INLAND APPLICATIONS 2013

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[filipina311]

hi. im an august 23rd 2013 applicant. months ago i was certain maybe i'll get my pr before christmas as i really want to visit my family back home for the holidays. now at 13 months processing time for stage 1 im losing hope i can still go home. its hard not knowing where you stand with the CIC. its frustrating and depressing. i pray for this to be over soon. i feel like were all at the mercy of CIC's hands.

 

[Smsm81]

I sent it to Mississauga, same address as initial application. I included a cover letter, a copy of AOR and ask them to put it in my file and it appears they did it on same day they received. I will probably request another GCMS to confirm medical received status. There is no harm to order GCMS multiple times to follow up.

What did you wrote on the envelop? something like "additional information to be added to application in process"?

 

[Smsm81]

Has anyone sent videos on CD before?

 

[leoundesilva]

hi. im an august 23rd 2013 applicant. months ago i was certain maybe i'll get my pr before christmas as i really want to visit my family back home for the holidays. now at 13 months processing time for stage 1 im losing hope i can still go home. its hard not knowing where you stand with the CIC. its frustrating and depressing. i pray for this to be over soon. i feel like were all at the mercy of CIC's hands.

I think, it's time for those that pray(even those that don't) to pray seriously(fast if possible) for Divine Intervention. Some of us are caught between a rock and a hard place, and it doesn't get better each day that passes. Things should not continue this way, this is the time to get God involved!!!

 

[Smsm81]

I think it's very clear that CIC waits till there is a huge backlog in category, then they pause their work in all other categories and just focus to process as much as possible from the backlogged category. that's why they worked on the inland applications for while, then they left it to process the citizenship applications. from February till maybe December they will keep working on those application so the backlogs will be reduced to the half, they already process a percentage but I can't remember exactly.
They are also working in application that was received after July30 and it might be till those application that submitted early this year. so when they will be satisfied about processing some of the citizenship applications backlog, they will return to inland applications.
three or 4 months to process let's say 10 months of inland applications,however they have already process most of them but they did'nt inform those inlanders.
it seems crazy but that's my thought.
I am sure they will process inland application till those were received on 1 May 2014 and those who submitted after will have the same nightmare that July application suffer now.. I am May 2end.

 

[3september2013]

Yeah, that's the scary part...do we risk it with no guarantee?

Yeah I don't know it's scary but if there's no movement at all till December i'm not sure. ...

 

[Ponga]

Has anyone sent videos on CD before?

CIC doesn't accept CDs, DVDs, USB drives, etc., so you must send hard copies of your photos.

 

[Alurra71]

I think it's very clear that CIC waits till there is a huge backlog in category, then they pause their work in all other categories and just focus to process as much as possible from the backlogged category. that's why they worked on the inland applications for while, then they left it to process the citizenship applications. from February till maybe December they will keep working on those application so the backlogs will be reduced to the half, they already process a percentage but I can't remember exactly.
They are also working in application that was received after July30 and it might be till those application that submitted early this year. so when they will be satisfied about processing some of the citizenship applications backlog, they will return to inland applications.
three or 4 months to process let's say 10 months of inland applications,however they have already process most of them but they did'nt inform those inlanders.
it seems crazy but that's my thought.
I am sure they will process inland application till those were received on 1 May 2014 and those who submitted after will have the same nightmare that July application suffer now.. I am May 2end.

The only question I have in regards to the bolded part of your statement is this. Why would CiC in Sydney have anything to do with Family Class in Mississauga? Citizenship applications don't go to Mississauga.

 

[lichenoa]

Hi everyone, I have watched this thread for quite a while and finally registered an account. I am a June 2013 applicant, AIP in Febuary (lucky enough just before CIC plays dead). Am waiting for DM now ...

I have just get back my GCMS notes from vegreville (I'm the applicant). I have several questions though:

1. My Meds are done March 2013 and was sent with the application. CIC havn't contact me about getting a new one, and GCMS notes says "Medical: Passed." Does that mean I won't need to worry about re-doing my medicals?

