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July AOR 2017

hassaan_anwar

Star Member
Mar 6, 2017
114
9
United Arab Emirates
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
1111
AOR Received.
16-07-2017
Same here waiting as well...:( currently on 186th day. Raised a CSE and got the following reply:-

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

We verified the information provided and can confirm that the application is still in process.

While the processing times may vary with each case, we will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the application as soon as possible.

Rest assured that we will communicate with you once a decision is taken.

We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.

Have applied for GCMS couple of days ago..lets see.... Anyone in the same boat as me?
 

lucaspinto

Member
Jan 15, 2018
10
7
37
Belém, Brazil
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6321
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
10-07-2017
Doc's Request.
24-08-2017
AOR Received.
11-07-2017
Med's Done....
05-06-2017
Same here waiting as well...:( currently on 186th day. Raised a CSE and got the following reply:-

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

We verified the information provided and can confirm that the application is still in process.

While the processing times may vary with each case, we will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the application as soon as possible.

Rest assured that we will communicate with you once a decision is taken.

We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.

Have applied for GCMS couple of days ago..lets see.... Anyone in the same boat as me?
About a week ago I raised a CSE since my application has exceeded normal processing times as per informed on IRCC website and last night I received the following reply:

"Good day,
Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
IRCC is always striving to improve our customer service. Rest assured that our priority is to answer your needs.
If your enquiry has yet to be answered via other channels such as our phone agents, paid representatives, community centres, etc., please write back to us using the IRCC Web form.
We would also like to suggest the following online services that might be helpful to you with any immigration, refugee and/or citizenship future requests:
· Download application forms and guides
· Change of address
· Check your application status
· Help Centre
We thank you for your understanding and patience as we seek to provide existing and future Canadians with the best client service.
Sincerely,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
"

As you can see they haven't answered me anything.
Do they send this standard message before the actual reply or this is the actual response to my CSE?
 

lucaspinto

Member
Jan 15, 2018
10
7
37
Belém, Brazil
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6321
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
10-07-2017
Doc's Request.
24-08-2017
AOR Received.
11-07-2017
Med's Done....
05-06-2017
Hello, guys!
I'm happy to inform that I've just received my PPR.
I hope you guys get it ASAP.
 
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lucaspinto

Member
Jan 15, 2018
10
7
37
Belém, Brazil
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6321
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
10-07-2017
Doc's Request.
24-08-2017
AOR Received.
11-07-2017
Med's Done....
05-06-2017
Congrats. When did you move to IP2 and which VO did you receive the PPR email from?

Thanks
Thank you.

I received the PPR email from Sao Paulo Visa Office in Brazil.

My application was in IP2 since medicals passed, around mid august.
 

hamgha

VIP Member
Mar 1, 2017
3,486
713
App. Filed.......
07-07-2017
Nomination.....
12-04-2017
IELTS Request
21-01-2017
Med's Done....
25-04-2017
I haven't had any updates on my system in a bit over 4 months now. I contacted cic after i passed the 6 months mark, they sent me the vague reply and they still haven't sent my GCMS notes. Any idea what's happening or what i can do?
 

lucaspinto

Member
Jan 15, 2018
10
7
37
Belém, Brazil
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6321
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
10-07-2017
Doc's Request.
24-08-2017
AOR Received.
11-07-2017
Med's Done....
05-06-2017
I haven't had any updates on my system in a bit over 4 months now. I contacted cic after i passed the 6 months mark, they sent me the vague reply and they still haven't sent my GCMS notes. Any idea what's happening or what i can do?
Apparently GCMS are taking a bit longer to arrive still because of the holidays, however it should be the only way to know for sure what's going on with your application.

In my case, as soon as my application exceeded normal processing times, I raised a CSE and sent an email to CPC Ottawa. My few previous emails used to be answered in a couple hours, however, in this case they didn't respond. After a week, I received a really vague email in response of my CSE, so I raised a new one. After two hours I got the PPR.

That was only my experience, and my requested GCMS notes were not sent yet, so I can't see where my application got stuck for now.

