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bluemusing said:
Thanks kolhapuri!
That worked!
I used 'United Kingdom and Colonies' as my place of birth and it worked. I was actually born in the Republic of Ireland which is not part of the UK nor is it a colony of the UK and my application definitely reflected that. So this is a mistake by the CIC official who entered the data.
I'm not at all offended by this, in fact I lived in the UK for 5 years and loved it there, but I'm concerned that my country of birth is incorrect on ecas. I wonder should I notify them of this error?
Anyway, please update my record on the spreadsheet to reflect my ecas status as: 'In Process'
The description text reads as follows:
"We received your application for permanent residence on November 19, 2010.
Medical results have been received.
We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on February 25, 2011. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us."
Thanks again for your help, kolhapuri
I am glad that it worked. So our other Irish friend IRG should do this too. Glad that you were not offended and happy that my suggestion worked. Cheers
 
Hi,

My E-CAS status changed to "Received by VO" today (3rd March 2011)

Following is the info displayed by clicking on the link - "Received by VO":

We received your application for permanent residence on October 5, 2010.

Medical results have been received.

We reviewed your application and sent you a letter on February 8, 2011. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.


Plz update the tracker :)

Regards
Manpreet
 
Congratulations to all PER, 2nd AOR and MR Champs :)


Cheers!
 
Dr.Alex said:
Thx god guys
I just received my 2nd AOR, issued on 21 feb 2011
File number is changed also but still starts with B05

wish u all the best
wow....wow....wow
coNGRATULATIONS dr ALEX
 
Congratulations to all PER and AOR receivers,

Waiting for my AOR ;)
My E-cas status has been changed from received at CIO to CIO ER completed

Kindly change my status in tracker
 
Congratulations to all who have received good news ,and goodluck to all who is waiting. I'm of on holiday on Monday for a week ,so here's hoping there will be lots of congratulations and smiley faces to give and look at when I return :) :)
 
lifeisGoOD said:
Thanks spokes! My ECAS status has NOT changed at all since i got my PER on Feb 09. It still says "CIO ER complete". Never have i seen "Received by VO" despite the fact that i have gotten my 2nd AOR. The system is not very accurate, hope they fix this soon.

Thanks for the info.
So, it may be reasonable to assume that mine may be at the VO with no change in E-CAS!
I got my PER on the 14th of February.
Goodness!
 
kpkinnera said:
Dear Vrachar

CONGRATS and ALL THE BEST

Thanks and Regards
Pavan

Dear Pavan,

Thank you very much!

Regards,
Dejan

Viktoria said:
Congratulation, first Vienna applicant on this forum, who get PER on time.

Best wishes

Viktoria

Dear Viktoria,

Thank you very much. I'm holding my tumbs for you and JSMM to get your PER as soon as possible.

Good luck



made711 said:
YES, YES, YES!!! I'm sooooooooooooooooooo happy for you! :D
Cestitam od srca! :)

Thank you dear Maja!
Hvala od srca! ;)
 
Cappuccino said:
I actually disagree. I don't believe it's a question of priority. I think VO's are told they have to process all >Feb 2008 applications (>J26 and <J26) in the other they arrive at the visa office.

The speed difference is that >J26 go straight to background/security/medicals stage. <J26 have to go through eligibility review and selection/admissability.

I think <J26 applications which are already at the background/security/medicals stage will get processed before >J26 which have just arrived. The difference we see at visa offices IMO is how many <J26 were already in at background/security/medicals stage.

Big offices like London and Buffalo probably already had hundreds (maybe thousands) of applications already at that stage, and they will all have to be processed before they are allowed to start on the >J26 applications.

Obviously a >J26 application will get processed much faster than a <J26 application when merely taking the time they arrive at visa office, since <J26 has a lot more work to be done on it.

Think about it - 90% to 95% of the visas which London has to issue are Federal Skilled Worker. If >J26 were getting "priority", would we really have been 3+ months since the first applications arrived there and still not a single 2nd AOR yet?

My 2 cents.
Wayne.
Hi Wayne,
I couldn’t help noticing your distinction of selection/admissibility and background/security.
From the 2nd AOR letters flying about, I would think that one had to do with the other! I mean, isn’t background/security an admissibility criteria?
Thanks
 
spokes said:
Hi Wayne,
I couldn't help noticing your distinction of selection/admissibility and background/security.
From the 2nd AOR letters flying about, I would think that one had to do with the other! I mean, isn't background/security an admissibility criteria?
Thanks

Hi - yes it is. However, at least from what we can gather - counting how many points you have earnt and ensuring you have at least 67 is part of the selection/admissability which CIO perform (we know this because people have been rejected, after encashment, at CIO for insufficient points).

Background/security + medicals check is the part of selection/admissability which the visa office performs.

Perhaps we should label CIO's role in selection/admissability as "points tot-up" to avoid confusion? :)

Wayne.
 
Hi,
I have a question.
I am planning a holiday tour to Thailand with some friends towards the end of March. I was wondering if this could impact my case in any way? Do I need to notify VO about my visit (if it actually happens)?
Would request Wayne, Indira, Anil and other senior members to help me out with this one.

Thanks in advance:)

Regards

Manpreet
 
Hello Wayne

Can you please tell me what are the things checked in Background/security checks.

I do not know anything about security checks. Is it different than the employment checks

Please advice me

Thanks
Sachin
 
mani5553 said:
Hi,
I have a question.
I am planning a holiday tour to Thailand with some friends towards the end of March. I was wondering if this could impact my case in any way? Do I need to notify VO about my visit (if it actually happens)?
Would request Wayne, Indira, Anil and other senior members to help me out with this one.

Thanks in advance:)

Regards

Manpreet

Actually I think that you do not need to tell them.

You need to fill in a travels form when you apply if your visa office requires it, and then on PER it says you need to inform your visa office of important changes but this is for things like birth of a child, change of address or change in employment circumstances.

Personally I don't think they will want to know about a holiday you embark on after you've applied.

However, I guess they could bring it up when they get your passports and they see another country stamped in there - so if you want to be extra safe simply send them a case-specific query notifying them of the dates you'll be out of the country and which country/countries you're visting.

Wayne.
 
Wayne,

That makes perfect sense.

Thanks for prompt reply. :)

Regards
Manpreet
 
Alex congratulations for your second AOR.