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jk45 said:
The Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) will hear the striking foreign service's bad-faith bargaining complaint against Treasury Board on August 22, according to a tweet from the union's Twitter account Friday morning.

The announcement of the hearing date comes more than one week after the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against Treasury Board. The union also asked the board to order two parties into binding arbitration.

PAFSO filed the bad-faith bargaining complaint last Wednesday after a failed attempt to enter binding arbitration with Treasury Board


I honestly dont know what to make out of this news.God knows how long will this drag on.1st hearing..2nd hearing...who knows.So what do we do till Aug 24th ?? Just keep checking e-cas i guess..lol.

Its a bloody Circus!

Just sit back relax and pray that u get ur PP back.
Looks like they are still working on files...so theres some hope.:)
 
zormas said:
I honestly dont know what to make out of this news.God knows how long will this drag on.1st hearing..2nd hearing...who knows.So what do we do till Aug 24th ?? Just keep checking e-cas i guess..lol.

Its a bloody Circus!

Just sit back relax and pray that u get ur PP back.
Looks like they are still working on files...so theres some hope.:)

Union said it should be 2 days max so by the 24th we will know. The thing I'm worried about is what happens if government is found not barging in bad faith by the board. Then what happens?? Then it will be very long strike and its gonna suck
 
dhami_u said:
Union said it should be 2 days max so by the 24th we will know. The thing I'm worried about is what happens if government is found not barging in bad faith by the board. Then what happens?? Then it will be very long strike and its gonna suck

Not really as even though the government is found not barging in bad faith then on September 1st or 2nd week they will send the PAFSO back to work legislation which is why they want to settle this before September.
 
magessss said:
Not really as even though the government is found not barging in bad faith then on September 1st or 2nd week they will send the PAFSO back to work legislation which is why they want to settle this before September.

Yuh parliment is scheduled to be back on September 6. But leaving in Ottawa I have never seen thrm back to work on scheduled date. Usually 2 weeks after :'(
 
dhami_u said:
Yuh parliment is scheduled to be back on September 6. But leaving in Ottawa I have never seen thrm back to work on scheduled date. Usually 2 weeks after :'(


I agree.I work in ottawa ....so i can say that from 1st hand exp :)

Dhami_u .... r u in ottawa?
 
Has anybody received a date for an interview at CHC ????
 
Do you guys think they are doing interviews in groups? Like saving all the applicants who require interviews for one specific day? Or week?
 
Not a good news from the visa perspective. I am considernign ordering GCMS notes. How long does it take to receive GCMS notes after ordering?

Does it affect the progress of the case? Do they physically look at the file to see what;s going on?

Thanks.
 
CANVISA005 said:
Not a good news from the visa perspective. I am considernign ordering GCMS notes. How long does it take to receive GCMS notes after ordering?

Does it affect the progress of the case? Do they physically look at the file to see what;s going on?

Thanks.

1 month
 
Is anyone updating the 2013 spreadsheet? if so please add my timeline

Medical Done ? (16-03-2013)
Application Sent to CIC ? (17-05-2013)
Application Received at CIC (21-05-2013)
Date of Sponsorship Approved (19-06-2013)
Date of File Transferred to New Delhi ? (19-06-2013)
Passport Request: Not yet

It is very frustrating not knowing what is going on with my file (ecas is no help). Is the request for passport delayed because of the strike or background investigations or interview? It is ok I get frustrated not knowing the status of my application but hats off to people who submitted their passports in January and are still waiting while maintaining their sanity.
 
waiting 2 exhale said:
Is anyone updating the 2013 spreadsheet? if so please add my timeline

Medical Done ? (16-03-2013)
Application Sent to CIC ? (17-05-2013)
Application Received at CIC (21-05-2013)
Date of Sponsorship Approved (19-06-2013)
Date of File Transferred to New Delhi ? (19-06-2013)
Passport Request: Not yet

It is very frustrating not knowing what is going on with my file (ecas is no help). Is the request for passport delayed because of the strike or background investigations or interview? It is ok I get frustrated not knowing the status of my application but hats off to people who submitted their passports in January and are still waiting while maintaining their sanity.

Most ppl received PPR 30 - 60 days after their file was transfered to ND. I am pretty sure you will get your PPR by the end of August and If not just order GCMS notes to see why your PPR was delayed.
 
Sanju1986 said:
Most ppl received PPR 30 - 60 days after their file was transfered to ND. I am pretty sure you will get your PPR by the end of August and If not just order GCMS notes to see why your PPR was delayed.

Hi latest news is that GCMS will take now 50 days instaed of 30 days
 
anisha patel said:
Hi latest news is that GCMS will take now 50 days instaed of 30 days


OMG
 
anisha patel said:
Hi latest news is that GCMS will take now 50 days instaed of 30 days

Where did you hear that? Always got in on about the 29th-30th day, GCMS is from Ottawa so got nothing to do with LVO

I am ordering twice a month, need to see every step of this long nonsensical wait
 
GulzarND said:
No 2013 Applicant from New Delhi Office ?
hey am 4m INDIA , i got admission in george brown college (wireless networking ) a PG course .,
i hav got 13 backlogs with repetition in my graduation with 64% aggregate(C.S.E).,IELTS score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.,10th - 76% ., 12th - 67% ,., paid off my complete 1 year fees as well as CAD$ 10,000 as of my living expenses GIC , what are my likely chances towards visa ? plz some1 help me out ., am nervous all d tym Sad(((((((( applied under general .,
and does it take more time under general ??????????????????????

31st july dropped all my documents at VFS - Hyderabad