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jamsham12

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Jan 6, 2015
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01/19/2015
AOR Received.
03/16/2015
File Transfer...
04/21/2015
Passport Req..
In Process: 08/06/2015 DM: 10/31/2015
VISA ISSUED...
11/16/2015
LANDED..........
12/30/2015
Ottawa is processing all over the place lol, not necessarily in a particular order as some Dec applicants are getting DM.
 

Mulez

Star Member
Mar 9, 2015
156
5
123
the Netherlands
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept 12 2014
Doc's Request.
Yes, May 22 2015
File Transfer...
Oct 28 2014 SA
Med's Request
upfront
Med's Done....
Sept 4 2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
IP: July 21 DM: July 28 2015
VISA ISSUED...
COPR: August 8 2015
LANDED..........
Landed on August 17th 2015
jamsham12 said:
Ottawa is processing all over the place lol, not necessarily in a particular order as some Dec applicants are getting DM.
Well, Ottawa should work in order of receipt. It is not fair for all the applicants that are still waiting to hear DM. Their are a lot of applicants from August, September, October and November waiting. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for everyone, but for the ones still waiting it breaks my heart.
Come on Ottowa!!!
 

keesio

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May 16, 2012
4,795
396
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-01-2013
Doc's Request.
09-07-2013
AOR Received.
30-01-2013
File Transfer...
11-02-2013
Med's Done....
02-01-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
12-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
15-08-2013
LANDED..........
14-10-2013
Mulez said:
Well, Ottawa should work in order of receipt. It is not fair for all the applicants that are still waiting to hear DM. Their are a lot of applicants from August, September, October and November waiting. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for everyone, but for the ones still waiting it breaks my heart.
Come on Ottowa!!!
They do first assessment of applications in order of receipt. Once the assessment is done, it then goes in to one of several queues depending on red flags and such. If an application is missing some documentation/information, they don't hold up the whole line while they wait for that missing information. They put it aside and take the next one. Depending on what queue your application was based in and if there were any issues with the application, these explain why some people wait longer than others.
 

Evadyrrehs

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Nov 4, 2013
383
25
Moncton NB Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept 24/2014
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
Nov 13/2014
File Transfer...
SA Nov 13/2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 22/2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
None
VISA ISSUED...
DM June 2/2015 and COPR arrived June 10/2015
LANDED..........
June 15/2015 Yay! 8) PR card arrived Sept 3/2015
Mulez said:
Well, Ottawa should work in order of receipt. It is not fair for all the applicants that are still waiting to hear DM. Their are a lot of applicants from August, September, October and November waiting. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for everyone, but for the ones still waiting it breaks my heart.
Come on Ottowa!!!
July and August had forms that updated right after people had sent off their applications and they had to resend new ones, or at least August did I believe?. I'd have to go read back through it all in case I'm off or something, but I do remember that seemed to be what started to slow the timelines down a bit back then.. September has been getting some movement as you know albeit all out of receipt of order, as I should be waiting behind others in line still in our thread and fully agree on that 100%.. The very good news to hold on to is that they are finally moving again where it had seemed like forever all you could hear was silence and see cobwebs forming. Let's hope that many waiting from Aug and Sept will be processed through June, and Oct applicants at the end of June and into July or sooner for all if possible!

EDIT: Exactly keesio! And that makes total sense on how to proceed through a myriad of applications that they have in their workload. If they didn't move ahead most people would be waiting forever due to other applicants mistakes or red flags etc..
 

saria1

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May 22, 2014
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British Columbia
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Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
October 28, 2014
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
January 16, 2015
File Transfer...
January 23, 2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
October 27, 2014
Interview........
None
Passport Req..
None
VISA ISSUED...
June 17, 2015
LANDED..........
June 30, 2015
Mulez said:
Well, Ottawa should work in order of receipt. It is not fair for all the applicants that are still waiting to hear DM. Their are a lot of applicants from August, September, October and November waiting. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for everyone, but for the ones still waiting it breaks my heart.
Come on Ottowa!!!
Well said!

keesio said:
They do first assessment of applications in order of receipt. Once the assessment is done, it then goes in to one of several queues depending on red flags and such. If an application is missing some documentation/information, they don't hold up the whole line while they wait for that missing information. They put it aside and take the next one. Depending on what queue your application was based in and if there were any issues with the application, these explain why some people wait longer than others.
It seems the whole months of Oct and Nov have heard nothing, only one doc request for Oct, send us something. If we're missing something, send a docs request. If we're red flagged and moving onto an interview, dang it lets us know. It seems all us Oct and Nov applicants have some major issues going on since we were completely skipped right over.

