I did find it hard to believe, but I think the idea is that sending a file to another local office is supposed to be a temporary thing, and the receiving office wouldn't accept those files if it couldn't do them within a short period of time.
I was afraid, given that Montreal is receiving files from all over the country, that they had created a new specialized office there to take the excess load from local offices that simply didn't have the capacity to deal with their volume. It seems that every time CIC has created a "special processing centre" and diverted files there to address delays in a certain program, that new office becomes a black hole that no file leaves for year(s). However, it appears that this is a rather common practice, and some Ontario offices are also taking in files from other offices to expedite processing.
The guy from CIC that I referred to is the Director for one of the regions (I won't say which, LOL) so I tend to think that he won't BS me.
I also crashed another ceremony at the Edmonton office today (hadn't done it in a while) and the citizenship officer I spoke to this time wasn't too helpful (and seemed rather annoyed with me, actually). He did indicate that we are about to see a really significant increase in the speed with which things are handled. I'll believe it when I see it, of course.
I was afraid, given that Montreal is receiving files from all over the country, that they had created a new specialized office there to take the excess load from local offices that simply didn't have the capacity to deal with their volume. It seems that every time CIC has created a "special processing centre" and diverted files there to address delays in a certain program, that new office becomes a black hole that no file leaves for year(s). However, it appears that this is a rather common practice, and some Ontario offices are also taking in files from other offices to expedite processing.
The guy from CIC that I referred to is the Director for one of the regions (I won't say which, LOL) so I tend to think that he won't BS me.
I also crashed another ceremony at the Edmonton office today (hadn't done it in a while) and the citizenship officer I spoke to this time wasn't too helpful (and seemed rather annoyed with me, actually). He did indicate that we are about to see a really significant increase in the speed with which things are handled. I'll believe it when I see it, of course.
