SandySurrey said:
Hi Canadaforall,
I went through with your time lines , you applied in Jan2009 at that time CIC was processing the applications between 6-12 months. Why your application got delayed , did you apply for CAIPS notes?
To Sandysurrey,
In my case , the Visa officer is the problem and also my visa office processes applications very slow. My documents are in English and the person processing my file is a French speaker. So he knows little or nothing about English and can not also read and understand English.
Yes, i have ordered Caips notes and that is where i realized that the person processing my file is French Speaker. All the notes in my Caip notes were in French and also he made many mistakes in processing my file.
Mistakes he made
1, I attended an international Conference in 2004 in the USA for 1 month only, but he was asking me for Police certificate.
2, I also took some international certificate exams in my home country, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and The Royal Society of Arts and i wrote the centers where i took the examination, but because he does not understand English he was also asking me to send police certificate from Britain. I have never been to Britain.
I also sent contracts from all my employers, he was also asking for employment contracts again.
With all these mistakes, he has been keeping my file for all this time. He is so confused with the file and does not even know what to do.
The last thing also keeping it now, is the fact that my file was transferred to Dakar Senegal, when Abidjan had some political problems last January 2011. since my file was transferred to Dakar, i have written to Dakar visa office twice and just no response. For the mean time i am settling down and making my investments in my home town, by the time they will be ready to process the application, i will be well settled, where i am at the moment and i might see no reason to move again. It has taken too long and i am just happy because i am not stuck like other applicants. I am moving forward and the good thing was that i put my prove of funds in a fixed deposit, so i am not wasting the money.
With all the information i have provided is there anything you would like to advice me to do.
Thanks for asking about my case.