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I am out of Canada without any fingerprinting service available so that wouldn't work. Thank you though. I just wonder what sense does it make to ask someone for PCCs from a country you dont reside in any more. I mean if I were a criminal, would they even let me out of the US at all?

Guys, forum stats show that wait times have shot up to over 5 months for FSW applicants. So unless you are a CEC, we just have to sit back, relax and come back for updates in late February. :o Or you can order GCMS notes meanwhile and make the wait a lot more incremental. ;)

Guys, does anyone have experience with going forward with state/local PCC's instead of FBI one? FBI keeps rejecting my fingerprints, so I submitted a CSE along with state and local PCCs but CIC's been giving me silence for over a month now.

Found an interesting publication on CIC website that is a guide to CIC staff on processing our applications that could potentially give some insider perspective on how our apps are processed. Thought might be interesting for you guys as well...

Well, this might be a language barrier issue because english is obviously not my first language, but to me the 80% is the desired outcome/commitment and the intent would be putting your BEST efforts to achieve that outcome. Our processing calculator averages on this forum have been alarmingly...

;D Good one about McCallum's salary. If I were CIC I would get my act together and issue a statement along these lines: "Dear Applicants. After implementing EE system, processing times have improved a lot. We know you expect us to complete your applications as soon as possible and we are...

By promise I meant more like brand/lifestyle/values promise. Not word for word promise. What you say is like the tricky ads we see on tv, like the ones where they offer a solution but the fine print underneath makes it completely unworthy. Also, the key word is INTENT. I don't see so much intent...

Good analysis. I just picked FSW as an example (and also because that's my category as well :)). The CAD52mil I mentioned was the budget for FSW program alone. So, no, in total CIC does not have a surplus (you can see if you scroll down). It is just the FSW program that is going to cover...

I apologize if that touches your feelings. I know this is a sensitive issue and I mentioned that I am all for helping other people as much as I am able to/can afford. Where did I say they should stop accepting refugees? All I am asking for is accountability and transparency. Why does an...

Are the local VO's even allowed to carry out background checks? Or are these cases that just skipped the background checks?

I am just asking to check the validity of the twitter statement. Otherwise, it could just be some agent posting their own contradictory opinion just like different agents make different statements when calling CIC. As for me: Annual budget for 2015 being CAD52mil = fact Processing fee =...

Of course it's a privilege. But this is not a rights and privileges issue. This is keeping your promises and transparency issue. Consider yourself lucky all you want, but the fact of the matter is I would never apply under the old system with years of processing. I have been targeting Canada...

Well, at least we can paint the approximate picture. CIC budget for FY2015 for foreign skilled workers is about CAD 52mil in the first year and about 22 mil thereafter. They plan to bring in around 50,000 applicants. If we assume another 50,000 dependents (which is on the lower end of estimates...

"..where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is pushing forward with his pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February." OMG does this imply we're stuck until March?

Looks like mycic is back up. My thoery of ECAS being down though is that our servers have been diverted so that refugees can stay informed on their statuses. Check out refugee forums and you will see ECAS updates and no one/very few people complaining about ECAS.

I feel like background/security check is the bottleneck here. Even though over 200,000 applications are being processed annually, a significant number of them are inland or family sponsored (a.k.a. lower risk). Add to that that 25000 refugees are from high security risk zone and their processing...

Target processing is actually 6 months. Problem is our application processing is being almost completely funded by our processing fees (correct me if I am wrong). Now, our apps are not moving at all, ECAS is down, MyCIC is so-so. In the mean time refugee applications are moving forward and they...

My understanding was that they were considering exchange rate as of app submission date. They are probably going to ignore CSE's anyway as they do these days so I don't think it's going to help.

I think such debates are helpful. I thank you for raising these counter-arguments. I think by addressing these, more people would be vocal thus delivering our message to CIC. Otherwise, we come out like ignorant jerks for raising our concerns. Again, the issue is not the helping. Problem is...

I see your point and respect your position. But think about it. If you went to a grocery store and bought two bags of milk and at the checkout counter they charge your card but only give you one bag and say rest of the money has gone to the homeless even though you never agreed and you need...