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CHC London - when will this Big Freeze be over? qorax, seniors please help

Mezo2009

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schwarzeradler said:
Fair Enough, but what I fail to understand is, why did they not resort to decentralization and giving more responsibilities and power to other Consulates in Europe or else where.
I mean, if they knew that LONDON was that burdened and overloaded already, why then did they decide to shift e.g ISLAMABAD to London, and London on the other hand is shifting cases to OTTAWA. The result is Islamabad applicants are frustrated as well as London applicants.
Is it sensible to put more burden (Load) on a Donkey that is already overloaded, hoping that the donkey will get/run faster?
Again, where is the sense in resorting to faster processing for new applications when tons of the same type of applications are sitting in queues.
Enough of the transparency and info on the websites. I personally do not think that what is stated on their portrays the truth though.
Obviously, people get frustrated waiting without knowing what is going on with their applications.
Is being kept in the dark for years the definition of transparency?
Try to put yourself in the shoes of applicants waiting for 3years and more. You will understand what I mean.

Good Luck.
Hello schwarzeradler,

I'm not defending CIC, and do truly believe performane improvements should be there to expedite the process. I strongly believe that there is NO deliberate action against people waiting their app to be processed.

There is always conflict of interests and various needs among major stakeholders and influencing groups with the Canadian business world, federal and provinicial governments and CIC is trying to achieve some balance.

Trust me, I know that waiting is painful, and as it's said, no pain no gain. I've been waiting for almost 14 months with no update since my app was filed. Each case is unique. Factors such as: nationality, places of residences, type of country and effectiveness of its judicial and intelligence systems,... All impacts the duration we have to wait.

Cheers!
 

schwarzeradler

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Mezo2009 said:
Hello schwarzeradler,

I'm not defending CIC, and do truly believe performane improvements should be there to expedite the process. I strongly believe that there is NO deliberate action against people waiting their app to be processed.

There is always conflict of interests and various needs among major stakeholders and influencing groups with the Canadian business world, federal and provinicial governments and CIC is trying to achieve some balance.

Trust me, I know that waiting is painful, and as it's said, no pain no gain. I've been waiting for almost 14 months with no update since my app was filed. Each case is unique. Factors such as: nationality, places of residences, type of country and effectiveness of its judicial and intelligence systems,... All impacts the duration we have to wait.

Cheers!
No Probs Man!!
I strongly believe in the sayings "No situation/condition is permanent and what would be would be"!!!
Take Care.
Cheers!
 

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Hello
I read Indian applicant forum, they are very organize and have well informed about CHC Delhi.
Pakistani applicant waits from some 2004 and all 2005
One important news share, embassies staff very capable and well trained, Government of Canada issue order all applicant process with two months they will process.
Canadian economy depends on America. American economy is down so that indirect impact on immigration process.
If you see previous history CHC Pakistan cases process.

Year of Applicant Cases finalize
2001 2005
2002 2006
2003 2007
2004 2008-9-10-11 (all situation you knowledge)
2005
2006
2007
2008 (new policy start)

I am March 2005 applicant and see every years CHC history.

Hamayun 0333-5319071
 

schwarzeradler

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hamayun said:
Hello
I read Indian applicant forum, they are very organize and have well informed about CHC Delhi.
Pakistani applicant waits from some 2004 and all 2005
One important news share, embassies staff very capable and well trained, Government of Canada issue order all applicant process with two months they will process.
Canadian economy depends on America. American economy is down so that indirect impact on immigration process.
If you see previous history CHC Pakistan cases process.

Year of Applicant Cases finalize
2001 2005
2002 2006
2003 2007
2004 2008-9-10-11 (all situation you knowledge)
2005
2006
2007
2008 (new policy start)

I am March 2005 applicant and see every years CHC history.

Hamayun 0333-5319071
Sorry Mate, but What are you trying to say?
 

amay

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Hi Friends,

It appears that the Big Freeze is getting over. This week 6 applicants got their status change to "in process"!! This is very positive.

Wishing good luck to all of us!

Regards,
amay
 

schwarzeradler

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amay said:
Hi Friends,

It appears that the Big Freeze is getting over. This week 6 applicants got their status change to "in process"!! This is very positive.

Wishing good luck to all of us!

Regards,
amay
What a great achievement, 6 Applicants, wow.!!!
 

elmo_25

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amay said:
Hi Friends,

It appears that the Big Freeze is getting over. This week 6 applicants got their status change to "in process"!! This is very positive.

