Hi
farhaniqbal said:
A friend of mine has applied from Pakistan under FSW NOC 4121 in November 2009 (fast track) and has got his AOR from Sydney on 21st January 2010. Now he is moving to UK with his family for his studies on student visa. What should he do, submit his full documents to CHC islamabad and then request them change of visa office to London at a later stage, or should he request them to change his visa office before submitting the full documents.
Please reply, its urgent, he is flying to UK tomorrow, so he will be submitting the full documents to CHC Islamabad in a day or so.
They won't change his processing office and he use London because he hasn't been admitted there for a year.
Read.
File transfers
There is an existing file transfer policy. Please review OP 1, sections 5.19 (PDF format) and 5.20 (PDF format).
Visa offices may transfer files at any stage for reasons of program integrity.
Program integrity includes issues such as ability to effectively evaluate documents: knowledge of local security and criminality environments; or familiarity with business practices and procedures. Other factors may be taken into account when evaluating the impact of a file transfer on program integrity.
The issues and factors connected with program integrity are not necessarily the same at all stages of application handling. At the final determination of eligibility stage, visa officers may be more inclined to make a negative determination of eligibility in the absence of sufficient evidence of eligibility. Transferring a file to another visa office for a final determination should be the exception rather than the rule.
After a positive final determination of eligibility, more is at stake for both the applicant and program integrity. The applicant is no longer eligible for a fee refund. If program integrity is compromised, a visa might be issued or refused contrary to program requirements. Consequently, greater latitude to transfer files for reasons of program integrity is desirable once an application is in process.
Visa offices are not required to transfer files for any other reasons. Such reasons include cases of applicants who comply with subsection R11(1) for the specified visa office, at the time the application is received at the CIO, but subsequently leave the territory of the specified visa office. In these cases, the original visa office should proceed with a final determination of eligibility and process the application if eligible. The visa office should not transfer the file to another visa office unless the transfer is warranted for program integrity reasons. Leaving a visa office’s territory alone does not warrant a file transfer. In this case, if an applicant requests a file transfer, the visa office should inform them that the application will not be transferred and that they are required to submit a complete application to the visa office originally specified within the 120 day deadline allotted by the CIO.
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