I forgot to mention, in case anyone is interested, the officer's initials are DPK.
I'm not sure if this is happening already, but it would be great if the immigration officer's initials were tracked in the spreadsheets when possible. Because officers have so much discretionary power, people have long suspected that decisions about applications are based more on the officer's temperament or mood than the actual application itself. If the officer's initials were tracked, this could be used to see if there were trends in how long officers took to process applications, and if some have higher refusal rates, requests for more information etc. than others.
I think that could be a powerful tool when requesting an inquest, an audit, or when making a court challenge.
I'm not sure if this is happening already, but it would be great if the immigration officer's initials were tracked in the spreadsheets when possible. Because officers have so much discretionary power, people have long suspected that decisions about applications are based more on the officer's temperament or mood than the actual application itself. If the officer's initials were tracked, this could be used to see if there were trends in how long officers took to process applications, and if some have higher refusal rates, requests for more information etc. than others.
I think that could be a powerful tool when requesting an inquest, an audit, or when making a court challenge.