2. It also have a line "Criminality: in progress". However there is no other information about criminality (The "criminality" section under "admisibility" is a "0"). Do you guys see that too, or does it mean the criminality hasn't begun at all? (I sent all the police checks with the application)

3. This is a scary line. At beginning of second page, under "Application Assignment", it says: "due date 2015/06/22". Does that mean there won't be anyone looking at my file until next summer ?!

Thanks so much everyone! The forum has been extremely helpful, both for the information and emotional support. Without you guys I will probably keep calling CIC everyday, get angry with the call centre, smash the phone on the ground and end up spending a lot of money buying new phones to keep calling them.

 

[MiriMinBC]

Hi everyone, I have watched this thread for quite a while and finally registered an account. I am a June 2013 applicant, AIP in Febuary (lucky enough just before CIC plays dead). Am waiting for DM now ...

I have just get back my GCMS notes from vegreville (I'm the applicant). I have several questions though:

1. My Meds are done March 2013 and was sent with the application. CIC havn't contact me about getting a new one, and GCMS notes says "Medical: Passed." Does that mean I won't need to worry about re-doing my medicals?

2. It also have a line "Criminality: in progress". However there is no other information about criminality (The "criminality" section under "admisibility" is a "0"). Do you guys see that too, or does it mean the criminality hasn't begun at all? (I sent all the police checks with the application)

3. This is a scary line. At beginning of second page, under "Application Assignment", it says: "due date 2015/06/22". Does that mean there won't be anyone looking at my file until next summer ?!

Thanks so much everyone! The forum has been extremely helpful, both for the information and emotional support. Without you guys I will probably keep calling CIC everyday, get angry with the call centre, smash the phone on the ground and end up spending a lot of money buying new phones to keep calling them.

To me a due date would imply their own due dates as in that's when they should have finished this particular application.

 

[Cjohn]

I'm hoping and praying for a good update this week

 

[ortom]

I don't think so. People have ordered their notes and nothing has been started, that includes me as a july 30th applicant. No progress on my app whatsoever. It wouldn't make sense for them to work and not let us know about it. They simply are not working whatsoever. It has been over 6 weeks that they are stuck on july 30th, its pathetic. I just pray that at some point AIPs and DMs start flying for everyone that is waiting.

I think it's very clear that CIC waits till there is a huge backlog in category, then they pause their work in all other categories and just focus to process as much as possible from the backlogged category. that's why they worked on the inland applications for while, then they left it to process the citizenship applications. from February till maybe December they will keep working on those application so the backlogs will be reduced to the half, they already process a percentage but I can't remember exactly.
They are also working in application that was received after July30 and it might be till those application that submitted early this year. so when they will be satisfied about processing some of the citizenship applications backlog, they will return to inland applications.
three or 4 months to process let's say 10 months of inland applications,however they have already process most of them but they did'nt inform those inlanders.
it seems crazy but that's my thought.
I am sure they will process inland application till those were received on 1 May 2014 and those who submitted after will have the same nightmare that July application suffer now.. I am May 2end.

 

[jen1975]

I don't think so. People have ordered their notes and nothing has been started, that includes me as a july 30th applicant. No progress on my app whatsoever. It wouldn't make sense for them to work and not let us know about it. They simply are not working whatsoever. It has been over 6 weeks that they are stuck on july 30th, its pathetic. I just pray that at some point AIPs and DMs start flying for everyone that is waiting.

Congrats to you and your baby, it will come soon, keep the faith alive, so much to live for

They say good things comes to those who wait ........... yet again not so long

 

[MiriMinBC]

I don't think so. People have ordered their notes and nothing has been started, that includes me as a july 30th applicant. No progress on my app whatsoever. It wouldn't make sense for them to work and not let us know about it. They simply are not working whatsoever. It has been over 6 weeks that they are stuck on july 30th, its pathetic. I just pray that at some point AIPs and DMs start flying for everyone that is waiting.

Wow, Ortom! Congrats on the baby!!!