Thanks for putting all those links and articles in one place. It's terrifying to read some of these stories because they put a very human face to what some people go through at the hands of IRCC. I had to stop reading the story about the guy who waited 15 months for an AOR.
While we may be posting anonymously here, it's important to remember that we are all very real people with very real emotions and fears. Stay compassionate, folks!
While we may be posting anonymously here, it's important to remember that we are all very real people with very real emotions and fears. Stay compassionate, folks!
Agree. This is what it supposed to be. Defined regulations on processing of applications. And, giving the huge benefit of the doubt to IRCC (given there is no transparency in the process) I hope they do follow defined criteria in processing of applications/requesting passports/fingerprints/inviting to interview etc. However, there is absolutely no communication with IRCC in regard to application processing. It is literally a "black box" where you put all of your documents and have no idea what and when it yields back to you. Please allow me to remind you the recent track record of IRCC (and other government bodies as CRA) being absolutely negligent:
What I am trying to say - Yes! I want to believe and trust in orderly processing. I want to believe and rely on IRCC applying fair criteria to processing. As a taxpayer, I would like to see, at least, some transparency in the process, receive, at least, some communication from the processing office on the status, approximate timelines for my application. But in many of cases - it is nothing. Most of MPs do not help. A lot of people are forced to spend north of $10K to file mandamus (yet another way to extort savings from new immigrants, in my opinion).
- Why Desperate People Are Suing Immigration Canada | The Tyee
- Frustration mounts as permanent residency delays continue (citynews.ca)
- Tens of thousands of IRCC applications assigned to inactive immigration officers | Canada Immigration News (cicnews.com)
- Immigration bureaucrats rushed to reassign files stuck with idle officer DM10032, emails show | CBC News
- Express immigration programs overstaffed: budget watchdog | CBC News
- CRA investigates 600 employees for CERB fraud | True North (tnc.news)
- CRA fires 20 employees who claimed CERB | HRD Canada (hcamag.com)
- More people seeking judicial intervention with immigration applications - New Canadian Media
- Record-breaking number of immigration cases went through Federal Court in 2022 | CBC News
Every time when somebody is trying to reach out to IRCC for any kind of information or update, in most cases they provide a very "political" answer like - There is no indication that your application is or is not a non-routine one or At this moment there is nothing required from you.
That being said, there are also a lot of examples of applications being processed normally, within normal time frames, and even faster. Sure, there are way too many factors that we don't know and don't see, and it is hard, almost impossible, for us to make a calculated/educated guess on why. However, why no communication? What is the reasoning for people in all green waiting months and months for the online oath/citizenship ceremony?
That is why is feels like they are "cherry picking". In the language of IRCC - There is no indication that they are not cherry picking.
