I am using one of the most well-known, if not the most well-known immigration lawyers to help me with my application. I have a fairly straightforward application, I am already in Canada and got married this year. I decided to go the outland route as I wanted the option to be able to leave and come back as I travel for work. They said they submitted my outland PR application to the case processing center in Sydney, Nova Scotia and had been received on the 12th of November 2020.
I did not hear anything from them for months so in early March I emailed the immigration lawyers asking for an update, they replied saying that just that day they received my case file back from the Case processing centre in Sydney citing the application has been allegedly submitted to the incorrect visa office, they said that however the Outland stream was indeed processed in Sydney and they asserted that this was returned in error and they would contest the return. They asked me to resign the documents and resubmit which I duly did.
I don't understand however how someone who works processing Outland applications would return such an application in error. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Did my immigration lawyer just forget to send the application and is now trying to cover up and is misleading me? Any insight would be greatly appreceiated.
