applicant received PER in Feb/March...lets connect here

[rawlin4bbhh]

Hey Serge
First of all I would also like to congratulate you for your new family member. Before I say something; could you please suggest that how come you send the DD in INR>>> ?

Secondly, do you have a consultant or you are handling your case yourself...

Regards
Rawlin

Dear Babbu and Canadiantobe

thanks for your kind advice, But I'm still in dilemma about DD encashment issue coz if they won't encashed it, it would be expire,
then who will be responsible for that??

Serge

[serge19]

Hi Rawlin

thnx for your wishes, I have applied by own as my cousin went to Canada recently(June-2011). He use to
work as a immigration adviser and he helped me to prepare my case. He has told me to send the DD in INR.
I have also taken a paid advice from one of the leading immigration solicitor from New Delhi. He has also
suggested the same!!

MY QUESTION IS: DOES IT NORMAL TO GET DELAY IN PROCESS WHEN YOU UPDATE ANY CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHANGE OF YOUR PERSONAL..
I'M WORRIED FOR DD ISSUE.......Coz this one is not encashed so far!!

Serge!!

Hey Serge
First of all I would also like to congratulate you for your new family member. Before I say something; could you please suggest that how come you send the DD in INR>>> ?

Secondly, do you have a consultant or you are handling your case yourself...

Regards
Rawlin

[rawlin4bbhh]

Hey Serge

Thanks for the information. Now its really a matter of concern as DD needs to get en-cashed but you haven't got any confirmation so I would recommend a case specific query to NDVO & make sure that you dont put the subject delay in your MR or PPR.

Just put attention on the DD en-cash deadline & the dependent child with your UCI & ECAS ID.

Hope that helps. 

Regards
Rawlin

Hi Rawlin

thnx for your wishes, I have applied by own as my cousin went to Canada recently(June-2011). He use to
work as a immigration adviser and he helped me to prepare my case. He has told me to send the DD in INR.
I have also taken a paid advice from one of the leading immigration solicitor from New Delhi. He has also
suggested the same!!

MY QUESTION IS: DOES IT NORMAL TO GET DELAY IN PROCESS WHEN YOU UPDATE ANY CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHANGE OF YOUR PERSONAL..
I'M WORRIED FOR DD ISSUE.......Coz this one is not encashed so far!!

Serge!!

[naaz12]

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS.....

[priyum521]

Hi All,

Finally the file moved from sydney [Nova scotia] to New Delhi..

-Priyum

[rawlin4bbhh]

Congrats dear...

Hi All,

Finally the file moved from sydney [Nova scotia] to New Delhi..

-Priyum

[vitvet]

Hi All,

Finally the file moved from sydney [Nova scotia] to New Delhi..

-Priyum

Many congrats

[spartan300]

Dear forum member,
its just my assumption that my good mates who have got MR have not submitted PCC to the cic when they forward their application. so they might have to wait for their security check might delay their PP return but pray to god for their quick process its just my assumption only  ...So other forum member who have submitted all document including PCC are going through security checks so get your finger crossed it may take few weeks then hopefully will get MR soon after getting BC and SC.
warm regards,

[Mr.Engineer]

Dear forum members i received the following email in the response of my inquiry to LVO , i am feeling its not normal , please help me
Dear Madam / Sir,

This is in response to your enquiry. Be advised that:
 
the normal time frame for processing of this case has not yet elapsed.  Please refer to the Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR) letter. You were sent this AOR letter on March 21 which stated the service standards for Applications for permanent residence in Canada. If an interview or background enquiries are required, processing will be much longer and it is not possible to provide an estimate at this stage.
 
We will contact you as soon as we are ready to proceed to the next stage of processing or if we need additional documents and/or information.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Client Service Unit
 
Immigration and Medical Services Division | Direction de l'immigration et des services médicaux
Canadian High Commission | Haut-commissariat du Canada
38 Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 4AA | Londres, W1K 4AA
United Kingdom | Royaume-Uni
 
Government of Canada

[takingchances]

I came across this interesting article---

Canada could face lawsuits if it legislates away immigration backlog

By Kristen Shane

Featured in Embassy Magazine.

