Courier received, what next??

[spyder2011]

Hi Friends,

I just couriered my documents to CIO last week and i got notification from DHL that it is handed over to Person name MIKE. Have any body's documents received by same person?

What will happen next? How will I know that it has landed to the correct person/office? I have marked address and NOC codes perfectly as per the instruction guide.

Please help.

Thanks,
S

 

[spyder2011]

Another thing I want to share from my experience is, if you are sending courier from India then Prefer Fedex over DHL, My DHL experience was little bad.

 

[spyder2011]

I just couriered my documents to CIO last week and i got notification from DHL that it is handed over to Person name MIKE. Have any body's documents received by same person?

What will happen next? How will I know that it has landed to the correct person/office? I have marked address and NOC codes perfectly as per the instruction guide.

 

[Thalia]

Mine was also received by Mike 10 days ago. I also sent the application from Greece using DHL and I was not much satisfied. They delayed to deliver it. It seems to get stuck somehow in Halifax, 300klm away from Sydney.
Next thing to do is wait. If you paid using credit card then if they process your application you will see your card being charged. Otherwise you will have to wait for a reply from the CIC. Probably through mail but I don't know if they also notify with an e-mail.

 

[spyder2011]

Thanks Thalia, +1 for you!

My courier was also stuck for sometime at Halifax. I have given my credit card so just lets wait and see. Will keep you posted about the progress. I hope our applications processes fast 8)

 

[Thalia]

Well and some good news!

I called my bank today and asked them to try and see what happened with the bank draft. They just notified me that it has been cashed out on the 4th of April. So it took the CIC one week. They received the app with DHL on Monday the 28th and processed/cashed out the cheque one week after, on Monday the 4th.
So you will know soon with yours
Good luck

 

[hiteshdand]

Hi Friends,

I just couriered my documents to CIO last week and i got notification from DHL that it is handed over to Person name MIKE. Have any body's documents received by same person?

What will happen next? How will I know that it has landed to the correct person/office? I have marked address and NOC codes perfectly as per the instruction guide.

Please help.

Thanks,
S

now relax for 1 year

 

[doctorahmed]

hi every body
wish for all the best of luck
can any body tell me how long it will take to receive my file number ,, i sent my file in february 2011 and it was received on 26/feb/2011,,time between the receive of the file and issuing the file number?

 

[doctorahmed]

hi every body
wish for all the best of luck
can any body tell me how long it will take to receive my file number ,, i sent my file in february 2011 and it was received on 26/feb/2011,,time between the receive of the file and issuing the file number?
another question :they will give file number once they cashed out the money from my credit card or there will be delay between taking the money and giving the file number?

 

[basmalahh]

When you send your application it passes by several phases..
1st phase: Completeness phase:
The CIO officer checks that your application is complete & that all the required documents have been supplied.
They then encash your Credit card or Bank cheque.
(so if your payment got encashed, that would mean that you passed the first phase, where you application was found complete.. & that's usually done in a week's time, sometimes it took 3 weeks, though not common.
If your application was found complete & your cheque got en-cashed they start eligibility review in CIO.
If unfortunately the application was found incomplete they do not encash the cheque & they resend the application back by regular mail which takes from 1-3 months to reach the applicant

2nd phase: CIO eligibility review phase:
The CIO officer checks your papers & ensures that your NOC follows the ministral rules. He also counts your points.. & makes sure that ALL papers follow the eligibility criteria, with the IELTS and all..
If the officer finds your application eligible & everything is fine, he gives you a positive eligibility review (PER) & transfers your application to your relevant Visa Office, then sends an email if the applicant supplied an email in his application (in which there is your file number & client number) to inform you of that.
If unfortunately the application was found not eligible (NER) for processing (e.g. not enough work experience, not enough points) they send an email by that informing the applicant.
That usually occurs 30-120 days from the day you submitted your application.

In this phase, & after you recieve a file number/client number, you can start checking your ecase status (online application status) from the following link
https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/?app=ecas&lang=en

3rd phase: The VO: (differs a bit from one visa office to the other, but the following is in short)
2nd AORs sent (by email or mail according to VO),
Another fast eligibility review is being done, background & security checks. Medical Request, Police certificate request, Request for Permanent Residence fee & Passport requests (by mail).
If unfortunately anything is missing, they will contact you (probably by email, sometimes by phone calls)
Ends by issuing the visa soon inshAllah (by god's will)

You can follow the post 26 June applicants time-lines through this spreadsheet
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AiJy8Qu8lcQbdGxiSnNhME5sVi1uRlZtUWNhOEFwemc&hl=ar&authkey=CLDXsFA#gid=

This website is from one of our forum members (Wayne), a good one, you can have more information from it as well..
http://get2canada.wordpress.com/

another sweet blog from another forum colleague (Indira):
http://indiraprabhakaran.com/blog/

best wishes,
basmalahh

 

[doctorahmed]

thank you very much basmalah
great data
could u tell me how long it will take i mean the processing time till i got the visa ,,i am egyptian
thanks again for your help

 

[basmalahh]

Well Dr. Ahmad that's a hard question to answer, because till now, only few Post June applicants received their visas (3 that we know of) & they're all from New Delhi VO. None have we heard from Cairo VO nor any other VO yet.

CIO official website doesn't mention a time frame for issuing the visas for the Post June applicants (they still do not know such info). Nevertheless, their target is to finalize the applications in less than 12 months.

On the other hand, several Cairo VO applicants from months July, August & September have been sent their medical requests. In one of the cases, the applicant was even told that the VO would be ready to finalize his Visa as soon as he is done with his medicals.. I would guess that means another 2-3 months most for them to receive their visas, but that does not depend on factual information, just mere guessing.

I hope that helped,
best wishes,
basmalahh

 

[spyder2011]

+1 for you basmalahh.

I just checked my credit card and 1100$ are charged on 8th April.

Thalia, nice to hear that your bank draft is also cleared.

Regards,
-s

 

[shaafqatz]

Can we check with the bank whether the draft has been cashed or not?

 

[Thalia]

Congratz spyder 2011!!!

We are on the same time frame more or less...
Let's see if all is a matter of VO, when it comes to processing times and what the difference will be. I am at Rome's VO, but I don't know anything about them.

@Saafqatz. Yes, you can ask your bank to check it. Don't know if it's a common request for them or if all banks would accept to check for you. Just insist that it's very important to get this info NOW. I contacted my local branch, gave them the draft's number, amount etc. Then they contacted the bank's headquarters and got the information I wanted.