ACCRA APPLICANTS - NEW INFO

[mot]

I sent an email to CHC accra enquiring about the status of my application submitted in april 06.  The AOR had stated that i should do so if I do not get any instructions after 18 months.  It was eighteen months in December and I made the enquiry.  The response was my application is in a queue for screening to determine if an interview will be required.  They said they are currently reviewing applications before June 2002 and they have about 2500 files outstanding which comes to about 7000 applicants (principal + dependants).  They also said they only have the capacity to review 1200 persons (principal + dependants) in a year.  The implication of this is that it will take them 5.8 years to review the cases they have outstanding.  Eventhough they mentioned that they are doing everything possible to speed up the applications but what is implied, to my mind, is that it cant be earlier than 6 years on the average.  Just to keep you informed.

[Badmus]

Jesus! MOT, maybe by the .

time this visa comes through one would be celebrating 50th birthday

[Oloye]

Mot,
This is quite great and as we have always been saying on this forum, one needs a lot of patience to deal with this pple. Processing time keeps increasing on a monthly basis and some CHC are doing it faster. I wonder what is going on in Accra.
Let us just be cool and take our mind off it for a while, save more money and be focused.

Thanks for sharing with us on this forum and thanks for the analysis we can begin to think and calculate along this path.

Oloye

[soj]

mot,i totally agree with oloye,u need to be patient.a friend x i apllied around the same time,my visa has been approved but the guy has not been contacted by the embassy once.all u need now is to be focussed.make all the money u can cos u will need alot of money.cheers

[abeni_okin]

mot,
thanks for the informaton. that give me confidence now that its not that they dont like my face but they are just slow.
patience is the answer to this immigration process so lets al go and take a cupfull of patience.  e je ka lo bu omi suru mu

[yemkik]

Hi Guys,

Another thing that delays application is when the forms are not properly filled or full of mistakes or errors they just throw it aside and get the next one on queue.

It is natural, you have 2000 cases to treat and one is slowing you down, what do you do? Of course you push that aside and go on.

Soj - Your friend that is waiting since 2001 probably the forms are wrongly filled or full of errors.

Except God's grace is with you I still believe engaging the services of a lawyer is the best (if you don't mind the fees), I might be wrong but I hope I am not!

[nimi]

Hi Guys,

Another thing that delays application is when the forms are not properly filled or full of mistakes or errors they just throw it aside and get the next one on queue.

It is natural, you have 2000 cases to treat and one is slowing you down, what do you do? Of course you push that aside and go on.

Soj - Your friend that is waiting since 2001 probably the forms are wrongly filled or full of errors.

Except God's grace is with you I still believe engaging the services of a lawyer is the best (if you don't mind the fees), I might be wrong but I hope I am not!

I do not agree that the employing the services of a lawyer is the case with accra.  the back logs is one and i also think the african thing is also there.
I have a friend who applied at another CHC.  He got his AOR within 2 months and can u believe they sent it to him with an error in his name, he called i to complain and they said they were going to review it.  I think he made d mistake...........his name was wrongly filled out somewhere in the form.
He got back a fresh letter with the AOR and the correct name under 4months.

Now tell me, can this happen in accra. I think the backlog & slowness in accra is a peculiar case.
The services of the lawyer doesn't make any difference ..............if one can take the pain and follow the instructions to the letter.

I wish everyone of us all the very best and speed too.

[yemkik]

Nimi,

You got me wrong.
Check out the timelines.........the longest are the African, Asian and eastern European countries or what you will call third world countries who are eager to emigrate than the people in the developed countries. Timelines are shorter in Europe/US/Australia where the volume of application is fewer. Don't ask me where, your guess is as good as mine

If I am the immigration officer and I have 20 cases to treat and one made a mistake somewhere I might call the person or worse still push the application through than having 2000 applications and I have like 5 having errors in the forms, I will quickly shove those ones aside and move on.

You are right, lawyers don't shorten your timeline but they don't lenghten it either!

[Oloye]

My pple, Accra will continue to be slow as they are working with target. Canada has certain number of immigrant that they ca accomodate in a year and Accra has to work with certain quota given to it. I guess that , even if they double their staff strength, it will still be delay galore.
We are still hopeful.

Oloye

[fathertee]

Hello Guys, I think I will agree with yemkik. With a lawyer you do not need to think of your forms not attended to becos of errors in filling it. Don't get me wrong if you think of the price you pay for this service, you might have a second thought. But if you can afford it, I think it is worth it.

What I will suggest to CIC Accra in order to reduce this backlog is to either send these forms to CIC Nigeria or other west African countries closer to Nigeria. I know that CIC Nigeria does not entertain Visas for permanent residency, but I feel with this problem, they should consider it, at lease to clear the backlog.

