CIC website processing time vs REAL processing time in local visa offices
My friends, All of us know, those numbers exist in CIC website and showing processing time of local visa offices do not match the REAL processing time in each visa office and always those numbers in CIC website are bigger than real processing times in each visa office.
BUT WHY this happening and why CIC don't fix it?
Here is the answer:
Unfortunately in Canadian immigration system there isn't a single straight waiting line that all applicants go and stand at the end of the line by their apply date. As we know from the past 8 years, every period of time and recently for each year Canada made some changes to its immigration system programs and they made a new immigration programs each year:
1- Before 2007 they had Federal Skilled Worker simplified program.
2- In 2008 they introduced 38 qualifying occupations program.
3- In 2010 they introduced 29 qualifying occupations program.
4- In 2013 they introduced FSW 2013.
5- In 2014 they introduced FSW 2014.
6- In 2015 they introduced Express Entry.
After introducing each programs unfortunately they started to process each new program's applications faster and with higher priority than older ones and it means if somebody applied in 2009 in the 38 qualifying occupation program, when 29 qualifying programs introduced in 2010, CIC started to process 2010 applications first and put the 2009 applications on a pending line and each year with introducing a new programs older applications had to wait more and more until they can receive their visas.
Because of this type of workflow these days when we look at the processing time table inside CIC website we can see for example for
New Delhi visa office they have 4 different processing time numbers inside CIC website:
- For
Federal Skilled Workers they have
23 Months processing time for applications received
Before February 27, 2008!!!(is there any before 2008 applicant still waiting for receiving visa?!
)
- For
Federal Skilled Workers they have
54 Months processing time for applications received
Between February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010 (38 qualifying occupation program)
- For
Federal Skilled Workers they have
12 Months processing time for applications received
On or after June 26, 2010 (29 qualifying occupation program, FSW2013, FSW2014)
- For
Provincial Nominee Program they have
20 Months processing time.
Look at these tables:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/skilled-fed.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/provincial.asp
BUT we can see the REAL processing time at New Delhi visa office is about 8 Months from the date application received by CIO until the date applicant receive Visa and if we eliminate 4 months processing time at CIO office then we can see the real processing time for New Delhi visa office from the date application reach there is about 4 - 5 months these days!
So why those CIC Processing time numbers are different from the real time? They are different because as it is shown in CIC processing time table, New Delhi still has applications from 2008 to 2015 and they didn't finish them yet!
For PNP program, there weren't many different programs in the past BUT when one visa office has limited number of employees then they process all type of applications like Federal Skilled Worker, Provincial Nominees, ... together and it means when in CIC website table it shows for example New Delhi has a 20 months processing time for PNP program it means they still have unprocessed and unfinished PNP applications received by New Delhi visa office in or after September 2013! BUT these days REAL processing time at New Delhi visa office is about 4 - 5 months for 2015 PNP applications!
Conclusion:
Those numbers in CIC website is not wrong at all but they are showing the reality that each local visa office has how many OLD and unprocessed applications but
it never shows the real processing times of 2015 applications in each visa offices!
