any Idea

[Yaya Marei]

Any one have an idea how is CIC officers works in our cases.

do all they have same way or depend on them, do they have system,
if they work in case and they done why it keeps long time let me give you example

they said the longest time is background chick so two people apply from same country have same case, they so why one finished in 3 or 5 months and the other one takes a year and so.

Wish I know the answer for this :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

 

[kelKel]

Noone really knows except for them. It all depends on the person. The number of countries they've lived in or visited. The jobs they've had in the past, schools ect. Wha tcountry or part of the country they're from. Those are some of the factors....but then someone whos had military, lived in 5 countries, ect get s through in 3 months where a housewife who's never worked and lived in the same town her whole life takes a year. It's beyond me :

 

[shiftpro]

Yes and they are supposed to be public servants working for us not against us. Try laying a complaint against one of them!
They are very insulated from their bosses (That's us Canadian Citizens) and impossible to confront.
Typical gov tyranny. We're lucky we can still immigrate our loved ones but one must wonder how much longer this will be.
On a more positive note, regarding CIC in Sao Paulo, I have heard they are much nicer to people applying to immigrate
than those who only want a temp visitor visa. At least I hope this is true... They were certainly cold and unhelpful with my
gal when she tried unsuccessfully to obtain a visitor visa last Feb/March.

 

[bonbon9]

Noone really knows except for them. It all depends on the person. The number of countries they've lived in or visited. The jobs they've had in the past, schools ect. Wha tcountry or part of the country they're from. Those are some of the factors....but then someone whos had military, lived in 5 countries, ect get s through in 3 months where a housewife who's never worked and lived in the same town her whole life takes a year. It's beyond me :

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I was in 5 different schools from elem. to highschool, and 4 different campus of the same univ in 4 different cities.
Plus 2 international exchanges..

My background checks will take like 5 years!!!

 

[kelKel]

Lol Bonbon! Funny thing you'll most likely be approved quickly. I guess it depends if any red flags come and that determines how deeply they check the application. I'm pretty sure they don't check every little tiny thing on every application. Like I'm sure in a family class case they don't confirm each tiny educational fact because its not relevant to the application being approved. The main focus is the relationship.

 

[Calvados]

Here is the best of my understanding of how they work. Disclaimer: it may be wrong, I picked it up from bits and pieces from forum threads and CAIPS notes.

There are basically two tiers: program assistants and immigration program officers. When application comes in, it is assistants whose job is to check that all necessary documents are included, to request a medical check from another office, if needed, fill out all proper fields in their electronic system, prepare a summary and recommendation for a program officer, request background checks, assign Bring Forward date and update CAIPS accordingly, so that it reflects all of the above.

Once someone looked at the document, it is filed, but before that Bring Forward date is assigned. BF date is a date when it pops up at assistant's or (if it is already passed to an officer) officer's screen if nothing else happens, this is sort of a reminder to make sure that all applications are looked at periodically. At this point, if all documents and checks are received, officer may choose to issue a visa or to invite to an interview.

There are rumours that if you send additional documents in the midst of the process that will delay application. Although there are no official documents that confirm that, I suspect that the way it is handled - if documents come in, assistant retrieves the file, adds the document and assigns new BF date, essentially putting your document to the end of the queue.

If you want to learn about how immigration programs operate, you may check out OP2 manual
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op02-eng.pdf

 

[kelKel]

It definiely depends on the VO and IO that is working on your file. Most people that have additional documents requested with the interview waived letter are getting there PPR in under a month after they are recieved.