The whole "AINP fasttrack immigration scheme for SRS H1-B" was a sham, ill planned and executed pathetically. CIC seems to be taking off from where the AINP left us, in the quagmire. It appears to me that this process is designed more to test our patience rather than test our applications and qualifications. The worst is the continued arrogant attitude by which the visa officers respond to the querries.
Some if not many of the waiting folks are in desperate situations. Visas about to expire, fear of visas getting cancelled becuz of RFEs, fear of loosing jobs and getting laid off, fear of having to go back to home countries and risk the visa issuance delay to eternity, passport stamping challenges if and when they get PPR as India does not allow PPs to me mailed over seas and CIC does not xfer applications to consulates overseas. Yeah right, and the visa officer @ CIC admonishes us not to compare our situations with other applicants as everyone's situation in UNIQUE. how helpful of CIC. long live the coffee breaks and the water cooler chit chats @ the immigration offices. Long live bureaucracy and government workers. Long live the power of unions. Ok we flooded the system by too many applications, How easy it is to blame the work load and never the workforce.
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