Someone on a parallel thread posted a new update that Canadian Court ruled in favor of pre 2008 IT Applicant from China (there are 900 filers who may benefit) .
It further says that Judge ordered CIC to process all cases before October 20th of this year.
On one had it is a welcome decision. It assures us all that if our cases accepted for processing the CIC will have to make a decision rather than send whole package back to us with a refund.
And I am sure all 200+K pre-2008 applicants will be elated by the news and may either benefit from current ruling directly or initiate a law-suit on their own behalf.
But one thing I do not understand.
Let's say all of us , FSW NYVO applicants, all our files were transferred from Buffalo.
Buffalo now is closed and is transferring files all over to other visa offices in US.
I assume many get transferred to NYVO.
With October 20th deadline to finish processing pre-2008 how will NYVO process our cases (from what I know there are no plans to add staff to NYVO do deal with backlogs)?
You know what I think? I think we should all relax. CIC here will never reduce backlogs and will never process cases faster than it did for years past.
If it took 48-52 months to process cases in Buffalo so it will take now at NYVO.
If you applied in 2010 or 2011 and are under NYVO jurisdiction expect your decision in 2014-2016.
I now seriously consider withdrawing the application and requesting refunds if this is indeed how they will process our cases.