Automatic Revalidations
http://travel.state.gov/state50158.html
 
for my understanding:
New rule focus at the visa waiver program.
If you are canada Pr from BBC (who belongs to visa
waiver program before March 17th) and you don't have a valid I-94, you need a visa to enter U.S.A after march 17th.
Automatic Vsia revalidation still works.
According to automatic visa revalidation,all people except those 7 countries can re-enter to U.S.A ,if they have valid I-94 and stay at canada or mexico less than 30 days,also didn't apply a new visa at this two countries.
don't always focus to the Pr new rule from BBC.It is ok to use the aotomatic visa revalidation rule to come back.
 
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