Delay in Visitor Visa // 2024

[ray2024]

The applications were filed in October 2023 for my sister and niece to attend mother's memorial ceremony following an immediate loss. Both applicants have previously been issued visas twice since 2014 and have traveled multiple times without issue and approved extensions. Despite this, the applications remain pending, with one applicant still awaiting initiation and clearance of eligibility over 13 months later.
What remedies are available at this point? Would a priority request by webform, status check in or other ways exist to expedite the process? is filing a Writ of Mandamus the only remedy at this point?

Best of luck to everyone

 

[aditisethi5]

Anybody still waiting since May?

 

[vpsw]

Hello All, please advice: We applied for my parents visitor visa in March 2024, my father was in Indian Army and hence their application probably entailed additional scrutiny, after waiting for 3 months we applied for gcms notes but it yielded nothing since they cited a section and mentioned the information cannot be disclosed, immediately after this we were asked detailed military information, which was submitted immediately, it is going to be 1 year now and we don’t have any update, my parents are old and we really want them to visit us this summer, please let us know if there are any steps we can take to expedite their application. Thank you.


PS- My parents have already visited Canada on visitor visa in 2018.

 

[bikrantchib]

I applied for my parent's visitor visa in 2023.
Application submitted: May 24th, 2023
Biometrics: June 13th, 2023
Military table requested: August, 2023
Military table submitted: September, 2023
AOR for Military table: September, 2023
Requested GCMS notes Q1 2024 (last update on GCMS notes = September, 2023)
No progress since then.

Tried connecting with MP of my area, they enquired regarding the application but no luck there.
If anyone could help with any information and give suggestions.