Re-posting my previous questions to 'Durango_xx'Collected our passports and CoPR from VFS Dubai today.
Though happy, I was very frustrated to see that my Visa and CoPR document were issued on the 9 Aug 2017, which is 8 days prior to dispatch. I am not sure why it took the VO over 1 week to updated the CIC account and dispatch the documents back. So much time wasted
Our medicals were on the 28 April 2017, and the visa end date is 30 April 2018.
I tried emailing them twice, but they never responded.
Did they say it's ok to withdraw passport for permanent residence applications?
Passports submitted to VFS Dubai 26 July
They have mentioned in their automatic response that they won;t respond to queries asking for status of applications within normal timelines which apparently must be 1 month. assuming no one is getting responses.
i dont care at this stage... i believe its OK - had 2-3 separate people confirm this... but even if it isnt, i'll just deal with it later... i'm just too tired of this charade.
There was a case a few pages earlier on this forum where someone requested passport withdrawal and surprisingly they processed his visa quickly and sent him back the passport with Visa and online status also updated to approved.
Looks like no matter how you have submitted your passport, there is nothing that can be done to speed up the process. They will just take their sweet time while we are stuck in different critical situations with desperate need of our passports. Very impressive!
