Does "In Process" Mean Application has been Transferred to Local Office?

[Lux et Veritas]

As the question states....just curious

 

[MUFC]

It means that the application is still in Sydney and some of the processing people just started working on it.

 

[samreentariq]

If you log into your ECAS and at the bottom Help section click on 'Citizenship Grant', it explains that for In Process the following is done :

Your file has been sent to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) office closest to your home for processing.

The CIC office will complete the necessary steps for a citizenship judge to make a decision on your application. If additional information or documents are needed, the CIC office will contact you.

That leads me to believe once your file goes In process it is possibly assigned to a queue to the CIC office closest to your address waiting for a Officer at that office to open and assign the file to themselves, they then start all the checks etc.

 

[MUFC]

There is a separate line which informs about the date of the actual transfer to the local office.

 

[OrangeCup]

There is a separate line which informs about the date of the actual transfer to the local office.

Although for many this line is now missing, so I wouldn't be relying on e-cas for that....

 

[MUFC]

Although for many this line is now missing, so I wouldn't be relying on e-cas for that....

Yes I agree that the ecas is not really reliable source as of what really is happening.