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torotorospanaa

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Apr 16, 2021
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CEC
AOR Received.
02-10-2020
Med's Done....
13-11-2020
legalfalcon said:
Understanding “Review Required”

A lot of applicants see “review required” in their GCMS notes for eligibility. There are many theories floating around with regard to what “review required” means and if it is alarming.

Before I venture into explaining the significance, it is important to understand that each application goes through the following stages as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the regulations (Canadian Immigration Law):

R10 – Completeness Check
Criminality
Medicals
A11.2 – eligibility
Security

Out of the above, the most important stage is eligibility. This is also the most time-consuming stage because your documents have to be verified, evaluated and assessed to ascertain that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program you have applied (FSW / CEC / FTW). To stream line this process and make it easier for an immigration officer (decision making authority), all applications are first evaluated by case analysts or program assistants. They review the documents and summarize it in the GCMS. If they have any concerns with any document or want the immigration officer to carefully look into a specific document, they will flag it as “review required.” It is the content of the note that is important here. If the review required is for a specific document, while the summary of the note says that an applicant has met the eligibility, or “ready to finalize” it simply means that while the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, but the specific document needs a careful examination form the officer before promoting (eligibility pass) by the officer.

However, if there are concerns, there will be a review required for the eligibility, and there will be no text to the effect “ready to finalize” or pass. The note will specifically state job duties do not match, or the employment cannot be verified, or the number of years of work experience claimed cannot be verified. This is where an application can land in muddy waters. But the final decision rests on the immigration officer. He may override the decision of the analyst / assistant or go with the analysis of the analyst / assistant.

Even in cases where the analyst / assistant is of the opinion that the applicant has met the eligibility, and there is no “review required,” the officer can replace it with his own opinion. Though rare, but it does happen. This is why the eligibility is only passed when an officer conclusively marks the eligibility as passed.

Finally, there is “review required” for PoF. This is the most common in many applications. This is because, the financial and banking practices of each country are different. Eg. Fixed deposits are know as Certificate of Deposit (CD) in the US. Similarly, treasury bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and many other investment vehicles are there. If your PoF anything other than a bank deposit, it is more likely that it will be marked as “review required.” Also, IRCC does not go by day to day fluctuations in FOREX. Instead, the Canadian federal government issued a quarterly conversion rate for all FOREX vis-a-via CAD. If your PoF is in a foreign currency, then you may have “review required” for the officer to make a determination.

Just because you have “review required” does not mean that you hit the panic mode. Instead, read the context in which it is there. If there is a concern regarding a document, you can send a replacement document via CSE. The most common reasons for RR are:

1. Work reference letter without job duties
2. Work reference letters missing all the details requested by IRCC
3. If you submitted a letter from a colleague because you were unable to get one from your employer, but did not have a LoE on file, this too will lead to RR.
4. Not sufficient work experience in the primary NOC.
5. Inability to verify your employment as your employer details are missing.

There are just some of the scenarios.
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Thank you so much for your detailed explanation! This is really helpful!
 
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VVV62

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Feb 11, 2021
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AOR Received.
15-10-2020
Med's Done....
26-11-2020
Hi, everyone!
21st of May is close, and no one knows what to expect. What do you think, is it possible for international travel restrictions to be relaxed? Could outland applications then be returned to processing?
 
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Rummy_fav

Full Member
Jan 6, 2021
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legalfalcon said:
The notes https://ibb.co/F4rY05P is your R10 note, or the completeness check note.

The https://ibb.co/2ZMdzr7 is your eligibility note and as per this you have review required for the following:

A11.2 is eligibility which is your CRS,

R75 is MEC - all applicants need 67 out of max 100 to meet MEC.

R76 refers to MEC, i.e. 76 points

R75 is the eligibly for FSW.

Based on the note, the only 421 points could be verified.

Here is my old post on RR:

Understanding “Review Required”

A lot of applicants see “review required” in their GCMS notes for eligibility. There are many theories floating around with regard to what “review required” means and if it is alarming.

