While I agree and empathize, this is exactly what governments across the world offer as 'customer service' - they care two hoots about us.Cappuccino said:I agree the main frustration here is how little information CIC is giving. Owing to the vast length of time some people in the past have had to wait for Permanent Resident Visas (many years) and some are still awaiting, I think most of us would accept a delay - even an 8 month delay - if CIC gave us valid reasons for introducing such a delay, and informed of us exactly how this new process is going to work.
If the case is that MOST of the grunt work for processing is going to be done by CIC now, then the knock-on effect of this is that very little work will need to be done by the visa office. So this means that although things take longer at CIC that may be balanced out by a shorter process at visa office.
But the fact that CIC are not communicating WHY we should expect such a long anticipated delay is what is most annoying. It could conceivably be 8 months before some people (those who cannot tell when their bank draft is encashed) even know if CIC received their application!
Such poor communication is IMO unacceptable.
Wayne.
Stepping back, how on earth will apps be processed faster if it is all FIFO? As a comparative analogy - when US started a new labor process effective mid-05, the time it took for the new process shrunk from 2-3 years to 6 months. This gave many a lease of fresh life because clearing certain stages meant certain privileges. However, since they still retain their position in the line, the receipt of the actual permanent residence would still follow the FIFO
If you rewind 3 years further into 2002 - the same thing happened. The labor pre-2002 was moved to a backlog reduction program, and post 2002 was taken up with priority.