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Application estimated processing time increased to 15 months

c2h5oh

Hero Member
Apr 28, 2014
341
15
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-06-2014
Doc's Request.
21-02-2015
AOR Received.
11-08-2014
Med's Request
11-02-2015
Med's Done....
24-02-2015
Passport Req..
visa-exempt
VISA ISSUED...
25-01-2016
LANDED..........
15-02-2016
I have just called CIC and they were unable to provide me with any extra information, because the estimated processing time has not been exceeded.
I responded that it will be 15 months next week.

The answer I got: the current estimated processing time is 15 months. Website will be updated soon.
In case I got a lazy CIC agent I called 2nd time and a different person said the same thing.
 

nuke noodles

Hero Member
Sep 4, 2014
274
5
Category........
NOC Code......
2133
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
CEC filed 09-22-2014
Nomination.....
PNP filed 01-2014, nominated 06-2015. EE-ITA 01-2016
AOR Received.
CEC-AOR 02-04-2015, EE-AOR 02-2016
Med's Done....
EE Medical Passed 02-2016. ECAS MER 03-14-2016.
Passport Req..
PPR 2016-04-06, DM 2016-04-08
VISA ISSUED...
2016-04-12
LANDED..........
2016-05-22
Thanks for these info.
So, 5 months for AOR and 15 months for processing, make it 5 + 15 = 20 months. GJ CIC
 

may4ank

Hero Member
Nov 23, 2014
349
15
Canada
Category........
Other
App. Filed.......
18-11-2020
Doc's Request.
N/A
c2h5oh said:
I have just called CIC and they were unable to provide me with any extra information, because the estimated processing time has not been exceeded.
I responded that it will be 15 months next week.

The answer I got: the current estimated processing time is 15 months. Website will be updated soon.
In case I got a lazy CIC agent I called 2nd time and a different person said the same thing.
Too Bad.. who knows... next months it will be 16 months. anyway elections are now on their head.
 

yixiaop26

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Jul 22, 2014
932
6
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
c2h5oh said:
I have just called CIC and they were unable to provide me with any extra information, because the estimated processing time has not been exceeded.
I responded that it will be 15 months next week.

The answer I got: the current estimated processing time is 15 months. Website will be updated soon.
In case I got a lazy CIC agent I called 2nd time and a different person said the same thing.

Did you ask them why ? It hurt us again and again .
 

bbsos

Star Member
Oct 1, 2011
162
4
yixiaop26 said:
Did you ask them why ? It hurt us again and again .
CIC functions like a retarded robot full of mechanical bugs with zero human emotion. It is impossible to have a normal conversation with anyone anytime.
 

Zapf

Star Member
May 28, 2015
111
3
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-08-2014
AOR Received.
13-11-2014
Med's Request
13-01-2016
Med's Done....
27-01-2016
Passport Req..
COPR 28-11-2016
LANDED..........
11-12-2016
Unfortunately, since there is no guaranteed timeframe for processing CEC applications, CIC can change the timeframe to whatever they want, whenever they want. We are completely at the mercy of whether they feel like working on our applications or not. The impression I get is they only seem interested in prioritizing EE. Even BOWP processing times are dragging longer and longer. Not sure if this is due to the upcoming elections or what it is, but they have gotten incredibly slow, even for CIC. A colleague I know who applied under CEC in 2013 said the entire process took only 12 months and her BOWP took only one month! That type of speed for CIC seems like pure fantasy now. :(
 

c2h5oh

Hero Member
Apr 28, 2014
341
15
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-06-2014
Doc's Request.
21-02-2015
AOR Received.
11-08-2014
Med's Request
11-02-2015
Med's Done....
24-02-2015
Passport Req..
visa-exempt
VISA ISSUED...
25-01-2016
LANDED..........
15-02-2016
Welcome to the game called bureaucracy. The first person to actually do something looses.
 

goalkb

Hero Member
Aug 30, 2014
313
17
Visa Office......
Sydney/Ottawa
Med's Done....
End of October
c2h5oh said:
Welcome to the game called bureaucracy. The first person to actually do something looses.
Guys!!! don't spread words, based on agents information, they were inconsistent in giving updates. Rely on data available with us and what is happening. lets see what is going to happen in this month.