Wishing good luck to all of us!

Regards,
amay
Great update, who are the lucky applicants?
 

Mezo2009

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schwarzeradler said:
What a great achievement, 6 Applicants, wow.!!!
Well schwarzeradler, seeing how slow is London VO, I would even consider half that number to move into IP is really promising and relaxing.

A thing is better than nothing!!
 

amay

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elmo_25 said:
Great update, who are the lucky applicants?
Hi elmo_25,

The names of the people are
On this forum --
pooja82
Jakram
LazyMan
Cheeta 37
kaashif

On britishexpats --
Mac2

Regards,
amay
 

elmo_25

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amay said:
Hi elmo_25,

The names of the people are
On this forum --
pooja82
Jakram
LazyMan
Cheeta 37
kaashif

On britishexpats --
Mac2

Regards,
amay
Tnx, my 2nd AOR was on July 2010, I hope there will be more that will change to IP and I am one of them and hopely to MR asap...
 

peacefull

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amay said:
Hi Friends,

I know there have been few threads on similar topics and quite a few discussions happening over other threads as well. But I want to start this thread so that we can all focus and analyze the probable cause behind it.

It has been almost 4 months now that CHC-London appears to have applied Big Freeze on Fast Track FSW (post-Feb 2008) applicants.Things slowed down since around last week of September 2010. Since then there have been hardly any status changes on Tuesdays (that used to be regular until then). There were only very few medical requests between then and now. And those who have sent medical requests have been waiting.It appears that there has been an arbitrary freeze applied. I have been following the cases on this forum, trackitt and britishexpats and it appears that the FSW applicants at CHC-London, who have sent documents after the first week of March-2010, have not heard of any change since Oct-2010. There have been neither RBVO to in-process change nor any further medical requests. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

It is very hard to believe that CHC-London did not work on our applications during this period. That certainly was not the case. It is obviously a policy decision to hold our cases for some time.

There was hope that it was happening because from Oct-2010 on it was the last quarter of the year. The new year 2011 has definitely brought cheers for many old applicants (prior to Feb-2008 and some old FSW cases who had sent medical requests) who have received PPR's, which is certainly a good sign. But even after three weeks into the year, we have neither heard anyone getting "in process" nor any further medical requests being made.

We should have heard of some applications making some progress. Why is it the case that we do not at all hear of status changes any longer or medical requests?
At this point it still appears that the Big Freeze is still on at CHC-London.

Guys, any idea when this will be over? We should at least see our cases moving. qorax, seniors or anyone else could you please share your thoughts? Thanks.

Regards,
amay

Relax Guys , Things have started to move

NOC Name Full Doc Ecase/ Date when Ecas Changed from Received VO to In Process
0111 Cheeta37 26-10-09 IP 25-01-11
0213 Jakram 01-01-10 IP 26-01-11
Im01yj 28-01-10 IP 26-01-11
0111 Kaashif 17-03-10 IP 26-01-11
4121 LM 13-06-10 IP 25-01-11


Good luck and chill out
 

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Mezo2009 said:
Folks,

Nice opinions and provocative thinking.

No matter if each of you is correct or wrong, the whole issue could be simple, London VO is in charge of almost 22 countries/regions, which is the largest among other VOs and this gives them the larger chunk of the load. It is this simple.

One more thing we have to realize that Canada and its immigration system is transparent and open to public. At CIC websites, there is huge wealth of information that can be used to truly reflect on the performance of CIC VO's. Even if there's a decision to slow down applications, such decision will be made public. Let's not get our mind twisted because of the twisted governmental practices we face in our countries and governments.

Be positive and patient.

Cheers!
Very impressive. Then did you get that information / updated policy of "SLOWING DOWN" the FAST TRACK Applications. Please share when you get it somewhere, so that we may also start thinking POSITIVELY...
Regards
 

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And in the month of April 2011 there are about 6 of us who are "London VO" thread forum members got PPR"s.

amay said:
Hi Friends,

It appears that the Big Freeze is getting over. This week 6 applicants got their status change to "in process"!! This is very positive.

Wishing good luck to all of us!

Regards,
amay
 

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And in the month of April 2011 there are about 6 of us who are "London VO" thread forum members got PPR"s.
Great news... the big freeze started melting again hopefully.