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[Lii]

Hello Everyone,

A final decision was made on my CEC Inland PR application. Received COPR on 2nd April. Here is my latest status. However, I haven't got the COPR letters yet in my Messages about your application section. Is this all confirmed now? Do I just need to wait for the COPR letters?

Additionally, in the Document Status section of my application, I see an expiry on COPR as 2021/07/01. I am not sure why there is an expiry set here. I am an Inland applicant. @legalfalcon , please advise.

Also, I gave my biometrics on November 27th, 2020 but my Biometrics completed date shows September 3rd, 2020. Is this intended?

CEC applicant inland |
AOR - 3rd September 2020 |
VO CPC - OTTAWA |
Review of eligibility -April 1, 2021, Your eligibility has been reviewed. Please see the final decision below. |
Review of medical results -October 21, 2020 You passed the medical exam.|
Review of additional documents -We do not need additional documents.|
Interview: You do not need an interview. We will send you a message if this changes.|
Biometrics: September 3, 2020 Completed. |
Background check: March 27, 2021 Your background check was completed.|
Final decision:April 2, 2021 Your application was approved. Check your messages below for details.|

Congrats. Could you share what was the last status when you checked with IRCC. When was your security started?

 

[vigneshrangaraj]

@legalfalcon Hello, can you PLEASE tell me if I am in the safe based on these notes I received from GCMS. My eligibility is marked "Review Required". Should I raise a webform and send them a letter explaining my two tourist visa rejections to the USA?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/mjctu3
Thank you!!!

 

[legalfalcon]

@legalfalcon Hello, can you PLEASE tell me if I am in the safe based on these notes I received from GCMS. My eligibility is marked "Review Required". Should I raise a webform and send them a letter explaining my two tourist visa rejections to the USA?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/mjctu3
Thank you!!!

If you have prior visa refusals, you will have review required for statutory questions. As long as you have mentioned the prior visa refusals, you need not worry. Also, everything looks good in your notes.

I had an old post on RR, re-posting it here.



Understanding “Review Required”

A lot of applicants see “review required” in their GCMS notes for eligibility. There are many theories floating around with regard to what “review required” means and if it is alarming.

Before I venture into explaining the significance, it is important to understand that each application goes through the following stages as per the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the regulations (Canadian Immigration Law):

R10 – Completeness Check
Criminality
Medicals
A11.2 – eligibility
Security

Out of the above, the most important stage is eligibility. This is also the most time-consuming stage because your documents have to be verified, evaluated and assessed to ascertain that you meet the eligibility criteria for the program you have applied (FSW / CEC / FTW). To stream line this process and make it easier for an immigration officer (decision making authority), all applications are first evaluated by case analysts or program assistants. They review the documents and summarize it in the GCMS. If they have any concerns with any document or want the immigration officer to carefully look into a specific document, they will flag it as “review required.” It is the content of the note that is important here. If the review required is for a specific document, while the summary of the note says that an applicant has met the eligibility, or “ready to finalize” it simply means that while the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, but the specific document needs a careful examination form the officer before promoting (eligibility pass) by the officer.

However, if there are concerns, there will be a review required for the eligibility, and there will be no text to the effect “ready to finalize” or pass. The note will specifically state job duties do not match, or the employment cannot be verified, or the number of years of work experience claimed cannot be verified. This is where an application can land in muddy waters. But the final decision rests on the immigration officer. He may override the decision of the analyst / assistant or go with the analysis of the analyst / assistant.

Even in cases where the analyst / assistant is of the opinion that the applicant has met the eligibility, and there is no “review required,” the officer can replace it with his own opinion. Though rare, but it does happen. This is why the eligibility is only passed when an officer conclusively marks the eligibility as passed.

Finally, there is “review required” for PoF. This is the most common in many applications. This is because, the financial and banking practices of each country are different. Eg. Fixed deposits are know as Certificate of Deposit (CD) in the US. Similarly, treasury bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and many other investment vehicles are there. If your PoF anything other than a bank deposit, it is more likely that it will be marked as “review required.” Also, IRCC does not go by day to day fluctuations in FOREX. Instead, the Canadian federal government issued a quarterly conversion rate for all FOREX vis-a-via CAD. If your PoF is in a foreign currency, then you may have “review required” for the officer to make a determination.

