Well some say IP1 or IP2 doesn't hold much significance since June 2018 but as per previous system you are right, IP2 only happens after you clear criminality/eligibility etc....
okay so it could be approved without ghost update...since our timeline is semiliar it gives me some hope! i tried to call today but no success...
It was for proofs of common law relationship. We dont know if they accepted because there’s no change in online status eversince we received the letter. We sent through VFS last dec 10. Until now there is no update. we sent email the other day but no response yet. So we will order gcms notes again.
I also submitted schedule A upfront. Maybe they just want to verify the reason for refusal (i didnt put a reason because no reason was given to me when i applied for us tourist visa, they just returned my passport). Anyway, I am not actually worried by the stat question because we declared it on app. I saw in gcms notes too, they put us in a group # for eligibility review. But in the agent’s note A.12 appears met ready to finalize. Then our file was transferred to local vo manila right after the review. Then we received PFL only few days after the transfer which means they already reviewed our file again. They also didnt request any other docs after that until now.
That background status is same for those who need biometric - we are processing your background check. It may or may not change until you receive PPR. For me we dont need biometric, status is - “your application is in progress” ever since..
Yes, it was processed at CIO. Googling suggests that this CIO is CIO Sydney Nova Scotia.
According to my GCMS, my entire application was processed at CIO. I am FSW inland if that helps.
