Hi All,
Now that we talk about application processing, interview missions, I am wondering how much time someone can possibly win with an interview waiver compared to those who need to attend an interview. Basically the selection process is this:
- Reception of application
- Examination of application
- Selection based on file OR
- Notice of intent to refuse the application OR
- Notice to attend an interview
This reception of application phase has been recently extended to 4-6 months, probably because they do a lot of verifications now, before they even open a file. Actually I think this is good news for those who have prepared a complete/properly filled and signed file, because this recent "4-6 months to AOR" change could mean that they would like to do less interviews in the future.
The real question is this:
- do they examine the application shortly after you get AOR, and decide who is priority / who gets a waiver, and then those who need interview, go to the end of a long interview waiting queue, while priority/waiver ones get their CSQ, OR
- everyone goes to the end of a long queue, except priority (80.000+ applications in it with 180.000 people alltogether according to latest info), and then waiver is only decided many-many months later, together with those, who applied at about the same time with you, but need an interview.
So what do you think, is it just the interviews that make the process so slow, or they are behind and having a long queue at every step of the process? I really hope it is the former, because by my calculations I have 63 points (with spouse)... A shift in application processing method, trying to do less interviews could help me a lot (I got my CC charged 3 weeks ago, but no AOR yet...)