Applications after 26/6 in any NOC CONNECT HERE TO GET THE STATUS

[Advance123]

Although the waits at the visa offices are frustrating, how will things speed up by querying and raising petitions?

My apologies for repeating what I've probably said a dozen times before But every minute spent replying to a request for a status update is a minute not spent processing an actual application.

London VO are particularly slow - we have friends (who use this forum) who applied 1 week after us and got their visas 7 months after us, same visa office, and at the other end of the scale I know of some London applicants who got their visas from application to stamping in 4 months - so I must sympathise with the large level of discrepancy.

But please be honest how much difference will badgering them with reminders and petitions make? No positive difference, probably a negative difference because if they didn't have to reply to such reminders they'd have more time to spend on the actual applications.

Best of luck to everyone, but I think patience will probably yield better results than persistence when it comes to visa office processing

Wayne.

Thanks for the contribution Wayne but we all know that the VO rules states you should not contact them within 9 and 12 months of them receiving your application. I have not been writing them until this timeline expired.

You are permitted to do so after 12 months. I am only exercising my rights within the rules.

What good will it do? By contacting the VO, I was able to discover that a VO categorised my application under Landscape Architect and not Architect and failed to consider my wife's Masters degree. This has caused delays. The visa office has passed on my application to another case worker and processing has commenced.

I'm not asking for the VO to be badgered but as long as the communication is within the rules expressed on their website, I believe it is okay.

As long as the instructions are followed, contacting the VO is okay.

 

[Advance123]

Dear Advance
To whom did you write? London visa office or immigration ministry or what?
thanks
Bahar

The London Visa office for now.

 

[9jcanada]

Thanks for the contribution Wayne but we all know that the VO rules states you should not contact them within 9 and 12 months of them receiving your application. I have not been writing them until this timeline expired.

You are permitted to do so after 12 months. I am only exercising my rights within the rules.

What good will it do? By contacting the VO, I was able to discover that a VO categorised my application under Landscape Architect and not Architect and failed to consider my wife's Masters degree. This has caused delays. The visa office has passed on my application to another case worker and processing has commenced.

I'm not asking for the VO to be badgered but as long as the communication is within the rules expressed on their website, I believe it is okay.

As long as the instructions are followed, contacting the VO is okay.

We also had similar experience, it was when we ordered CAIPS note that we realized that the initial delay (6months) with our PER was because the officer who initially did our eligibility assessment at CIO did not consider both myself and my wife's master degrees in his/her review and had deemed us ineligible. This was later passed on to another officer who thankfully did it right. This was also picked up at the VO level which caused another delay 0f 5 months in issuing our MR.

It may not always be entirely wrong to contact the VO, provided the time frame given has lapsed. I also agree that people should not be contacting CIO/VO willy nilly, but where there are genuine grounds for concern and reasonable time has lapsed without communication, it is within applicants' right and in their best interest to make enquiries.

All the best everyone.

9j

 

[Advance123]

We also had similar experience, it was when we ordered CAIPS note that we realized that the initial delay (6months) with our PER was because the officer who initially did our eligibility assessment at CIO did not consider both myself and my wife's master degrees in his/her review and had deemed us ineligible. This was later passed on to another officer who thankfully did it right. This was also picked up at the VO level which caused another delay 0f 5 months in issuing our MR.

It may not always be entirely wrong to contact the VO, provided the time frame given has lapsed. I also agree that people should not be contacting CIO/VO willy nilly, but where there are genuine grounds for concern and reasonable time has lapsed without communication, it is within applicants' right and in their best interest to make enquiries.

All the best everyone.

9j

Totally agree.

 

[smiler 11]

My husband is off to London VO to put our passports in after passport request, hopefully will be able to pick bk up 2 wks today with shiny visa on them ;0). Goodluck to all and congratulations to all who have received good news.

 

[Advance123]

My husband is off to London VO to put our passports in after passport request, hopefully will be able to pick bk up 2 wks today with shiny visa on them ;0). Goodluck to all and congratulations to all who have received good news.

Please, please tell your husband to tell London VO to hurry up with applications!
He must carry a placard on behalf of those awaiting response.
What is wrong with them?

All the best to you and yours.

 

[geribubaboy]

My husband is off to London VO to put our passports in after passport request, hopefully will be able to pick bk up 2 wks today with shiny visa on them ;0). Goodluck to all and congratulations to all who have received good news.

CONGRATULATIONS . & HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE IN CANADA

 

[AVSNEH]

Thanks Param,geribubaboy & AVSNEH ,

I plan to do landing and aplly for PR card.I have mys sister there and will be giving her address and also staying with her too.I have my son whom I plan to get him admitted in school and my wife and I plan to come back to UAE(where I am working right now) and go back after 2 year by when I would be settle my things in UAE.God willing the PR card would come to my sisters house and she would courier it to me or send through some one.
If any one of you or the seniors finds a problem with my plan then please let me know.Thanks in advance.

No Dear....

There is no problem in your plan for immigartion........ All the best and do well.....

God bless you

 

[Ghani2004]

Dear Friends, Could you please advise should we send Original Medical receipts or Xerox Copy to NDVO....

yes, u must send original medical bill receipt and Xerox copy of medical form, if it is provided by DMP. u should also keep Xerox for your self for further correspondence.

 

[abaweja]

hi arun, did u have web conferencing with Lina ,Elena Rena , olie which i assume are our refferals in canada.
i too attended the ciip session but in ahmedabad, its really worth. We were given email references to directly contact the concerned person.

Hey Fragrance10,

How r u?

No it was proper presentation given by them in the conference room... everybody shared there doubts & questions with them. It was good..

God Bless
take care
Regards,
Arun

 

[abaweja]

is it happening at Mumbai anytime after Mar'12 ??
If so, where...??

Hello Avsneh,

Nnot sure about Mumbai sessions but you can register online for CIIP & then they will email you back with all the dates of the sessions happening in the month of March.

God Bless,
Regards
Arun

 

[Miki27]

My husband is off to London VO to put our passports in after passport request, hopefully will be able to pick bk up 2 wks today with shiny visa on them ;0). Goodluck to all and congratulations to all who have received good news.

Congratulations to you! I bet you cannot wait to have your passport back with the maple leaf in it!

 

[abaweja]

Do we have a CIIP center in Ahmedabad?

Hey Harsh,

How ru?

The best way to get detail on CIIP is to visit there website:-

which is

www.newcomersuccess.ca

You need to register first & then they will get back to you, as I can see the wesite only displays about there Regional Office & it's address which is in New Delhi...

God Bless,
Regards,
Arun

 

[BhaktiUjjwal]

Hello, I got my request for medicals and PCC letter this week. Please advise how much time the NDVO will retain our passports for before they return it with the stamped visas.

Thanks

Kumar
;D

Congrats, Kumar! I don't think anyone can guess the answer to your question... But roughly 4-6 weeks, i guess!!!

 

[BhaktiUjjwal]

I believe address did not come back after 27th feb ???

That's true... It HAS been so in my case... Address hasn't come back even as yet...