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mayaket_06 said:
My dumting po na visa..spousal po..

hi mayaket, ask ko lng kung kelan p nagapply ung naapprove n sowp.
 
may naaprove na SWOP sa fb page natin kaya lang june 2012 pa sya nagsubmit sa CEM..nakaproblema daw medical niya kaya natagalan ...ito po yung msg nya sa fb " june 2012 last yr pa po, nagka problema sa medical nya, sbi ng nationwide na forward na nila nun oct 2012 pero sabi ng cem wala sila na reciv, hangang nag email un cem na mg re medical sya last june 17 2013, hayaan na nakarma naman ang nationwide, d nya sila accredited clinic ng cem, sa st lukes nagpa remedical un husband ko"

naaprove daw visa nya July 24, 2013....
 
dat_girl said:
hi mayaket, ask ko lng kung kelan p nagapply ung naapprove n sowp.

Sis dat_girl..ung sinbi ni sis rhelabs din ung snsbi ko..sa sowp meron din nbgyan ng mr...neto lang june ngapply via new vac..sa vfs po..
 
H there december applicant ako... Mag 8months na waiting for my visa... Just wanna ask you if na-procees na kaya ng mga visa officer ang papaers namin kung december pplicant kami.... Sa tingin nyo hinde lang marealse dahil nag ka strike?

ask ko lang din kung sa tingin nyo ba tayong mga nauna naipasa ang docs ng decmeber And january applicant pag natapos ang strike E sa tingin nyo guys Mailalabas nila agad ang result? Or process pa nilla ulet ng matagal? Sa tingin nyo kaya naprocess na yung saten or waiting nalang sa result dahil sa strike? .... Salamat sa inyo lahat mga kapatid
 
Sad news guys :( mukhang aabutin na tayo ng siyam siyam dito, hindi na sila nagkasundo tlaga, eto latest from tony clement : For immediate release
July 26, 2013

Ottawa – On July 26, the Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, and the Honourable Chris Alexander, Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, made the following statement:

"The Government of Canada has put forward an offer to the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) that is fair to PAFSO members and taxpayers. We are disappointed that PAFSO was so quick to reject our willingness to enter into a binding arbitration process that the union itself requested.
"In the past month, the Government has reached tentative agreements with two unions representing aviation inspectors and correctional officers. These deals were reached because the bargaining agents' approaches were fair and reasonable.
"In contrast, PAFSO continues to insist on making unreasonable comparisons between substantively different jobs in the Public Service.
"We will continue to bargain in good faith and welcome constructive efforts to reach a timely and reasonable settlement that fully restores the diplomatic, consular and other services Canadians pay for and expect.
"In the meantime, we continue to take steps to ensure the timely processing of visas. The Canadian public is deeply concerned by PAFSO's willingness to disrupt international business, including tourism, during our busy spring and summer seasons.
"However, we want to reassure Canadians and our international friends that, despite PAFSO's actions, Canada remains open for business, and that we continue to welcome visitors and international students to experience Canada."
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For more information, contact:

Matthew Conway
Press Secretary
Office of the President of the Treasury Board
613-957-2666

Media Relations
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
 
Our jobs to be, are now at risk, major withdrawal of services na: News

26 July 2013 - Statement by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers: PAFSO Responds to Government's Rejection of Arbitration
Shortly before noon today, PAFSO received a letter from the President of the Treasury Board in which he rejected our offer of binding arbitration. Minister Clement's decision was based on the grounds that PAFSO would not accept all six of the preconditions he wanted to impose on the arbitration process.

The Canadian public must understand two key facts:

Two of Treasury Board's preconditions were so paralyzing that their acceptance would have predetermined the outcome of arbitration in the Government's favour and negated the purpose and integrity of the process. Specifically, they wanted to exclude from consideration any mention of other professional groups in government who perform the same work as us – often in neighbouring offices – which has been at the heart of our position since day one.

PAFSO made a reasonable and responsible effort at finding common ground by accepting two of the six preconditions, and committing to a goodwill gesture – a suspension of service withdrawals while arbitration is ongoing – which would have satisfied a third.
Let us be clear: PAFSO has not rejected binding arbitration. We offered it in the first place. We agreed to pursue it even with three of Treasury Board's preconditions. This offer still stands.

If Minister Clement truly believes his offer is “fair and reasonable”, he would not have shied away from arbitration without preconditions. Rather, he would have welcomed the opportunity to submit his offer to independent scrutiny. Instead, he sought to stack the deck in his favour by cherry-picking criteria which would have favoured Treasury Board's position. He is trying to tilt the playing field to the Government's advantage, and is clearly uninterested in a fair contest.

The Government has reached tentative agreements in two other long-outstanding contract negotiations during the last month, and will return to the table on Monday to address a third. PAFSO is one of the smallest unions in the federal government. Equal pay for our members could be achieved for $4.2 million – 1.5% of the impact this strike is having on the tourism sector alone. PAFSO can only conclude that the Government is behaving prejudicially toward the Foreign Service and is therefore negotiating in bad faith. This should be of serious concern to all Canadians.

Effective Monday, in order to persuade the Government that binding arbitration remains the responsible way forward to resolve our dispute, PAFSO members will withdraw all services until further notice at Canada's fifteen largest visa processing centres abroad: Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Beijing, Cairo, Delhi/Chandigarh, Hong Kong, London, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, Paris, Riyadh, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai.

