Guys, I think in case of transfer we will NOT be hearing anything from Damascus, it is the new visa office which will contact us.
I remember the phone lady mentioned this to someone here, don't remember who though.
The same thing happened with the skilled workers who's file went from Damascus to Warsaw, most of them didn't even know their files are transferred, until they got an email from Warsaw asking for update documents. They also saw the transfer news after some time in e-cas. So yeah January has ended (well for us in Canada the last day has just started!
), but I personally don't expect to see anything from Damascus and even the new embassy right away. It's just not about packing and transferring, it's also about unpacking them! Lol!