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Tratata

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Stuart321 said:
That's great news! I‘m still anxiously waiting for my remedical request. So did you get any ADR before that?
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Nope. I had my medicals done back in December 2020. They accepted my medicals and biometrics in January 2021. Since then I haven’t seen any activity on my application except a few ghost updates like 8 months ago
 
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legalfalcon said:
Your online account will not show Review Required. This will be indicated in your GCMS notes.

Here is my old post on RR:


Understanding “Review Required”

A lot of applicants see “review required” in their GCMS notes for eligibility. There are many theories floating around with regard to what “review required” means and if it is alarming.

Before I venture into explaining the significance, it is important to understand that each application goes through the following stages as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the regulations (Canadian Immigration Law):

R10 – Completeness Check
Criminality
Medicals
A11.2 – eligibility
Security

Out of the above, the most important stage is eligibility. This is also the most time-consuming stage because your documents have to be verified, evaluated and assessed to ascertain that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program you have applied to (FSW / CEC / FTW). To streamline this process and make it easier for an immigration officer (decision-making authority), all applications are first evaluated by case analysts or program assistants. They review the documents and summarize it in the GCMS. If they have any concerns with any document or want the immigration officer to carefully look into a specific document, they will flag it as “review required.” It is the content of the note that is important here. If the review required is for a specific document, while the summary of the note says that an applicant has met the eligibility, or is “ready to finalize” it simply means that while the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, the specific document needs a careful examination form the officer before promoting (eligibility pass) by the officer.

However, if there are concerns, there will be a review required for the eligibility, and there will be no text to the effect of “ready to finalize” or pass. The note will specifically state job duties do not match, the employee cannot be verified, or the number of years of work experience claimed cannot be verified. This is where an application can land in muddy waters. But the final decision rests on the immigration officer. He may override the decision of the analyst/assistant or go with the analysis of the analyst/assistant.

Even in cases where the analyst/assistant is of the opinion that the applicant has met the eligibility, and there is no “review required,” the officer can replace it with his own opinion. Though rare, it does happen. This is why the eligibility is only passed when an officer conclusively marks the eligibility as passed.

Finally, there is a “review required” for PoF. This is the most common in many applications. This is because the financial and banking practices of each country are different. Eg. Fixed deposits are known as Certificate of Deposit (CD) in the US. Similarly, treasury bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and many other investment vehicles are there. If your PoF is anything other than a bank deposit, it is more likely that it will be marked as “review required.” Also, IRCC does not go by day-to-day fluctuations in FOREX. Instead, the Canadian federal government issued a quarterly conversion rate for all FOREX vis-a-via CAD. If your PoF is in a foreign currency, then you may have a “review required” for the officer to make a determination.

Just because you have “review required” does not mean that you hit the panic mode. Instead, read the context in which it is there. If there is a concern regarding a document, you can send a replacement document via CSE. The most common reasons for RR are:

1. Work reference letter without job duties
2. Work reference letters missing all the details requested by IRCC
3. If you submitted a letter from a colleague because you were unable to get one from your employer, but did not have a LoE on file, this too will lead to RR.
4. Not sufficient work experience in the primary NOC.
5. Inability to verify your employment as your employer details are missing.
6. Prior visa rejections.

These are just some of the scenarios.
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Hi @legalfalcon

MY GCMS Notes show review required, but there is no explanation for the reason. Everything looks fine. Is there any chance that it's because the lack of experience of the case officer? My file is in Edmonton office and their original duty was not Express Entry applications. What do you think?

Thank you very much.
 
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rahul_b said:
AOR DECEMBER 2020
Medicals passed Jan 2021
Biometrics done on March 2021

Remedicals and Adr Pcc request on 17th March 2022
PCC submitted on 2nd April 2022
Remedicals done on 5th April 2022
Remedicals passed on 11th April 2022
ADR acknowledged on 19th April 2022
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Congrats Rahul for getting the PPR, did you had any agent code on your ADR request letter??
Can you also post your detailed timeline please, also did you got any GUs before PPR?

Thanks
 
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holygrail15 said:
Upfront medical - December 4, 2020
ITA - December 9, 2020
AOR - December 14, 2020
PNP Outland - Philippines
NOC 2171
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Upfront Updated Police Certificate - April 7, 2022 (Acknowledged)
Upfront 2nd Medical - April 29, 2022 (Passed)

No movement since Eligibilty Passed last year - May 11, 2021 :oops:
 
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Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
4112
App. Filed.......
03-09-2015
Doc's Request.
01-10-2015
AOR Received.
03-09-2015
Med's Done....
17-08-2015
Passport Req..
05-04-2016
VISA ISSUED...
12-04-2016
LANDED..........
05-05-2016
sametkasik said:
Hi @legalfalcon

MY GCMS Notes show review required, but there is no explanation for the reason. Everything looks fine. Is there any chance that it's because the lack of experience of the case officer? My file is in Edmonton office and their original duty was not Express Entry applications. What do you think?

Thank you very much.
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RR can be just a reference for the officer to review before making a final determination on eligibility. If it does not specifically state a reason, it is just to review everything.

Usually, RR will be for a specific issue, PoF, NOC, duties etc as explained in my previous response.
 
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parshid

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For my fellow Dec 2020 AOR candidates.
ADR 1 Remed: 29 Apr
ADR 2 Sch A: 3 May
Remed submitted: 8 May
Remed passed: 9 May
ADR 1: Submitted May 3 Acknowledged on May 4 (Turned to Not applicable within a day or two) Didn't see "We are reviewing the additional..."
No updates since.
Primary VO: CPC Ottawa
Secondary VO: CIO
(Per GCMS received in Jul 2021)
ADR letter has no mention of current VO anywhere.
Applied for GCMS notes more than 2 months ago, haven't received yet.
Should I be getting an upfront PCC done, or should I just wait until I'm asked for one? Not sure if I should even expect an ADR for PCC.
Looking for your suggestions and advice.
Thanks!
 
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parshid said:
For my fellow Dec 2020 AOR candidates.
ADR 1 Remed: 29 Apr
ADR 2 Sch A: 3 May
Remed submitted: 8 May
Remed passed: 9 May
ADR 1: Submitted May 3 Acknowledged on May 4 (Turned to Not applicable within a day or two) Didn't see "We are reviewing the additional..."
No updates since.
Primary VO: CPC Ottawa
Secondary VO: CIO
(Per GCMS received in Jul 2021)
ADR letter has no mention of current VO anywhere.
Applied for GCMS notes more than 2 months ago, haven't received yet.
Should I be getting an upfront PCC done, or should I just wait until I'm asked for one? Not sure if I should even expect an ADR for PCC.
Looking for your suggestions and advice.
Thanks!
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How do you know your medicals were submitted?
Please get a PCC in advance.
 
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