September 2012: FSW Arranged Employment applicants join here

[Doni]

MYSTEAKA...

The Living Legend...

Great Job...

 

[eshotel]

Thanks Mysteaks.

 

[mysteaka]

Hi friends,

CIC updated the processing times for FSW. (They said "Last quarterly update: January 16, 2013" but actually, it was updated yesterday...)
Unfortunately, processing times of our office increased 1-7 months. Fingers crossed for us!
I guess that next update's coming April, 2013.

Quote from Processing times for federal skilled worker applications :

The tables below indicate application processing times at Canadian visa offices. The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Processing times are subject to change and are based on a complete application package. On or after June 26, 2010 applications; Office previous current Manila – Philippines : 12 months -> 13 months New Delhi – India : 13 months -> 14 months Singapore – Singapore : 17 months -> 22 months Kingston – Jamaica : - -> - Vienna – Austria : 13 months -> 14 months Ottawa - Canada : 8 months -> 15 months * (-) indicates that not enough data are available. Kingston office doesn't have finalized 10 or more cases in the past 12 months. * If it has been longer than the time shown above since you applied and your visa office has not contacted you, you may wish to contact the visa office that is processing your application by e-mail, letter or fax. The Call Centre does not have information about applications processed outside Canada.

@ vik, Doni and eshotel
Thanks for your message! very welcome and thank you too!!

 

[shanindia2007]

i think , why they increased processing time . currently they dont have any federal applications since two years or neither they have any work load. i think canada immigration is slow.

 

[volors]

Hi Guys

Application filed on 27 sept 2012,
Applications received 2 oct 2012
CC charged 25 Nov 2012
PER received 27 Nov 2012
Cant see my application in E-CAS

 

[mysteaka]

Welcome volors

- PER

Name	Local VO	App Sent	Received	CC/DD Charged	PER	Note
eshotel	New Delhi	Aug-13	-	-	Oct-23	NOC: 6242
rhen ongsico	Manila	Aug-17	Aug-22	Oct-19	Nov-08	E-CAS: In Process
Thedippaar	Ottawa	Aug-21	Aug-23	Oct-25	Oct-29	E-CAS: In Process
gpranav	New Delhi	Aug-24	Aug-27	-	Oct-31	-
mysteaka	Ottawa	Aug-30	Sep-04	Nov-02	Nov-05	E-CAS: In Process
hithere	Ottawa	Aug-28	Sep-05	Nov-05	Nov-06	E-CAS: In Process
Doni	Vienna	Sep-12	Sep-18	-	Nov-15	E-CAS: In Process
ds3010	Ottawa	Sep-13	Sep-17	Nov-05	-	Jan-8-2013 Doc requested
(Additional Doc)		Jan-16-2013	Jan-21-2013		Jan-22-2013	E-CAS: In Process
ainda	-	Sep-17	-	Nov-05	-	Dec-05 refused Dec-10 sent an e-mail
neha_arora1985	New Delhi	Sep-19	Sep-23	Nov-18	Nov-19	E-CAS: In Process
jibinseb	Ottawa	Sep-18	-	Nov-14	Nov-15	-
vik81	Ottawa	Sep-26	Sep-28	Nov-19	Nov-19	-
volors	-	Sep-27	Oct-02	Nov-25	27-Nov	-
shanindia2007	New Delhi	Oct-29	Nov-06	Dec-27	Jan-03-2013	E-CAS: In Process
jaz0020	Ottawa	-	Oct-17	Nov-28	-	Dec-03
(Sent back)		Dec-04	Dec-06	Jan-16-2013	-	App returned E-CAS: In Process
mani_7835	Ottawa	Oct-21	Oct-26	Dec-10	-	-
blok45	Vienna	Oct-22	Oct-29	-	Dec-31	E-CAS: In Process
gfairc	Kingston	Oct	Oct-29	-	Jan-28-2013
suchnaju	-	Nov-01	Nov-05	-	Dec-27	E-CAS: In Process
shahid_iet	Ottawa	Nov-02	Nov-05	Dec-18	Dec-27	E-CAS: In Process
nalamj	New Delhi	Nov-10	Nov-24	Jan-09-2013	Jan-14-2013	E-CAS: In Process
bsingh	Ottawa	-	Dec-4	Jan-24-2013	-	-
VIJAY10302	New Delhi	-	Dec-20	-	-	-
dbss	Ottawa	Nov-25	Nov-29	Jan-14-2013	Jan-28-2013	NOC: 2282 E-CAS: In Process

2nd AOR -

Name	Local VO	2nd AOR	MR	PPR	Landing
eshotel	New Delhi	Nov-08-2012	-	-	-
rhen ongsico	Manila	-	-	-	-
Thedippaar	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
gpranav	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
mysteaka	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
hithere	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
Doni	Vienna	Dec-05-2012	-	-	-
ds3010	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
ainda	-	-	-	-
neha_arora1985	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
jibinseb	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
vik81	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
volors	-	-	-	-
shanindia2007	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
jaz0020	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
mani_7835	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
blok45	Vienna	-	-	-	-
gfairc	Kingston	-	-	-	-
suchnaju	-	-	-	-	-
shahid_iet	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
nalamj	-	-	-	-	-
bsingh	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
VIJAY10302	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
dbss	Ottawa	-	-	-	-

