Application changed to BG Check: Not Applicable after PFL Response

[iwantmoreplanes]

My CEC app has been processing for over a year now. Recently, they sent me a PFL with concerns regarding my common law status. They had some confusion regarding the relationship timelines which I clarified with the help of a lawyer. I sent the response some ten days ago.

Now, I checked my secure account and the BG check updated from “we will send you a message when we start your background check” to “not applicable”.

Is this a good sign? The PFL was quite serious with mentioning misrepresentation so I would like to be assured they accepted my explanation.

 

[scylla]

My CEC app has been processing for over a year now. Recently, they sent me a PFL with concerns regarding my common law status. They had some confusion regarding the relationship timelines which I clarified with the help of a lawyer. I sent the response some ten days ago.

Now, I checked my secure account and the BG check updated from “we will send you a message when we start your background check” to “not applicable”.

Is this a good sign? The PFL was quite serious with mentioning misrepresentation so I would like to be assured they accepted my explanation.

I don't think you can be assured they accept your explanation until you have an actual approval.

 

[iwantmoreplanes]

I don't think you can be assured they accept your explanation until you have an actual approval.

Well, obviously we won’t know for sure until approval, but my process of thought was that if they wanted to refuse me, they would have done it right off the bat. There are some data points suggesting Not applicable at this stage means the application is in the process of being finalized (IP2 -> NA3). I don’t know if these statuses mean anything anymore as the data points are quite old, though, so I thought to ask.

 

[scylla]

Well, obviously we won’t know for sure until approval, but my process of thought was that if they wanted to refuse me, they would have done it right off the bat. There are some data points suggesting Not applicable at this stage means the application is in the process of being finalized (IP2 -> NA3). I don’t know if these statuses mean anything anymore as the data points are quite old, though, so I thought to ask.

It's tricky with PFLs. Sometimes IRCC comes to a decision right away and other times it can take many months (in rare occasion, over a year). Refusals are definitely not always right off the bat and can in some cases come much later. Something you could try doing is ordering GCMS notes now. It will take them some time to arrive however once you have them, you should be able to understand the status of the PFL and your response more clearly.

 

[iwantmoreplanes]

I called them and there were no new notes on the file. However, they could see that a lower-rank employee (not an officer) added my common law partner to my file this morning. However, they added them as accompanying, as confirmed by the phone agent and visible in my secure account as a dependent. They have not asked for a fee nor documents. I explicitly stated, more than once, in unambiguous terms, in all communications with them, that my partner would be non-accompanying.

It feels like they botched this one. Has anyone experienced this?