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Anil-India, You asked why Nova Scotia was sending more files than the visa office can handle. They process them as fast as they can and ship them out. The Delhi office could obviously use more staff to handle them.. However, take a look at other cities and their processing times: Cairo 19...

Anil-India, Simple. An incredible volume of applicants. Each one has to be carefully vetted. I'm amazed they do as well as they do. MB

Anil-India, I don't think there really is any confusion. We are talking apples and oranges. The standard auto response gives the total processing time from start to finish as 2 or more years, but the government website gives the processing time at Delhi as 14 months. Frankly I probably know...

People, I worked as a civil servant in Canada for 29 years. I believe I was always honest as were my colleagues. We had many checks and balances like Internal Auditors and of course there is the Audit General's office independent of the government that monitors and checks procedures, wasteful...

Anil-India, Nova Scotia could well have received 2 billion applications, it's really not the issue. They supposedly process them on a FIFO basis and ship likely candidates to New Delhi. If the application passes Nova Scotia it's on it's way to a visa subject to obvious verifications. It...

Hi, Be gentle I'm a newbie, however I think I may be onto something. The letter that Cindrella got is a standard response that everyone gets if they question their file. No one actually looks at the file which is why it says "Dear sir or madam." It's an auto-response. What the letter does do...

Can anyone clarify in simple English (no short forms please) what Cindrella's letter is actually saying? If 425,000 applications were received and 144,000 are awaiting a decision, that's just 33% and 281,000 must have been processed. Who has yet to make a decision? The Visa Office does not make...

Canada is a rich country. It is probably the only one not to cut back on immigration due to the recession. Does anyone really believe that they increased applicants to get more money? A drop in the bucket for Canada, and later refundable. If we are going to spread conspiracy theories, let's at...

Here is a harmless experiment for you all to try. Send a very short e-mail such as "Why does the immigration process take so long?" to: jason.kenny@parl.gc.ca You will be amazed at all the things they will not discuss as mentioned in the immediate auto-reply.

Folks, It is very tempting to start some sort of protest rally, but I think you will do more harm than good. I recently wrote to the Minister of Immigration Mr. Kenny asking that the immigration website be amended to dispel some of the rumours and clarify the reason for delays. Sadly I didn't...

Pensions! It's a long way off for most of you, but you may be interested in the Canada Pension Program. I will add a link but basically you pay into it while you are working or self employed and at 65 the maximum payment is $960 per month. You can take it earlier with a penalty. At 65 you are...

Hiteshand, Thanks for the info. I did not know that, but I am not surprised. You will be welcome. MB

Hiteshdand, Many thanks for the post. I was going to bow out as it seemed I was irrelevant and maybe not welcome. I was in Delhi in February for a vacation. I found it exhilarating, infuriating, exciting, nearly dangerous, abuzz with life and a dizzying array of contrasts. The new airport...

Readers may be interested in this. Canada has a postal strike effective today. The average postal worker makes $23 per hour.

Anil India, I got a Canadian job in London and the company looked after most of the formalities and paid my fare. It was very fast and simple.

Anil-India Suffice it to say I found the site and wanted to add my two cents, though I feel a bit like an interloper. I came to Canada from England and worked for the federal government in the tax department (hence my defence of civil servants.) I think Toronto has to be one of the best places...

Anil-India You asked about me. Technically I don't belong on this blog. I am a Canadian living in Toronto. I just wanted to try to stop some of the obvious misinformation that I was seeing and perhaps help with some advice if anyone needed information. I felt badly for the obvious stress that I...

It troubles me a little when I read comments that suggest that our government or civil service are corrupt. The Canadian civil service is one of the most highly respected in the world and there is absolutely no culture of bribery here. They may not be highly efficient sometimes, but they will...

Can I just add another two cents worth of comment? 1. It seems to be generally assumed that processing times will keep increasing. Is there a factual basis for this? I would have thought that with the Canadian and Nova Scotia governments' commitments to speeding up the process, the times could...

Hiteshand, Aw shucks! Thanks.