[soj]

yemkik,longtime x how are u doing.my friend used the same lawyer i used initially so i dont think they vent contacted him cos of any error.i think there is more to it.

[mot]

Honestly, I dont think its so much about errors in completing the forms.  I have a friend who applied in 2001 and got his PPR in Nov 2004 and has been in Canada ever since.  He will swear to anybody that it doesnt take longer than 30 months.  He even said, his took that long because of 9/11 when they did not treat any application for about a year.  Honestly I dont understand.

[mot]

Abeni,

I'd like to reiterate that you get in touch with those guys in accra and find out about your case.  Dont assume they are slow.  They are usually this slow when it gets to pple at the stage you are now.  It might just be communication mix up.  Pls take the risk.  It is well!

[yemkik]

Good People,

Honestly it is just prayers that will push this thing through lawyer or no lawyer.It is really confusing and contrasting attimes when you hear even with lawyers timelines are still very lengthy.

Accra is the port for English speaking West African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Libera)
Abidjan is the port for French speaking West African countries

Now check out the disparity in the timeline:

Accra - 71 months
Abidjan - 26 months

Source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/02a-skilled-fed.asp

Soj - Have you landed? Hope the winter is not freezing you out. God's Grace be upon you my friend.
Just pray for us remaining o.

[Badmus]

Good People,

Honestly it is just prayers that will push this thing through lawyer or no lawyer.It is really confusing and contrasting attimes when you hear even with lawyers timelines are still very lengthy.

Accra is the port for English speaking West African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Libera)
Abidjan is the port for French speaking West African countries

Now check out the disparity in the timeline:

Accra - 71 months
Abidjan - 26 months

Source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/02a-skilled-fed.asp

Soj - Have you landed? Hope the winter is not freezing you out. God's Grace be upon you my friend.
Just pray for us remaining o.

yEMKIK,

I dont think they follow this 71months period.

[Oloye]

I think 71 months means those that they have done and concluded (FRom beginning to the end) and considering large application on queue, it may take more months by the time they get to 04.

Oloye

[mot]

I think 71 months is the max time it will take for anyone.  However, some will definitely be concluded before that no of months and a very few others, a little longer than that.  I know this from landed persons that i have spoken to.  I know quite a few persons that concluded theirs  in 40 months.  Yes, Its possible.  It only takes God!.

[soj]

mot,i think i agree with oloye,very few people gets their visa issued within 40 months.a majority of applicants gets their application approved 71months+x,x can be anything.cheers

[maroraza]

its not matter of forms its matter of long qeue if they see forms with error they always sent letter to applicant as applicant paid them 550$ fee and there is nothing lawyer can do with forms only can eat your money before sending forms you can check it again and again as its very simple form with your basic information but as long there are long qeues process will be slow , i have one example , my brother apply for immigration in 2000 he got it in 2005 but he apply from pakistan where there are long qeues i apply last year in Feb 2007 i got it in December 2007 but i apply from Europe where there only few people apply for it, so my brother got the same thing in 5 years and i got it in 9 to 10 months

Hi Guys,

Another thing that delays application is when the forms are not properly filled or full of mistakes or errors they just throw it aside and get the next one on queue.

It is natural, you have 2000 cases to treat and one is slowing you down, what do you do? Of course you push that aside and go on.

Soj - Your friend that is waiting since 2001 probably the forms are wrongly filled or full of errors.

Except God's grace is with you I still believe engaging the services of a lawyer is the best (if you don't mind the fees), I might be wrong but I hope I am not!

[Oloye]

Main delay is large application to dealt with. With patience we shall all get there.

Oloye

[mot]

Oloye,
I imagine that sooner than later, these guys might stop taking application from west africa or increase the points so as to discourage people from applying.     It might get to a stage where they would be overwhelmed with the applications they get and that might the the way out.  Does anyone share my thoughts?

[tito]

Oloye,
I imagine that sooner than later, these guys might stop taking application from west africa or increase the points so as to discourage people from applying.     It might get to a stage where they would be overwhelmed with the applications they get and that might the the way out.  Does anyone share my thoughts?

They cannot stop taking application from W/Africa; believe me the Canadians are not so brash! But they may increase the points just like you wrote.
The issue is not that the Accra guys are slow but the applications are too many and the PR available per annum are quite few. Doubling the number of officials handling the appl cannot solve the problem but increasing the Accra quota can work.
The completion time for Abidjan is very short because those from the areas are really not interested in leaving the francophone region (despite that they will fit into Canada very well).
Excessive patience is required these days although I suggested that intending applicants look at the PNP programs. Completion time is short for now but has been growing too!

[Oloye]

As i always say growing application without increase in Accra quotas will still mean delay in application.
ALL IS WELL.

Oloye