Before I venture into explaining the significance, it is important to understand that each application goes through the following stages as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the regulations (Canadian Immigration Law):

R10 – Completeness Check
Criminality
Medicals
A11.2 – eligibility
Security

Out of the above, the most important stage is eligibility. This is also the most time-consuming stage because your documents have to be verified, evaluated and assessed to ascertain that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program you have applied (FSW / CEC / FTW). To stream line this process and make it easier for an immigration officer (decision making authority), all applications are first evaluated by case analysts or program assistants. They review the documents and summarize it in the GCMS. If they have any concerns with any document or want the immigration officer to carefully look into a specific document, they will flag it as “review required.” It is the content of the note that is important here. If the review required is for a specific document, while the summary of the note says that an applicant has met the eligibility, or “ready to finalize” it simply means that while the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, but the specific document needs a careful examination form the officer before promoting (eligibility pass) by the officer.

However, if there are concerns, there will be a review required for the eligibility, and there will be no text to the effect “ready to finalize” or pass. The note will specifically state job duties do not match, or the employment cannot be verified, or the number of years of work experience claimed cannot be verified. This is where an application can land in muddy waters. But the final decision rests on the immigration officer. He may override the decision of the analyst / assistant or go with the analysis of the analyst / assistant.

Even in cases where the analyst / assistant is of the opinion that the applicant has met the eligibility, and there is no “review required,” the officer can replace it with his own opinion. Though rare, but it does happen. This is why the eligibility is only passed when an officer conclusively marks the eligibility as passed.

Finally, there is “review required” for PoF. This is the most common in many applications. This is because, the financial and banking practices of each country are different. Eg. Fixed deposits are know as Certificate of Deposit (CD) in the US. Similarly, treasury bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and many other investment vehicles are there. If your PoF anything other than a bank deposit, it is more likely that it will be marked as “review required.” Also, IRCC does not go by day to day fluctuations in FOREX. Instead, the Canadian federal government issued a quarterly conversion rate for all FOREX vis-a-via CAD. If your PoF is in a foreign currency, then you may have “review required” for the officer to make a determination.

Just because you have “review required” does not mean that you hit the panic mode. Instead, read the context in which it is there. If there is a concern regarding a document, you can send a replacement document via CSE. The most common reasons for RR are:

1. Work reference letter without job duties
2. Work reference letters missing all the details requested by IRCC
3. If you submitted a letter from a colleague because you were unable to get one from your employer, but did not have a LoE on file, this too will lead to RR.
4. Not sufficient work experience in the primary NOC.
5. Inability to verify your employment as your employer details are missing.

There are just some of the scenarios.
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Thank you so much for this. Could you please explain something to me. My situation does not have any of the reasons you stated as RR. According to my GCMS note everything you stated was written “met”. But the only RR was for my husband’s Police certificates which does not have any criminal record stated. But unlike me, he has been denied visa to England twice. Could this be the reason why they stated review required in his police certificates? He’s also non-accompanying
 
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andreynitro

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Jan 4, 2019
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VVV62 said:
Hi, everyone!
21st of May is close, and no one knows what to expect. What do you think, is it possible for international travel restrictions to be relaxed? Could outland applications then be returned to processing?
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are you joking? Everything is closed here. In Ontario Stay at Home order is extended to at least June 2... I guess September is earliest possible. By this time majority will have 2 doses of vaccine
 
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stefi2020

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Nov 23, 2020
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Aor October 10th 2020
Doc's Request.
Rcmp
AOR Received.
October 10th 2020
Med's Request
November 20th 2020
nambyol said:
Still no updates from me. Oct28th AOR.. feeling really disheartened :(
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You re not alone. Aor is oct 10th. Review required since March 9 rh and file hasn't moved since... Just need to be patient. It will come when you don't expect it anymore lol
 
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aammyy

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Nov 2, 2020
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AOR October 27th (CEC inland, Ottawa VO) - no idea what's going on with my file and I can't get through to IRCC for any updates. Last I heard my status was medical passed, criminality passed, eligibility recommended passed, security not started - that was back in late April. My RCMP ADR went to N/A on May 7th, but I haven't received any updates since.
 
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Kerikeri

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aammyy said:
AOR October 27th (CEC inland, Ottawa VO) - no idea what's going on with my file and I can't get through to IRCC for any updates. Last I heard my status was medical passed, criminality passed, eligibility recommended passed, security not started - that was back in late April. My RCMP ADR went to N/A on May 7th, but I haven't received any updates since.
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Just keep trying you will get through to an agent
 
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