We take no pleasure whatsoever in these strike actions and their real, severe, and mounting effects on the Canadian economy. But it should now be evident to all Canadians that from this point forward the Government of Canada bears sole and complete responsibility for these impacts. PAFSO has made every reasonable effort to resolve this situation; the Government has not. PAFSO encourages all individuals, businesses, and industry associations with a stake in the outcome of our dispute to intervene with the Government and urge them to bargain freely and flexibly with their own employees.

PAFSO's recent exchanges with Treasury Board are below for background.

For more information, contact: media @ pafso-apase.com

18-07-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS

23-7-13 TBS Letter to PAFSO

24-7-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS

26-7-13 TBS Letter to PAFSO

26-7-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS
 
may update na po ba sa strike???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
 
Waitingformyvisa said:
Our jobs to be, are now at risk, major withdrawal of services na: News

26 July 2013 - Statement by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers: PAFSO Responds to Government's Rejection of Arbitration
Shortly before noon today, PAFSO received a letter from the President of the Treasury Board in which he rejected our offer of binding arbitration. Minister Clement's decision was based on the grounds that PAFSO would not accept all six of the preconditions he wanted to impose on the arbitration process.

The Canadian public must understand two key facts:

Two of Treasury Board's preconditions were so paralyzing that their acceptance would have predetermined the outcome of arbitration in the Government's favour and negated the purpose and integrity of the process. Specifically, they wanted to exclude from consideration any mention of other professional groups in government who perform the same work as us – often in neighbouring offices – which has been at the heart of our position since day one.

PAFSO made a reasonable and responsible effort at finding common ground by accepting two of the six preconditions, and committing to a goodwill gesture – a suspension of service withdrawals while arbitration is ongoing – which would have satisfied a third.
Let us be clear: PAFSO has not rejected binding arbitration. We offered it in the first place. We agreed to pursue it even with three of Treasury Board's preconditions. This offer still stands.

If Minister Clement truly believes his offer is “fair and reasonable”, he would not have shied away from arbitration without preconditions. Rather, he would have welcomed the opportunity to submit his offer to independent scrutiny. Instead, he sought to stack the deck in his favour by cherry-picking criteria which would have favoured Treasury Board's position. He is trying to tilt the playing field to the Government's advantage, and is clearly uninterested in a fair contest.

The Government has reached tentative agreements in two other long-outstanding contract negotiations during the last month, and will return to the table on Monday to address a third. PAFSO is one of the smallest unions in the federal government. Equal pay for our members could be achieved for $4.2 million – 1.5% of the impact this strike is having on the tourism sector alone. PAFSO can only conclude that the Government is behaving prejudicially toward the Foreign Service and is therefore negotiating in bad faith. This should be of serious concern to all Canadians.

Effective Monday, in order to persuade the Government that binding arbitration remains the responsible way forward to resolve our dispute, PAFSO members will withdraw all services until further notice at Canada's fifteen largest visa processing centres abroad: Abu Dhabi, Ankara, Beijing, Cairo, Delhi/Chandigarh, Hong Kong, London, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, Paris, Riyadh, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai.

We take no pleasure whatsoever in these strike actions and their real, severe, and mounting effects on the Canadian economy. But it should now be evident to all Canadians that from this point forward the Government of Canada bears sole and complete responsibility for these impacts. PAFSO has made every reasonable effort to resolve this situation; the Government has not. PAFSO encourages all individuals, businesses, and industry associations with a stake in the outcome of our dispute to intervene with the Government and urge them to bargain freely and flexibly with their own employees.

PAFSO's recent exchanges with Treasury Board are below for background.

For more information, contact: media @ pafso-apase.com

18-07-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS

23-7-13 TBS Letter to PAFSO

24-7-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS

26-7-13 TBS Letter to PAFSO

26-7-13 PAFSO Letter to TBS


hi,laine here from april 2013 twp applicants' forum..
Thanks for the updates..

This is so upsetting..:(
hearing that the strikes are still on, would this mean longer wait time for us?

If canada is still open for business as what they're saying, would they do alternative measures to expedite or at least compensate the delays strikers are causing the entire canadian embassies worldwide?

It's so upsetting..
Haaaaays.

But still hopeful.
Rooting on God's miraculous ways.

:)
 
present po mercan here..
 
Guys hinde maganda ang balita... Sa tingin nyo ba ibabalik ng embassy ang passport naten? Kasi wala naman process
 
ariancruz84 said:
Guys hinde maganda ang balita... Sa tingin nyo ba ibabalik ng embassy ang passport naten? Kasi wala naman process

Lahat ba ng visa officers member ng PAFSO union na yan? As in the decision to grant approval or not comes from them?

Ang panghawakan na lang muna natin ay yung sinabi ni Tony Clement.

"In the meantime, we continue to take steps to ensure the timely processing of visas. The Canadian public is deeply concerned by PAFSO's willingness to disrupt international business, including tourism, during our busy spring and summer seasons.
"However, we want to reassure Canadians and our international friends that, despite PAFSO's actions, Canada remains open for business, and that we continue to welcome visitors and international students to experience Canada."