Hi all,
These questions, more like musings, are mainly about how inland EE applications are processed this year vs normally.
1. From what I understand, R10, MEP, and criminality are the three initial things that are usually done at CIO-S for everybody. After that, the file moves to the LVO, which for inlanders is CPC-Ottawa. Do inlanders' files always move to CPC-O after completing initial steps at CIO-S or do they often complete their entire processing at CIO-S itself? Is one scenario more typical than the other or just random?
2. Many inlanders were waiting for biometrics for the past several months this year, but had found out via webform / call centre agent / gcms notes that they had passed everything except their criminality (pending biometrics). In such cases, did you guys ever find out if your files were moved to Ottawa for eligibility, even though your criminality was incomplete without biometrics—OR were the other sections of your files processed at CIO-S itself? (I'm assuming files cannot move out of CIO-S to CPC-O unless criminality is passed. My assumption might be wrong).
There are many of us who are not exempt and still need to give biometrics. For some of us it may take months and we might wonder if the files are just sitting there. I know that the general idea is for IRCC to keep working on other sections of the application in the absence of biometrics. But I am not sure how exactly they will do this if our files remain at CIO until we can give biometrics, especially if it is the norm for eligibility to be checked only at Ottawa. According to this link, it seems to me that only Ottawa does inland processing at the eligibility stage. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices.html
Thoughts / experiences, anyone?
These questions, more like musings, are mainly about how inland EE applications are processed this year vs normally.
1. From what I understand, R10, MEP, and criminality are the three initial things that are usually done at CIO-S for everybody. After that, the file moves to the LVO, which for inlanders is CPC-Ottawa. Do inlanders' files always move to CPC-O after completing initial steps at CIO-S or do they often complete their entire processing at CIO-S itself? Is one scenario more typical than the other or just random?
2. Many inlanders were waiting for biometrics for the past several months this year, but had found out via webform / call centre agent / gcms notes that they had passed everything except their criminality (pending biometrics). In such cases, did you guys ever find out if your files were moved to Ottawa for eligibility, even though your criminality was incomplete without biometrics—OR were the other sections of your files processed at CIO-S itself? (I'm assuming files cannot move out of CIO-S to CPC-O unless criminality is passed. My assumption might be wrong).
There are many of us who are not exempt and still need to give biometrics. For some of us it may take months and we might wonder if the files are just sitting there. I know that the general idea is for IRCC to keep working on other sections of the application in the absence of biometrics. But I am not sure how exactly they will do this if our files remain at CIO until we can give biometrics, especially if it is the norm for eligibility to be checked only at Ottawa. According to this link, it seems to me that only Ottawa does inland processing at the eligibility stage. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices.html
Thoughts / experiences, anyone?