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Immigration Acronyms

sokosan

Full Member
Aug 6, 2015
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From another newbie: you can't start one until you've made a couple of posts in already existing topics.
 

ratedk8

Star Member
Sep 19, 2013
185
0
WINNIPEG
Category........
Visa Office......
MANILA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 2015
AOR Received.
AOR2 Nov 2015
Med's Done....
Aug 2015
Passport Req..
March 30, 2016, DM April 10
VISA ISSUED...
April 15, 2016
LANDED..........
May 2016
thanks for posting
 

Zapf

Star Member
May 28, 2015
111
3
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-08-2014
AOR Received.
13-11-2014
Med's Request
13-01-2016
Med's Done....
27-01-2016
Passport Req..
COPR 28-11-2016
LANDED..........
11-12-2016
Great list, but what does GCMS mean please?? A lot of people talking about GCMS, ordering GCMS, etc, but it is not on the first page and I gave up searching through this list after page 6.
 

Leon

VIP Member
Jun 13, 2008
21,950
1,322
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Zapf said:
Great list, but what does GCMS mean please?? A lot of people talking about GCMS, ordering GCMS, etc, but it is not on the first page and I gave up searching through this list after page 6.
It's a system for immigration to keep their notes, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/pia/global-phase2.asp

When your case is taking longer than predicted and you want to know what's going on, you can order your notes to see what they are writing about you. If your case is on time, the notes will not be very interesting, basically stating that your file is being passed from one person to the other for different checks but if they have some doubts about something in your application, they will put a remark in there too.
 

CVIF123

Star Member
Jul 18, 2015
156
17
Category........
Visa Office......
ADVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July4
File Transfer...
September 20th
Med's Done....
Upfront
Passport Req..
november 10th 2015
Leon said:
It's a system for immigration to keep their notes, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/pia/global-phase2.asp

When your case is taking longer than predicted and you want to know what's going on, you can order your notes to see what they are writing about you. If your case is on time, the notes will not be very interesting, basically stating that your file is being passed from one person to the other for different checks but if they have some doubts about something in your application, they will put a remark in there too.
NAR scheduled means ?? i ordered notes and they said NAR scheduled
 

chilkootcee

Champion Member
Mar 3, 2015
1,096
64
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
App. Filed.......
03-Jun-2015
Interview........
None required
LANDED..........
01-Apr-2016
Just a reminder that I've transferred most of the immigration acronyms to a google spreadsheet which also has some information on CAIPS codes / etc.

Please add to it if you have new ones.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qp2u3X_F10-peLhSZnPwBNAZivuICTZIA2eyB-tOerE/edit#gid=0[url] C.
 

mikaela1220

Newbie
Aug 28, 2015
1
0
regarding the police clearance... do i need to provide police clearance in all the countries im working within 6 months
 

nekeol

Champion Member
Nov 7, 2012
2,507
135
Waterloo region, Ontario
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London/Abu Dhabi
NOC Code......
1111 Accountant
App. Filed.......
25/9/2011
Doc's Request.
21/11/12
Nomination.....
Not Applicable
IELTS Request
Submitted with Application
Med's Request
19/12/2013, after BGC
Med's Done....
7/1/2014
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
02/02/2014 - DM 11/2/14
VISA ISSUED...
14/02/2014
LANDED..........
Alhamdolillah Landed July 2014/Citizenship Applied in JAN 2018
mikaela1220 said:
regarding the police clearance... do i need to provide police clearance in all the countries im working within 6 months
whre ever you stayed for 6 months or more
 

crzy_canadian

Hero Member
Oct 28, 2015
372
11
Visayas - Philippines
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-Nov-2015
AOR Received.
12-Jan-2016
File Transfer...
19-Jan-2016
Passport Req..
08-July-2016
VISA ISSUED...
VOH: 05-Aug-2016
Thanks for this post, very useful!
 

chilkootcee

Champion Member
Mar 3, 2015
1,096
64
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
App. Filed.......
03-Jun-2015
Interview........
None required
LANDED..........
01-Apr-2016

nekeol

Champion Member
Nov 7, 2012
2,507
135
Waterloo region, Ontario
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London/Abu Dhabi
NOC Code......
1111 Accountant
App. Filed.......
25/9/2011
Doc's Request.
21/11/12
Nomination.....
Not Applicable
IELTS Request
Submitted with Application
Med's Request
19/12/2013, after BGC
Med's Done....
7/1/2014
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
02/02/2014 - DM 11/2/14
VISA ISSUED...
14/02/2014
LANDED..........
Alhamdolillah Landed July 2014/Citizenship Applied in JAN 2018

Divya.244

Newbie
Nov 16, 2015
3
0
Hi, can someone help me to know if we as a couple have applied for immigration and only a dependent wants to travel first and main applicant will continue his job for few more months.? Is that possible..? Please please guide