Pakistan Applicants Waiting For *Medical Request*...

[khalidcivil]

source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-03-28.asp

Ottawa, March 28, 2012 – Canada is proposing a major change to how foreign skilled workers' education credentials are assessed, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.

The proposed new requirement would mean that applicants wanting to immigrate as Federal Skilled Workers would have their foreign education credentials assessed and verified by designated organizations before they arrive in Canada.

“Our Government is building an immigration system that is focused on economic growth and ensuring that all Canadians, including immigrants, are able to contribute to their maximum capacity,” said Jason Kenney.  “By having their foreign education credentials assessed before their arrival to Canada, foreign skilled workers will have a better sense of how their credentials fit into the Canadian labour market and will be able to contribute their full skill set to the economy more quickly. This proposal is part of a broader package of transformational changes that will make Canada's immigration policies work better for the Canadian economy.”

A pre-arrival assessment would let applicants know how their education credentials compare to Canadian credentials and it will give immigrants a sense of how Canadian employers are likely to value their education. This will also screen out people without proper education levels and is an important step in helping to address the problem of immigrants arriving and not being able to work in their field.

The assessment of international educational credentials would not mean that Federal Skilled Workers would automatically find employment in Canada commensurate with their skills nor would it guarantee that they would become licensed to practice in a regulated occupation. Applicants who intend to work in a regulated profession would likely need to have their qualifications assessed in greater depth for purposes of licensure by a regulatory body specific to their profession and intended province of work.

“Internationally trained workers make an important contribution to Canada's job market and the economy,” added Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. “That's why our Government is working in partnership to improve foreign credential recognition so that skilled newcomers can put their knowledge and skills to work sooner.”

Minister Kenney also used the occasion to release the 2011 Government of Canada Progress Report on Foreign Credential Recognition, Strengthening Canada's Economy. The annual report, led by the Foreign Credentials Referral Office, highlights achievements made by Citizenship and Immigration Canada , Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, and Health Canada to help foreign trained individuals integrate into the Canadian workforce.

Highlights of the report include:

expansion of the Canadian Immigration Integration Program (CIIP), which is designed and managed by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges. CIIP currently offers pre-arrival orientation sessions in up to 25 countries, based on demand;
an innovative assessment and bridging program to help internationally educated nurses meet regulatory requirements for licensure across Canada; and
the launch of the International Qualifications Network Website for stakeholders to share information and best practices in credential assessment.

[Usman799]

Yes. I guess you'll first get the same request of updated docs like me as majority of the applicants are getting the same these days.

Dear Canada1234, I am waiting since 15th feb. what you think about this delay.

[jnathan]

khalidcivil,

I wouldn't be amazed to see if they assessed foreign Bachelors degree as equivalent to their High School Degree.

[shaziabibi]

DEAR ALL FORUM MEMBERS !
ON 20TH  MARCH I SENT OUT MY INQUIRY TO THE VO , ABOUT THE THE CURRENT STATUS OF MY FILE TODAY I RECEIVED REPLY FROM THE VO AS UNDER,

Dear ( MY NAME),
In response to your email, please note that your file is currently undergoing routine background checks. We are currently unable to advise when the checks will be completed.

Please note that no further action is required from you at this stage. We will contact you as soon as the results of the background checks have been received.

Yours faithfully,
KLM
Program Assistant
Immigration Section/Service d'immigration
High Commission of Canada/Haut-commisariat du Canada
MacDonald House
38 Grosvenor Street
London W1K 4AA/Londres W1K 4AA
United Kingdom/Royaume-Uni
Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada
www.unitedkingdom.gc.ca / www.royaume-uni.gc.ca


I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED, AND VERY HEARTED  TO HEAR THAT THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE STILL GOING ON AS BC ARE CONDUCTING SINCE AUGUST, 2011, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WRONG IN MY FILE  THAT REQUIRE SO LONG BC, ANY SUGGESTION SENIOR, I AM SO EXHAUSTED, AND WILL BE REALLY HAPPY IF CHC DECIDE MY CASE SO THAT OUT OF SUCH PAINFUL SITUATION.
I THING CHC CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MY FAULT THAT I AM DOING MY M.PHIL FROM EUROPE AND ALL MY EDUCATION TRANSCRIPT ARE VERIFIED FROM HEC AND AS WELL AS FROM FOREIGN OFFICE.
REGARDS,        

FOLLOWING IS MY T.L

We received your application for permanent residence on April 16, 2009.
 
