Just finished my phone call with the agent called Ben. (@EssGee , @Hope457 , @GerhardR )
Super helpful. First, he put me on hold to check my background status, and he told me it all looks good, and I should just wait for a little longer for the final confirmation. He told me the office (Ottawa) was closed for 2,5-3 months, and they opened it on 2nd June, so they have unlimited staff etc. So there will be regular delays on applications. He was so nice, he was like I know it's a long wait and you have been so patient. So they do know the stress we go through.
He told me covid pace group is just an internal information, and it shouldn't affect any processing of PR applications.
He said CoR means country of residence, so I asked whether the officers will think I am currently in my home country and not in Canada, and this might be delaying my PR approval. And he said no, because in the address section I have Canadian address and I have Canadian phone number so they consider me being inland in Canada. So that is very good news
I also asked about international travel restrictions and when they will be start processing outland applicants and he told me he could tell me something now, but it might differ tomorrow (due to that the international travel restrictions may change and it's different from country to country). So he couldn't help me with that.
Since I am CEC applicant, he told me that it might be also very difficult to process it because their CEC partners are hard to reach/delays/not working, so it doesn't help to get that final confirmation.
That's all, I hope this gives some peace of mind to some of us. They key word is patience (gosh, I hate that word).
Super helpful. First, he put me on hold to check my background status, and he told me it all looks good, and I should just wait for a little longer for the final confirmation. He told me the office (Ottawa) was closed for 2,5-3 months, and they opened it on 2nd June, so they have unlimited staff etc. So there will be regular delays on applications. He was so nice, he was like I know it's a long wait and you have been so patient. So they do know the stress we go through.
He told me covid pace group is just an internal information, and it shouldn't affect any processing of PR applications.
He said CoR means country of residence, so I asked whether the officers will think I am currently in my home country and not in Canada, and this might be delaying my PR approval. And he said no, because in the address section I have Canadian address and I have Canadian phone number so they consider me being inland in Canada. So that is very good news
I also asked about international travel restrictions and when they will be start processing outland applicants and he told me he could tell me something now, but it might differ tomorrow (due to that the international travel restrictions may change and it's different from country to country). So he couldn't help me with that.
Since I am CEC applicant, he told me that it might be also very difficult to process it because their CEC partners are hard to reach/delays/not working, so it doesn't help to get that final confirmation.
That's all, I hope this gives some peace of mind to some of us. They key word is patience (gosh, I hate that word).