Ibaadat said:
Rossie - Do you have any insight why this is the case? Are they now doing LIFO? It is frustrating to see this trend.
This is what I think:
FIFO kicks in Stage-1 at CPC-M and then it restarts in Stage-2 at LVO. Now, some get stuck in Stage-1 and hence delays the whole process.
Cause of Delay in Stage-1 (SA):
- Sponsor & co-sponsor
- Different jobs, locations (harder to gather info)
- Delay in verifying social welfare info
- Delay in receiving requested docs (i.e. NOA)
If a 2016 applicant gets SA faster than a 2015 one, even after having same LVO, his application may/will be processed first when it turns out at the LVO. Simply because it came in first. But will he get PPR/Visa faster, that's a different question. This will depend on,
Cause of Delay in Stage-2 (PR):
- Work load, manpower, resources & work practice of LVO
- Parents vs Parents with Dep
- Delay in medical
- Delay in background checks
- Delay in receiving requested docs
Take my case for example. We were family of 3 (myself+my wife+my mom). I worked in one company for the entire period and stayed in same province. I did not have co-sponsor. There weren't perhaps any reason for SA delay.
For stage-2, my mom's file was transferred to Singapore. Singapore proved to be very efficient in handling PGP cases if you follow the SS. It didn't ask for unnecessary docs (like NDVO, HKVO did) and was quite fast after they started PR processing for all cases in this forum. Apart from it, my mom is a widow with no other children. She never had any govt or military service. Although she traveled to more than 15 countries with my dad but never stayed more than 3 weeks in any country (except Canada). Again, it didn't have many factors for causing delay.
So, your situation and luck play some role here. If you look at the chart I made in 2015 SS, you will see not much difference among these 3 years (the trend makes sense) although there should have been a higher SA rate for 2015.
One other member keep saying they are filing away older files but there is nothing to back that up except for the trend we see.
I wouldn't trust a member with +1 and -30 rating. :-X