LC2 January-June 2013 CEM applications timeline

[daphneleila]

lahat ng positive magkikita- kita sa finals... in CANADA yey!!!

hahaha Grand Eyeball ganun! ..ganyan nga idaan nalang natin sa tawa..total konti nalang we are next in line.... ;D..may mga isolated cases lang siguro but at least CIC is working.

 

[Gico]

Full ipolitics.ca article:

Treasury Board has agreed to enter into binding arbitration to end a controversial strike by Canada's foreign service officers, but not without conditions.

After nearly two months of picketing outside government offices around the world, the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) requested the government enter into third-party binding arbitration last week. The union's offer was set to expire Tuesday at noon.

In a statement Tuesday, moments before noon, Treasury Board President Tony Clement said the government is willing to enter into arbitration, “under certain conditions.” However, those conditions will not be made public as they are subject to negotiation confidence, he said.

“We will continue to bargain in good faith and we appreciate the bargaining agent's efforts at finding a resolution to the strike,” said Clement. “Our goal is to have diplomatic, consular and other services to Canadians fully restored as quickly as possible.”

PAFSO did not respond to Clement's statement at time of publication Tuesday.

PAFSO, which represents 1,350 non-executive-level Canadian diplomats, has been in a legal strike position since April 2 and without contract since June 2011. The union is demanding equal pay for equal work because some junior diplomats earn up to $14,000 less than colleagues doing the same work in Ottawa.

Hundreds of PAFSO members have been picketing outside of government offices, including major embassies, around the world over the past two months. Members have also been participating in rotating strikes aimed at missions and sections where job action will have the strongest impact.

“Over the summer, we are going to be targeting mainly visa and immigration processing because this is the peak season for those files, whereas the political and trade diplomatic calendar slows down over the summer,” Edwards told iPolitics.

As Treasury Board and PAFSO attempt to come to an agreement, the effects of the strike are being felt around the world. According to Edwards, visa issuance has been heavily impacted, especially in major processing centres such as Beijing, Delhi, Manila, Mexico City. He said targeted missions have seen a 60 to 65 per cent drop in visa issuance and a 25 per cent drop system wide.

Although PAFSO has been in informal contact at the official level with Treasury Board, with whom it is negotiating the contract, Edwards said the union has not officially sat down with the government since June 5.

Treasury Board has said it believes PAFSO members have been presented with a fair offer — something Clement maintained in his statement Tuesday.

In prior statements, Treasury Board has highlighted some of the perks, known as Foreign Service Directives, PAFSO members are entitled. These include a reimbursement of up to 50 per cent for dry cleaning expenses, the shipment of personal vehicles and household items such as furniture to the diplomat's posting, and a foreign service incentive allowance recognizing the challenges associated with living abroad. Treasury Board said it invests $126 million a year in said Foreign Service Directives, most of which is dedicated to PAFSO members.

But the union has said Treasury Board's reference to the Foreign Service Directives is irrelevant to the negotiations currently at stake, which are focused on issues of pay.

If the strike continues into the fall, Edwards said the government can expect to feel the impact during every ministerial trip abroad.

“Any cabinet minister that travels abroad can expect that in any location that they visit.”

It is not clear whether rotating strikes will continue during arbitration.


Official statement:

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/media/nr-cp/2013/0723-eng.asp

The Government of Canada has presented the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers an offer that is fair and reasonable to both employees and taxpayers.

Last week, the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers requested the Government enter into binding arbitration to end the union's strike. The Government is willing to enter into arbitration, subject to certain conditions.

These conditions are subject to negotiation confidence and cannot be shared publicly. We will continue to bargain in good faith and we appreciate the bargaining agent's efforts at finding a resolution to the strike.

It is important to note that Foreign Service Officers have unique jobs that cannot be compared to others. These jobs are substantively different from public service lawyers, economists or commerce officers. The Foreign Service also has no recruitment or retention issues.

Our goal is to have diplomatic, consular and other services to Canadians fully restored as quickly as possible. We continue to take steps to ensure the timely processing of visas.

 

[Kjpascua]

Ito ata ang tama forum para sa akin halos mag kakasabay lang tayo this 2013 sa amin po na received namin ang LC2 last May 22, 2013 tapos napasa po namin yon LC2 june 5, 2013 waiting na lang po para sa AOR ilan week or buwan po ba ang waiting para sa AOR.... salamat sa inyo...

Yes finally! Nkita Ko rin Yung kasabayan ng husband for CEM pa join po ako

 

[Kjpascua]

yes! dumating na po ang AOR ko ngaun Lang! sana MR dumating na agad

Hello po ask Ko Lang po Kung kailan kyo nag pasa ng lc2 kit sa CEM? How many months before Kayo Nara rcv ng AOR?

 

[faith1985]

Thank u

hi sheena22,
does your family receive the kit already? pls share we are still waiting for the LC2 kit, too....

 

[leogal]

Hello po ask Ko Lang po Kung kailan kyo nag pasa ng lc2 kit sa CEM? How many months before Kayo Nara rcv ng AOR?

hi, before it will only take 2-3 months for the AOR after sending followup email to CEM, but now Im afraid it will take a while for CEM to open upcoming applications and give AOR because of the strike... maybe about 3-4 months after.. Just hope and pray that the visa officers will do work double time with our applications.

 

[leogal]

hi sheena22,
does your family receive the kit already? pls share we are still waiting for the LC2 kit, too....

hi, have you tried sending email to CEM for your LC2 request? If you havent done so, its better you send them one, it might help..

 

[faith1985]

hi, have you tried sending email to CEM for your LC2 request? If you havent done so, its better you send them one, it might help..

thanks leogal,
yes i did sent an email already requesting for the kit. it's almost 2wks now, i never heard from CEM... :'(

 

[faith1985]

Hi jangem ...merong ganun??..

i'm one of them kaforummates, i receive medical req June 28, then received my AIP July 5....

 

[sheena22]

Na receive na family ko lc2 kit. Na send na rin nila. Anong next na mare receive nila and ilang months?

 

[Gico]

Na receive na family ko lc2 kit. Na send na rin nila. Anong next na mare receive nila and ilang months?

Medical na next. What's your timeline po?

 

[Kjpascua]

hi, before it will only take 2-3 months for the AOR after sending followup email to CEM, but now Im afraid it will take a while for CEM to open upcoming applications and give AOR because of the strike... maybe about 3-4 months after.. Just hope and pray that the visa officers will do work double time with our applications.

Thank you for response

 

[sheena22]

Medical na next. What's your timeline po?

April 2011 submit papers
Dec 2011 open
July 2013 application kit
Aug 2013 submit back papers

 

[faith1985]

Na receive na family ko lc2 kit. Na send na rin nila. Anong next na mare receive nila and ilang months?

hi sheena,
through mail ba o email yung kit na nareceive ng family mo.... thanks a lot

 

[sheena22]

Mail then na receive ko Email