+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

Let's share timeline, PGWP March applicant

Nina B

Full Member
Oct 23, 2015
27
0
Netz said:
Way to go guys, I am mailing Mark Holland too right now.

Since I am back in my home country and cannot call cic call centre I asked my friend to follow up with CIC on my behalf. Thanks to him that he is calling CIC every alternate day. Today he called again twice. 1st time he stated the agent was rude and told him that the Application is still being processed so please be patient.. He called CIC again after a while and then he got a reply that "she understands that my processing date has passed and she will notify the cic officer about it and they should respond soon. She also mentioned that they have received my $100 fee which I made through CSE.(which they haven't notified me about). Its quite frustrating and horrifying that we don't know what exactly is happening with our Application.. Will it every be Processed or no??.. Will CIC ever understand what we guys go through everyday.. This is not right..we as International students pay a lot more tuition fee.

[size=10pt][size=10pt]I am 16th May applicant [/size][/size]
I totally agree with you, they would never understand our situations. I also applied May 15th and tried to call CIC but they kept telling me to wait and wait... :mad:
Btw, are you going back home while waiting for pgwp? is it possible? I really want to visit my family as well but I am afraid to leave without pgwp to apply visa :(
 

jubear

Hero Member
May 1, 2015
573
71
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
hhsivy said:
Hi Jubear,

Please update,

hhsviy
Applied: June 19th (Full amount paid)
Blank Update: Oct 4 and Oct 9
PGWP Approval: Oct 27th
Mail Delivery: Pending
Total Processing Time: 130 days (From submission to approval online)
Hhsivy,

Congratulations.

Cheers!
 

Netz

Star Member
Sep 30, 2015
109
10
Nina B said:
I totally agree with you, they would never understand our situations. I also applied May 15th and tried to call CIC but they kept telling me to wait and wait... :mad:
Btw, are you going back home while waiting for pgwp? is it possible? I really want to visit my family as well but I am afraid to leave without pgwp to apply visa :(
I would really advice not to leave canada until you have your pgwp approved and trv is renewd..I have returned to my home country after I applied for pgwp and my study permit and trv both expired.. Which made it alot more difficult for me to travel back to canada..and here every1 keeps asking me when am i going back to canada.. Well wish I could make them read this forum..
 

Netz

Star Member
Sep 30, 2015
109
10
I got a reply tweet from CIC - @Netz If your application has exceeded normal processing time, you should submit a Case Specific Enquiry Form https://t.co/NYde9cC0No


To which i replied - I have submitted my CSE on 30th sept and still awaiting their reply..
 

Nina B

Full Member
Oct 23, 2015
27
0
Netz said:
I would really advice not to leave canada until you have your pgwp approved and trv is renewd..I have returned to my home country after I applied for pgwp and my study permit and trv both expired.. Which made it alot more difficult for me to travel back to canada..and here every1 keeps asking me when am i going back to canada.. Well wish I could make them read this forum..
Thank you for your advice, good luck to all of us who are waiting
 

jubear

Hero Member
May 1, 2015
573
71
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Slimteddy said:
If there is anything I can learn from the call centre agents, is that I can't really trust them. You ask them one question, they give you different answers. They're just all over the place. I read many May 15th applicants' timeline, seems like paying extra 100 through CSE doesn't really speed up the process.

Slimteddy and all Members,

I can understand and feel your frustration with waiting that is endless. But like all human beings we all have our faults, inadequacies, mistakes, innocence, ignorance of other people's situations, and sometimes naivety.

CIC agents aren't "all over the place". Believe it or not they know exactly what they plan to tell each caller. Here are the common ones;

a- "Your application has been forwarded for further review."
b- "It will take another 16 weeks to process."
c- "Just continue waiting until month X or Y, and if you don't hear from us during that time, you can call back again."
d- "A note has been put on your application to remind the respective department about the delay."
e- "We received your $100 fee on date XYZ not the day you paid it."
d- Or any other irrelevant stuff they concoct and tell you.

All the above are a polite way of saying; "back-off" or "other immigration programs are more important."

I can bet you that almost every caller who has called or will call about PGWP has received or will receive one or more of such responses.

As applicants you all need to interpret the verbal language that is hidden behind what they say or what they mean. Don't you ask yourselves why they tell each caller the same things over and over again? They know that they messed up the online system when the new $100 fee rolled out (Feb 21, 2015). They won't admit it though because that would be a liability admission on their part.

Secondly, paying your extra OWP holders fee of $100 through CSE has absolutely nothing to do with speeding up the process. If it was, then most applicants (and not just May 15th applicants) would have got their PGWP already. Paying the OWP holder fee is entirely every applicant's responsibility. The CSE site has various functions and the ability to upload any document that contributes to someone's application is one of them.

Therefore, when you feel like you are being played on the phone like Pingpong ball, use other means such as some helpful MPs, employer, lawyer, and going public. Going public has shaken things up. The more of you complain publicly, the better the service you receive.

Have you guys ever thought about the processing time and how it increases?

Guess what? The trick is to buy themselves time such that even when you complain on the phone, they will say, "your application is still within processing time." Its like taking a penalty kick. As soon as you are about to kick the ball, the goalkeeper moves the goalposts to a different position. The reason why some people receive updates on the weekend is because some CIC employees actually work on the weekend. I discovered this recently. So one would think that maybe things would go a little faster (unless of course those who work weekends don't process applications).

I can understand that CIC is quite busy with so many immigration programs. But why online applications can't be processed quickly and swiftly with all documentation presented to them on a silver plate by applicants is beyond me (not entirely though!!!). I hope that the CIC application processing teams/departments have not been on a strike for a long time.

