CIC: New cut in budgets

[Smsm81]

CIC planning to make a sharp cut in its budgets... I guess this will bring more slower processing times.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/rpp/2013-2014/#a2.2

 

[ajhatti]

Looking at the number of applications pending with them, to avoid emotional turmoil CIC should scale up. And not scale down.

 

[gsize]

I guess it's time for me to give up and go back home so I can get a job and work. I'll leave behind my wife and daughter in Canada (both are Canadian) and I'll head back to America. At least the American immigration times are shorter and $600 cheaper so I can sponsor my wife. I was told Inland would take 6 months when we applied in Feb 2014. It's over doubled now. They'd be happier on the beaches of the Southern US or California anyway. At least my income taxes would be cheaper in America.



I don't even want my immigration money back. They can keep it, which they probably would anyway.

and my simple application ended up taking 5 years.

 

[rhcohen2014]

I guess it's time for me to give up and go back home so I can get a job and work. I'll leave behind my wife and daughter in Canada (both are Canadian) and I'll head back to America. At least the American immigration times are shorter and $600 cheaper so I can sponsor my wife. I was told Inland would take 6 months when we applied in Feb 2014. It's over doubled now. They'd be happier on the beaches of the Southern US or California anyway. At least my income taxes would be cheaper in America.



I don't even want my immigration money back. They can keep it, which they probably would anyway.

um good luck with that. obviously you need to do a LITTLE bit more research on applying for a green card in the US. come back in a year's time and let us know how that is going for you. not surprising, you are getting wrong information considering you thought it would be a good idea for a US citizen who is VISA EXEMPT to apply inland, when that is not who the inland process is intended for.

too bad you didn't apply outland, as it is recommended to do. you would have been approved and landed by now assuming your case is straightforward. Stop blaming CIC for being misinformed. it is not their fault you tried to skirt the system by getting approved quicker because you were told "inland takes 6 mo", which is less than the "average" processing for outland applicants at that time. i suspect they would have told you upfront it's a bad idea to apply inland as a US applicant.

if you think your life would be so much better back in the US, and will easily be able to settle into a fantastic life with 1 or no income, then go for it. obviously, being in canada isn't working for you anymore.

 

[rhcohen2014]

My new baby needs food, diapers, and shelter. So to afford a place for me to stay in the US and pay rent/food/clothing for my wife and baby I need to go back to the US and ask for my old job back since the 1 year gap is almost up. Sad I'm leaving my daughter but it is a sacrifice I must make to keep her and her mom fed, bathed, clothed, sheltered.

then it's probably your best bet to apply OUTLAND when you are in the US, since it's currently taking 3-7 months for outland us applicants to get approved. if you do this, you'll probably be able to move back with your family in canada within a year's time. trying to get your wife approved for the us will take a lot longer and a lot more money. first, from what i understand, you need to be APPROVED just to be able to APPLY, and there IS an income requirement.

i would not recommend using an attorney, as it's not needed for an outland application. from your own experience, you know they do not know what's really up when it comes to applying for pr. quite frankly, for straightforward cases, attorneys and consultants are nothing more than a spare set of eyes to double check your work.