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When you apply to an inland office for an immigrant visa, they request the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for a background verification and a "security advice". The service then conducts a screening and replies to CIC with a report, based on the CSIS act. A visa officer then evaluates...

security/HIRV information are exempt from the privacy or access to information acts.

three weeks to 4 months... though, there have been cases that took for ever.

As far as I remember based on a few recent applicants whose notes I've seen, that one is not a "visa officer"... just a processing agent who does routine things plus email correspondence.

It's been about two months recently. This isn't anything well predictable, but even if you're asked to send your passport to CPC-O when you're in China, you could either request an extension or if you're staying in China long enough, you could ask them to arrange for your visa to be issued in...

No, neither of those changes affect your situation now. The types of things you should tell them about are: birth/death, change in marital status, change of address.

If you're travelling to the States, you could return on a non-commercial carrier (e.g. your car or on foot; but not on a plane or bus) with your passport + CoPR. If you're travelling elsewhere, or if you want to fly back, then you'll have to apply for a Travel Document (fee: $50) at the...

1. Actually there are medical exam requirements for study permit applicants who are from or have lived in certain countries (e.g. South Korea, Greenland, Hong Kong, etc.) for a duration of 6 months or more. 2. In most provinces, certain groups of temporary residents can't access public health...

OK, here is a general, but not always accurate, timeline for the steps involved if you're really into the details: FSW-REG is a general pool. When your file's turn comes, someone picks it up and does the automatic RCMP check (this is different from RCMP report which they ask some people to do)...

background verifications are conducted by other agencies of the government: RCMP, CSIS, and CBSA. These agencies' timelines are not regulated by CIC and CIC doesn't have control over the speed of their processings. Also note that if the screening of your file is taking longer than usual, it's...

1. E-mail them and request for an extended deadline, like say you want to push it back another month for this reason. 2. No, they mean your accompanying family members who want to immigrate.

if I were your friend I wouldn't cross the border without a valid us visa (or a visa exempt passport)

-I believe that I do understand what "misrepresentation" means; therefore, I maintain my position on this, as stated in my previous comment. -I appreciate your respect for someone who's been helpful to you and some others.

I would not advise people to pretend something. Misrepresentation is not the right thing to do.

Call centre agents have access to your immigration file's details if your case is being processed inside Canada.

Note that the Call Centre agents have access to your electronic notes (GCMS), but they decide what information they communicate to you and how they phrase it. I imagine you could ask more specific questions, e.g. "has the eligibility review at CPC started for my case?" etc.

Your fingerprints are digitally obtained through a third party and sent to RCMP. I think you should note that "fingerprints" are not generally considered "documents"; so your question is inherently vague. You should further note that applicants don't send their fingerprints to CPC.

FSW-TQF => TQF= travailleur qualifié fédéral = federal skilled worker and we normally use TBA for "to be announced"

don't freak out! If you haven't done any sort of fraud, there's nothing to be afraid of. I guess the only thing is that it may prolong your application's processing time.

there are two reasons a file may be sent to Program Integrity: either there's confusion or an unclear point in the case, but not solid enough to warrant refusal, or there's a random check during an audit to evaluate the performance of CIC operations.