US outland applicants' thread :)

[Jokers]

I received my COPR today! Hooray!!!

 

[Rorosgurl]

I received my COPR today! Hooray!!!

Comgratssss

 

[katester]

I received my COPR today! Hooray!!!

That was quick for you! Congrats. Sent some of that luck my way please

 

[rhcohen2014]

does anyone have any theories as to why certain applications in ottawa would then be sent to LA? It seems there is a history of "random" applications being sent to LA AFTER Ottawa has been confirmed through SA. i know i am creating unneeded stress and worry and perhaps this is a sign i am becoming too obsessed with this forum... any ideas to share?

 

[Alurra71]

does anyone have any theories as to why certain applications in ottawa would then be sent to LA? It seems there is a history of "random" applications being sent to LA AFTER Ottawa has been confirmed through SA. i know i am creating unneeded stress and worry and perhaps this is a sign i am becoming too obsessed with this forum... any ideas to share?

Theories? There were red flags that were just too much to ignore therefore it was sent to LA for further scrutiny. That is the ONLY reason they send them to LA. It is not really a random thing they do

 

[Zarilenth]

Theories? There were red flags that were just too much to ignore therefore it was sent to LA for further scrutiny. That is the ONLY reason they send them to LA. It is not really a random thing they do

I've heard of applications getting sent to LA simply because Ottawa was overloaded.

 

[rhcohen2014]

I've heard of applications getting sent to LA simply because Ottawa was overloaded.

yeah, i was reading that too, though it seems that was around the time of some strike that was going on. i sure hope ottawa isn't currently "overloaded".

i also noticed a trend of applicants who are in the US on work visas getting sent to LA.

 

[Alurra71]

I've heard of applications getting sent to LA simply because Ottawa was overloaded.

I don't know where you got that idea, but I don't think that happens at all .... The only reasons that they send applications to another office, I.E. the home country or something of that nature, is because there are concerns with the applicant or the relationship itself. They need more time to dig and find the answers to satisfy themselves. Once sent to the 'local' office, it takes you out the of regular 'stream' so they don't have to hurry to complete it. More often than not, the applicant will be called for an interview if the file is transferred.

The ONLY office I've heard of shuffling applications for overload, is New Delhi to London.

 

[dozel]

I've heard of applications getting sent to LA simply because Ottawa was overloaded.

If that's the case, I wonder why the timeline for LA is 26 months. It seems that LA is the one that is overload all the time.

 

[dozel]

I don't know where you got that idea, but I don't think that happens at all .... The only reasons that they send applications to another office, I.E. the home country or something of that nature, is because there are concerns with the applicant or the relationship itself. They need more time to dig and find the answers to satisfy themselves. Once sent to the 'local' office, it takes you out the of regular 'stream' so they don't have to hurry to complete it. More often than not, the applicant will be called for an interview if the file is transferred.

The ONLY office I've heard of shuffling applications for overload, is New Delhi to London.

That makes sense to me.

 

[Zarilenth]

I don't know where you got that idea, but I don't think that happens at all .... The only reasons that they send applications to another office, I.E. the home country or something of that nature, is because there are concerns with the applicant or the relationship itself. They need more time to dig and find the answers to satisfy themselves. Once sent to the 'local' office, it takes you out the of regular 'stream' so they don't have to hurry to complete it. More often than not, the applicant will be called for an interview if the file is transferred.

The ONLY office I've heard of shuffling applications for overload, is New Delhi to London.

I read it on here a while ago. Someone got notified that their application was sent to LA to relieve officers in Ottawa. But maybe they were mistaken, or there was another reason and Ottawa just didn't mention it.

 

[kateee]

I received my COPR today! Hooray!!!

Congrats!!! It's a great feeling!!!

 

[computergeek]

I don't know where you got that idea, but I don't think that happens at all .... The only reasons that they send applications to another office, I.E. the home country or something of that nature, is because there are concerns with the applicant or the relationship itself. They need more time to dig and find the answers to satisfy themselves. Once sent to the 'local' office, it takes you out the of regular 'stream' so they don't have to hurry to complete it. More often than not, the applicant will be called for an interview if the file is transferred.

CPP-O, NY and LA are all visa offices outside Canada for US citizens and/or people lawfully admitted to Canada or the US for one year or longer. There is no published information on how CIC distributes the workload but typically it does seem that NYC and LA are assigned cases that require additional review (such as an interview, or an ARC). That is why NYC and LA have longer posted 80% processing times than CPP-O.

 

[Alurra71]

CPP-O, NY and LA are all visa offices outside Canada for US citizens and/or people lawfully admitted to Canada or the US for one year or longer. There is no published information on how CIC distributes the workload but typically it does seem that NYC and LA are assigned cases that require additional review (such as an interview, or an ARC). That is why NYC and LA have longer posted 80% processing times than CPP-O.

Right, I understand that completely, but I don't think they randomly select applicants and just send them to these offices to 'relive' their caseload, which is te point I was trying to make

 

[rhcohen2014]

CPP-O, NY and LA are all visa offices outside Canada for US citizens and/or people lawfully admitted to Canada or the US for one year or longer. There is no published information on how CIC distributes the workload but typically it does seem that NYC and LA are assigned cases that require additional review (such as an interview, or an ARC). That is why NYC and LA have longer posted 80% processing times than CPP-O.

BTW I don't think NYC processes PR applications anymore. I was looking at the Visa Office information a couple of weeks ago, and it says it's procesing has changed, and it doesn't seem to talk about processing PR applications.