PAFSO Strike Updates

[vickyindia]

its been sorted i heard so cheer up

 

[Merg]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if the strike has effected their visa application and caused any delays, etc? I am a journalism student in Canada and I'm doing an assignment on the effect of the strike on International students. Any help would be great! Thanks!

 

[Wordlife]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if the strike has effected their visa application and caused any delays, etc? I am a journalism student in Canada and I'm doing an assignment on the effect of the strike on International students. Any help would be great! Thanks!

It did but not that much... I'm not sure but around 45000 visas were issued to students which were more than previous year during june/july. most of the delays were compensated by colleges/universities by extending their date of joining. Inspite of various efforts, few students couldn't get visa in time and were deferred to next available intake. Embassy asked them to re-send new updated LOA. Few applicant files took too long to process (lack of documents or VO delay) while mostly others had it processed within given time frame. Highest affected were PR, spouse, work permit and visitor visa applicants. Estimated losses were in millions (maybe it reached billion, not sure)... GIC also had problematic start, scotiabank took too long in some cases while others were processed in time. So it was kinda nervous time for all applicants and luckily i decided not to file my visa for sept and i am very happy with my decision lol.

 

[Merg]

Oh great, thanks a lot for giving me your views! I really appreciate it. And good luck with your application!

 

[computergeek]

Most of the impact was felt by PR visa classes, as CIC moved personnel away from processing their applications to temporary visa applications (e.g., CPC-V which processes inland family applications stopped issuing first stage approvals for five months and have only just now resumed doing so).

 

[PMMAT]

It did but not that much... I'm not sure but around 45000 visas were issued to students which were more than previous year during june/july. most of the delays were compensated by colleges/universities by extending their date of joining. Inspite of various efforts, few students couldn't get visa in time and were deferred to next available intake. Embassy asked them to re-send new updated LOA. Few applicant files took too long to process (lack of documents or VO delay) while mostly others had it processed within given time frame. Highest affected were PR, spouse, work permit and visitor visa applicants. Estimated losses were in millions (maybe it reached billion, not sure)... GIC also had problematic start, scotiabank took too long in some cases while others were processed in time. So it was kinda nervous time for all applicants and luckily i decided not to file my visa for sept and i am very happy with my decision lol.

bro
i have an problem
my classes are begin from 6 jan
i just want to ask that can i go to canada during 25 to 30 nov
i also want to know if i go there is there any problem of immigration ?
i want to go that time due to personal reasons
thanks

 

[Merg]

Thanks for the information - it's very useful! Much appreciated.

 

[Wordlife]

bro
i have an problem
my classes are begin from 6 jan
i just want to ask that can i go to canada during 25 to 30 nov
i also want to know if i go there is there any problem of immigration ?
i want to go that time due to personal reasons
thanks

Normally ppl go a month before, some go a week before. Your visa is valid from day it was stamped, so there wont be any issues. They wont ask but if they do, just be ready to tell whatever reason u have. I'll go early december because i need to do some shopping for christmas for my family.