@ honeyjack,
If you go through different threads on this forum, you'll notice that visa office does not open files based on document submission. Just check threads where people have submitted documents in April, May, etc. If that would be the case all applicants who submitted documents in April should be cleared and only than May will be cleared or at least they should show in process in order. But as observed by Tarak and other its not the case and hence this thread was started. Till now ND CHC was following a pattern based on file transfer date.
Now a days it is just random, or we are yet to figure out the pattern.
I guess there r lot of factors in opening a file and they consider file transfer, document submission, NOC, and many other things before opening a file.
As per CIC stating time based on Complete application package, I wanna say that CIC uses this as
1. Your application is complete when all documents reaches Visa office. Hence Visa office have to give this statement.
2. If they give ftd as basis than their timeline will increase.
3. When I initially applied the time was 8 months(as in most of those on this forum). I was under impression that 8 months will include the time from initial application. I think visa offices of CIC websites should mention full time instead of just visa office time.
But they are not gonna do that cos it increase their time line.
