emailing the VO: good or bad?

[medellinguy]

Hi there,

I am sponsoring from Québec, so my wife has received her CSQ in December. We sent a copy of that with the police check background money we needed to send to the VO (Bogota hires an external firm to do the background checks). I am wondering if I could email them with my wife's B number to know if they received it. In the AOR, they mention that they do not say if they received documents or not. The problem with CSQ is that I have heard a lot of cases where the VO was waiting for the MICC to send a copy of the CSQ to the embassy. Even if they have my copy, I am pretty sure they are waiting for the official one if they haven't received yet...

I also want to write an email regarding if they have my wife's medical exams because her e-cas (and mine) haven't shown anything regarding Medical exams received. All it says on hers is that the application was received on december 3rd. So I would like to ask if they have got that too.

Now, I have been told by a lot of people that sending emails and asking questions about your case can make it longer because they usually perform ONE action on your case and then put it back at the bottom of the pile. For example, in this case, I ask a question, they open the file, answer me and put the file at the back of the pile, which means the advanced it took before me asking a question is now gone. Is this true??

Thanks a lot for your input...

[wilson]

What you heard from others are correct. As the case is (AOR April 2011) still within the standard processing time any direct enquiry with the VO wil delay the process because of pulling the file from the que to answer your questions.

[medellinguy]

What you heard from others are correct. As the case is (AOR April 2011) still within the standard processing time any direct enquiry with the VO wil delay the process because of pulling the file from the que to answer your questions.

yeah, that's what I thought....I just hope they got everything though stresses me...I was wondering if I received AOR, is it sure they received the medicals from T&T too?

[wilson]

If the medical is not received, the Visa Office will require for it.

[medellinguy]

If the medical is not received, the Visa Office will require for it.

yes I know but they might just wait and wait and wait until to decide where are they...so many months of waiting for nothing... that is what I want to prevent..

[limanoid]

What you heard from others are correct. As the case is (AOR April 2011) still within the standard processing time any direct enquiry with the VO wil delay the process because of pulling the file from the que to answer your questions.

Really? So any inquiry is bad? what about information updates?

[patiently_waiting]

Email your MP.  We waited forever and it turns out that as soon as my MP emailed them we had an answer the next day.  There has just been an election and the MP's in Quebec especially should be on it quite quickly

[rjessome]

Email your MP.  We waited forever and it turns out that as soon as my MP emailed them we had an answer the next day.  There has just been an election and the MP's in Quebec especially should be on it quite quickly

MPs are only supposed to get involved if your case has exceeded normal processing times.  Oh, and those MPs in Quebec are COMPLETE newbies!!!  They don't even have staff and offices set up yet!  And most of them will know NOTHING about immigration!  It's not a prerequisite for the job.    Don't expect much from emailing a brand new MP.  They need some time to learn the ropes of their new job.

[medellinguy]

thankfully (only for immigration purposes), my MP is still a conservative....