@dpenabill ,
Ok, I concede on the
mechanical checking aspect of applications. In that case, the Original Poster
@YANDC said that he
Submitted his Graduate Bachelor Degree and the transcript which are both in English language, along with an additional letter explicitly mentioning medium of instruction as English.
What could be incomplete here because the reason given for rejection is the lack of submission of the proof of English language proficiency.
As I have repeated, I do not follow the particular details regarding documents which meet or fail to meet IRCC standards for proof of language.
And as I previously noted:
. . . for the OP it is difficult to identify what in particular the problem is. BUT whatever the problem is, it is fairly likely it has to do with the content or quality of the documents submitted, perhaps some more or less technical detail. After all, just because a piece of paper is titled "Diploma" (or such) does not, in itself, mean a whole lot.
Additionally, just because the paper displays the name of an educational institution does not necessarily mean it is a recognized institution. I believe someone else responding to the OP raised a question about verification the entity issuing the documentation meets IRCC standards.
And of course that does raise the question about how a prospective applicant would know with confidence that his or her diploma or transcript will meet IRCC standards. I do not know the answer to this.
Or, as I also noted, for the OP there could have simply been a mistake by the IRCC processing agent. Happens. Unfortunately. Not often I hope.
Compare Normal Times:
By the way, in normal times there is far less suspense. Almost all applications submitted around the same time get AOR around the same time. If an applicant sees forum reporting that others applied the same time as she did are getting AOR, and especially if there are a significant number who submitted applications later than that who are reporting AOR, in normal times that is a strong signal something was off with the application and there is a strong probability the application is on its way back to the applicant, as incomplete.
If the application gets AOR status, that means it passed the completeness screening. It could run into other problems later, but AOR means the application has been accepted as complete and will be processed.
Things are turned around some now. From what I have seen in the forum anecdotal reporting, it appears that incomplete applications are being returned sooner than AOR is being issued. And there appears to be a large block of applications submitted between February and late April, perhaps into May, for which many applicants still have no indication of AOR. But more recently submitted applications which fail the completeness screening are being returned.
So right now, this year, in the current situation, it is more difficult to sort out and identify what is happening, let alone why.
A further observation:
To the extent I have commented, soon after the shutdown began I tended to suggest NOT rushing to apply now, that this was a good time to WAIT longer to apply. To sit things out for a bit to see how things were going to go.
IRCC is a bureaucracy, a big bureaucracy (at least by Canadian standards). Bureaucracies tend to have trouble whenever things wander even a little bit outside the normal lanes. Bureaucracies do not handle complications well. And this is a gross understatement, whereas Covid-19 in contrast has done far more than just introduce some complications. This is largely uncharted territory for a bureaucracy like IRCC.
So a lot of those who have ventured forth to apply since March this year have chosen to sail into these uncharted waters. We are likely to see more than a few twists and turns in how things go.
Of course those who applied in the months just before March had little or no warning things were likely to get, well, so complicated.
In any event, there will undoubtedly be many waiting to see how things turn out for them, and waiting longer than most have had to wait for many years. Things are likely to be, let's say, "
interesting" for awhile, probably a long while.