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Location: VAC NYC
I WISH I HAD COME ACROSS THIS THREAD BEFORE SENDING MY PASSPORT;
Its sad to see so many people going through this misery.
I applied online like most people;
Submitted online application: 13th Nov
Received passport request letter: 20th Nov
Sent passport to VAC: 21st Nov
(Passport reached VAC on Monday 26th Nov, because of thanksgiving break)
No update, till 6th December. (ALMOST 2 WEEKS, I dont know what the hell they were doing)
Received an auto generated email from vfs with tracking ID on 6th December (which like everyone mentioned, doesn't work).
Called up VFS NYC to ask what was happening, customer rep. said tracking id takes time to update, give it a few hours for status to change.
24 hrs later I see a message saying passport has been dispatched to IRCC for processing. I was relieved that my passport was sent to IRCC, only to be stressed again after seeing no update on the tracking even after 4 days.
It is the 10th today, it still shows passport dispatched to IRCC for processing.
IRCC in NYC is 10 min walking distance from VFS NYC, I dont see any reason for my passport to take more than 1 day to reach the IRCC from VFS.
Finally, I decided to withdraw my application today after reading posts on this thread. I have a travel planned for winter break starting 24th Dec, I am hoping that I will get my passport back before that.
I would recommend, if you have travel planned in the coming weeks, dont sit and wait for some miracle to happen, I went through a lot of stories from this post, withdrawing my application seemed the best option.
I WISH I HAD COME ACROSS THIS THREAD BEFORE SENDING MY PASSPORT;
Its sad to see so many people going through this misery.
I applied online like most people;
Submitted online application: 13th Nov
Received passport request letter: 20th Nov
Sent passport to VAC: 21st Nov
(Passport reached VAC on Monday 26th Nov, because of thanksgiving break)
No update, till 6th December. (ALMOST 2 WEEKS, I dont know what the hell they were doing)
Received an auto generated email from vfs with tracking ID on 6th December (which like everyone mentioned, doesn't work).
Called up VFS NYC to ask what was happening, customer rep. said tracking id takes time to update, give it a few hours for status to change.
24 hrs later I see a message saying passport has been dispatched to IRCC for processing. I was relieved that my passport was sent to IRCC, only to be stressed again after seeing no update on the tracking even after 4 days.
It is the 10th today, it still shows passport dispatched to IRCC for processing.
IRCC in NYC is 10 min walking distance from VFS NYC, I dont see any reason for my passport to take more than 1 day to reach the IRCC from VFS.
Finally, I decided to withdraw my application today after reading posts on this thread. I have a travel planned for winter break starting 24th Dec, I am hoping that I will get my passport back before that.
I would recommend, if you have travel planned in the coming weeks, dont sit and wait for some miracle to happen, I went through a lot of stories from this post, withdrawing my application seemed the best option.
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