From CIC IP-8 ( See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/englisH/resources/manuals/ip/ip08-eng.pdf ):
Pg 34, under "5.34 Criteria for referral to an inland CIC":
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The CPC-M should refer cases to a CIC where an interview is warranted or where serious criminality is involved. Examples of situations that may be handled by an inland CIC are:
- suspected relationships of convenience, including relationships that have been dissolved for the purposes of acquiring any status or privilege under IRPA and then resumed;
- suspected misrepresentation;
- serious criminality or security:
- security (A34)
- human or international rights violations (A35)
- serious criminality [A36(1)]
- organized criminality (A37)
- medical inadmissibility [A38(1)(a) or (b)
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Assuming it's none of those (or you probably wouldn't have applied....):
Pg 34, under "5.35 Cases handled by CPC-M without referral to CIC":
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The CPC-M may refuse applications without referral to CIC in the following situations:
- the sponsor does not meet requirements or definition of sponsor;
- the applicant is not a spouse or common-law partner;
- the common-law relationship has not existed for at least one year;
- the applicant has committed a minor criminal offence which makes them inadmissible; or,
- the applicant does not meet the requirements of the class
The CPC-M may also process applications without referral to a local CIC in the following situations:
- a person included in the application as a dependent child does not meet the R2 definition of a “dependent child”. In such cases, the applicant is informed and given the opportunity to provide additional information to establish dependence as defined in R2, within 60 days of the date of their letter. If additional information is not provided within this time frame, processing of the application continues for the applicant and any eligible family member(s) included. Right of Landing Fees submitted for ineligible family members are refunded.
- the applicant does not meet the status requirement of the class but meets the criteria regarding lack of status for processing under the spousal public policy (unless expedited processing is required);
- the applicant has requested H&C consideration and a positive decision can be made without referral to a local CIC (see Section 15) .
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Regarding interviews performed by inland CIC:
Pg 35, under "5.36 Review by local CIC":
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The local CIC office may need to interview the applicant and/or the sponsor to assess concerns raised by the CPC, including:
- the need to confirm identity and relationship;
- the authenticity of the relationship;
- possible misrepresentation, including misrepresentation in obtaining temporary resident status (Note: Persons who have used a fraudulent or improperly obtained passport, travel document or visa to gain entry to Canada will be excluded from being granted permanent residence under the spousal public policy if the document was not surrendered or seized upon arrival and the applicant subsequently used these fraudulent or improperly obtained documents to acquire temporary or permanent resident status. See Appendix A for further details on the spousal public policy);
- violation of the legislation or conditions of temporary residence;
- inadmissibility for reasons of serious criminality or security; and,
- a request was submitted by the applicant for H&C consideration and a positive H&C decision could not be made at the CPC (See Section 15 for guidelines on processing cases when the applicant has requested H&C consideration).
The local CIC office should instruct the applicant to bring any necessary documents to the interview. When asking questions, the officer should focus on identified areas of concern that will assist in reaching a decision. If a relationship of convenience is suspected, the officer should interview the applicant and the sponsor separately.
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Pg 40, under "7.3 Roles and responsibilities of the CPC-M":
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if approved, assigns case to the local CIC office based on the postal code for the applicant’s place of residence for the final processing of the permanent residence application – once these updates are completed in GCMS, the local CIC office will contact the applicant for a permanent residence interview and complete the permanent residence process;
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The point here, the information you read may be incorrect. myCIC, GCMS notes, or time will be able to tell you further. However, it's also possible it's just normal process -- as the local VO does the final processing ...
