Hi Katy,katyspring said:Hi all! Hope everyone is doing fine. My hearty congrats to whoever has recently got good news.
I have a Q; one of our fellow forumers who has completed his Meds on Sep13th,has received today an email from Warsaw asking for the RFRF and the copy of the passports (not the passports themselves). His visa office was originally Damascus and then the file was transferred to Warsaw and is being processed there because of the unrest in Damascus.
Does anyone have some idea on why he has been asked for the copies of the PPs instead of the original PPs?
I have a vague recollection of a Pakistani applicant here whose file was being processed in London. He/she too had been asked for the copies of PPs and if I'm not mistaken he/she had received instructions later to take the original passports to Canadian embassy in Islamabad/Pakistan to get the visa. Does anybody remember the case and the name of the applicant I'm talking about? Did he/she receive the visa?
Your inputs are truly appreciated.
Katy
You're right. The Pakistan applicants get a request for their RPRFs with a copy of their passports first and then receive a second letter asking them to submit their passports at the CHC in Islamabad for the visa stamping. I guess this is now also being applied to the Damascus/ Warsaw VO. I could be wrong but it may have something to do with the recent security issues in Damascus, although I have no idea as to why they would want applicants to get the passports stamped there. I think at this time it may be safer to send the PPs out to Warsaw.
Again, this is all speculation and we won't have any sure answers until we get more details from the VO or from other applicants who are going through this process. All the best, dear friend!