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Houra

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Feb 5, 2013
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kaziahmmed said:
Thanks Govind and Anjuku. I feel really broke after reading Houra's reply on my comment. Its fasting month for us and I was just came back from my off campus work (worked 10 hrs with fasting) and opened the forum :), Its really doesn't matter, most importantly all of us r going through with tons of stresses in past days in similar fashion and we can feel for each other, in fact we should. :). Have a good weekend guys.
Kaziahmmed, I didn't mean to hurt you at all! I was just trying to defend some people who are new to this forum after having a bad application experience and might get offended by seeing your first post. I agree that you do have a point, and your follow-up post explained things better.

My point is: in none of the other PR streams are people seeing these kind of mysterious and unfair rejections and picky officers that don't accept the wordings of a letter... Never have I seen other people desperately manufacture the wording of their letters so many times while keeping the same content. In other streams, as long as your documents are nice and complete, you just have to wait a certain amount of time to get your application through. In our stream however, you need to pray and keep your fingers crossed to be lucky and don't get one of those weird unpredictable rejections! That's why people in this stream aren't necessarily anxious about their application right until they get rejected and then they come and find our forum!

Thanks again everyone for contributing to this forum :) And Happy Ramadan to everyone who is fasting this month :)
 

aidina

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Nov 21, 2012
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Guys, how long did it take for you to see the " Medical test results received" line in you E-cas after you underwent your e-medical?
 

asbereth

Hero Member
Feb 17, 2012
866
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
NOC Code......
4012
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-02-2012<br>PR Fee Charged: 05-03-2012<br>PER Received..: 21-03-2012
Doc's Request.
26-02-2013<br>In process.....: 21-03-2013
Med's Request
22-03-2013
Med's Done....
26-03-2013 <br>Med's Received: 15-04-2013 <br>Decision Made: 15-04-2013
Passport Req..
16-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
29-04-2013 <br>COPR ISSUED..: 15-05-2013<br>VISA RECEIVED: 16-05-2013
LANDED..........
16-05-2013
aidina said:
Guys, how long did it take for you to see the " Medical test results received" line in you E-cas after you underwent your e-medical?
I saw the third and the fourth lines at the same time, April 15 00:01 AM (or midnight). I did my medical on March 26, so it was only a little less than three weeks. My medical was approved (according to my GCMS notes) on April 12.

Despite the week that I did my medical being an Easter weekend, it still took my doctor less than a week to complete the report and send it to Ottawa (electronically of course). anjuku also went to the same doctor, and she got her medical approved really fast as well (18 days from MR to PPR) :) Dr. Daniel Garrett of Kitchener apparently is super efficient ;D

Houra said:
My point is: in none of the other PR streams are people seeing these kind of mysterious and unfair rejections and picky officers that don't accept the wordings of a letter... Never have I seen other people desperately manufacture the wording of their letters so many times while keeping the same content. In other streams, as long as your documents are nice and complete, you just have to wait a certain amount of time to get your application through. In our stream however, you need to pray and keep your fingers crossed to be lucky and don't get one of those weird unpredictable rejections! That's why people in this stream aren't necessarily anxious about their application right until they get rejected and then they come and find our forum!

Thanks again everyone for contributing to this forum :) And Happy Ramadan to everyone who is fasting this month :)
A lot of people actually did get rejected due to the same reasons. Some members here applied using work experience from their home countries, and they were rejected for not matching the lead statement and main duties as well. If you visit some other forums, you'll notice that rejections due to job description mismatch are actually pretty common.

Obviously none of the applicants from other streams reverse-engineer better than the PhD stream applicants, thus, they never really came up with the conclusion that officers must consider updated reference letters sent between the date of application submission and the date of assessment (which was stated in OP6B). But then again, the reason why updated reference letters are much more readily available for us is because most of us are currently still students, and can easily request modified letters :) If you worked for some company some 5 or 6 years ago, it wouldn't be as simple to get updated letters of reference.