I'm frustrated!
 

Mariac819

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Feb 29, 2012
967
43
New York USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 10, 2014
Doc's Request.
May 06, 2015 - they lost my relationship proof and FBI clearance. They will accept copy of FBI, I sent in more relationship proof.
AOR Received.
Oct. 23, 2014 (By Phone)
File Transfer...
Oct. 28, 2014 (SA)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 25, 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
none
VISA ISSUED...
DM - June 23, 2015 COPR June 24, 2015
LANDED..........
July 12, 2015
keesio said:
They do first assessment of applications in order of receipt. Once the assessment is done, it then goes in to one of several queues depending on red flags and such. If an application is missing some documentation/information, they don't hold up the whole line while they wait for that missing information. They put it aside and take the next one. Depending on what queue your application was based in and if there were any issues with the application, these explain why some people wait longer than others.
Or they could just lose 500+ pages of your application and screw you over.. but I am not keeping track or anything :) lol
 

jesmithers

Star Member
Oct 16, 2014
114
4
Ottawa
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-04-2015
AOR Received.
06-05-2015
File Transfer...
12-05-2015
Med's Done....
14-09-2014
Passport Req..
25-06-2015 (DM)
VISA ISSUED...
06-07-2015 (COPR)
LANDED..........
31-08-2015
OntarioBound said:
Mine showed the process starting on May 28th and it already shows DM. Yours must be coming very soon. I think Ottawa has woken up.

That's amazing!! Congrats
 

Amalthea

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May 27, 2014
488
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Vancity
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-09-2014
AOR Received.
12-11-2014
Med's Done....
08-07-2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
waived
VISA ISSUED...
29-05-2015
LANDED..........
18-06-2015
Just had a thought. DM's from January are *flying* in. People are baffled, understandably, many weren't expecting to be approved so fast because people from September, October, November, December etc haven't heard a peep.

Chris Alexander and CIC in general have been getting a lot of heat in the media for their embarrassing shortcomings, like the 62% error rate at Vegreville. Do you think they're trying to process 2015 applications FASTER so that they can report, say, how "quickly" they processed apps in 2015? So that they can make themselves look better?? Politics and all that.. I wouldn't be surprised.
 

Mariac819

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Feb 29, 2012
967
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New York USA
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 10, 2014
Doc's Request.
May 06, 2015 - they lost my relationship proof and FBI clearance. They will accept copy of FBI, I sent in more relationship proof.
AOR Received.
Oct. 23, 2014 (By Phone)
File Transfer...
Oct. 28, 2014 (SA)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 25, 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
none
VISA ISSUED...
DM - June 23, 2015 COPR June 24, 2015
LANDED..........
July 12, 2015
Amalthea said:
Just had a thought. DM's from January are *flying* in. People are baffled, understandably, many weren't expecting to be approved so fast because people from September, October, November, December etc haven't heard a peep.

Chris Alexander and CIC in general have been getting a lot of heat in the media for their embarrassing shortcomings, like the 62% error rate at Vegreville. Do you think they're trying to process 2015 applications FASTER so that they can report, say, how "quickly" they processed apps in 2015? So that they can make themselves look better?? Politics and all that.. I wouldn't be surprised.
One of the many reasons I went to the media!
 

