Pre June,26 applicants Pls give me ur opinion what do mean exactly?

[ADUFE]

I am not SO SURE - this is just my opinion as to what will happen. If I were working for CIC, what would I do?

What would you do in their position? This is what you need to think of.

What more to the eye could there be? I am just trying to help.

Wayne.

Well you sounded soo sure and it's not the first time you've spoken in such terms. Certainly didn't come across like an expression of your opinion. I have already told you what I would do in their position, maybe you're yet to read it.

 

[dreamfromafar]

Wayne, are the information in this link still applicable or updated?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/skilled-fed.asp

says there processing time for London \/O is 13 months, while Manila and New Delhi is 11 months and Buffalo is 17 months (applications from No\/ 28, 2008 to June 25, 2010). "Processing times are based on a complete application package". Receipt of complete application package ? meaning? Is this when we submitted and when the \/O recei\/ed our full documents? let's say they recei\/ed the full documents on January 2010? so by max of June 2012 we should ha\/e recei\/ed our \/isas (if not rejected)?

Thanks!

\/ermas, i ha\/e yet to \/isit the link you suggested re: petition to CIC.

 

[Cappuccino]

Well you sounded soo sure and it's not the first time you've spoken in such terms. Certainly didn't come across like an expression of your opinion. I have already told you what I would do in their position, maybe you're yet to read it.

Dude - please lose the attitude, I am just trying to help.

 

[ADUFE]

Dude - please lose the attitude, I am just trying to help.

What attitude, really? BTW I'm not a dude!

 

[dreamfromafar]

Wayne, are the information in this link still applicable or updated?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/skilled-fed.asp

says there processing time for London \/O is 13 months, while Manila and New Delhi is 11 months and Buffalo is 17 months (applications from No\/ 28, 2008 to June 25, 2010). "Processing times are based on a complete application package". Receipt of complete application package ? meaning? Is this when we submitted and when the \/O recei\/ed our full documents? let's say they recei\/ed the full documents on January 2010? so by max of June 2012 we should ha\/e recei\/ed our \/isas (if not rejected)?

spoooooky!!!!!!!

why the hell did i even ask above question!!!?? is it bad luck or just me? now the processing time for London is 16 months! :'(

 

[canadaforall]

Hi dreamfromafar,

A few things to remember:
- If your letter is too long, it will not get read and will end up in the bin
- If your letter is too negative and goes on about demands and rights, it will not get read and will end up in the bin

They have 300,000 applications left to process. Yes, they've made some key mistakes - which they are now addressing, but admitting that won't reducing their 300,000 application backlog. And they have a finite amount of resource and I very much doubt any letter from us is going to get the parliament to agree additional funding to allocate more resource.

IT changes such as the ones I suggested I think could speed up the process (especially if they allowed applications to apply online and fill in online forms, this would save time with manual data entry at CIO as well as reduce human error etc), however - these are long-term suggestions. It took CIC the best part of a decade to implement GCMS, so they're not going to change their application system overnight, it's going to take years.

Most applicants, although not entirely happy with delays, would be happier if they at least had decent communication from CIC. If CIC told them "sorry for the delay but we think we will be able to process your application in about 13 months, looking at your visa office's current work pattern and workload", then the delay is annoying people can at least plan around it. It's the "sorry we haven't got a clue when we'll get round to processing your application, just sit there and wait indefinitely until we get back to you" which applicants find unacceptable.

I think the main win here is to try to get better communication from CIC.

I'd approach it by congratulating them on recent changes to speed up processing times and reduce the backlog by introducing the in-demand list and NOC caps, but that we feel things could be further improved by better communication.

Go on to suggest that if visa offices had a dedicated web page where they published their work patterns, workloads, where they are with various batches of applications, projected timescales etc, this would help relieve stress and anxiety of applicants AND also reduce the query workload that each visa office has to deal with. A small amount of 1 person's time at each visa office per month would yield big benefits.

It may also be worth mentioning that the start of the process could also be improved with a simple email at each stage of the application - i.e an email when the application is actually received, an email when it passes its completeness check etc.

I feel generally any communication, even those in writing such as medical requests, should be accompanied by an email. For example, our medical requests came by ordinary unregistered post, with no other communication from the visa office. If the postman had posted that through the wrong letterbox, we'd never have known we'd received medical requests and after the 60 day time limit our application would have failed. A simple email saying "we've sent you medical requests" would alert applicants that they should be expecting the correspondence by mail, and give them the opportunity to query it if it does not arrive.

I think these are the only immediate wins we can realistically hope might be taken on board. It may be worth adding a paragraph for some longer-term suggestions, but you need to be careful not to make the letter too long - we want them to actually read it!

Best of luck with it,
Wayne.

Hi Wayne,
Thanks for the suggestions. I think it is the only thing we can do at the moment. Like you have rightly said, a long or negative mail will go to the bin, i agree with you.

It is but normal that when you appreciate someone, the person can do more positive things.

Waiting to here from others,