Pakistani Applicants waiting for PPR (Stage 1 or 2 letters) from CHC London

[canada1234]

bohat bohat mobarikbaad to all of u..
welcome to the next que.. and i hope all u got passport back before this month end..

Hi imran,
Approximately after how many days one can expect Visa after submitting PPR-2.
Secondly what was the outcome of your baby boy thumb impression issue.

 

[alveei]

In my opinion, if the PCC of the gap time period has the same residential address as the old PCC had, then in every likelihood they won't go for checks.
Lets see and hope for the best

Thanks for a quick reply
I'll update the experience for others ASA I got some news.

 

[MAjmal]

I am still waiting. Although I expected that some news will be there to share today. No news till yet!

 

[azmatgaad]

hai friends
Check this out

u will get a lot of answers regarding BG check

http://www.sirc-csars.gc.ca/anrran/index-eng.html


mmigration screening

Immigration screening helps to ensure that individuals who pose a threat to security and/or are inadmissible under the IRPA do not gain entry or obtain status in Canada. This program provides security advice to:

identify whether or not citizenship applicants will engage in activities that constitute a threat to the security of Canada;
identify individuals who are inadmissible on security grounds under Section 34(1) of the IRPA;
identify visitor and refugee claimants at Canadian ports of entry who are inadmissible for security reasons; and
screen those requesting visitor visas from countries that pose a terrorist, espionage and transnational criminal activity threat.
In 2007–08, the branch received 94,400 requests under various immigration screening programs (see Table 5). The number of requests received within and from outside Canada was similar to the previous year, while the number of refugee determination requests decreased. The number of front-end screening requests increased from the previous year.

Table 5: Immigration security screening
Requests* Briefs
2005-06 2006-07 2007–08 2005-06 2006-07 2007–08
Within and outside Canada† 63,200 62,800 66,000 133 201 195
Front-end Screening†† 17,100 17,900 21,800 89 143 117
Refugee determination††† 11,700 11,600 6,600 127 153 142
Subtotal 92,000 92,300 94,400 349 497 454
Citizenship applications 308,000 227,300 190,000 120 155 109
Total 400,000 319,600 284,400 469 652 563
* Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
† This includes permanent residents from within and outside Canada (excluding the Refugee Determination Program), permanent residents from within the United States and applicants from overseas.
†† Individuals claiming refugee status in Canada or at ports of entry.
††† Refugees, as defined by the IRPA, who apply from within Canada for permanent resident status.

CSIS finds no adverse information in the majority of its screening investigations of refugee claimants or immigration/citizenship candidates. In 2007–08, the Service issued 325 information briefs, 129 inadmissibility briefs and one incidental letter related to immigration cases.

In recent years, the Service's turnaround times for providing information or inadmissibility briefs were generally quite lengthy. In 2007–08, information briefs related to immigration cases took a median of 508 calendar days for an application filed in Canada, 620 days for those filed from the United States and 150 days for those filed abroad. Information briefs related to permanent resident applicants who are refugees in Canada had a median turnaround time of 497 days, and those for files subject to the Front-End Screening Program had a turnaround time of 339 days.

Table 6 provides a three-year highlight of the Service's median turnaround time for
providing notices of assessments.

Table 6: Turnaround time (in days) for notices of assessment
2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Citizenship 1 1 1
Immigration (Canada)† 70 78 59
Immigration (USA)†† 62 29 45
Overseas immigration 16 14 20
Refugee determination 96 98 64
Front-end screening 23 19 28
† This includes certain classes of individuals who apply for permanent resident status within Canada.
†† This includes persons who have been legally admitted to Canada for at least one year, and who may submit their application to Citizenship and Immigration offices in the United States.

Other screening activities

In 2007–08, the Security Screening Branch also vetted 111,300 visa applications for foreign programs. In addition, the branch was involved in the following two programs:

The Trusted Traveller Program — a pre-clearance program for individuals who travel frequently to the United States. This program is currently under development; and
Passenger Protect — the branch worked with other government departments in developing airline passenger screening programs, in particular the domestic “no-fly” program, which became operational on June 18, 2007.

 

[azmatgaad]

BG check ... how

Immigration and Citizenship Screening

While Canada's long and valued tradition of welcoming immigrants and visitors continues, Canada and its allies must maintain a heightened and sustained vigilance to counter acts of political or religiously motivated violence and espionage, all of which constitute a threat to our personal and national security, including our economic security. Maintaining the integrity of the immigration system is a vital part of strengthening Canada's security environment.

The objective of CSIS's Immigration and Citizenship Screening Program is to prevent non-Canadians who pose security risks from entering or receiving status in Canada. The program is founded on the security-related criteria contained in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Citizenship Act; therefore, CSIS provides security advice regarding immigration and citizenship matters to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CSIS also conducts security screening of Canadian visa applicants and prospective immigrants in cases where the applicant presents potential security concerns.

