Processing time changed

[badpusacat]

What I don't understand is how different countries processed through Singapore VO have different lengths of time for processing. My wife's country, Indonesia, remains unchanged at 17 months, but Singapore is 13 months, Vietnam 24 months, Thailand 29 months etc. How can one visa office have varying processing times or a year in some cases when they are processing all of these applications together.. Doesn't make sense.

I assume it depends on the volume of applications per VO, how big is that VO (number of employees), and issues involved in each application that might consume more time to process (high rate of frauds).

 

[T.Rex87]

I tried to check processing time using my cellphone so it gave option to select the country but on my work PC, it doesn't. Also, the updated date was 18, April 2016 while on PC it shows the latest update of 24 April 2016

 

[T.Rex87]

I tried to check processing time using my cellphone so it gave option to select the country but on my work PC, it doesn't. Also, the updated date was 18, April 2016 while on PC it shows the latest update of 24 April 2016

Now it's showing on my work PC as well LOL.

 

[AG317]

Guys, i don't know how serious we can take these changes considering it shows 15 months for the US and we know that 5 February 2016 applicants that were processed through Ottawa have already received their DM

 

[T.Rex87]

Guys, i don't know how serious we can take these changes considering it shows 15 months for the US and we know that 5 February 2016 applicants that were processed through Ottawa have already received their DM

True!! may be they will update accurate numbers soon.

 

[Pari123]

True!! may be they will update accurate numbers soon.

I think and hopefully they will change it

 

[F.M]

I don't think they are meant to help us.instead the spreadsheets are more accurate and they give us a better picture so not to rely on cic website for processing times.no matter what changes they make, they just show inaccurate information.

 

[psAug2010]

where did you see that?

It would work for all family class applications except parents and inland spouse applications.

 

[priya_7]

Now it's showing on my work PC as well LOL.

Its showing for me too now..I guess just had to refresh it. It was showing me the old system. This suxx !!

 

[T.Rex87]

Its showing for me too now..I guess just had to refresh it. It was showing me the old system. This suxx !!

I don't know what's going on with CIC website. I wonder if IT engineers at CIC are just having fun some people may still be wondering about this change or are unable to see it on website.. Hope they will fix this soon

 

[ImABule]

I assume it depends on the volume of applications per VO, how big is that VO (number of employees), and issues involved in each application that might consume more time to process (high rate of frauds).

All the countries I listed are processed in the same VO (Singapore) so the only thing you mentioned that would make sense is the volume of fraud.

 

[MNM2015]

What I don't understand is how different countries processed through Singapore VO have different lengths of time for processing. My wife's country, Indonesia, remains unchanged at 17 months, but Singapore is 13 months, Vietnam 24 months, Thailand 29 months etc. How can one visa office have varying processing times of a year in some cases when they are processing all of these applications together.. Doesn't make sense.

I agree, it's the same for our VO, Dar Es Salaam. The times vary by almost a year for the different countries processed there. I would expect all the countries to be similar if not identical in terms of processin times as all would have similar profiles (eg. level of development and incomes). For some VOs I might expect more of a difference as the countries processed there are very different. For example London which processes both applicants from the UK and Pakistan. Something doesn't make sense. I hope it will be fixed soon.

 

[CDNPR2014]

What I don't understand is how different countries processed through Singapore VO have different lengths of time for processing. My wife's country, Indonesia, remains unchanged at 17 months, but Singapore is 13 months, Vietnam 24 months, Thailand 29 months etc. How can one visa office have varying processing times of a year in some cases when they are processing all of these applications together.. Doesn't make sense.

how long it takes to process an application depends on many factors, including the size of the application. some visa officers can handle large applications quicker. if the application is not clear or has a lot of information, it's going to take longer to process.

you have to consider the fact that not all countries have the same relationships. meaning, perhaps part of the issue is that it takes substantially longer for vietnam to respond to security and background checks than singapore. CIC can't force other countries to comply with requests, and they are at the behest of those countries following through. that certainly adds to the reason some countries take longer.

also, the CIC website does not represent an average processing time. the numbers don't suggest that an average of applications took that time. it suggests 80% of applications were processed WITHIN that time, so a majority were actually processed quicker. for a majority of visa offices, the ACTUAL processing time is significantly lower, especially if no interview is needed. so the long wait time for interviews is going to contribute to the higher statistics too, since they don't separate interviews from non-interviews in the numbers. MikeyMike's wife is from vientam I believe and she was approved in LESS than a year with no interview.

so you can see why it's reallynot worth stressing yourself over, because what you are reading isn't telling you the real story. there really is no reason to wait to continuously check if it changes. it's not going to change. it's always going to look horrible. the best way to get through the wait is to keep an eye out on the information on these boards. that is where you're going to find the truth about what happens.

 

[jwnmm]

The times still seem like an overestimate tbh. I wonder if they do it just so they don't get a bunch of calls and have plenty of time if anything were to happen. U.S. says 15 months....I've never heard of it taking 12 months....6-8 max.

 

[CDNPR2014]

The times still seem like an overestimate tbh. I wonder if they do it just so they don't get a bunch of calls and have plenty of time if anything were to happen. U.S. says 15 months....I've never heard of it taking 12 months....6-8 max.

true, us citizens get through quickly. ottawa also processes applications from other countries, so it is assumed that is what accounts for the substantial difference. also, it doesn't separate the time for those who require interviews and those who dont. those us citizens who are required to interview do take closer to 12-15 months.