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paris_33
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I assume you are a Quebec applicant.launeq said:
First of all, Quebec applicants are NOT subject to the Federal points system. They are processed on a priority basis by VOs worldwide as per the Quebec-Canada Accord.
Quebec makes decisions on the basis of the documents that you have submitted. Quebec does not verify whether those documents are genuine or fraudulent ones. The VOs do it.
Not a question of trust, but this is document authenticity verification as opposed to making decisions on documents and what the documents convey. I hope you got the difference.
POFs are asked by the VOs when they feel the need to do so. Quebec and Provincial Nominee applicants ( I am a PNP myself ) do not have to submit POF unless specifically requested by the VO.
Do you think visa officers are so incompetent that they cannot verify your education without your submitting documents ? Remember, every and any documents that you have submitted to Quebec is accessible by the visa officer in charge of your case. Further Schedule 1 which you have submitted already has all the information the visa officer needs.
And do not think that every applicant undergoes comprehensive document verification checks. Also, visa officers do not always ask for POFs. In few cases only they do it. Every visa officer is different.
I can write a lot on these topics, probably lots of pages on each and every issue. But due to scarcity of time, I am only telling you that a visa officer has the discretion to do anything and everything he/she deems appropriate on an application.
Also, it depends on the countries. VOs in countries where documents can be bought and sold will obviously do all the steps described above. I hope you got the point why. Put yourself in the visa officer's situation. It is natural for a visa officer to check everything if he/she is suspicious of anything on an application.
Remember, the post I have written is the procedure visa officers expect all applicants to be aware of. That does NOT mean the officer will do everything what I have written. Visa Officers have wide latitude and discretion in their powers to grant or refuse visas.
It is unlikely that a visa officer asks for an updated POF when they are about to issue PPRs, for Quebec and PNP applicants. But, do NOT think that the officer cannot ask you for that document. This is my main point which I want you to understand. It is the individual visa officer which decides what is necessary and what is unnecessary to do in an application.
If I am a visa officer myself, for example, I may not order document verifcation for a document, say for example that was issued by the University of Cambridge as everyone knows it is one of the world's most prestigious schools of higher education. But I will certainly order document verification for any document that has been issued in any country where document fraud is widespread, without naming any specific country.
Oops, I am writing a lot. See every little fact on a visa application can be verified and it is the individual visa officer who decides what action to take. When the visa is issued, the officer puts his/her digital signature that the visa has been issued by him/her. If anything is wrong in the process, the officer can face dire consequences.
For Quebec and PNP applicants, a visa officer has less work to do as the officer does NOT have to evaluate them under the federal points system. All the officer needs is the background/medical/security clearances on the applicant to issue the visas.
I hope you got the point here ... what I am trying to convey. Thanks.
PARIS
