People who applied for Study Permit LA consulate for Fall 2013?

[molotoff1984]

molotoff1984

The google docs Spreadsheet you shared is for Visitor visa and not for Study permit.
I tried to search for a study permit google docs but not able to find it.
So I Created a new spreadsheet for Study permit.
This is the link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmZuOpGyQcQYdFJ1RTBrcnlZTFNzNFhLUDJFUF9TbFE&usp=sharing

Yes, it is. The reason I shared it is there couple of records revealing information about study permit applicants. Good to know about your spreadsheet. I will contribute to it soon.

 

[molotoff1984]

shradzsaraf

I highly recommend to add the column like 'Applied from' to specify applicant's current location. For example one can apply from Canada (being on visitor status), US or other country, so it will help to get more useful information from this spreadsheet -- if it is populated on regular basis, of course

 

[shradzsaraf]

molotoff1984

Updated the spreadsheet with the "Applied from" column
Next step should be ask all the students to add their details in this spreadsheet

 

[shradzsaraf]

molotoff1984

Lawyer told me to send mail on this email id : re-los-angeles-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca
But when i emailed them using this email ID i didn't get any automated reply.
Yesterday i again emailed them using the case specific inquiry link( you told me yesterday) and guess what i got the automated reply from
re-los-angeles-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca. I think the first time when i emailed they never received it ???
What do you think ??
re-los-angeles-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca is used while they send us the automated reply( thats why it starts with re...)

Now am waiting for their mail....... but i am not sure they will reply or not... as they mentioned that if visa is in normal processing time they will not reply.
In your case they should reply coz its already 11 weeks. You can also try sending email on this id : re-los-angeles-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca

 

[molotoff1984]

shradzsaraf

I believe it is an email id of the auto-response bot, and any messages going there are never delivered. Using the case specific form is better, but I have never been replied anyway. Let see, hopefully you will be more lucky and get response faster.

 

[shradzsaraf]

molotoff1984

Hope so. Anyways is your money order encashed or not ?

 

[scholar201]

Hi.

I am also a visitor in Canada. I have applied for my study permit at LA and my application was received at visa office on 16th April, 2013. Until today (13 July, 2013) I have not heard anything from LA. Further, I have also confirmed from my bank that bank draft submitted with the application has not yet cashed out.

If anyone here is facing same issue. Please stay in touch with me.

thanks,

 

[shradzsaraf]

Hi.

I am also a visitor in Canada. I have applied for my study permit at LA and my application was received at visa office on 16th April, 2013. Until today (13 July, 2013) I have not heard anything from LA. Further, I have also confirmed from my bank that bank draft submitted with the application has not yet cashed out.

If anyone here is facing same issue. Please stay in touch with me.

thanks,

Same here. I think when they will start processing file then only they will encash the check or bank draft. Anyways did you try to contact them through email or mail ?

 

[scholar201]

shradzsaraf:

I submitted a paper based application through a representative (CIC regulated consultant). My consultant has sent them an inquiry on 18th June, 2013 and received an automatic reply that they will respond to the inquiry within 28 days. So far nothing is heard from LA.

Have you applied yourself or through a representative? When your application was received in LA?

 

[shradzsaraf]

scholar201
You can see the spreadsheet for my details. I applied on 22nd May, through a immigration lawyer. Did you ask your consultant to check with the LA office ? I mean what is the normal processing time ? their website its mentioned minimum 30 days but what is the current processing time and which months files are processing now ? Is your consultant giving any guarantee that your visa will be issued ?

 

[scholar201]

scholar201
You can see the spreadsheet for my details. I applied on 22nd May, through a immigration lawyer. Did you ask your consultant to check with the LA office ? I mean what is the normal processing time ? their website its mentioned minimum 30 days but what is the current processing time and which months files are processing now ? Is your consultant giving any guarantee that your visa will be issued ?

shradzsaraf:

Is your representative an immigration consultant or CIC regulated consultant? How much he has charged you for submitting your application. Have you also submitted use of representative form or not? Your lawyer has given you any hopes of visa application approval and in case if an applicant receives rejection then can it be challenged in any court of law or not?

