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ARC request and GCMS notes-please help!

chickie72

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Mar 12, 2012
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78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
I received my notes back today and in the notes at the end it says please request arc payment and updated police check and the note is dated August 7th. In outgoing correspondence section it says request to issue:letter Status: generate Due date: oct 7th

We have not received a letter yet and I am wondering if the due date on there is for us to pay the fee and put in letter or is it the due date of when they have to put the letter out by?

Also I emailed before and asked if we could pay the ARC fee before they asked and they replied back to me saying no that we had to wait for it to be requested. Is it enough that I can see a letter is supposed to go out and submit everything now or do I have to wait for the actual letter? Thanks
 

costacro

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Jun 4, 2013
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When our application was transfered to the visa office an after we received the AOR we knew that we had to pay the Arc so I emailed the VO and asked them if we can pay the ARC right away to get it out the way and they replied saying not to do anything until they ask us to do so. This was in feb and in april they asked us to pay for the arc. They will ask you for it as for the notes i have no idea what it means. So cant say anything about that
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
costacro said:
When our application was transfered to the visa office an after we received the AOR we knew that we had to pay the Arc so I emailed the VO and asked them if we can pay the ARC right away to get it out the way and they replied saying not to do anything until they ask us to do so. This was in feb and in april they asked us to pay for the arc. They will ask you for it as for the notes i have no idea what it means. So cant say anything about that
Yeah that is the same, I had emailed and asked if we could pay early too but they told me no we have to wait until the request came in but we haven't gotten the request yet, I just read about it in the notes. Thanks for your help though!
 

LeisaP

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Jun 29, 2012
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Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 18, 2012
Doc's Request.
ARC requested Sept 28,2012 ARC sent October 18,2012... RCMP Sent Dec 17,2012. Additional court documents sent March 25, 2013.
AOR Received.
Never
File Transfer...
April 5, 2012
Med's Request
First medical March 2011, REDO Medical July 30, 2012
Med's Done....
August 16, 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 7, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 27, 2013
LANDED..........
May 30, 2013
You should email them, tell them you received your notes and it says on them the request letter was sent but you never received it
and ask them to send it again.

we had our aor sent to us apparently and never received it either, until we emailed them and asked about it
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
LeisaP said:
You should email them, tell them you received your notes and it says on them the request letter was sent but you never received it
and ask them to send it again.

we had our aor sent to us apparently and never received it either, until we emailed them and asked about it
ok thank you! Do you understand anything all about the due date on the notes though?
 

Aquarian

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Jun 10, 2013
292
9
Montreal
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris, France (Algeria)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-05-2013
AOR Received.
Received only when we made request
File Transfer...
31-05-2013
Med's Request
11-07-2013 (Meds passed)
Med's Done....
19-02-2013
Interview........
01-10-2013
Passport Req..
01-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-10-2013
LANDED..........
05-02-2014
I think that it means that VO should get this letter out to you by October 7th.

chickie72 said:
I received my notes back today and in the notes at the end it says please request arc payment and updated police check and the note is dated August 7th. In outgoing correspondence section it says request to issue:letter Status: generate Due date: oct 7th

We have not received a letter yet and I am wondering if the due date on there is for us to pay the fee and put in letter or is it the due date of when they have to put the letter out by?

Also I emailed before and asked if we could pay the ARC fee before they asked and they replied back to me saying no that we had to wait for it to be requested. Is it enough that I can see a letter is supposed to go out and submit everything now or do I have to wait for the actual letter? Thanks
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
Aquarian said:
I think that it means that VO should get this letter out to you by October 7th.
Ok thank you! That is what i wanted to know, makes me feel better!
 

LeisaP

Champion Member
Jun 29, 2012
1,931
19
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 18, 2012
Doc's Request.
ARC requested Sept 28,2012 ARC sent October 18,2012... RCMP Sent Dec 17,2012. Additional court documents sent March 25, 2013.
AOR Received.
Never
File Transfer...
April 5, 2012
Med's Request
First medical March 2011, REDO Medical July 30, 2012
Med's Done....
August 16, 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 7, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 27, 2013
LANDED..........
May 30, 2013
chickie72 said:
ok thank you! Do you understand anything all about the due date on the notes though?
it means u need to pay the arc fee and send in the letter and any other documents requested before october 7, if they dont hear from you by tan they may continue processing and could result in a refusal.
its important you contact them right away to have them resend the letter
:)


we had due dates on our notes and they matched up with when our documents were due.
they will usually give you 30, 60 or 90 days depending on how much info they need and how long it could take you to get it in to them
 

Aquarian

Hero Member
Jun 10, 2013
292
9
Montreal
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris, France (Algeria)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-05-2013
AOR Received.
Received only when we made request
File Transfer...
31-05-2013
Med's Request
11-07-2013 (Meds passed)
Med's Done....
19-02-2013
Interview........
01-10-2013
Passport Req..
01-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-10-2013
LANDED..........
05-02-2014
:-\. Ahhh, maybe that is it!!