We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on May 6, 2009. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
 
Your application and supporting documents were received by the London England office. They are pending review.
 
We transferred your application to the London England office on May 13, 2009. The London England office may contact you.
 
Your application was reviewed and we started processing on October 8, 2009.
 
We transferred your application to the London England office on June 30, 2010. The London England office may contact you.

[mianaliraza]

Personal attack does not come under sense of humor.You should take your words back.

ok i am taking my words back..... and i m sorry if i hurt you, though intention was not this the way it turned out.

[Veva]

ok i am taking my words back..... and i m sorry if i hurt you, though intention was not this the way it turned out.

My friend,
Appreciated. Plz dont forget that we all on this forum belong to pakistan where factors like, economic crisis, stresses, noise, envoirnmenal pollution, non-friendly attitude towards the society, more work-less out put, uncertainity, streses , fears of boss, bossy attitude at home, clashes with inlaws, jealousy with neighbours due to his new car, moral impotency, rape cases, disobedient kids, desires to reach canada as early as possible but slow fedback from CHC, independence of women, working wivies, poor food taste at home , electric bills, gass bills, telephone disconnection due to non payment, attraction of wife's sister..etc etc are the factors that keep everyone stressed in this society due to any of the reasons above. thats why dont expect anyone to have sense of humor-Yes you can enjoy such taste in west surly where tolerance is much higher than we have in Pakistan. Good to see both the parties happy now  

[mianaliraza]

My friend,
Appreciated. Plz dont forget that we all on this forum belong to pakistan where factors like, economic crisis, stresses, noise, envoirnmenal pollution, non-friendly attitude towards the society, more work-less out put, uncertainity, streses , fears of boss, bossy attitude at home, clashes with inlaws, jealousy with neighbours due to his new car, moral impotency, rape cases, disobedient kids, desires to reach canada as early as possible but slow fedback from CHC, independence of women, working wivies, poor food taste at home , electric bills, gass bills, telephone disconnection due to non payment, attraction of wife's sister..etc etc are the factors that keep everyone stressed in this society due to any of the reasons above. thats why dont expect anyone to have sense of humor-Yes you can enjoy such taste in west surly where tolerance is much higher than we have in Pakistan. Good to see both the parties happy now 

Appreciated.... by the way that was the idea to get the attention to a lighter mode....any ways ... thanx again.

[Harri]

My friend,
Appreciated. Plz dont forget that we all on this forum belong to pakistan where factors like, economic crisis, stresses, noise, envoirnmenal pollution, non-friendly attitude towards the society, more work-less out put, uncertainity, streses , fears of boss, bossy attitude at home, clashes with inlaws, jealousy with neighbours due to his new car, moral impotency, rape cases, disobedient kids, desires to reach canada as early as possible but slow fedback from CHC, independence of women, working wivies, poor food taste at home , electric bills, gass bills, telephone disconnection due to non payment, attraction of wife's sister..etc etc are the factors that keep everyone stressed in this society due to any of the reasons above. thats why dont expect anyone to have sense of humor-Yes you can enjoy such taste in west surly where tolerance is much higher than we have in Pakistan. Good to see both the parties happy now  

Veva, I am simply impressed by your listing of woes that we face. Excellent work

[Harri]

khalidcivil,

I wouldn't be amazed to see if they assessed foreign Bachelors degree as equivalent to their High School Degree.

