Help from Member of Parliament
- Thread starter Phalos
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They can't influence or speed up the processing of an application. All they can really do is request status.
I have a feeling they can actually influence an application. I think it matters how far they are willing to go for the applicants sake. However by and large most MP's really are indifferent to the cause of a sponsorship application.
I was in contact with our local MP. and they said ' if you are within the 12 month processing estimate not much they can do '.
After signing some disclosure forms they were able to check the status and that's about it.
and if you're past the 12 month processing estimate time? they can do something?
Start by contacting mps office for info. They will inquire.
If more is possible they won't do it before first checking out basics.
Good question.
They did mention there were many delays due to Covid issues especially at the Sydney office.
After 12 months?.... Didn't contact them again.
That makes no sense. An MP isn’t going to be able to track down your package with Canada post. What I assume you mean is that you hadn’t received AOR and you asked your MP to confirm that your application was received. Paying for a tracking number would have been much easier.
What do you mean it makes no sense? Lol not everybody has the same MP. Before you make assumptions maybe you need to get facts. A tracking number was paid for and it was not updated after a month and more... the MP did get involved by calling Canada Post and escalating investigations until they said it was an error and delivered way after the 14 day mark. My MP also didn’t take Canada post word for it and reached out to IRCC who confirmed that it was eventually delivered! Don’t make assumptions...
That is incredibly unusual because an MP has no influence on Canadapost. They were nice enough to call on your behalf but most MPs won't get involved In issues that involve non-governmental organizations. They essentially did what you could have done.
They respond but they can’t influence decisions. Given the longer processing times an MP couldn’t do much after one year but report back what would be in your GCMS notes. As long as processing is not an outlier where something has clearly gone wrong in the processing MPs just report back. Most MPs wouldn’t deal with Canadapost because it isn’t part of their job and because you could have done what they did. A good MP could still refuse to call Canadapost because it isn’t part of government business.
Canada Post is not a non-governmental organization. It’s infact a federal government organization. Their employees are federal workers. Canada Post is a Crown corporation owned by the federal government. They are answerable to other government agencies or the MP in this instance.
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