I'm an outland applicant so calling CIC was not an option. Maybe, if you're inland you should try calling and use the contact tools such as email and CSE to be informed on where your application is sitting on.

I wish you get you PPR soon.
 
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hamgha

VIP Member
Mar 1, 2017
3,486
713
App. Filed.......
07-07-2017
Nomination.....
12-04-2017
IELTS Request
21-01-2017
Med's Done....
25-04-2017
Apparently GCMS are taking a bit longer to arrive still because of the holidays, however it should be the only way to know for sure what's going on with your application.

In my case, as soon as my application exceeded normal processing times, I raised a CSE and sent an email to CPC Ottawa. My few previous emails used to be answered in a couple hours, however, in this case they didn't responded. After a week, I received a really vague email in response of my CSE, so I raised a new one. After two hours I got the PPR.

That was only my experience, and my requested GCMS notes were not sent yet, so I can't see where my application got stuck for now.

I'm an outland applicant so calling CIC was not an option. Maybe, if you're inland you should try calling and use the contact tools such as email and CSE to be informed on where your application is sitting on.

I wish you get you PPR soon.
I'm outland as well. I find it funny that cpc ottawa tells you to only contact them after 6 months have passed and when you do they're useless. I guess i'll wait a bit more.
 

lucaspinto

Member
Jan 15, 2018
10
7
37
Belém, Brazil
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6321
Job Offer........
Yes
App. Filed.......
10-07-2017
Doc's Request.
24-08-2017
AOR Received.
11-07-2017
Med's Done....
05-06-2017
It's odd that many applicants have completely different experiences when contacting agents, specially the ones that could call them (not my case).
In my case, despite the process had taken more than 6 months for PPR, contacting the agents was mostly useful.
 

me_lad

Full Member
May 20, 2017
29
13
Hello July 2017 applicants! Well, this thread was once so active; of course, July applications have mostly received their PR so far and are now celebrating. I am a CEC applicant, 185 days passed, and as an Iranian I know that I have to wait at least for another 120 days. I’ll make sure to keep here alive if not turned into fossil!
I'm in the same boat man with same nationality. Submitted on 4th of July. I hope we'll get it soon...

@tuce are you Turkish
 
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tuce

Star Member
Oct 22, 2017
64
21
Category........
PNP
Visa Office......
Rome
AOR Received.
27-07-2017
Med's Done....
23-08-2017
I'm in the same boat man with same nationality. Submitted on 4th of July. I hope we'll get it soon...

@tuce are you Turkish
No, I'm Albanian ..
Im at 177 day and i will wait 3 days more and raise a cse...i wrote to rome visa office on 5th july and no response till now.
i guess my file is eating dust :)
 
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me_lad

Full Member
May 20, 2017
29
13
No, I'm Albanian ..
Im at 177 day and i will wait 3 days more and raise a cse...i wrote to rome visa office on 5th july and no response till now.
i guess my file is eating dust :)
I hope we get it as soon as possible. There is a petition that people are signing to ask Canadian government to make the process faster, have you signed it?
 
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tuce

Star Member
Oct 22, 2017
64
21
Category........
PNP
Visa Office......
Rome
AOR Received.
27-07-2017
Med's Done....
23-08-2017
I hope we get it as soon as possible. There is a petition that people are signing to ask Canadian government to make the process faster, have you signed it?
I hope so :)
No i haven't.. Where can i find it?
 
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hem_can

Member
Jan 16, 2018
15
9
Canada
Category........
CEC
Doc's Request.
20-10-2017
AOR Received.
15-07-2017
Passport Req..
01-06-2018
VISA ISSUED...
05-06-2018
How likely is that at this stage of being past the six months one gets rejected for a silly reason? We can see some refusals in trackers after say 250 days because of only a missing document. In my case for example, I sometimes so much worry about getting refused because of not having the Educational Credential Assessment for my spouse, even though zero points were actually given to the education of my spouse at the time of ITA (I answered NO to the question about ECA for spouse). The system did ask though for images of my spouse’s diplomas, which I provided together with translation. But no ECA.