PR application sent to a foreign office

[canuck_in_uk]

I think it has more to do with the fact that her status is expiring in September. My wife received Ottawa instead of Manila because she is a resident of Canada currently, but her status is valid for 1 year (from March), which is why they chose Canada. I am sure if her status expired in the summer they probably would have sent it to Manila.

A person is not required to have a year of valid status left. They are only required to have been initially lawfully admitted to the country of residence for a year.

Many apps, especially straightforward ones, from different VOs are right now being either completely processed in Mississauga or sent to Ottawa. CIC seems to be trying to relieve the outland VOs that are experiencing high app volume and longer processing times. This is more likely the reason her app is being processed in Ottawa and not Manila. Very few outland applicants that submit their app from Canada actually have their app processed here, even those who have been here for years and still have valid status left for years.

 

[Amalthea]

Aren't all PCCs good for 6 mos now? As long you mailed it after April 23rd, and it was in CIC's hands before 6 mos were up, they will still be valid and not expired. They have to be in CIC's hands (delivered @ Mississauga) before the expiry, not the date when they actually start working on your application

 

[Sheps]

Reading the info on R11(1) again, your status has to be valid in the country for at least a year, so as long as your status in the country is valid for 1+ years from your entry or you have been in the country for 1+ years.

But, from OP1:

Change of status during processing of application
For applicants whose legal status in the country where they made their application changes or
expires before the processing of their application has been completed, processing will be
completed in the office where it was submitted.
However, if an office concludes that it cannot continue to process the application without
jeopardizing the integrity of the program, that office must notify the applicant that it cannot process
the application and that the application will be transferred to the office that handles the new
country of residence or nationality.

Which means if they determine your status will change during the application (Work Visa Expiring), they won't process it at the one of residence but instead the one of nationality.

IRPR 11(1): http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-6.html#docCont

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Which means if they determine your status will change during the application (Work Visa Expiring), they won't process it at the one of residence but instead the one of nationality.

The section you quoted does not apply to this situation. They are speaking of transferring an application that is already located at the country of residence VO when a status change occurs mid process. It does not state that they will choose the initial VO based on an applicant's status that is due to expire in the future.

 

[Sheps]

The section you quoted does not apply to this situation. They are speaking of transferring an application that is already located at the country of residence VO when a status change occurs mid process. It does not state that they will choose the initial VO based on an applicant's status that is due to expire in the future.

Actually, it does tell you in a round about way that they will not send an application to a VO if the person will not have status for the duration of the application. The second paragraph pretty much sums that up. The "integrity of the program" would include not being available for an interview due to no status. I have not found anything otherwise with regards to processing or choosing the VO to send it to in any other processing manuals.

This would be the same as to where you would submit it to say London (when you could choose the VO), because you have been in London for a year. It would get sent to London and lets say your status expires and you are deported. They would transfer it to your VO of nationality.

Since CPC-M can't look into the future and see if you are going to be denied an extension, deported or otherwise removed from the current country at the expiration of status, they would send it based on nationality. Keep in mind, this manual is from before the change to the IMM0008 where choice of VO is removed, I am sure there is a update for Inland Processing Manual 2, just not released yet.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Actually, it does tell you in a round about way that they will not send an application to a VO if the person will not have status for the duration of the application. The second paragraph pretty much sums that up. The "integrity of the program" would include not being available for an interview due to no status. I have not found anything otherwise with regards to processing or choosing the VO to send it to in any other processing manuals.

This would be the same as to where you would submit it to say London (when you could choose the VO), because you have been in London for a year. It would get sent to London and lets say your status expires and you are deported. They would transfer it to your VO of nationality. Since they can't wait for you to get deported from the current country, they would make a educated guess as to where to send it. Keep in mind, this manual is from before the change to the IMM0008 where choice of VO is removed.

Again, it is referring to apps that are already located at the VO and whether to transfer them to a new VO. You are attempting to infer information in a "roundabout" way but that statement does not apply to this situation.

Also, CIC rarely, if ever, actually transfers an app when a person changes country mid process. We've seen many people on the forum move country but the app stays in the original office. This is quite common with applicants living in a different country who move to Canada partway through the process; their apps remain at the original country of residence VO instead of being transferred to the new VO of residency in Canada or to the VO of nationality.

Given this, it's safe to say that "jeopardizing the integrity of the program" has nothing to do with being available for an interview; it most likely has everything to do with background/security checks.

 

[t119]

Also, CIC rarely, if ever, actually transfers an app when a person changes country mid process. We've seen many people on the forum move country but the app stays in the original office. This is quite common with applicants living in a different country who move to Canada partway through the process; their apps remain at the original country of residence VO instead of being transferred to the new VO of residency in Canada or to the VO of nationality.

Yes my mom moved to USA when her PR application was in process in Singapore. We changed the address and sent the new residency documents and everything. But the application remained in Singapore.