VO	:	Visa Office. For processing times, see "Processing times for federal skilled worker applications" on CIC website. CIC explained that "Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) calculates processing times from the day CIC receives an application to the day it makes a decision on the application.". More details can be shown in Help Centre on CIC.
PER	:	Positive Eligibility Review - An email which shows your file number and so on. It will be sent from CIO if your application passes the initial eligibility review. See the other thread titled "What is PER", a senior's website or this pic for more details.
AOR	:	Acknowledgment of Receipt - An email which informs that your full documents have been received by visa office and has been put in queue for processing. Sometimes this is called "2nd AOR" or "Waiting letter" ; In this case, "1st AOR" means "PER". See the other thread titled "what is 2nd AOR" for more details. You can also see the 2nd AOR from Vienna Visa Office here (Thanks Doni!)
MR	:	Medical Request - An email (or a regular mail) that requests you to take medical exams. It might be included in the Initial Assessment.
PPR	:	Passport Request or Confirmation of Permanent Residence - An email (or a regular mail) that requests you to send VO your passport. If you are a citizen of the countries or territories listed in CIC website, you probably receive a "Passport Request". If you are from the visitor visa exemptions country, you maybe receive a "Confirmation of Permanent Residence" instead of passport request and then you can go landing immediately.
Links	:	What happen after PER? - Helpful information by seniors though it's little old.

@shanindia2007

i think , why they increased processing time . currently they dont have any federal applications since two years or neither they have any work load. i think canada immigration is slow.

Maybe "CIC office closing" have been affecting the processing times.
You might be able to send inquiry after Jan, 2014, but I strongly hope all of us get PR before that!

 

[bsingh]

I got my PER today..... increased processing time!!!!!!!!!!! not a good news

 

[bsingh]

And E-CAS: In Process

 

[mysteaka]

I got my PER today..... increased processing time!!!!!!!!!!! not a good news

And E-CAS: In Process

Your news is a good news Congrats bsingh for your PER and E-CAS!

- PER

Name	Local VO	App Sent	Received	CC/DD Charged	PER	Note
eshotel	New Delhi	Aug-13	-	-	Oct-23	NOC: 6242
rhen ongsico	Manila	Aug-17	Aug-22	Oct-19	Nov-08	E-CAS: In Process
Thedippaar	Ottawa	Aug-21	Aug-23	Oct-25	Oct-29	E-CAS: In Process
gpranav	New Delhi	Aug-24	Aug-27	-	Oct-31	-
mysteaka	Ottawa	Aug-30	Sep-04	Nov-02	Nov-05	E-CAS: In Process
hithere	Ottawa	Aug-28	Sep-05	Nov-05	Nov-06	E-CAS: In Process
Doni	Vienna	Sep-12	Sep-18	-	Nov-15	E-CAS: In Process
ds3010	Ottawa	Sep-13	Sep-17	Nov-05	-	Jan-8-2013 Doc requested
(Additional Doc)		Jan-16-2013	Jan-21-2013		Jan-22-2013	E-CAS: In Process
ainda	-	Sep-17	-	Nov-05	-	Dec-05 refused Dec-10 sent an e-mail
neha_arora1985	New Delhi	Sep-19	Sep-23	Nov-18	Nov-19	E-CAS: In Process
jibinseb	Ottawa	Sep-18	-	Nov-14	Nov-15	-
vik81	Ottawa	Sep-26	Sep-28	Nov-19	Nov-19	-
volors	-	Sep-27	Oct-02	Nov-25	27-Nov	-
shanindia2007	New Delhi	Oct-29	Nov-06	Dec-27	Jan-03-2013	E-CAS: In Process
jaz0020	Ottawa	-	Oct-17	Nov-28	-	Dec-03
(Sent back)		Dec-04	Dec-06	Jan-16-2013	-	App returned E-CAS: In Process
mani_7835	Ottawa	Oct-21	Oct-26	Dec-10	-	-
blok45	Vienna	Oct-22	Oct-29	-	Dec-31	E-CAS: In Process
gfairc	Kingston	Oct	Oct-29	-	Jan-28-2013
suchnaju	-	Nov-01	Nov-05	-	Dec-27	E-CAS: In Process
shahid_iet	Ottawa	Nov-02	Nov-05	Dec-18	Dec-27	E-CAS: In Process
nalamj	New Delhi	Nov-10	Nov-24	Jan-09-2013	Jan-14-2013	E-CAS: In Process
bsingh	Ottawa	-	Dec-4	Jan-24-2013	Feb-02-2013	E-CAS: In Process
VIJAY10302	New Delhi	-	Dec-20	-	-	-
dbss	Ottawa	Nov-25	Nov-29	Jan-14-2013	Jan-28-2013	NOC: 2282 E-CAS: In Process

