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[natasha963]

Latest Update

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/26/pol-foreign-service-workers-arbitration.html

Maybe this will result in waiting for another few weeks. However, lets see what happens next week, complete withdrawal of all immigration services is better than partial withdrawal. This should at last force tc and his govt to surrender to pafso's demands at the earliest.
Achha hai, if strike is to continue one way or another, this is the right way. Why should only those people face inconvenience who are waiting for pr, let everybody face it as this would put entire responsibility on tc.

 

[terki]

http://www.pafso.com/news_releases.php?newsID=159

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.

 

[jesusiloveu]

http://www.pafso.com/news_releases.php?newsID=159

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.

our life is for waiting waiting waiting....................when we will get visa..........Pafso playing with our lives..

 

[amitsmeet]

I agree with Natasha's comment only an extreme step by PFSO can compel the govt to break it should be good for us all...

 

[jesusiloveu]

gudnyt friends :

 

[jogesh]

:-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

 

[terki]

PAFSO members will picket outside PMO's office (Langevin Block) tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m

 

[SandySurrey]

Foreign service officers at 15 of Canada's busiest visa application centres abroad walked off the job Monday as part of their ongoing strike action that the union says is causing a "severe" and growing economic impact.

The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers started rotating job action at the international visa offices in the spring, but with no resolution in sight to the contract dispute, it has decided to do a co-ordinated walkout at the 15 offices at the same time. They will be off the job until further notice.

Tim Edwards, president of PAFSO, said the withdrawal of visa services involves about 150 employees. They process 10,000 to 20,000 visas per week between the 15 offices, which include major cities such as Mexico City, London, Beijing, Cairo, Paris and Delhi.

"It's a massive flow," he told CBC News. Tourists, international students, businesspeople and temporary foreign workers are all affected by the withdrawal of services.

"A lot of them will not be able to get their visa. If they do it will be severely delayed," said Edwards.

Tourism associations have estimated the strike could cost the industry at least $280 million this summer and they have urged the two sides to quickly settle their dispute.

The education sector is also concerned about students not getting their visas in time to start their school year in Canada and about them applying elsewhere to study because of the hassle. Some associations have said the strike could damage Canada's reputation and that even after the strike is over students may be turned off of coming here because of the visa trouble. International students are estimated to pump $8 billion into Canada's economy every year.

Monday's escalated job action comes after PAFSO and Treasury Board Tony Clement failed to agree on the union's offer to go to arbitration. The government said it would only go to arbitration if the union accepted six conditions attached to it. One of them was that the union not make wage comparisons with other public service employees at the table. The government wanted the conditions kept confidential but the union disclosed some of them on Friday.

Visa offices remain open
PAFSO responded that they couldn't accept that condition since fighting for "equal pay for equal work" is the precise reason they are on strike. Edwards said foreign service officers are trying to close the wage gap with other government workers who do the same jobs working as policy analysts, economists, lawyers or other positions but get paid more.

PAFSO said it would accept three of the conditions, but Treasury Board said it had to accept them all.

"We are disappointed that the union has refused our reasonable offer," a spokesman for Clement said Monday. "Our government is committed to bargaining in good faith, unlike the union, which has breached good faith bargaining principles by releasing confidential negotiating documents."

Citizenship and Immigration Canada said all visa offices remain open and are providing service. The department has hired temporary staff to process applications. It is training existing staff from the department on an urgent basis so they can work on visas and some staff are working overtime.

"CIC is also shifting more work to Canada and to overseas offices that have additional capacity," a spokeswoman for immigration minister Chris Alexander said.

 

[Canadian Dreams]

Latest Update

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/26/pol-foreign-service-workers-arbitration.html

Maybe this will result in waiting for another few weeks. However, lets see what happens next week, complete withdrawal of all immigration services is better than partial withdrawal. This should at last force tc and his govt to surrender to pafso's demands at the earliest.
Achha hai, if strike is to continue one way or another, this is the right way. Why should only those people face inconvenience who are waiting for pr, let everybody face it as this would put entire responsibility on tc.

I support this opinion.

Reasons :

1. Tourists will not wait for 4 - 5 months to travel to Canada for re-creation they may choose some other European destination. Students will also not wait & they may select some other country to pursue their studies. So whatever is lost will be a permanent & can't be revived. Govt. will be forced to sit across the table with PAFSO "without any preconditions" with the arbitrator to resolve the long on-going issue which is daunting Canada's Economy & country's image.

2. Govt. may force PAFSO to get back to work or face action viz. termination of their services, No Work No Pay or temporary suspension of the PAFSO workers. Govt. can't afford no work on Visa issuance in 15 of its major VOs. Other immigration related jobs at VOs doesn't count much since ultimately issuing Visa for the deserving is the ultimate job of any VISA office which is not happening. Hence VO remaining open & working but no VISA issuance is actually "No Work".

A workaround / contingency plan as indicated, the Govt. may recruit retired employees or train temporary staff to handle jobs of PAFSO. They may up-grade the existing staff to perform the jobs of PAFSO. Initially there will be slow pace & they may get stuck but things will ease out later. Govt. is reluctant to accept PAFSO's demands since this will surely trigger off similar action in other sectors.

Had this been done internally without such global advertisement, other sectors may not have noticed or have thought it to be a normal salary hike but as it has spread like a shock wave, it may prompt other sectors to instigate similar steps.

 

[terki]

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/30/no_end_in_sight_to_strike_by_canadas_foreign_service_officers.html

http://www.psac-afpc.com/news/2013/bargaining/20130730-e.shtml#.UfgwoY8rZng.twitter

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/30/pol-foreign-service-protest.html

 

[jesusiloveu]

GUDNYT

 

[suryavanshi]

Hi...bro,
Iam a new guy to this blog....as iam waiting for my passports and visas in India ( sent passports with complete application package in 4/2013 CAS showing 3rd line medical results have been received)till date not yet received visas.....for 4 persons i shown proof of funds as a fixed deposit for 3 months...as FD`s validity is already expired last month....i thought will get visas in 45 days....so i did like this...plz bro give your opinion `will this affects in visa granting if they contact bank(i.e rejection of visa) or visa office will contact me to show funds again...thanks in advance

 

[nvln]

Hi...bro,
Iam a new guy to this blog....as iam waiting for my passports and visas in India ( sent passports with complete application package in 4/2013 CAS showing 3rd line medical results have been received)till date not yet received visas.....for 4 persons i shown proof of funds as a fixed deposit for 3 months...as FD`s validity is already expired last month....i thought will get visas in 45 days....so i did like this...plz bro give your opinion `will this affects in visa granting if they contact bank(i.e rejection of visa) or visa office will contact me to show funds again...thanks in advance

Hi Surya,

1. If the FD has matured - you can consider renewing it for a further period and send the copy of the renewed FD Receipt.
2. You are not alone - there are people waiting for Passports even since NOV / DEC 2012 (or perhaps even earlier!)

Good Luck.

Regards.
NVLN.

 

[mindianboy]

Hi Friends
Any thing regarding the strike.
I think Govt and PAFSO are in the mood to take it into the FALL
Too Bad

 

[jesusiloveu]

Yes..God only knws when it wil get ovr :-\