Dear All,
I am an Egyptian Citizen working & living in the U.A.E as a Petroleum Engineer. I applied to immigrate to Canada back in December 2014 as a Federal Skilled Worker ( Submitted to the LONDON VISA OFFICE)
In February 2015: I got a response that the my application was received.
On 30 March 2016 : CIC requested the following :
a) Military Certificate with my status ( I'm exempted ) .
b) Police certificate (since the certificate I submitted back in 2014 was expired).
I submitted the required papers on 20th of April 2016 and I got a response by the 22nd of April 2016 with the following message , and I quote :
"
Dear Mahmoud,
Thank you for your email.
We acknowledge receipt of the documents attached in your email below. Please note that your application has been updated accordingly.
The file is currently undergoing background checks. Please be advised that there are various checks that a file may need to undergo during the application process. We will contact you if/when further information is required.
We appreciate your patience during this process.
Yours sincerely,
EXP
Immigration and Medical Services Division "
And I am waiting since that date..........
My question is : Is there any rule of thumb or a "Maximum" time that one receives a reply regarding his background checks status? I have tried to check online but the status has not changed yet.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you All !