Please allow me to differ with you, Canadians already have credential assessment body which is not doing badly with our degrees, may be the new body will be able to asses Technical/Vocational and On Job skills like Australians are doing since a long, and on the basis of a positive assessment a Welder, Carpenter, Painter or Hair Dresser gets a Australian Skilled Category visa (off course IELTS, Age and other factors are also counted for in the points based system).
I guess this body might favor Technical and Skilled people who want to migrate to Canada. 

[umahmed]

DEAR ALL FORUM MEMBERS !
ON 20TH  MARCH I SENT OUT MY INQUIRY TO THE VO , ABOUT THE THE CURRENT STATUS OF MY FILE TODAY I RECEIVED REPLY FROM THE VO AS UNDER,

Dear ( MY NAME),
In response to your email, please note that your file is currently undergoing routine background checks. We are currently unable to advise when the checks will be completed.

Please note that no further action is required from you at this stage. We will contact you as soon as the results of the background checks have been received.

Yours faithfully,
KLM
Program Assistant
Immigration Section/Service d'immigration
High Commission of Canada/Haut-commisariat du Canada
MacDonald House
38 Grosvenor Street
London W1K 4AA/Londres W1K 4AA
United Kingdom/Royaume-Uni
Government of Canada/Gouvernement du Canada
www.unitedkingdom.gc.ca / www.royaume-uni.gc.ca


I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED, AND VERY HEARTED  TO HEAR THAT THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE STILL GOING ON AS BC ARE CONDUCTING SINCE AUGUST, 2011, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WRONG IN MY FILE  THAT REQUIRE SO LONG BC, ANY SUGGESTION SENIOR, I AM SO EXHAUSTED, AND WILL BE REALLY HAPPY IF CHC DECIDE MY CASE SO THAT OUT OF SUCH PAINFUL SITUATION.
I THING CHC CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MY FAULT THAT I AM DOING MY M.PHIL FROM EUROPE AND ALL MY EDUCATION TRANSCRIPT ARE VERIFIED FROM HEC AND AS WELL AS FROM FOREIGN OFFICE.
REGARDS,        

FOLLOWING IS MY T.L

We received your application for permanent residence on April 16, 2009.
 
We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on May 6, 2009. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
 
Your application and supporting documents were received by the London England office. They are pending review.
 
We transferred your application to the London England office on May 13, 2009. The London England office may contact you.
 
Your application was reviewed and we started processing on October 8, 2009.
 
We transferred your application to the London England office on June 30, 2010. The London England office may contact you.

hi sir we are in the same boat .i recieved that email .this is my time line
We received your application for permanent residence on 27-9, 2009.
 
We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on 27-11, 2009. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
 
Your application and supporting documents were received by the London England office. They are pending review.
 
We transferred your application to the London England office on 1-12, 2009. The London England office may contact you.
 
Your application was reviewed and we started processing on 1-10-2010
is there any explanation to our dealy
  .

[Harri]

I hope most of us are aware of this Breaking News of reducing the backlog, announced by the Canadian Authorities.
http://www.cicnews.com/2012/03/canadian-government-slashes-backlog-031472.html

I guess that applicants from developing countries were subjected to such a long and illogical que, mostly from Subcontinent, But I was thinking who all pre 2008 Pakistanis will be effected, those who got MR or those did not get any intimation except the initial receipt/acknowledgement of the application. Because those who got MR and have progressed in the process should get a chance to complete it. Although the backlog is not applicants fault it was the poor planning/management of the CIC working plan, and poor applicants are made to suffer after such a large wait and after having paid fees to CIC as well, unfair very unfair.

