I think, going by the CIC manual, they perform 3 tasks before sending the PER and transferring the file to local visa office:
1. Completeness check upon receipt (
If any of the required docs is missing, application is sent back, no fee encashed)
2. If application passes completeness check, fee is encashed.
3. Assessing the application against Ministerial Instructions, i.e. Review the application for Points attained and also check the submitted document proofs. To be eligible for processing, the applicant must have submitted a complete application as per the kit requirements in place at the time of application and meet all the criteria described in the applicable Ministerial Instructions in place on the date of application receipt. If the application is determined to be eligible for processing, the applicant will be informed. Once the CIO has made a positive eligibility determination, processing has begun and processing fees are no longer refundable.
If the application is determined to be ineligible for processing, the applicant will be informed and
will receive a refund of processing fees. The application will not be returned to the applicant.
Nizam06024 said:
As we can see CIC is speeding up with the fee encashing of applications ( *touchwood* )
1. The completeness check is done before fee encashing rite?
2. The number of complete applications are all the people who got fee encashed rite and vice-versa, coz I see a guy in this forum whose CC got charged but received Negative review because of not fulfilling points criteria. *Confused*
