Hello All,
I have requested my local MP's office to inquire about the PR application for my mother which was received by Singapore in Spet,2008. Today they have got back to with following:
"Good day Mr. ******,
Indeed I have some information for you from Singapore. But not much. They are currently only processing files received in July 2008, and your mother's file was received in September 2008. So they are not ready yet to begin processing the file. The visa target number for 2011 is 795. But these are files they had begun processing two or three years ago. So there is still, unfortunately, a long wait required.
Two weeks ago, the Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration, on which Mr. Trudeau sits, had the opportunity to question four immigration program managers from across the world, including the Director General. He had this to say:
“A number of factors influence processing times at each of these offices. For instance, while priority family class cases are processed without a limit on numbers, investor and non-priority family class applications are subject to annual targets, which do have a significant impact on processing times. Secondly, resource allocation, particularly having the right level of resources in the right place at the right time, is always a challenge. Thirdly, there are competing priorities for resources from other lines of business and from temporary resident application volumes.”
I would invite you to read the entire transcript of the committee meeting that took place on February 15th 2011 (
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4965358&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3#Int-3743789). While Singapore was not an office that was discussed, the situation highlighted by Mr. Trudeau with regards to grandparents (the category in which your mother is) is true also to that visa office. The committee meets again tomorrow to pick up this discussion once again.
I know this doesn't change the particular situation with regards to your family, but I thought it would be something interesting for you know to know."
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