Something smells fishy there!

What do you guys think?

Cheers!
 

hobo420

Star Member
Oct 17, 2015
154
33
jubear said:
Slimteddy and all Members,

I can understand and feel your frustration with waiting that is endless. But like all human beings we all have our faults, inadequacies, mistakes, innocence, ignorance of other people's situations, and sometimes naivety.

CIC agents aren't "all over the place". Believe it or not they know exactly what they plan to tell each caller. Here are the common ones;

a- "Your application has been forwarded for further review."
b- "It will take another 16 weeks to process."
c- "Just continue waiting until month X or Y, and if you don't hear from us during that time, you can call back again."
d- "A note has been put on your application to remind the respective department about the delay."
e- "We received your $100 fee on date XYZ not the day you paid it."
d- Or any other irrelevant stuff they concoct and tell you.

All the above are a polite way of saying; "back-off" or "other immigration programs are more important."

I can bet you that almost every caller who has called or will call about PGWP has received or will receive one or more of such responses.

As applicants you all need to interpret the verbal language that is hidden behind what they say or what they mean. Don't you ask yourselves why they tell each caller the same things over and over again? They know that they messed up the online system when the new $100 fee rolled out (Feb 21, 2015). They won't admit it though because that would be a liability admission on their part.

Secondly, paying your extra OWP holders fee of $100 through CSE has absolutely nothing to do with speeding up the process. If it was, then most applicants (and not just May 15th applicants) would have got their PGWP already. Paying the OWP holder fee is entirely every applicant's responsibility. The CSE site has various functions and the ability to upload any document that contributes to someone's application is one of them.

Therefore, when you feel like you are being played on the phone like Pingpong ball, use other means such as some helpful MPs, employer, lawyer, and going public. Going public has shaken things up. The more of you complain publicly, the better the service you receive.

Have you guys ever thought about the processing time and how it increases?

Guess what? The trick is to buy themselves time such that even when you complain on the phone, they will say, "your application is still within processing time." The reason why some people receive updates on the weekend is because some CIC employees actually work on the weekend. I discovered this recently. Hence why I include all days in my day count calculations.

I can understand that CIC is quite busy with so many immigration programs. But why online applications can't be processed quickly and swiftly with all documentation presented to them on a silver plate by applicants is beyond me (not entirely though!!!). I hope that the CIC application processing teams have not been on a strike for a long time.

Something smells fishy there!

What do you guys think?

Cheers!
Word!!
 

mets15

Star Member
Oct 22, 2015
125
1
I agree Jubear, the agents just say variations of the same things over and over again, really isn't useful to call them. I still don't really understand why any officer is looking at a file more than once, especially the applicants who fully paid at the time of submission and have attached all the required documents. I don't understand looking at it once for that, and then days going by and they look at it again, and still don't approve :mad: :mad: :mad:
 

zhouyvan

Full Member
Sep 28, 2015
46
0
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sept 2015
AOR Received.
Jan 2016
Med's Done....
Juin 2016
Passport Req..
waiting
jubear said:
Slimteddy and all Members,

I can understand and feel your frustration with waiting that is endless. But like all human beings we all have our faults, inadequacies, mistakes, innocence, ignorance of other people's situations, and sometimes naivety.

CIC agents aren't "all over the place". Believe it or not they know exactly what they plan to tell each caller. Here are the common ones;

a- "Your application has been forwarded for further review."
b- "It will take another 16 weeks to process."
c- "Just continue waiting until month X or Y, and if you don't hear from us during that time, you can call back again."
d- "A note has been put on your application to remind the respective department about the delay."
e- "We received your $100 fee on date XYZ not the day you paid it."
d- Or any other irrelevant stuff they concoct and tell you.

All the above are a polite way of saying; "back-off" or "other immigration programs are more important."

I can bet you that almost every caller who has called or will call about PGWP has received or will receive one or more of such responses.

As applicants you all need to interpret the verbal language that is hidden behind what they say or what they mean. Don't you ask yourselves why they tell each caller the same things over and over again? They know that they messed up the online system when the new $100 fee rolled out (Feb 21, 2015). They won't admit it though because that would be a liability admission on their part.

Secondly, paying your extra OWP holders fee of $100 through CSE has absolutely nothing to do with speeding up the process. If it was, then most applicants (and not just May 15th applicants) would have got their PGWP already. Paying the OWP holder fee is entirely every applicant's responsibility. The CSE site has various functions and the ability to upload any document that contributes to someone's application is one of them.

Therefore, when you feel like you are being played on the phone like Pingpong ball, use other means such as some helpful MPs, employer, lawyer, and going public. Going public has shaken things up. The more of you complain publicly, the better the service you receive.

Have you guys ever thought about the processing time and how it increases?

Guess what? The trick is to buy themselves time such that even when you complain on the phone, they will say, "your application is still within processing time." Its like taking a penalty kick. As soon as you are about to kick the ball, the goalkeeper moves the goalposts to a different position. The reason why some people receive updates on the weekend is because some CIC employees actually work on the weekend. I discovered this recently. So one would think that maybe things would go a little faster (unless of course those who work weekends don't process applications).

I can understand that CIC is quite busy with so many immigration programs. But why online applications can't be processed quickly and swiftly with all documentation presented to them on a silver plate by applicants is beyond me (not entirely though!!!). I hope that the CIC application processing teams/departments have not been on a strike for a long time.

Something smells fishy there!

What do you guys think?

Cheers!

Really feel the same !!!!!