Thank you Canady for your wishes
.. I hope you can arrange ALL the documents and send them in time
..
So, yes, I've been telling this for quite sometime out here..
The VO does a quick go through of the documentation in our file, once it reaches the VO. This is assumed to be their 'Eligibility Review' as far as our group is concerned. . We have not heard anyone being questioned or further documentation at this stage from any VO yet. So, we assume, this is just a 67 points/Factors check, which we have all passed through @ the CIO.
Once it passes through this stage, they put the application into processing queue, an indication of which our ECAS reads 'In Process', with an additional line inside to read 'We REVIEWED your application and we started processing on XXXX'. There are still some bugs with the ECAS and so, it might not be 100% reliable :-[.
It's here they do the documentation genuineness check, overall background checks regarding the info we have provided in the application and it's here they ask for more documentation/call employers/applicants etc.,
So far, all our records indicate that an applicant will receive medicals only after these checks are over. They only do this for a few % of applications and that explains why some people get medicals earlier than the others after the AOR or RBVO status.
So, once they are satisfied with the documentation part, they send out the medicals/RPRF/PCC requests
.. ND also sends out PPR with the same requests. They initiate the security and criminality checks right after they send the medicals out. This usually takes 30 days time, and the whole check is outsourced.
So, by the time they receive the medicals and PCCs, they expect the security checks to get over very soon. I guess, they en cash our RPRF only after ALL checks are complete.
The next step is the most important for us
.. Stamping the passports
Thanks,
Indira Prabhakaran.