Timeline for Filipinos submitted pnp-pr applctions at CIO

[ad123164]

may mga case yata ako na nabasa na ganyan sa fb, i think dapat inform mo pa din vo mo dyan na itransfer dito sa manila kahit na nilagay mo na sa apps mo kung saan VO..

Thanks for the reply Pimp! Nag-send na rin ako ng email sa Abu Dhabi. At least I have 3 options to know where my file is... mabuti nang mangulit kaysa mamuti ang mata ko sa kahihintay... ;D ;D ;D

 

[ragluf]

Thanks Ragluf for finding the time to answer!

The AOR is definitely from CIO. It does no mention the VO office yet. Does CIO has the prerogative to send my file nearest to my residence country even if I did mention on the application that I want it to be processed by Manila VO? The problem with Manila VO is they don't usually respond to email inquiry as per the experience of others. I don't want my file to stagnate in Abu Dhabi office as they have very long processing times and It's not also good to find out that my file is with them after...say 2 to 3 months of waiting. I did send an email inquiry to CIO as to where they have sent my file just a while ago and I hope to receive a reply. Do you think I should send an inquiry to Abu Dhabi VO as well? I know that I cannot do much but to WAIT but as the saying goes... "Things may come to those who WAIT but only those things left but those who hustle". ;D ;D

If your application has not been sent to a VO for processing, ADVO nor CEM will have no records of your application yet. This may be a reason why no replies have been received back from your inquiries.

As to the office to which your file will be processed - it will be as per OP 1 based on IPRA regulations R11 for processing applications (excerpts
OP 1:
Permanent resident applicants – Family and economic (federal skilled workers, Quebec skilled workers, provincial nominees and business classes):
R11(1) requires that all applicants for permanent residence (other than applicants who come under Part 8 of the Regulations – Convention Refugees Abroad and Humanitarian Protected Persons Abroad) must submit their applications to the visa office responsible for:
• the country where the applicant is residing, if the applicant has been lawfully admitted to that country for at least one year; or
• the applicant's country of nationality, or if the applicant is stateless, their country of habitual residence other than a country where they are residing without having been lawfully admitted.

Depending on your application (i.e. as I see it - dependents in the PH? or dependents in AD?) - your file will be remanded to the VO best suited to process and evaluate your application. If most of your dependents included in your application is in the PH, most likely CEM will be the VO best suited to process your application.

Should your file be sent to ADVO, at this early stage, - there exists a possibility to request ADVO to transfer your file/processing of your file to CEM, again citing "program integrity" under OP 5.19 excerpts below:

Visa offices are not required to transfer applications for permanent or temporary residence to Canada upon the request of applicants or their designated representatives. Visa offices should transfer files only if that transfer would enhance program integrity. Conversely, visa offices should refuse to transfer files if such a transfer diminishes program integrity. Officers should consider consulting potential receiving visa offices to seek assistance in finalizing cases before transferring a file.

The onus is on the applicant to demonstrate that the transfer of their file would not compromise the integrity of the application evaluation process.

Program integrity includes issues such as ability to effectively evaluate documents; knowledge of local security and criminality environments; or familiarity with business practices and procedures. Other factors may be taken into account when evaluating the impact of a file transfer on the program integrity of visa programs.

As part of program integrity considerations, officers should also be mindful that the intent of R11 is to ensure that, as much as possible, visa applications are reviewed by the offices with the local knowledge and expertise necessary to conduct an effective case review.

I have highlighted sections which may benefit you should it come to a point wherein you would want to request file transfer to CEM. Note that circumstances should be presented to show adequately, that CEM is the best VO suited to process your application (i.e. IMHO to evaluate your dependents information in the PH ). My advise when doing this - do not cite the length of the application processing times as the reason, as it becomes then an applicant's preference for convenience and not due to "program integrity" reasons.

/hope this helps....

