Hi Legalfalcon,
I recently received my GCMS notes and Im having difficulty in analyzing the below notes and whether it could be detrimental to my application. This note is from the 24/04/2019 and although it is note 2, seems to be the most recent activity on my file. Note 1 only records an email I sent with to CIO on the 12/06/2019
Please could you help me understand this better. Please note I have deleted personal information such as names and company names.
Thank you in advance.
NOTES: 2
Created Date: 2019/04/24 07:27:03
Created By: DM01333
Updated Date: 2019/04/24 07:30:11
Updated By: DM01333
Restricted: No
Label: General
NOTES: 2
Office: Centralized Intake Office
Text:
REVIEW TYPE: CASE PROCESSING AGENT APPLICATION: REGULATION: PNP, 2019-02-08 | have reviewed this application based upon the documents submitted by the applicant and the information contained in the file and note the following. RECOMMENDATION: *** OFFICER REVIEW REQUIRED *** *** Please Review information regarding refusal in Integrated Search ** Please Review Funds A11.2: Medicals: ALL VALID Outstanding Documents (Not Requested): - RPRF PNP Triage: Refer to IR
CIVIL STATUS: NO CONCERNS PA , MARRIED Marriage certificate is on file PASSPORT EXPIRY: 2023-05-20 SPOUSE/CL , ACCOMPANYING PASSPORT EXPIRY: 2025-08-26 DEP 1 , born: 2012-08-16, age at lock-in date: 6), ACCOMPANYING PASSPORT EXPIRY: 2023-03-20 Birth cert: PA and Spouse listed as parents PNP NOMINATION: - Province of Nomination: PE. - PNC#: . - Province matches current residence: Yes. - Nomination validity: Original. - Case Type: Economic Case. SETTLEMENT FUNDS: Review Required Family of 3 requires CAD $ 19,093 NOTE: EDOC
INTEGRATED SEARCH (FOSS/GCMS): PA No trace in GCMS/FOSS other than present application SPOUSE/CL No trace in GCMS/FOSS other than present application DEP 1 No trace in GCMS/FOSS other than present application
A11.2 CRS ASSESSMENT: CRS Score at ITA: 824 /Min CRS Score for Round: 449 Total CRS Points Assessed: 749 600 - PROVINCIAL NOMINATION - Verified by clo WORK EXPERIENCE(S): Qualifying Period: from 08FEB2014 to 07FEB2019 1) Journeyman Turner Machinist - (NOC7231) 2006/06 to 2016/11 Submitted letter(s) of reference 2006/11/04 which is/are assessed as follows: EDOCS NUMBER(S): 273706303 The duties listed in the letter(s) of reference appear to be consistent with the actions in the lead statement under the NOC code selected. The letter(s) of reference appear to be consistent with a substantial number of the main duties under the NOC code selected. The letter(s) of reference appear to demonstrate that the PA met the minimum requirements of 24 months of work experience. PA has valid job offer or trade certificate issued by province
If you have a prior visa refusal for any country, and if you answered yes to any statutory question, the RR for visa refusal is common. Unless you have prior immigration issues, this is nothing to worry about.
I wrote a post on RR, and I am re-posting it here:
Understanding “Review Required”
A lot of applicants see “review required” in their GCMS notes for eligibility. There are many theories floating around with regard to what “review required” means and if it is alarming.
Before I venture into explaining the significance, it is important to understand that each application goes through the following stages as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the regulations (Canadian Immigration Law):
R10 – Completeness Check
Criminality
Medicals
A11.2 – eligibility
Security
Out of the above, the most important stage is eligibility. This is also the most time-consuming stage because your documents have to be verified, evaluated and assessed to ascertain that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program you have applied (FSW / CEC / FTW). To stream line this process and make it easier for an immigration officer (decision making authority), all applications are first evaluated by case analysts or program assistants. They review the documents and summarize it in the GCMS. If they have any concerns with any document or want the immigration officer to carefully look into a specific document, they will flag it as “review required.” It is the content of the note that is important here. If the review required is for a specific document, while the summary of the note says that an applicant has met the eligibility, or “ready to finalize” it simply means that while the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, but the specific document needs a careful examination form the officer before promoting (eligibility pass) by the officer.
However, if there are concerns, there will be a review required for the eligibility, and there will be no text to the effect “ready to finalize” or pass. The note will specifically state job duties do not match, or the employment cannot be verified, or the number of years of work experience claimed cannot be verified. This is where an application can land in muddy waters. But the final decision rests on the immigration officer. He may override the decision of the analyst / assistant or go with the analysis of the analyst / assistant.
Even in cases where the analyst / assistant is of the opinion that the applicant has met the eligibility, and there is no “review required,” the officer can replace it with his own opinion. Though rare, but it does happen. This is why the eligibility is only passed when an officer conclusively marks the eligibility as passed.
Finally, there is “review required” for PoF. This is the most common in many applications. This is because, the financial and banking practices of each country are different. Eg. Fixed deposits are know as Certificate of Deposit (CD) in the US. Similarly, treasury bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and many other investment vehicles are there. If your PoF anything other than a bank deposit, it is more likely that it will be marked as “review required.” Also, IRCC does not go by day to day fluctuations in FOREX. Instead, the Canadian federal government issued a quarterly conversion rate for all FOREX vis-a-via CAD. If your PoF is in a foreign currency, then you may have “review required” for the officer to make a determination.
Just because you have “review required” does not mean that you hit the panic mode. Instead, read the context in which it is there. If there is a concern regarding a document, you can send a replacement document via CSE. The most common reasons for RR are:
1. Work reference letter without job duties
2. Work reference letters missing all the details requested by IRCC
3. If you submitted a letter from a colleague because you were unable to get one from your employer, but did not have a LoE on file, this too will lead to RR.
4. Not sufficient work experience in the primary NOC.
5. Inability to verify your employment as your employer details are missing.
There are just some of the scenarios.
Hope this helps.
