chickie72 said:
Yes she told me she can't do anything until after the 17 months actually and the 17 months starts from the time my application reaches Kingston not CIC Mississauga.....i think she was just loading me a crock of *siht*
Here is a hint to what I did with my MP to "help her understand" and agree to harass KG....
I will admit, I completely manipulated in this case....
Right before Christmas I called my MP. On that day I had just reached the 14 month mark. My MP isn't 100% up to date on Kingston's processing times so that worked in my favor. First of all, she does not know that it has now changed to 17 months. So I used the 16 month timeframe that she is familiar with. 2nd of all, when I log onto eCAS, it shows on the applicant side that they received my application on October 19, 2011. Even though this is the date I know Mississauga received my file, I told my MP that Kingston also shows that same date so if I am to go by another date to measure my "16 months", then maybe they should update my file to reflect that date and until then I am using that date as date received in KG. My MP accepted that explanation. Next, I informed my MP that the "16 month" timeframe reflects a complete process INCLUDING landing, as he could still be denied entry at POE. I coupled that with the fact that it takes KG on average 2-4 weeks from the time they request passport to the time of landing so therefore they should be contacting us in our 15th month in order to be complete within 16 months. I then informed her since Dec 19 was the completion of my 14 months, I am now in my 15th month so they need to be contacting me.... it was alot of talk, but it worked and my MP sent out a direct inquiry to KGN same day. I am now waiting on my MP to return from a 6 week vacation. So we will see how effective my smooth talking was lol
Just some food for thought, there are some ways around things....