Nobody can guarantee for issuance or rejection of any visa application. It all depends on the visa officer who will review your application. My consultant has contacted visa office through case specific inquiries option available on the LA visa office official website. The study permit application's normal processing time is 08 weeks for applicants who apply through LA while staying inside Canada. However, length of processing time has become worst and its unspecified now due to ongoing strike by visa officers inside and outside Canada. For details search "Canadian diplomats walk off job to protest stalled contract talks" on google.

Further, if you have applied on 22nd May then your application is still under normal processing time until completion of 08 months. Please keep me update if you hear anything about your application and have a good night.

thanks.

 

[shradzsaraf]

shradzsaraf:

Is your representative an immigration consultant or CIC regulated consultant? How much he has charged you for submitting your application. Have you also submitted use of representative form or not? Your lawyer has given you any hopes of visa application approval and in case if an applicant receives rejection then can it be challenged in any court of law or not?

Nobody can guarantee for issuance or rejection of any visa application. It all depends on the visa officer who will review your application. My consultant has contacted visa office through case specific inquiries option available on the LA visa office official website. The study permit application's normal processing time is 08 weeks for applicants who apply through LA while staying inside Canada. However, length of processing time has become worst and its unspecified now due to ongoing strike by visa officers inside and outside Canada. For details search "Canadian diplomats walk off job to protest stalled contract talks" on google.

Further, if you have applied on 22nd May then your application is still under normal processing time until completion of 08 months. Please keep me update if you hear anything about your application and have a good night.

thanks.

Thank you for your reply. My representative is an immigration consultant. Yes I did submit a representative form too alongwith the application. He is a very reputed consultant. That's not a problem at all. Yes the website says it takes 8 weeks for processing. Let's just wait then. Thats all we can do right now

 

[molotoff1984]

scholar201,

I checked your record in the spreadsheet. My case is absolutely the same, except that I applied on my own without lawyer assistance.

Regarding process times -- LA consulate doesn't show any specific process time at the moment, only it does show 30 day (which is non-informative cause we are also subject of medical) or 8 weeks on CIC site (which is average based on calculations between Apr 2012 and March 2013). They also mention to apply "at least 3 months before, that means we can't rely on 8 weeks as well.

Did your lawyer say anything specific about process time? Maybe he got some details?

Thanks.

 

[scholar201]

scholar201,

I checked your record in the spreadsheet. My case is absolutely the same, except that I applied on my own without lawyer assistance.

Regarding process times -- LA consulate doesn't show any specific process time at the moment, only it does show 30 day (which is non-informative cause we are also subject of medical) or 8 weeks on CIC site (which is average based on calculations between Apr 2012 and March 2013). They also mention to apply "at least 3 months before, that means we can't rely on 8 weeks as well.

Did your lawyer say anything specific about process time? Maybe he got some details?

Thanks.


Hi Molotoff1984,

Thanks for your reply. My representative is not a lawyer. She is a CIC approved regulated consultant. She has told me that processing times usually show the average time required to make decision about any case. However, this delay is occurring due to ongoing strike of visa officers. They are not working to review visa applications since 7 June, 2013. They have made some demands of increase in their incentives and salary.

As per my information hundreds and thousands of applications are going pending every week due to this ongoing strike. I don't know if Harper's government will take any action to resolve this dispute between foreign service officers and government or it will continue this way.

What is your country of residence and how you obtained extension in your visitor record? Did you tell them that you awaiting decision on study permit so you should be given extension or something else? how much time it took you to receive decision on your visitor record extension?

Looking forward for your response.

thanks.

 

[scholar201]

molotoff 1984:

Have you taken your medical examination on 14th June on instructions received from LA or you did so yourself?