as far as i know, you can either call the cic Ottawa office and if you are lucky enough to get one of the prestigious officer to pick up your call, then they would be able to tell you if your application is in ottawa or sydney. Or you can email the sydney office to find out if they still have you application. Either way takes lots efforts and very time consuming, but i guess we are used to it now coz it's the government way.i have a question - how do you get to know that your file had been transferred to Ottawa ????