[staralihaider]

Special Edition: Canadian Government Slashes Backlog

29th March, 2012
BREAKING NEWS


The Government of Canada announced on 29 March 2012 a plan to reduce the backlog of Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) applications by returning all applications and government fees submitted prior to 27 February 2008. This will amount to a total of almost 300,000 returned applications, as well as approximately $130 million in refunded government processing fees.
Approximately 160,000 FSW applications, submitted after 28 February 2008, will remain in queue for processing.
The Announcement
This statement has been issued as part of the larger Federal Budget for 2012, which was released on 29 March. The budget includes information for reducing national deficit and creating more fiscally efficient government infrastructure, an integral part of which is tied to immigration policy and processing times. As part of this plan, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), is expected to reduce its operating costs by $179 million over the next three years.
The budget mentions that “Canada risks losing the global talent competition for the world's best and brightest as potential immigrants choose to take their skills to other countries with more responsive immigration systems rather than remain in the queue to have their applications process in Canada”.
With this in mind, the decision was reached to not only return the approximately 300,000 applications, but to focus on creating a system that would streamline processing and “reduce duplication and overlap” in the overall structure.
Government Rationale
The applications being returned are currently only from the FSW program. No additional plans have yet been announced to address backlogs in other immigration categories.
CIC hopes that reducing application numbers will allow it to streamline its programs in a way that will eliminate overhead costs currently incurred by dealing with the backlog. For instance, some visa offices devote significant amounts of time and money to processing pre-2008 applications. With these out of the way, visa officers will be free to devote time and energy to processing applications that have a higher likelihood of approval under current government standards.
The decision is also part of a larger effort by CIC to “transition to a faster and more flexible economic immigration system”. This new system will be aimed at more accurately addressing Canadian labour market needs as well as better serving those applicants still in line to be processed. Currently, Canada is facing severe labour shortages, specifically in Western provinces where skilled tradespeople are in great demand.
It is important to note that, despite widespread austerity measures being imposed on most government departments, CIC is one of only five that are being asked to reduce operating costs by less than six percent. In fact, proposed upgrades to the Canadian immigration system are likely to cost over $25 million in upcoming years.
Advice for Returned Applicants
The promise of new, streamlined immigration systems is no comfort for the thousands of individuals and their families who have now seen their hopes for Canadian immigration come to an end.
“This is such awful news for the people who have been waiting patiently in line,” says Attorney David Cohen, “Of course, they are free to submit a new application, but that will be of little solace at this time. I truly feel badly for them”.
Applicants who will see their files returned but are still keen to come to Canada are by no means excluded from re-submitting an application, either through the FSW program or one of the over 60 other available Canadian immigration programs. As the government more thoroughly outlines its plans for immigration in the future, prospective applicants should make sure to keep abreast of new developments that may be of benefit to themselves and their unique skill sets.

http://www.cicnews.com/2012/03/canadian-government-slashes-backlog-031472.html


Some example:

today i have received email from david cohean that fsw pre feb 2008 application are returned with processing fees, they take step because their officers engaged money and time for that.

[canada1234]

Dear Canada1234, I am waiting since 15th feb. what you think about this delay.

There may be some delay due to background checks. All cases are not similar. Have you emailed them?

[canada1234]

ok i am taking my words back..... and i m sorry if i hurt you, though intention was not this the way it turned out.

It's alright dear no problem. Stay safe.

[canada1234]

My friend,
Appreciated. Plz dont forget that we all on this forum belong to pakistan where factors like, economic crisis, stresses, noise, envoirnmenal pollution, non-friendly attitude towards the society, more work-less out put, uncertainity, streses , fears of boss, bossy attitude at home, clashes with inlaws, jealousy with neighbours due to his new car, moral impotency, rape cases, disobedient kids, desires to reach canada as early as possible but slow fedback from CHC, independence of women, working wivies, poor food taste at home , electric bills, gass bills, telephone disconnection due to non payment, attraction of wife's sister..etc etc are the factors that keep everyone stressed in this society due to any of the reasons above. thats why dont expect anyone to have sense of humor-Yes you can enjoy such taste in west surly where tolerance is much higher than we have in Pakistan. Good to see both the parties happy now  

Wow! what an observation. Despite all the above mentioned issues we love Pakistan.