Just because you have “review required” does not mean that you hit the panic mode. Instead, read the context in which it is there. If there is a concern regarding a document, you can send a replacement document via CSE. The most common reasons for RR are:

1. Work reference letter without job duties
2. Work reference letters missing all the details requested by IRCC
3. If you submitted a letter from a colleague because you were unable to get one from your employer, but did not have a LoE on file, this too will lead to RR.
4. Not sufficient work experience in the primary NOC.
5. Inability to verify your employment as your employer details are missing.

There are just some of the scenarios.

 

[rs572]

Express entry PNP (Inland)

Finally one PNP approval..i hope that i will get copr soon

 

[prashbha]

Congrats. Could you share what was the last status when you checked with IRCC? When was your security started?

Thanks, Lii, when I called IRCC on 18th March 2021, the rep told me that my application was last updated back in October 2020 (the day I got the biometrics request). After that, the biometrics completion date got updated about 2 weeks back but did not receive any emails for that. On April 2nd received an email from IRCC about the application updated.

 

[jchen2020]

Hi all, sorry to bother. I am FSW and AOR Sep. My PR is under review.
If I get promoted in the same company recently (salary changed, title changed, but same job responsibility and same team - hence same NOC), do I need to notify IRCC?

 

[CarlCoco]

Hi all, sorry to bother. I am FSW and AOR Sep. My PR is under review.
If I get promoted in the same company recently (salary changed, title changed, but same job responsibility and same team - hence same NOC), do I need to notify IRCC?

I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I didn't get promoted but got my annual increment.

 

[__rsingh__]

Hi all, sorry to bother. I am FSW and AOR Sep. My PR is under review.
If I get promoted in the same company recently (salary changed, title changed, but same job responsibility and same team - hence same NOC), do I need to notify IRCC?

In my opinion, at this point I don't think so you need to inform IRCC because your application/PR process is based on previous experience that you have claimed for Express entry and already submitted all docs to IRCC. After that, IRCC doesn't care whether you still have that same job or promoted or any other changes in job.

This is just my view/opinion may be I am wrong, you can wait for others as well

 

[Lii]

Thanks, Lii, when I called IRCC on 18th March 2021, the rep told me that my application was last updated back in October 2020 (the day I got the biometrics request). After that, the biometrics completion date got updated about 2 weeks back but did not receive any emails for that. On April 2nd received an email from IRCC about the application updated.

Thanks. My aor is sep 4, hence asked. I checked on April 1 and only eligibility was conclusively passed, criminality in progress. And security not started. Did you have similar situation when u called on March 18?

 

[mrlahori]

At what stage usually file moves to Local visa office. My file moved in December to London Visa office.

Does that mean eligibility is passed and its just final checks and however delay from local office ?

 

[venkypaduchuru]

Hi there,

Here is my timeline

OINP NOI received - Jan 15, 2020

OINP NOI accepted - Feb 28, 2020

OINP NOI approved - Apr 27, 2020

IRCC ITA received - May 24, 2020

IRCC ITA accepted - May 27, 2020

I got married - Jul 26, 2020

Informed IRCC about marital status - Aug 11, 2020

IRCC Application Submission : Aug 26, 2020

Informed OINP on my marital status - Sep 28, 2020

web-form to add spouse - Dec 28, 2020

Jan 28, 2021 (forwarded my documents to the respective office)

web-form to check status of my request to add spouse - Mar 03, 2021

response Mar 23, 2021 - a generic response that it is still under process

Any thoughts or experiences that might help here. Has anyone got the same experience

 

[Grace1234]

Any inland EE-PNP here who haven't received any update since last year? AOR Sept. 11, 2020 status bar 100% but no update from IRCC even RPRF request

 

[harsimrannsingh]

Any inland EE-PNP here who haven't received any update since last year? AOR Sept. 11, 2020 status bar 100% but no update from IRCC even RPRF request

Same. AOR 22 Sep PNP Inland

 

[ESSVIN333]

Any inland EE-PNP here who haven't received any update since last year? AOR Sept. 11, 2020 status bar 100% but no update from IRCC even RPRF request

In same boat

 

[Grace1234]

Same. AOR 22 Sep PNP Inland

You haven't received RPRF request too? Called ircc directed into an automated response:
- AOR Sept. 11 2020
- Medical passed October 23, 2020
- we are reviewing wether you meet the eligibility requirements
- we do not need additional documents
- you do not need an interview
- we do not need your fingerprints
- we are processing your background check