LeisaP said:
it means u need to pay the arc fee and send in the letter and any other documents requested before october 7, if they dont hear from you by tan they may continue processing and could result in a refusal.
its important you contact them right away to have them resend the letter
:)


we had due dates on our notes and they matched up with when our documents were due.
they will usually give you 30, 60 or 90 days depending on how much info they need and how long it could take you to get it in to them
 

Aquarian

Hero Member
Jun 10, 2013
292
9
Montreal
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris, France (Algeria)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-05-2013
AOR Received.
Received only when we made request
File Transfer...
31-05-2013
Med's Request
11-07-2013 (Meds passed)
Med's Done....
19-02-2013
Interview........
01-10-2013
Passport Req..
01-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-10-2013
LANDED..........
05-02-2014
But that would mean that they are not giving them a lot of time to fulfill request, about a month if they make contact now... ???
Or they already sent request and it did not reach them...

BTW, when they made the request, did they copy sponsor?



LeisaP said:
it means u need to pay the arc fee and send in the letter and any other documents requested before october 7, if they dont hear from you by tan they may continue processing and could result in a refusal.
its important you contact them right away to have them resend the letter
:)


we had due dates on our notes and they matched up with when our documents were due.
they will usually give you 30, 60 or 90 days depending on how much info they need and how long it could take you to get it in to them
 

oneandonly

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Nov 9, 2012
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Chickie it sounds like kingston has to get out the letter to you by Oct 7th. As it says In outgoing correspondence section it says request to issue:letter Status: generate Due date: oct 7th
 

LeisaP

Champion Member
Jun 29, 2012
1,931
19
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 18, 2012
Doc's Request.
ARC requested Sept 28,2012 ARC sent October 18,2012... RCMP Sent Dec 17,2012. Additional court documents sent March 25, 2013.
AOR Received.
Never
File Transfer...
April 5, 2012
Med's Request
First medical March 2011, REDO Medical July 30, 2012
Med's Done....
August 16, 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 7, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 27, 2013
LANDED..........
May 30, 2013
Aquarian said:
But that would mean that they are not giving them a lot of time to fulfill request, about a month if they make contact now... ???
Or they already sent request and it did not reach them...

BTW, when they made the request, did they copy sponsor?
it says they sent it august 7, so October 7 would be 60 days
that is the usual time frame to hand in documents. they send the letter by email not mail. so it should have showed up the same day.
ours for the arc was also a 60 day time frame.

this is how I figured it out using our notes anyways lol
we got our notes after the file was complete so we were able to look up when they sent all the letters out and when they were due.
:)
 

LeisaP

Champion Member
Jun 29, 2012
1,931
19
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 18, 2012
Doc's Request.
ARC requested Sept 28,2012 ARC sent October 18,2012... RCMP Sent Dec 17,2012. Additional court documents sent March 25, 2013.
AOR Received.
Never
File Transfer...
April 5, 2012
Med's Request
First medical March 2011, REDO Medical July 30, 2012
Med's Done....
August 16, 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 7, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 27, 2013
LANDED..........
May 30, 2013
how long has it been since the aor, or the last correspondence you have had with them ?
for us it was only a couple weeks from when we sent in our last documents to get the arc request, but that was also when there was no strike :-\
 

gongdi

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Jan 14, 2013
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chickie72 said:
ok thank you! Do you understand anything all about the due date on the notes though?
Everything is abreviated but it's possible to figure out by using common sense. When I received my notes this week, it only made me angry at the lack of progress they have made after holding my wife's passport for 6 months! I could actually see two week time gaps in which absolutely nothing was done with our application!
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
But on the notes it says the letter has not been generated yet as if August 15th when the notes were generated. It looks like it was sent to a different officer to generate the letter on August 7th. I can't see the due date for the arc payment to be oct 7th if the letter has not gone out yet. That would not give us the full 60 days. When they sent the request for the rprf fee it said status:sent via:email in my notes where this time it just says status: generate with the via is blank.