This is the most significant change in immigration policy in more than a decade.” Changes are designed to shift the skilled migrant category “from one that provides for the passive acceptance of residence applications to one that promotes the active recruitment of the skilled migrants.” No one wants to see “skilled migrants driving taxis, cleaning offices and cooking hamburgers.” Sound familiar?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper first spoke of “significant reform of our immigration system” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January.

On March 7, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney gave a major policy speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa outlining expected “transformational change” to match migrants with “large and growing labour shortages” across Canada. Mr. Kenney said it's necessary to move “from a slow, rigid, and passive immigration system to a fast, flexible, and responsive immigration system.”

But those familiar words written above weren't Mr. Kenney's. They were that of Lianne Dalziel, while she was New Zealand's immigration minister in 2003.

She was referring to changes in July of that year that saw New Zealand move to an expression-of-interest system in which skilled migrants would be plucked from a pool of prospective applicants. It's no wonder Mr. Kenney is echoing her words; he's interested in mirroring her government's actions too. Since his Economic Club speech, Mr. Kenney has talked to national media, setting the table for a year's worth of immigration reforms while constantly citing elements of the immigration systems in New Zealand and Australia as models for Canada.

Commentators on both sides of the Pacific note the successes those countries have had in tailoring their systems to ensure immigrants get jobs. But some also warn against adopting some parts, such as retroactively changing application criteria to wipe clean a backlog, without learning from the costly lessons these countries have already faced.

The Pacific model revealed

On March 7, Mr. Kenney emphasized what he saw as Canada's burdensome backlog of about one million applications in the skilled migrant and other categories. He pointed out that New Zealand legislated an end to its backlog in 2003 with the start of Ms. Dalziel's policy changes.

He also noted that Australia started requiring prospective skilled immigrants to get their professional credentials assessed before they arrive onshore, “with very positive results.”

Three weeks later, Mr. Kenney announced he would seek to have foreign skilled workers' education credentials assessed before they arrive in Canada. The next day, the 2012 federal budget proposed wiping away more than 280,000 skilled worker applications filed before February 2008.

Mr. Kenney has floated other ways Canada could copy from Australia and New Zealand such as by adopting an expression-of-interest system and stricter language requirements, as well as taking their lead in reforming the investor class, and using Australia's balance of-family test to assess parent and grandparent applications. Canada, New Zealand, and Australia share similar immigration trends and already hold similar policies.

Beware of wiping out the backlog

In the 1990s, a relatively large number of migrants to New Zealand were without jobs. At the same time, like Canada, New Zealand saw a blooming skilled worker application backlog, rising to 20,000. This led to Ms. Dalziel's 2003 policy changes. New Zealand started putting initial applications, known as expressions of interest, meeting a minimum number of points, into a pool; all other applications are scrapped. Those in the pool with the most points are invited to apply for residence. The government draws from the pool every couple weeks, using a floating points threshold based on employer needs. The pool is also wiped clean every few months; applicants can re-register.

The government intends to open the doors to people selected from the pool almost automatically if they have a relevant job offer or have worked or studied before in New Zealand. If not, they are put in a work-to-residence program. In moving to this new system, the government estimated that up to 10,000 applicants under the old system would not meet the new criteria so it expected to spend $9 million to refund the fees they paid and stop their applications. For this, New Zealand's government felt the wrath of immigration consultants and denied applicants—something Canada could face in doing the same.

“By creating policies that take effect retroactively, you offer no sense of security to applicants whose basis for deciding whether or not to apply are policies existing at the time of their application,” wrote Carolyn Caaway, a resident of the Philippines, in an open letter toMs. Dalziel posted on the Internet. In the end, said New Zealand migration expert Richard Bedford, the government phased in the new system while it processed old applications from the backlog.  “But the backlog wasn't a huge backlog,” said Mr. Bedford, a professor at the University of Waikato National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis in New Zealand. Canada's backlog is much larger.

