Seems like there is a lot of confusion about completeness, CC charges, ECAS states and PER. This is what happens at CIO after your package arrives, and before it is forwarded to your local Visa Office:
Receiving Application
- Completeness check upon receipt
- If complete: proceed to next step
- If incomplete: return application
Assessing the application against Ministerial Instructions
- Ministerial instructions check (if within cap; if one of the 24 NOCs, supported by proper work exp. documents)
- If MI check is positive: next step
- If MI check fails: NER, inform applicant, return fees
Putting an application into process at the CIO
- create a file in GCMS;
- enter “SW1-FED” in the Category field in GCMS;
- cost recover the applicable processing fees and enter confirmation in GCMS;
- record the GCMS file number on the paper file;
- send an acknowledgement of receipt letter to the applicant informing them that their file has been placed into processing and, if applicable, transferred to another office;
- transfer the paper file to the processing office in accordance with existing file transfer policies;
- transfer the electronic file to the processing office in GCMS by making that office the primary office for processing.
- proceed to next step
Assessing the application against minimum requirements
- Checking minimum work experience requirement
- Checking minimum language proficiency requirement
- Checking minimum education requirement
- If all checks are successful, then proceed to next step
- If checks are not successful, refuse application
Assessing the application against selection criteria
- Calculating points, checking if it is at least or over 67
- Equal or greater than 67: forward the entire application, including the
result of their initial assessment against the
selection criteria, to the office identified by the
applicant for processing on the IMM 0008 for a
final decision.
- Less than 67: make a negative selection decision, record
the outcome and reasons in GCMS, and send
a letter to inform the applicant that their
application has been refused
This is all from operation manual op6c.
). If the number shown in the cic website is based on PERs then no one after 1st week of Jun will be in the Cap :-\ .