2nd AOR -

Name	Local VO	2nd AOR	MR	PPR	Landing
eshotel	New Delhi	Nov-08-2012	-	-	-
rhen ongsico	Manila	-	-	-	-
Thedippaar	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
gpranav	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
mysteaka	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
hithere	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
Doni	Vienna	Dec-05-2012	-	-	-
ds3010	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
ainda	-	-	-	-
neha_arora1985	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
jibinseb	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
vik81	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
volors	-	-	-	-
shanindia2007	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
jaz0020	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
mani_7835	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
blok45	Vienna	-	-	-	-
gfairc	Kingston	-	-	-	-
suchnaju	-	-	-	-	-
shahid_iet	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
nalamj	-	-	-	-	-
bsingh	Ottawa	-	-	-	-
VIJAY10302	New Delhi	-	-	-	-
dbss	Ottawa	-	-	-	-

VO	:	Visa Office. For processing times, see "Processing times for federal skilled worker applications" on CIC website. CIC explained that "Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) calculates processing times from the day CIC receives an application to the day it makes a decision on the application.". More details can be shown in Help Centre on CIC.
PER	:	Positive Eligibility Review - An email which shows your file number and so on. It will be sent from CIO if your application passes the initial eligibility review. See the other thread titled "What is PER", a senior's website or this pic for more details.
AOR	:	Acknowledgment of Receipt - An email which informs that your full documents have been received by visa office and has been put in queue for processing. Sometimes this is called "2nd AOR" or "Waiting letter" ; In this case, "1st AOR" means "PER". See the other thread titled "what is 2nd AOR" for more details. You can also see the 2nd AOR from Vienna Visa Office here (Thanks Doni!)
MR	:	Medical Request - An email (or a regular mail) that requests you to take medical exams. It might be included in the Initial Assessment.
PPR	:	Passport Request or Confirmation of Permanent Residence - An email (or a regular mail) that requests you to send VO your passport. If you are a citizen of the countries or territories listed in CIC website, you probably receive a "Passport Request". If you are from the visitor visa exemptions country, you maybe receive a "Confirmation of Permanent Residence" instead of passport request and then you can go landing immediately.
Links	:	What happen after PER? - Helpful information by seniors though it's little old.

 

[dbss]

the increased processing time is never good news.....a question for you guys....is it 15 months after our files will be transferred to the VO or from the time of application..should not this wait period be for the new applicants?

Another question I have, once PER is issued from CIO what are the grounds of dismissal of application from the VO side? The reason why I am asking this is because I was a little confused about the admissibility of my work experience but since that has already been done by CIO, I was wondering what would be the things that VO would see?

 

[shanindia2007]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/hire/skilled.asp

check link it mentions application with arranged employment will be processed in 12 months and given priority.

 

[neha_arora1985]

Hi Dbss,
Do not depend on CIO, your application is accepted by CIO so it doesn't means everything is ok. CIO is just checking your application documents according to the check list. They are not checking the content in it. So if you have any confusion then start preparing your documents and send it to your VO asap with the letter explaining why are you submitting this particular document.

 

[neha_arora1985]

Hi Shan,
Thank you providing this useful link.
What do you mean by the new application mentioned in the link that you have provided?
New application means May 2013 application?
I am a bit confused.

 

[mysteaka]

@shanindia2007

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/hire/skilled.asp

check link it mentions application with arranged employment will be processed in 12 months and given priority.

Thanks for the link
Hope this is a rule for us!

@dbss

the increased processing time is never good news.....a question for you guys....is it 15 months after our files will be transferred to the VO or from the time of application..should not this wait period be for the new applicants?

CIC calculates processing times from the day CIC receives an application to the day it makes a decision on the application (original page : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=068&t=3)

 

[dbss]

Hi Dbss,
Do not depend on CIO, your application is accepted by CIO so it doesn't means everything is ok. CIO is just checking your application documents according to the check list. They are not checking the content in it. So if you have any confusion then start preparing your documents and send it to your VO asap with the letter explaining why are you submitting this particular document.

There are no more documents I can provide....the reason why I am asking this is because I read this at the following link

The CIO has confirmed that it renders a final decision regarding the eligibility of the applicant under the Ministerial Instructions. As this is a decision rather than a mere opinion, these determinations are considered “locked in.”

For example, if the CIO makes a determination that the applicant is eligible to file a FSW application based on Arranged Employment (because they are working in Canada on a valid work permit and have an indeterminate job offer), this eligibility will continue even if the person loses their job before the completion of their permanent residence case. The Canadian Embassy or Consulate will not re-visit the decision with respect to eligibility under the Ministerial Instructions.

http://blog.firstreference.com/2011/05/19/cio-provides-insight-into-federal-skilled-worker-processing/#axzz2Jm7hoAPG

Hi Shan,
Thank you providing this useful link.
What do you mean by the new application mentioned in the link that you have provided?
New application means May 2013 application?
I am a bit confused.

The link mentioned is an outdated link which is just lying around there...the Date Modified is 2012-10-16 on the page when definitely CIC was looking forward to process FSW as priority...I think the processing time has increased due to another pilot project being opened for FSW and also due to the fact that a lot of CEC applicants have become eligible partly due to reduced hours and partly due to the 1 year work exp required only and most of them would be flooding the CPP-Ottawa office.