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Process of processing cases

CharlizeRai

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Bucharest
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-08-2012
AOR Received.
06-09-2012
File Transfer...
14-09-2012
Med's Done....
13-04-2012
Interview........
WAIVED :)
Passport Req..
28-01-2013
VISA ISSUED...
6-02-2013
LANDED..........
APRIL 9 :)
I've been trying to find out what kind of 'order' processing occurs in at the visa offices.

This manual is kind of interesting: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op24-eng.pdf


More specifically:

7.4. Role and responsibilities of the visa office
When the visa office has received the paper file from the CPC-V for any family members who are
to be assessed abroad for eligibility and admissibility, it will do the following:
• forward an Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008EGEN] to each family
member, with a time limit by which they must respond;
• open the appropriate file for each case;
• if the completed IMM 0008EGEN and required documentation are not received within the
requested time limit (as decided by each visa office, pursuant to local conditions), send a
reminder letter requesting that documentation be provided (by a new date), after which the
file would be closed and, in some circumstances, the applicant in Canada could be refused;
• send a copy of this letter to the principal applicant in Canada and notify the CPC-V; the visa
office may try to contact the principal applicant directly at any time during this process;
• after receipt of the completed application and documentation, assess eligibility, confirm
identity and determine relationship and whether or not they are family members;
• initiate medical and background examination (security and criminality);
• inform the CPC-V if any applicants are found to be ineligible;
• inform the CPC-V if any family members are found to be inadmissible;
• inform the CPC-V of the results of medical and background checks, their period of validity
and the visa office file number for both accompanying and non--accompanying family
members so that the CPC-V can finalize the case in Canada

It would be nice if this was the consistent order in which things were completed!
 

computergeek

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Jan 31, 2012
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Vancouver BC
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-03-2012
AOR Received.
21-06-2012
File Transfer...
21-6-2012
Med's Done....
11-02-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
26-09-2012
VISA ISSUED...
10-10-2012
LANDED..........
13-10-2012
Note that this is for inland applications. Thus, this would be the "order of processing" for dependents abroad for a PA in Canada being sponsored in the "in Canada" sponsorship class.
 

CharlizeRai

Hero Member
Apr 1, 2012
359
16
Category........
Visa Office......
Bucharest
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-08-2012
AOR Received.
06-09-2012
File Transfer...
14-09-2012
Med's Done....
13-04-2012
Interview........
WAIVED :)
Passport Req..
28-01-2013
VISA ISSUED...
6-02-2013
LANDED..........
APRIL 9 :)
You are totally right!! :)

Do you think each VO has their own specific process outlined?
 

computergeek

VIP Member
Jan 31, 2012
5,143
277
124
Vancouver BC
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-03-2012
AOR Received.
21-06-2012
File Transfer...
21-6-2012
Med's Done....
11-02-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
26-09-2012
VISA ISSUED...
10-10-2012
LANDED..........
13-10-2012
CharlizeRai said:
Do you think each VO has their own specific process outlined?
It's certainly possible that it's all done through oral direction as well, with the main CIC manuals as "back up". Given the degree to which VOs behave differently there is at least some aspect of this.