 

[azmatgaad]

Hi friends
Now see here what i have found (offical time lines of BG check) hahaha

there is a complete document i am too tired to read it m it is more of meeting minutes held in house of commons

plz check
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=5396868&Language=E&Mode=1

a paragraph as example

Ms. Rathika Sitsabaiesan:
Okay.
I'm going to switch a little bit to the Auditor General's report. In the report on visa issuance they made many recommendations, including service standards for the timeliness of the security screenings that were being processed. There is much casework that comes into my constituency...people who are waiting for their application process, where processing delays rest in the processing of the security clearance. When we call CIC and ask them to provide a timeline as to when things may be processed, they say they don't know, they are waiting for the security clearance.
How many staff does the security screening program actually employ for immigration-related purposes to ensure that these responses are done in a timely way?

Mr. Geoffrey Leckey:
I'll start.
In the CBSA national security screening division there are approximately 60 employees. Within the last year we have moved to what we call a tiered service standard to ensure that the speed with which we process applications is in line with the priorities of the Government of Canada. So we've moved to a service standard of a turnaround time of 48 hours in the case of urgent and VIP processing, 5 days in the case of China. In tier 1 countries, which are Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Mexico, and Haiti, our service standard is 10 days, and for all other countries in the world it is 20 days. The security assessment part of the visa processing continuum does not take more than 20 days. In fact, I checked just recently and we're averaging for those other countries about 18 days.

Ms. Rathika Sitsabaiesan:
Okay. That's very useful to know. If we're being given a longer timeframe than CIC, we know it is not actually in the security screening process. It's somewhere else.

Mr. Geoffrey Leckey:
It's not all in the security screening.

Ms. Rathika Sitsabaiesan:
Okay. That's good to know.

 

[imran01]

still waiting.. might they work on friday...and dispatch and i will get it today..let see..

Thanks Imran! Have you receive your PPs back with visa?

 

[imran01]

from 10-30 days
and i put thumb of my kid..dont remember whether its left or right...coz i dont thing such a tiny think matter at all
bus kasam tor de hay koee kasar na rahay..

Hi imran,
Approximately after how many days one can expect Visa after submitting PPR-2.
Secondly what was the outcome of your baby boy thumb impression issue.

 

[mythestic]

Thanks for your well wishes. mythestic and mAjmal - any news of PPR2

No mate.. no news about PPR-2 at all.. eCas still showing 'In Process', although my contact number from eCas is missing since last 2 weeks..

 

[azmatgaad]

feb 2012 meeting minutes from house of commons committe on CIC and immigration

PR BG check --- 8 months
temp residance application ... 5-20 days

here is the detail

meeting minutes BG check/ screenning feb 2012

The Chair:
We have finished the first page, so we're going to start all over again.
I'm going to ask one question first. I'd like you to tell me the difference between the security screening for temporary applications and that for permanent residency applications, if any.
Mr. Pierre Sabourin:
The security screening for temporary residents is for people who are coming here temporarily. The security screening for people who are permanent residents is for people who are coming in here permanently. We now have service standards for the temporary resident side. They're very different from those on the permanent side. I can elaborate more on those, if you wish.
The security screening is to make an admissibility decision based on specific areas of the act, IRPA. We're looking at whether there are reasonable grounds to believe, whether the individual who is applying is permanent or temporary, that the person might pose a risk to national security, such as espionage, terrorism, war criminality, or organized crime. In one case the process is much longer. It takes about eight months right now.
The Chair:
Which one?
Mr. Pierre Sabourin:
For permanent, it takes about eight months. On the temporary side, just over the last few months we finalized the service standards. For a VIP or urgent request, it's 48 hours; for China, it's five days; for what we call tier 1 countries, which includes Saudi Arabia, India, Haiti, Pakistan—there's another one missing—it's 10 days; and for the other countries, for tier 2, it's 20 days.

 

[khalid h]

What is the implication of status given in response to CSE Background Checks in Progress vs Background Checks pending ? Does it mean Medical Review is complete for either.

All of this is just so vague not reflective of the actual situation.

2 days ago in reply to my mail, Visa officer mentioned your medicals are probably under review (not yet with VO) and background checks in progress. It means they start BG checks after issuing medicals. My understanding

 

[SLEO]

My new address is back again today...

What about you ALI and others?

 

[fakhirbutt]

My new address is back again today...

What about you ALI and others?

yes..my new address is back on ecas.....seems every 1 has waken up..

 

[canada1234]

from 10-30 days
and i put thumb of my kid..dont remember whether its left or right...coz i dont thing such a tiny think matter at all
bus kasam tor de hay koee kasar na rahay..

All the best.

 

[agshaheryar]

They sent me an e-mail yesterday, asking for updated Schedule A. They also asked when i and my family took Medical. They gave me 15 days. Does it mean BC has not started yet. And my file will be checked again after 15 days. How much more time will they take to issur PPR. Already 50 days elapsed. So the progress it there.