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e-cas does not get updated by local offices . DURING THE VARIOUS PROCESSES OF CASE PROCESSING WHEN YOUR PROFILE HITS A TARGET LEVEL OF PROCESSING AUTOMATICALLY A GENERIC MSG GETS DISPLAYED TO YOUR E-CAS .
Lets see for an example - how this works.
Mr.x applied for citizenship as a new applicant
0.1 he sends application to cic on 18th august .
0.2 cpc gets application on 22 august
0.3 cpc shots application in a temporary archive for month may be two
0.4 cpc sort application out and opens it for ottawa centre offices or division
0.5 cpc officer 1 who works in CPC for ottawa cic reads application and go thru all documents and see if this application is done right or done wrong .
0.6 cpc officer 2 accepts the application as legit and done correctly also completes additional check for your application -back ground / RCMP/CBSA etc etc ..
0.7 CPC considers this application as a process-able application and declares this as a routine( simple, single guy who never left canada with all taxes paid and not even had a trafic ticket ) or non routine application ( family who has been in and out of country with more then one marriage/devorces and husband with criminal background or doubtful documents - non matching physical presence but low income and etc etc )
0.8 CPC also completes all require things in extreme cases ( sending RQ or fingerprints looking for additional documents from applicants for ottawa cic
0.9 application gets forwarded to ottawa .. this automatically activates an additional portal for applicant to see their updates online from outside world
ALL SATISFACTORY APPLICATIONS WHICH GOES THROUGH ALL THESE STEPS MAY BE LESS STEPS (SOME TIMES ) PASSES LEVEL 1 AND GENERIC MSG ( in this case 1. and 2.and 3. GETS DISPLAYED TO YOUR E-CAS by application system for you to see .
1.We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on August 22, 2013.
2.We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s), and a study book called Discover Canada on August 22, 2013. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
3.We started processing your application on November 21, 2013.
3.1 cic officer 3 accepts the application as legit and done correctly and under a reasonable time frame also completes additional check for your application -back ground / RCMP/CBSA etc etc ..
3.2 cic ottawa creates two streams of processes ROUTINE AND NON-ROUTINE application gets selected for routine
3.3 CIC also completes all require things in extreme cases ( non routine) one more time ( sending RQ or fingerprints looking for additional documents from applicants for ottawa cic .
3.4 when all these steps are completed ottawa sends a letter to appear for test and quick interview .this completes LEVEL 2 FOR APPLICANT.
SYSTEM TRIGGERS AN AUTOMATIC UPDATE IN E-CAS ABOUT THIS .BECAUSE CIC WANTS APPLICANTS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND APPLICANTS INTERACTION IS REQUIRED .STATUS 4 GETS DISPLAYED
4.We sent you a notice on March 18, 2014 to appear and write the citizenship test on April 3, 2014 at 1:30 PM. The notice you will receive by mail will be your official confirmation of your appointment. If you have not received this notice prior to the date of your scheduled appointment, please contact us.
IN SHORT ...there ain't no body a single computer programmer does this every weekend sippinG timmis from his home .. OFFICERS WHO TOUCHED YOUR APPLICATION COMPLETES CERTAIN THINGS TRIGGERING RESPONSES THAT YOU SEE ON E-CAS AND STEP BY STEP FINISHES ALL THE LEVEL OF THIS GAME ..
HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE
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