New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014 No question 4!

[james2064]

Hello all,

I am preparing my application for my wife to join me in Canada as a PR. I seem to have found a problem.

There is a new IMM0008 generic application form updated for November 2014, however it does not have the previous question 4 which asks

What immigration office would you like to be processed in.

On the CIC website it says 'In your application, you must select the visa office where your application will be processed.'

Now that the old question 4 is missing where in the application do I state where I want my wife's application to be processed in? My wife is Thai but a Cyprus resident so I want it to be sent to the associated office in Tel Aviv.



Thank you for any help

James

 

[AMJ]

Re: New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014!

Hello all,

I am preparing my application for my wife to join me in Canada as a PR. I seem to have found a problem.

There is a new IMM0008 generic application form updated for November 2014, however it does not have the previous question 4 which asks

What immigration office would you like to be processed in.

On the CIC website it says 'In your application, you must select the visa office where your application will be processed.'

Now that this question is missing where in the application do I state where I want my wife's application to be processed in? This is important for me because my wife is resident in a country not of her birth and we want to send the application there to be processed.

Thank you for any help

James

Check this link
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp

 

[james2064]

Re: New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014!

Thankyou. I understand what office I want it to be sent to but there is nowhere to write that now that the IMM0008 form has been updated this month. In previous versions of the form it was question 4. It seems like there is no place to write this anymore even though CIC state that it must be written into the application on the link that you sent me.

Thanks

 

[zardoz]

Re: New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014!

Thankyou. I understand what office I want it to be sent to but there is nowhere to write that now that the IMM0008 form has been updated this month. In previous versions of the form it was question 4. It seems like there is no place to write this anymore even though CIC state that it must be written into the application on the link that you sent me.

Thanks

You are correct. Question 4 has been removed and the associated Guide http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp#3999E4 no longer makes a reference to it. The Guide was updated earlier this year (August 2014). I suspect that CIC are now choosing which Immigration Office to use, based on their operational requirements. It's also possible that applicants were trying to bypass long wait times by taking up temporary residence in countries with faster processing. Either way, the applicant no longer is able to choose.

 

[dhanur]

Re: New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014!

You are correct. Question 4 has been removed and the associated Guide http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp#3999E4 no longer makes a reference to it. The Guide was updated earlier this year (August 2014). I suspect that CIC are now choosing which Immigration Office to use, based on their operational requirements. It's also possible that applicants were trying to bypass long wait times by taking up temporary residence in countries with faster processing. Either way, the applicant no longer is able to choose.

i could not use the new form... will it be a problem...???? anyway i have applied my own country visa office where im residence...

 

[zardoz]

Re: New IMM0008 Generic Application form November 2014!

i could not use the new form... will it be a problem...???? anyway i have applied my own country visa office where im residence...

I think that CIC will simply ignore your selection, rather than return your application package.

 

[chipolopolo]

i had requested pretoria(south africa as it is closer to my home country)on my application as visa office, but CIC instead sent it to nairobi(kenya which is further but processes my countries applications). I think they have final say whether you indicate an office or not, CIC will automatically send it to your home office, or country that processes your region. In my case the office they sent it to actually turned out well for me. I got my PR in 5 months and 3 weeks