Well, as for what quality assurance means, I think we had come up with a few forum threads mentioning the fact that for some cases (taken randomly), they sometimes decide to have the file double-checked by another office (in that case having it double-checked by London to prove and make sure that Ottawa is making a "good" job...). And I think we read on this forum about someone mentioning that quality assurance meant an interview (they wave it but then decide to have it done anyway to prove that they were right in waving it, if this makes any sense).
So anyway, I thought this was supposed to happen for a tiny fraction of the cases, and it happened to ...us!
As for your email, I would not worry too much about the time they take to reply, as for us it meant that at least someone looked into our case, rather than say the usual standard 2 line "we cannot give you etc etc". So hopefully you might have a better clue as to what became of your file.
And I don't think your file will be transferred back to London, no, the unlucky fraction is us
Can't believe we'll be the last ones here to get our PPR...we don't even belong to the famous and dear "CPPO group" anymore, so the hopeful replies of you guys will make us even more depressed....To think we should have had our PPR in January if they had not decided to use our case for quality check...
Why wait now to tell us? And only after we enquired. So they were right when they said we should receive an email from London, not Ottawa. That got us quite confused at the time but now it all makes sense..
So when will we be interviewed? How long after that will we get PPR?...
anyway, trying not to think about the future...
Another 6 months wasted for nothing when our file is ready for visa...In the meantime we had planned so much for this summer.