Ms. Dalziel had also previously run up against similar criticisms when her government upped the number of language points applicants needed. They challenged the retroactive change in court, and the immigration department lost. The Canadian immigration department lost a similar lawsuit in 2002 after it raised its points pass mark retroactively. Now, with Mr. Kenney leaving the option of legislating away the backlog, and already taking steps to halt all skilled worker applications from before 2008, immigration lawyers are gearing up for a fight. Toronto lawyer Lorne Waldman said earlier this month that more than 100 applicants interested in challenging the skilled worker backlog scrap contacted him. “I'm looking at all the legal issues arising and I expect that we will be taking legal action,” he said.

“I think we're already being sued by people for not processing their applications quickly enough. So, quite frankly, dealing with this [backlog] problem decisively I think will reduce any legal risk that may be posed to the government,” said Mr. Kenney, when asked about the potential for lawsuits. Observers are split on whether Canada should legislate away the backlog. “In Australia and New Zealand it's been avery effective mechanism for governments to be able to make changes and not be caught for the 10 years following the policy change in having to continue to select people by the old system,” said Lesleyanne Hawthorne, an expert in international skilled migration flows and a professor with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Mr. Bedford said he didn't think Canada should legislate away the backlog “because you have huge loss of faith if you do that.”

[spartan300]

Dear forum members i received the following email in the response of my inquiry to LVO , i am feeling its not normal , please help me
Dear Madam / Sir,

This is in response to your enquiry. Be advised that:
 
the normal time(6-12 months) frame for processing of this case has not yet elapsed.  Please refer to the Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR) letter. You were sent this AOR letter on March 21 which stated the service standards for Applications for permanent residence in Canada. If an interview or background enquiries are required, processing will be much longer and it is not possible to provide an estimate at this stage.
 (they have not done any process on your file looks like LVO is busy clearing their backlogs)
We will contact you as soon as we are ready to proceed to the next stage of processing or if we need additional documents and/or information.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Client Service Unit
 
Immigration and Medical Services Division | Direction de l'immigration et des services médicaux
Canadian High Commission | Haut-commissariat du Canada
38 Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 4AA | Londres, W1K 4AA
United Kingdom | Royaume-Uni
 
Government of Canada

[babbu.mann]

Applicant     NOC    Visa Office   Current Status   PER Received     AOR Received       Medical Req   Visa Issued    Landing on
                               & E-Cas
mayankpt      3142      NDVO-C       Medical Done       03/02/12           21/02/12           29/03/12
Ramu5397      0811     NDVO-B        Medical Done      15/02/12           06/03/12           04/04/12
ladhar25        7241     NDVO-B        Medical Done       03/11/11          19/01/12           05/04/12
Shibu            7216     NDVO-B        Medical Done      28/02/12           22/03/12           12/04/12
dudegujrat     6242     NDVO-B        Medical Req         21/02/12          24/03/12           25/04/12
goti              7216     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            20/10/11           15/11/11
spartan300    1233     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            25/02/12           15/03/12
barack          1233     NDVO-A       GOT AOR             29/02/12           22/03/12
seminole        2147     NDVO-B       GOT AOR             03/03/12          22/03/12
SairRam         6242     NDVO-A       GOT AOR            06/03/12           28/03/12
babbu.mann   7251     NDVO-A       GOT AOR             01/03/12          29/03/12
Naaz12          6242     NDVO-A       GOT AOR            07/03/12           29/03/12
siddharth.ravi  3142     NDVO-#       GOT AOR            ##/03/12          ##/03/12
naikabhay11   7241     NDVO-A       GOT AOR            12/03/12           03/04/12
veenpt          3142     NDVO-A        GOT AOR           13/03/12           04/04/12
Tushar          7241     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            12/03/12           04/04/12
jassi55          7216     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            22/03/12           13/04/12
sikh19           3233     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            25/03/12           13/04/12
rawlin4bbhh    7216     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            21/03/12           16/04/12
toshiba77      7242     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            19/03/12           18/04/12
jaggy999       7241     NDVO-A        GOT AOR            27/03/12           26/04/12
Smip86          3215     NDVO          GOT AOR             29/03/12           27/04/12
abhay175       3142    NDVO-A        GOT PER             07/03/12
syrust           6211     NDVO-A        GOT PER             12/03/12
Takingchance 6322     NDVO-A        GOT PER             03/04/12
abhijeet9k      6212    (Aus)-A         GOT AOR            06/03/12           28/03/12
arrowsmom     7241    Manila-A        GOT AOR            03/02/12           21/02/12
ellaineherath   6212    Manila           GOT AOR            29/02/12           21/03/12
denicekckyle  4151     Manila           GOT AOR            28/03/12           19/04/12
Vitvet           1233     SGVO-A         GOT AOR            06/03/12           26/03/12
korokoronii     7216     SGVO-A         GOT AOR            15/03/12           02/04/12
arwen_aud     7242     SGVO-A        GOT AOR            27/03/12           19/04/12  
soomro786     7241     LVO              GOT AOR            16/03/12           05/04/12
leon007         6211     LVO               GOT PER            21/03/12
junaidwpk      7216     LVO-A           GOT PER             20/02/12
mr engineer    7251     LVO-A           GOT PER             21/03/12
Katayoon       4162     LVO              GOT PER             23/03/12
Canadiantobe  6242    LVO-A           GOT PER             24/03/12  
muh_ali31      7241     LVO              GOT PER             26/03/12
tania1810      7215     LVO              GOT PER             26/03/12
enyale_08      FSW2   Buffalo           GOT PER             14/02/12
Rafx003         ####   Buffalo          GOT PER              05/03/12
lincoln           4151     Buffalo          GOT PER             13/03/12
piscespao      1231     Buffalo          GOT PER             16/03/12
MJF              3142     Sao Paulo      GOT PER             13/02/12
Klmy             3142     K'lmpur-A       GOT PER             01/03/12