 

[simplex]

Thanks for the reply Pimp! Nag-send na rin ako ng email sa Abu Dhabi. At least I have 3 options to know where my file is... mabuti nang mangulit kaysa mamuti ang mata ko sa kahihintay... ;D ;D ;D

I totally agree with you, better exhaust all the possible remedies than to be sorry later on. I hope makareceive ka na ng confirmation soon! God bless!

 

[ad123164]

Thanks Ragluf & Simplex,

Based on that excerpt, there is a strong possibility that CIO decided to forward my application to Abu Dhabi since I'm living here in Jeddah together with my family for the last 16 years now. However, we are about to permanently leave Jeddah this coming July that's why I opted to choose Manila VO. Anyway, nag email na ako sa Manila VO last June 4, CIO and ADVO today. I hope to get reply from any of them in order to plan the next action.

Maraming salamat sa clarification. It really helps to have somebody else's opinion rather than to think out loud alone! ;D

 

[ad123164]

may mga case yata ako na nabasa na ganyan sa fb, i think dapat inform mo pa din vo mo dyan na itransfer dito sa manila kahit na nilagay mo na sa apps mo kung saan VO..

Hi Pimp,

May accompanying dependents ka ba?

 

[chalknaht]

Finally, our ECAS changed....

Medical results have been received.

No worries at all... Just wait and it will come in HIS perfect time...

Congrats

 

[ragluf]

Nice! ;D ;D ;D

Transit Through Canada without Visa

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/twov/index.asp

Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency have established the Transit Without Visa (TWOV) program and the China Transit Program (CTP). The programs allow certain foreign nationals to transit through Canada on their way to and from the United States (U.S.) without a Canadian transit visa, if they meet these requirements:

For TWOV: they are from Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan or Philippines; OR
For CTP: they are from China and leave from one of the following cities (as last point of embarkation) before arriving in Canada:
Beijing
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Manila
Taipei

AND they must also:

hold a valid U.S. visa;
travel on an approved airline; and
transit through a participating Canadian international airport.

The main goals of the programs are:

To facilitate legitimate travellers who are transiting Canada on their way to and from the U.S.; and
To support economic development by making Canadian international airports more attractive to both airlines and passengers travelling to and from the U.S.

 

[Stone Talino]

Got an email from CEM today, na excite naman ako, akala ko PPR na, invitation pala to attend COA. Well, not the email we are waiting but an email from them nonetheless....

halos pareho tayo timeline. "in process na rin ako sa eCas" ;D

 

[nantzlei]

Finally the long wait is over, Congratulations! PPR here it comes!

Thanks simplex... Still positively thinking that PPR will be here this month.
Good luck to us!

 

[nantzlei]

I take it somebody is still working in CEM or at CIC .... ;D ;D ;D

Congratulations....a bit of good news for the end of the week!

/all the best...

Thanks ragluf. I thought this week will just end like the other weeks.
Thanks be to GOD for this update... HE lessen my worries.

Good luck!

 

[Poutine2012]

Thanks simplex... Still positively thinking that PPR will be here this month.
Good luck to us!

Congrats Natzlei!

@ ad123164 Sorry to hear about your VO dilemma. I hope you hear from them soon.

 

[nantzlei]

Congrats Natzlei!

@ ad123164 Sorry to hear about your VO dilemma. I hope you hear from them soon.

Thanks Poutine.

 

[BPinoy]

Thanks God, finally Passport wth Visa received today!What a pleasant surprise!

@ragluf,thanks bro I was supposed to send follow up email by Monday

 

[pareyles]

Thanks God, finally Passport wth Visa received today!What a pleasant surprise!

@ ragluf,thanks bro I was supposed to send follow up email by Monday

Congrats BPInoy!

 

[pareyles]

Thanks ragluf. I thought this week will just end like the other weeks.
Thanks be to GOD for this update... HE lessen my worries.

Good luck!

Congrats! Lapit na yan!