Hi all, I'm February applicant in Mississauga and my application has been in IP since May 2nd, and is still waiting for Test invite. I'm wondering does IP means that my application is complete (no missing documents, signatures, etc). Since I don't want to wait for another couple of months just to know that my application is returned due to a missing signature.. I mean I'm pretty sure I checked up everything before I sent the app. but now I just felt like maybe one stupid mistake could make all my waiting be worthless..
Does IP means that my application package is completed?
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AOR = Paper docs found to be correctly filed.
IP = An IO has been assigned for your file and s/he has begun working on it.
IP- In Process eans they have started working on your application, yet it doesn’t mean all documents required have been submitted. IRCC will communicate with you anytime they need additional information.
According to IRCC, processing starts once they receive a completed application. In other words, if you are In Process, that means they have accepted your application as complete and have started working on it by sending it to another (local) office for further processing.
However, in some cases, you may receive other correspondence asking for more information, e.g.
Quality Assurance Program; Finger Print Request and Residence Questionnaire
However, in some cases, you may receive other correspondence asking for more information, e.g.
Quality Assurance Program; Finger Print Request and Residence Questionnaire
Odds are good you can relax, not worry, and that you just need to wait, to wait and watch for notice from IRCC and respond accordingly.
Otherwise, short answer: I concur with the post by @Joshua1.
The longer response:
In fact, AOR meant the application met the completeness requirements. So once the applicant gets AOR that means the application will not be returned.
But of course that does not mean IRCC has verified the applicant meets all the qualifying requirements. As @Joshua1 observes, IRCC can still ask for more information or documents . . . and this remains true right up to the day the applicant shows up to take the oath.
After AOR the application still remains in Sydney for some additional screening. We are not privy to what this involves in detail. In any event, however, it is common to see a gap in time between the date of AOR and date of IP.
Contrary to one post above, IP does NOT mean "An IO has been assigned for your file and s/he has begun working on it."
It means that CPC-Sydney has completed the tasks it does and made the referral to a local office. In that regard it might be correct to say a local office has been assigned. But not any particular officer. The application can sit in a queue for weeks or months between the referral from Sydney and when a local office processing agent actually takes any action on it.
As for "who" begins work on the application? Note, the vast, vast majority of processing time is about the application sitting in a queue waiting for the next step, waiting for whoever will take the next step to pick up the file and take that next step. If someone is "working on it," that is about an hour or two, at most, parts of an hour more likely.
References to "IO" ordinarily mean "Immigration Officer." While IRCC is one agency, it has separate parts. Citizenship applications are processed by personnel specifically employed in the Citizenship branch. No immigration officers.
Eventually a Citizenship Officer will be responsible for making the key decisions for a citizenship application. However, generally much of the processing is done by personnel who do not have the position or title or authority of a "Citizenship Officer." In many local offices, and Mississauga almost certainly, lower level processing agents will perform many or most of the tasks involved in processing the application, including preparing the file for the test and interview. The interview itself is often conducted by a processing agent, but apparently sometimes the interview is done by the Citizenship Officer who will decide whether the applicant has met the requirements and is to be granted citizenship. In any event, a processing agent will review the application and prepare it to be reviewed by the responsible Citizenship Officer who makes the decision to grant citizenship.
All that said: your application is probably just sitting in a queue waiting for a processing agent to spend a half hour or an hour and a half, whatever time they take, to open, review, and prepare the file for the test and interview.
UNLESS you know of some reason to worry (applying with big mistakes in the presence calculator; applying with very little margin over the minimum; sporadic job history in combination with circumstances raising questions about whether you were actually in Canada; a criminal or security issue lurking in your past; or such), ODDS are VERY GOOD there is NOTHING to WORRY about . . . just waiting and watching for notice from IRCC and responding accordingly.