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Foreign Service - Strike?

Nell1236

Star Member
Feb 22, 2013
55
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
November 30, 2012
Doc's Request.
June 3, 2013
AOR Received.
June 3, 2013
The newest thing is the union's condolences for the death of a 29 year-old PAFSO worker who was sadly in the cross-fire at the mall in Nairobi.

I don't see any condolences from the government or any notice in the newspaper yet, which is pretty nasty.
 

Dan_from_Surrey

Hero Member
Nov 5, 2010
485
23
124
Surrey BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-09-2012
Doc's Request.
Submitted with app
AOR Received.
Sponsorship approval 24-10-12
File Transfer...
24-10-12
Med's Request
Meds received 1-11-12
Med's Done....
15-08-2012 - Meds re-done 24-10-2013
Interview........
NA
Passport Req..
04-06-2013 DM 04-11-13
VISA ISSUED...
11-12-2013
LANDED..........
22-11-2013!
Nell1236 said:
The newest thing is the union's condolences for the death of a 29 year-old PAFSO worker who was sadly in the cross-fire at the mall in Nairobi.

I don't see any condolences from the government or any notice in the newspaper yet, which is pretty nasty.
Agreed I was just at PAFSO's Facebook page and they have a write up on it there as well. I guess Harper is to busy making friends with that crack head Rob Ford in TO right now, to worry about on of our own getting killed overseas. Once again, shows the Con's indifference to the people of Canada.
 

nanediniz

Hero Member
Aug 2, 2012
295
3
123
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Category........
Visa Office......
Sao Paulo-Brazil
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-01-2013
AOR Received.
never
File Transfer...
12-03-2013
Med's Done....
05-11-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
19-09-2013
VISA ISSUED...
24-09-2013
LANDED..........
Flight booked to Oct 26th

gongdi

Star Member
Jan 14, 2013
166
14
costaudjoe said:
Pretty much most people who applied outland.
Lesson learned. Always lie to VO by telling them your spouse is just traveling to Canada temporarily and then apply inland.
 
M

mikeymyke

Guest
Catou said:
Off-topic. This is the Prime Minister's statement on the Nairobi terrorist attacks and has nothing to do with the strike.
One of the dead Canadians was a VO officer
 

ism45

Star Member
Jul 13, 2013
58
1
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
Tel Aviv
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-08-2013
Doc's Request.
No
AOR Received.
17-08-2013
IELTS Request
No
File Transfer...
30-08-2013
Med's Done....
12-06-2013
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
13-03-2014
VISA ISSUED...
20-3-2014
LANDED..........
25-3-2014
I don't understand! Every one is talking about the strike, and at the same time I see a lot of people have received their visas from march and April 2013!

So is it really the strike killing the process or not!
 

Passport2Canada

Star Member
Sep 17, 2013
73
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-2-2013
AOR Received.
25-2-2013
Med's Done....
5-2-2013
Passport Req..
3-9-2013
VISA ISSUED...
12-11-2013
LANDED..........
04-02-2014
ism45 said:
I don't understand! Every one is talking about the strike, and at the same time I see a lot of people have received their visas from march and April 2013!

So is it really the strike killing the process or not!
I think it depends on the applicant and the visa office. From what I hear Manila is cranking them out at record pace, while offices like Vienna are barely processing anything. I'm going through Ottawa, which seems to be somewhere in the middle. I applied in February and got my PPR earlier this month. Hoping for DM with the next few weeks. In some cases CIC is transfering apps from one office to another because of backlogs. I think right now Ottawa is processing mostly US PR apps, but is also processing ones from a few other countries.
 

nanediniz

Hero Member
Aug 2, 2012
295
3
123
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Category........
Visa Office......
Sao Paulo-Brazil
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-01-2013
AOR Received.
never
File Transfer...
12-03-2013
Med's Done....
05-11-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
19-09-2013
VISA ISSUED...
24-09-2013
LANDED..........
Flight booked to Oct 26th
Sao Paulo VO since last week has flooded with PPR's. But it was still since end of may we didn't hear from them. It makes me think that student's visas slowed down everything.
 

rowdboat

Hero Member
Jul 24, 2013
330
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-02-2013
AOR Received.
08-02-2013
File Transfer...
05-03-2013
Med's Done....
22-11-2012
Passport Req..
24-07-2013
I would agree that the July mid-August months were focused mostly on processing student visas and tourists visas then probably after a record breaking release of these, they made another record breaking release of PPR and PR visas during end-August prioritizing expiring medical results of the applicants at least that's what I observed from the Manila VO
 

niks1

Star Member
Jul 26, 2013
76
3
Edmonton
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-03-2013
AOR Received.
13-03-2013
LANDED..........
27-03-2014
It ended...10 mins ago...

Settlement Reached...

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