Marium Rizwan said:
Im so confused now! Last week London confirmed that my file is in their hands and today i received this mail
Dear Sir/ Madam,
This is in response to your enquiry.
Based on the information you provided, your application is not in process at our office in London, UK.
Please contact the visa office where your application was sent with any proof of receipt you may have received regarding this application. We regret that we cannot assist applicants with an application in process at a different visa office. Please contact the Islamabad visa office via islamabad-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca.
Yours sincerely,
Client Service Unit - GPW
Immigration and Medical Services Division | Direction de l'immigration et des services médicaux
Canadian High Commission | Haut-commissariat du Canada
38 Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 4AA | Londres, W1K 4AA
United Kingdom | Royaume-Uni
So from my experience, when I received the confirmation of sponsor's eligibility back in March 2012 which also stated that the file will now be transferred to the respective visa office (islamabad), couple of months after that I wrote to CHC Islamabad to find out the progress (I was so naive then), and they told me the file is not in Islamabad yet. When I actually ordered notes couple of months back from now, I found out the file was collecting dust in Ottawa till late first quarter of 2013 when it finally reached islamabad. Two things I could conclude :
1) When they say your file has been transferred to Islamabad/London they actually mean "We have decided to move your file to Islamabad/London"
OR
2) Even though the file is transferred to Islamabad/London, the authorities won't admit having it until somebody from the respective office Islamabad/London touches the file for the very first time and the process gets initialized.
By the way I found last week as well that my file has landed in London in the last week of Feb 2014. Sigh! I would probably cut down on visiting this website for a couple of months at least.
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