Thread 1111 and 0111 who have submitted docs in delhi CHC Only 2010

[destinationBC]

thanks  and nice to have you back

 

There is little political backlash against the deletion of the backlogged files, and since the Conservatives have a majority government the budget is sure to pass. If there was any plan to do anything more, say with the pre-Junes they would have included that in the budget measure so I think you are all fine.

[OHMYGOD]

WHEN THE RPRF IS ASKED FOR

DO WE NEED TO PAY

$ 550 FOR MY WIFE
$ 550 FOR SELF
$ 150 FOR KID  

OR IS IT DIFFERENT  

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5620E.pdf

[nano24482]

It is 490$ for everyone above 18 years and free for under 18.

WHEN THE RPRF IS ASKED FOR

DO WE NEED TO PAY

$ 550 FOR MY WIFE
$ 550 FOR SELF
$ 150 FOR KID  

OR IS IT DIFFERENT  

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5620E.pdf

[malladikarthik]

News Release – Government of Canada transforms economic immigration program

Ottawa, March 30, 2012 — To create a fast and flexible immigration system that creates jobs and promotes Canada's long term prosperity, the Government of Canada will eliminate the backlog in the main federal economic immigration program.

“The Federal Skilled Worker Program backlog is a major roadblock to Canada's ability to respond to rapidly changing labour market needs,” said Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. “Having to process applications that are as many as eight years out of date reduces our ability to focus on new applicants with skills and talents that our economy needs today.”

As announced in Economic Action Plan 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada is planning to refund fees and return stale applications from nearly all those applicants who applied under the dated criteria in existence before February 27, 2008.

CIC is transforming its suite of economic immigration programs to create a just-in-time system that recruits people with the right skills to meet Canada's labour market needs, fast tracks their immigration, and gets them working in a period of months, not years. Eliminating the longstanding backlog of FSW applications will allow the Department to focus resources on facilitating the arrival of skilled immigrants who apply under the current eligibility criteria.

Under proposed legislation, CIC will close the files of FSW applicants who applied before February 27, 2008, and for whom an immigration officer has not made a decision based on selection criteria by March 29, 2012. This is expected to affect around 280,000 applicants, including their dependants. CIC will begin the process of returning the full amount of fees paid to the Department by these affected FSW applicants. For those who have passed the selection criteria stage – approximately 20,000 people – CIC will continue processing their applications until they are approved for entry into Canada or not.

Over the last decade, the number of FSW applications received has greatly exceeded the space available within the Immigration Levels Plan each year, resulting in long processing times and an increasing inventory. Under the 2008 Action Plan for Faster Immigration, CIC began to limit intake to priority occupations. The Department added caps to the number of new applications in 2010. As a result of these efforts, CIC has reduced the pre-2008 backlog by more than 50 percent, and the overall FSW inventory by over 25 percent. However, without further action, some FSW applicants might have to wait until 2017 for a decision.

“It's unreasonable to keep applicants waiting for another five years,” said Minister Kenney. “It's also a far cry from the nimble and responsive immigration system Canada needs to remain a destination of choice.”

[sanjugladder]

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.

[OHMYGOD]

i think it has gone upto 550 for adults and 150 for kids

its on cic website

It is 490$ for everyone above 18 years and free for under 18.

[OHMYGOD]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5620E.pdf

[magar]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-03-30a.asp

News Release – Government of Canada transforms economic immigration program


Ottawa, March 30, 2012 — To create a fast and flexible immigration system that creates jobs and promotes Canada's long term prosperity, the Government of Canada will eliminate the backlog in the main federal economic immigration program.

"“The Federal Skilled Worker Program backlog is a major roadblock to Canada's ability to respond to rapidly changing labour market needs,”" said Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. "“Having to process applications that are as many as eight years out of date reduces our ability to focus on new applicants with skills and talents that our economy needs today.”"

As announced in Economic Action Plan 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada is planning to refund fees and return stale applications from nearly all those applicants who applied under the dated criteria in existence before February 27, 2008.

CIC is transforming its suite of economic immigration programs to create a just-in-time system that recruits people with the right skills to meet Canada's labour market needs, fast tracks their immigration, and gets them working in a period of months, not years. Eliminating the longstanding backlog of FSW applications will allow the Department to focus resources on facilitating the arrival of skilled immigrants who apply under the current eligibility criteria.

Under proposed legislation, CIC will close the files of FSW applicants who applied before February 27, 2008, and for whom an immigration officer has not made a decision based on selection criteria by March 29, 2012. This is expected to affect around 280,000 applicants, including their dependants. CIC will begin the process of returning the full amount of fees paid to the Department by these affected FSW applicants. For those who have passed the selection criteria stage – approximately 20,000 people – CIC will continue processing their applications until they are approved for entry into Canada or not.

Over the last decade, the number of FSW applications received has greatly exceeded the space available within the Immigration Levels Plan each year, resulting in long processing times and an increasing inventory. Under the 2008 Action Plan for Faster Immigration, CIC began to limit intake to priority occupations. The Department added caps to the number of new applications in 2010. As a result of these efforts, CIC has reduced the pre-2008 backlog by more than 50 percent, and the overall FSW inventory by over 25 percent. However, without further action, some FSW applicants might have to wait until 2017 for a decision.

"“It's unreasonable to keep applicants waiting for another five years,”" said Minister Kenney. "“It's also a far cry from the nimble and responsive immigration system Canada needs to remain a destination of choice.”"

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[lubob]

i think it has gone upto 550 for adults and 150 for kids

its on cic website

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/india-inde/visas/pr_fees-frais_rp.aspx?lang=eng&view=d

[nano24482]

 @ OHMYGOD and lubob

The link that both of you posted was for Application fees. The one that we pay in the initial stage, when we sent our application to CIC, Nova scotia,
550$ for adults and 150$ for kids is for the Visa Application fees. We all have cleared this stage as of now, unless there is a change in family composition.

You have asked for RFRF fees in you post, which we need to send alongwith our medicals and passports. It is still 490$ for adults and free for kids.
Click the 4th point in the link below.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp

i think it has gone upto 550 for adults and 150 for kids

its on cic website

[lubob]

 @  OHMYGOD and lubob

The link that both of you posted was for Application fees. The one that we pay in the initial stage, when we sent our application to CIC, Nova scotia,
550$ for adults and 150$ for kids is for the Visa Application fees. We all have cleared this stage as of now, unless there is a change in family composition.

You have asked for RFRF fees in you post, which we need to send alongwith our medicals and passports. It is still 490$ for adults and free for kids.
Click the 4th point in the link below.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp

Dear Nano!  At the bottom of the table in my link, there is clearly mentioned 490$ or 24010 rupees per adult. earlier it was 21440 but now due to dollar exchange difference, CHC had increased RPRF. Below 18 its free.
Regards.

[nano24482]

Sorry,
Please accept my apologies.
I did not see the last line where RPRF was mentioned.

Dear Nano!  At the bottom of the table in my link, there is clearly mentioned 490$ or 24010 rupees per adult. earlier it was 21440 but now due to dollar exchange difference, CHC had increased RPRF. Below 18 its free.
Regards.

[KDSTTL]

Now that is clarified.

Good work Lubob and Nano

[harmeet33]

Every day i saw people writting $490.Now i saw 490$.Labob has also started following Nano.

[lubob]

Sorry,
Please accept my apologies.
I did not see the last line where RPRF was mentioned.

Its OK Nano.  please don't apologise. I was just clarifying the issue. You are a real gem of our forum. Always ready to help anyone in need. please keep up the good work. Wishing u a speedy processing of ur file. Regards
Lubob