Anyway, happy Ramadhan and stay healthy for those who are fasting. I hope you guys are coping well with the never-ending daylight of Canadian summer :)
 

Sthind

Full Member
Jun 4, 2012
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4012 and 4021
Job Offer........
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App. Filed.......
Oct 15, 2013
Doc's Request.
July 25 2014
Med's Request
July 25 2014
Med's Done....
Aug 11 2014
Passport Req..
Aug. 22 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Sep 19 2014
LANDED..........
Sep 23 2014
Hey guys,

Its like more than one month for some people who applied in this June and their CC/BD are still not encashed. Why this delay ? Is this due to strike or what ?
Thanks
 

asbereth

Hero Member
Feb 17, 2012
866
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-Ottawa
NOC Code......
4012
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-02-2012<br>PR Fee Charged: 05-03-2012<br>PER Received..: 21-03-2012
Doc's Request.
26-02-2013<br>In process.....: 21-03-2013
Med's Request
22-03-2013
Med's Done....
26-03-2013 <br>Med's Received: 15-04-2013 <br>Decision Made: 15-04-2013
Passport Req..
16-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
29-04-2013 <br>COPR ISSUED..: 15-05-2013<br>VISA RECEIVED: 16-05-2013
LANDED..........
16-05-2013
Sthind said:
Hey guys,

Its like more than one month for some people who applied in this June and their CC/BD are still not encashed. Why this delay ? Is this due to strike or what ?
Thanks
They have only started giving out PER for those who applied up to May 13 or 14. I don't think it's necessarily the strike. These officers must not be that familiar enough with the new point system.
 

kaziahmmed

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Mar 26, 2012
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CPP-O
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4012 and 2142
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20th June, 2012
Doc's Request.
17th January, 2013
Nomination.....
3rd August, 2012
IELTS Request
Sent with application
TRT_Flynn said:
Guys, just noticed that our mail tracking no was activated last week. Now it is in the local facility. :D
Congrats TRT_Flynn finally your dreams come true :). Wishing all the best with landing and please stay with us.
 

beh467

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May 2, 2012
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aidina said:
Guys, how long did it take for you to see the " Medical test results received" line in you E-cas after you underwent your e-medical?
For me it took almost three weeks to see the Medical test results received.
 

Sthind

Full Member
Jun 4, 2012
40
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NOC Code......
4012 and 4021
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 15, 2013
Doc's Request.
July 25 2014
Med's Request
July 25 2014
Med's Done....
Aug 11 2014
Passport Req..
Aug. 22 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Sep 19 2014
LANDED..........
Sep 23 2014
asbereth said:
They have only started giving out PER for those who applied up to May 13 or 14. I don't think it's necessarily the strike. These officers must not be that familiar enough with the new point system.
Yeah that could be the reason for the delay. I was just wondering as I can see before people were getting their money encashed in one week and PER in one month
 

TRT_Flynn

Star Member
Jun 7, 2012
71
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Just got passport. I am planning to do the landing in Niagara this week and will share the experience here later on. Guys, wish you all best! I will stay with forum and try to help as much as I can.
 

anjuku

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Mar 6, 2012
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Buffalo (now transferred to Ottawa)
NOC Code......
4011 and 4012
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-04-2012
Doc's Request.
16-05-2013
Nomination.....
25-04-2012 (PER)
IELTS Request
SENT WITH APPLICATION (OVERALL BAND SCORE 8.5)
Med's Request
17-05-2013
Med's Done....
23-05-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
04-06-2013; Passports sent in on 22-06- 2013; Passports received by ottawa on 25-06-2013
VISA ISSUED...
visas received on July 9, 2013
LANDED..........
July 10, 2013
TRT_Flynn said:
Just got passport. I am planning to do the landing in Niagara this week and will share the experience here later on. Guys, wish you all best! I will stay with forum and try to help as much as I can.
Congrats!!...
 

TRT_Flynn

Star Member
Jun 7, 2012
71
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kaziahmmed said:
Congrats TRT_Flynn finally your dreams come true :). Wishing all the best with landing and please stay with us.
Thanks, kaziahmmed! Wish you all best for your following immigartion process.