Evadyrrehs

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Nov 4, 2013
383
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Moncton NB Canada
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept 24/2014
Doc's Request.
None
AOR Received.
Nov 13/2014
File Transfer...
SA Nov 13/2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 22/2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
None
VISA ISSUED...
DM June 2/2015 and COPR arrived June 10/2015
LANDED..........
June 15/2015 Yay! 8) PR card arrived Sept 3/2015
Amalthea said:
Just had a thought. DM's from January are *flying* in. People are baffled, understandably, many weren't expecting to be approved so fast because people from September, October, November, December etc haven't heard a peep.

Are they being approved from the Ottawa VO though? I looked at the Ottawa spreadsheet but I don't really trust it as it doesn't seem to keep an accurate count and some dates are out of sync to what line they should be on etc..

BTW congrats on COPR arriving Amalthea! :) That sure didn't take long since you received DM hey! 8)
 

OntarioBound

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Nov 11, 2014
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Ottawa
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-12-2014
AOR Received.
7-3-2015 (SA-13-3-2015)
Med's Done....
05-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
DM on 4-6-2015 or earlier
LANDED..........
8-7-2015
Evadyrrehs said:
Are they being approved from the Ottawa VO though? I looked at the Ottawa spreadsheet but I don't really trust it as it doesn't seem to keep an accurate count and some dates are out of sync to what line they should be on etc..

BTW congrats on COPR arriving Amalthea! :) That sure didn't take long since you received DM hey! 8)
I am one of the December applicants from Ottawa VO - Just noticed my DM yesterday. I am baffled. I wasn't checking my status that often (maybe once a week or less) since I didn't think it would come so soon since you guys are still waiting for yours. My heart goes out to you all from 2014.
 

Mariac819

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Feb 29, 2012
967
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New York USA
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 10, 2014
Doc's Request.
May 06, 2015 - they lost my relationship proof and FBI clearance. They will accept copy of FBI, I sent in more relationship proof.
AOR Received.
Oct. 23, 2014 (By Phone)
File Transfer...
Oct. 28, 2014 (SA)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 25, 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
none
VISA ISSUED...
DM - June 23, 2015 COPR June 24, 2015
LANDED..........
July 12, 2015
OntarioBound said:
I am one of the December applicants from Ottawa VO - Just noticed my DM yesterday. I am baffled. I wasn't checking my status that often (maybe once a week or less) since I didn't think it would come so soon since you guys are still waiting for yours. My heart goes out to you all from 2014.
Thank you for your kind words and congrats on your DM
 

Mariac819

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Feb 29, 2012
967
43
New York USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept. 10, 2014
Doc's Request.
May 06, 2015 - they lost my relationship proof and FBI clearance. They will accept copy of FBI, I sent in more relationship proof.
AOR Received.
Oct. 23, 2014 (By Phone)
File Transfer...
Oct. 28, 2014 (SA)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 25, 2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
none
VISA ISSUED...
DM - June 23, 2015 COPR June 24, 2015
LANDED..........
July 12, 2015
Anyone else in summer and late 2014 lose hope? Im starting to think they forgot about us :(
 

lleahdoll

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Nov 12, 2012
613
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USA
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Ottawa
App. Filed.......
Sep 9th, 2014
Doc's Request.
May 5th, 2015 (CSQ requested)
AOR Received.
Oct 14th, 2014
File Transfer...
Nov 14th, 2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
July 29th, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
DM: Aug 1st, 2015 COPR: Aug 6th, 2015
LANDED..........
Sep 1st, 2015
Mariac819 said:
Anyone else in summer and late 2014 lose hope? Im starting to think they forgot about us :(
Oh yeah. I definitely feel like they forgot about me and the rest of us waiting from September.
 

Mulez

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Mar 9, 2015
156
5
123
the Netherlands
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept 12 2014
Doc's Request.
Yes, May 22 2015
File Transfer...
Oct 28 2014 SA
Med's Request
upfront
Med's Done....
Sept 4 2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
IP: July 21 DM: July 28 2015
VISA ISSUED...
COPR: August 8 2015
LANDED..........
Landed on August 17th 2015
lleahdoll said:
Oh yeah. I definitely feel like they forgot about me and the rest of us waiting from September.
Yes, still here. ???