I have sort out the info as per the progress by their VO...Ppl got per first are above/on-top in list and those who will get the AOR first will be promoted in the list respectively

NDVO- New Delhi Visa office
LVO- London Visa Office

E- CAS Status
A-We received your application for permanent residence on dd/mm/yyyy"
B- we started procrssing on file dd/mm/yyyy
C- medical results have been received
D- decision made


If you all like this post then score +1 to babbu.mann, this can motivate him.

[babbu.mann]

Hey Serge

Thanks for the information. Now its really a matter of concern as DD needs to get en-cashed but you haven't got any confirmation so I would recommend a case specific query to NDVO & make sure that you dont put the subject delay in your MR or PPR.

Just put attention on the DD en-cash deadline & the dependent child with your UCI & ECAS ID.

Hope that helps. 

Regards
Rawlin

Hi Serge,

act upon rawlin's advice...there is no harm to e-mail CHC Delhi and moreover nothing to worry, they will consider your son as
a dependent as you have followed their rules and regulation accordingly..!!
best of luck
Rabb Rakha

babbu

[ramu5397]

hello friends,
cudnt catch up for last few days; how are the things?
any updates/mails on progress?

I checked with bank couple of days back, and the RPRF DD was encashed on 25th April

status is still same, no line added for medicals received yet

Rgds,
Ram

[spartan300]

DEAR ALL MEMBERS AND SENIORS

I GOT MY AOR IN JAN 2012 AND THEN WE GOT BLESSED WITH A BABY BOY, I HAVE UPDATED/INFORM CHC NEW-DELHI ABOUT
MY SON AND ITS BEING NEARLY THREE MONTHS & THEY HAVEN'T ENCASHED DD (WHICH WAS VALID FOR 3 MONTHS-7350 INR)
I'M WORRIED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW, PPL GOT AOR AFTER ME HAVE REQUESTED FOR MR, THERE IS NO UPDATE FOR ME...!!

MY QUESTION IS: DOES IT NORMAL TO GET DELAY IN PROCESS WHEN YOU UPDATE ANY CIRCUMSTANTIAL CHANGE OF YOUR PERSONAL..
I'M WORRIED FOR DD ISSUE..............................NEED ADVISE

BLESS YOU ALL

SERGE

congratulation mate for your new born,
CIC does not accept 3 months DD as per my knowledge cause Vats also has got the same problem he has got nor/neither his document returned and also dont get his per he has applied in Feb 22,012. If anyone dd of 3 months encahsed please do reply
Its better to send DD with 5-6 months validity...