Hey everyone,
I notice some of us get the medical request letter quickly after the successful appeal (even as short as 1 month). I have been waiting for 4 months and others have been waiting even longer.
I spoke with a lady at the IAD and she told me those applications that get a quick response are being processed in Canada. Those with longer response times are cases that are sent to the visa offices. She said the file is often waiting in Ottawa until someone can get to it. She said files are usually processed according to file number. So, if your application was started in 2013 and mine was started in 2014 then your's would be handled before mine.
She said that files handled at the visa offices outside Canada have an additional delay. There is a communication issue between Ottawa and the visa office. So, it is possible that earlier cases are actually handled later than more recent cases because of workloads at the visa offices.
My question ... can anyone support the IAD lady's opinion? For those of you who got a medical request quickly ... did your application start a long time ago?