Did sending a webform speed up my application?

[Flyingfast]

This is purely speculation on my part, however the coincidence can't be ignored either. I personally believe the officer looked at my file when adding the information and decided to complete it. My time was extremely fast.

1. On December 1st 2022 I sent the Visa office in Kingston, Jamaica a webform. I wanted to update my file. I had purchased a plane ticket to go and visit my wife for 3 weeks over Christmas, and I wanted it added to my file. Furthermore, I also included an updated bank statement showing I was sending her financial support every two weeks.

2. On December 16th 2022 I received an email from the visa office to say the information I provided was added to our application.

3. The very next day on December 17th we received Pre-Arrival.

4. On December 20th we received Decision Made and Passport Request.

 

[armoured]

This is purely speculation on my part, however the coincidence can't be ignored either. I personally believe the officer looked at my file when adding the information and decided to complete it. My time was extremely fast.

I think there is no doubt that sometimes a webform can speed things up - especially if it comes at the right time and also happens to provide information that addresses a weakness in the file. Sometimes though it is just a coincidence. Sometimes maybe it jogs their memory and lets them know that an application is almost ready and if it's at the end of a reporting period, maybe that gives them extra reason to finish it quick.

I would caution others though: this does NOT mean that sending a bunch of webforms, especially empty requests that say nothing more than "any update / where's my file today?" is a good idea.

Because there is also reason to believe (from reports here) that files with a lot of webform requests or additional correspondence / tons of extra (unnecessary) info may have the opposite effect, as the officers see a thick complicated file and extra work. They eventually have to enter and evaluate all webform info before they can action anything with the file, and if you've added 10 extra webforms, they now have a file that's going to take hours to get through.

But timely specific additional info a couple times over the course of an application, sure, might be useful and might get lucky.

 

[Copingwithlife]

This is purely speculation on my part, however the coincidence can't be ignored either. I personally believe the officer looked at my file when adding the information and decided to complete it. My time was extremely fast.

1. On December 1st 2022 I sent the Visa office in Kingston, Jamaica a webform. I wanted to update my file. I had purchased a plane ticket to go and visit my wife for 3 weeks over Christmas, and I wanted it added to my file. Furthermore, I also included an updated bank statement showing I was sending her financial support every two weeks.

2. On December 16th 2022 I received an email from the visa office to say the information I provided was added to our application.

3. The very next day on December 17th we received Pre-Arrival.

4. On December 20th we received Decision Made and Passport Request.

I wouldn’t get excited . I work currently for an organization quasi connected to a Government department. ( Not thankyou Jesus the IRCC) When I add notes to a file it EXPLICITLY states this will not cause the file to be seen any faster . It goes into a que to be worked . There could of been a BF ( bring toward ) date on the file . Where there’s a date assigned to the file that brings it forward for the officer to see on that particular date .
There are situations where if the time frame has been exceeded I can code the account to be looked at sooner, but that’s exceedingly rare, like as in total eclipse of the sun in a particular part of the world rare
If I added tons of notes to a file when it wasn’t needed , pretty good chance I’d be getting a call or notification from a QC department to knock it off.
In a nutshell, it was just coincidence.

 

[Flyingfast]

I wouldn’t get excited . I work currently for an organization quasi connected to a Government department. ( Not thankyou Jesus the IRCC) When I add notes to a file it EXPLICITLY states this will not cause the file to be seen any faster . It goes into a que to be worked . There could of been a BF ( bring toward ) date on the file . Where there’s a date assigned to the file that brings it forward for the officer to see on that particular date .
There are situations where if the time frame has been exceeded I can code the account to be looked at sooner, but that’s exceedingly rare, like as in total eclipse of the sun in a particular part of the world rare
If I added tons of notes to a file when it wasn’t needed , pretty good chance I’d be getting a call or notification from a QC department to knock it off.
In a nutshell, it was just coincidence.

I hear what you are saying, but when our outland application was completed within 53 days of AOR, that's fast. There are others from the same country who applied long before us, who are still waiting. If it was a que set in stone, my wife would be still in Jamaica waiting.