When one has to wait for indefinite period of time, it is natural for him to search for anything or everything, which would show some light at the end of the tunnel. Being in this boat, I was browsing the immigration site and came across an interesting Audit Report on SGVO. Some of these information will probably clearly indicate why SGVO is little slow and mean (to an extent) in processing our cases. Excerpt goes as following (valid as of 2010):
SVGO had 36 Full Time Equivalent Staffs in 2010 as fol:
Eight Canada-based officers (including one migration integrity officer and two medical officers [MOFs])
Four locally engaged program (LEP) officers
24 locally engaged staff
" The mission's current target for 2010 is 8,465 permanent residents, which is approximately 4% of the overseas total. As per the mission's 2010–2011 International Region Immigration Management Plan, the majority of its permanent resident movement comes from two of the countries in its territory (Bangladesh and Vietnam). It has also become one of the largest refugee processing missions in the world. In 2009, the mission issued 1,933 permanent resident visas under its refugee movement, which was about 13% of the total for all missions for that time frame."
" The mission has operated under the assumption that Bangladesh would be upgraded to a FSC and that this would result in the transfer of resources from Singapore to Dhaka. However, this plan was cancelled and is unlikely to be revived in the near future.
While the Republic of Singapore regularly ranks as one of the most transparent nations in the world, the rest of the territory the mission covers is far less transparent, with some areas being viewed as the worst in the world by media monitoring organizations; Fraud is prevalent in parts of the Region and includes the submission of genuine documents (including identity documents and passports) that have been fraudulently obtained; and Some of the countries in the Region remain fragile as a result of internal political pressures that may become push factors for those populations."
You can read full report at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/audit/singapore.asp .
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