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Timelines for Online Visitor Visa from India

gmukul

Full Member
Sep 21, 2015
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Category........
Visa Office......
Otttawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-07-2014
AOR Received.
20-08-2014
Med's Request
27-02-2015
Passport Req..
17-12-2015
Hello Friends,

I am wondering how does one know which office is processing the Visitor visa request ?
I applied online from India, and its been more than two weeks, the processing time for Delhi shows 9 days.
But how do we know which office is processing the request ?

How much time should I be looking at ?

Thanks for your help.
 

Bryanna

VIP Member
Sep 8, 2014
14,136
3,122
For paper applications: It depends on where you reside.... for example, Gujarat, Maharashtra and all south states are processed by the Bangalore visa office.

If you reside in NCR then your (paper) application will be processed by the NDVO.

Online applications? This is a grey area.... so no idea where these applications are processed.

Processing time? Again, it depends on where you reside/which visa office is handling your application.... processing times on the CIC website are only a guide (not definite).... you must add courier transmission time to this
 

gmukul

Full Member
Sep 21, 2015
39
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Otttawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-07-2014
AOR Received.
20-08-2014
Med's Request
27-02-2015
Passport Req..
17-12-2015
Bryanna said:
For paper applications: It depends on where you reside.... for example, Gujarat, Maharashtra and all south states are processed by the Bangalore visa office.

If you reside in NCR then your (paper) application will be processed by the NDVO.

Online applications? This is a grey area.... so no idea where these applications are processed.

Processing time? Again, it depends on where you reside/which visa office is handling your application.... processing times on the CIC website are only a guide (not definite).... you must add courier transmission time to this
Hey Bryanna,

Thanks for taking out time to reply.

Yes its so bad. Online application seems so simple, but it is actually a grey area. With only good thing is they do not take your passport until they approve your visa.
Since I put the residential address on Delhi NCR, I am just hoping against hope that the application gets processed in Delhi since Delhi has the least processing time of 9 Days.
But Bad thing is the passport has an address of Himachal Pradesh, and if it goes to Chandigarh for processing then I am screwed. Chd has the worst processing time, 25 days. :(

Its like a black box.
 

Bryanna

VIP Member
Sep 8, 2014
14,136
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As we don't know where online applications are processed, it does not matter where one is staying while the application is being processed.... ie if you're in Himachal, NCR or CHD.

On getting an approval, you can submit the passport to the NDVO for stamping.

As for the Himachal address.... what matters is your current mailing address and not the address on the passport. So don't worry about this point.

I'll reiterate.... CIC website processing times are only indicative.... don't start counting days as yet.... it could be faster/take longer than these timelines
 

gmukul

Full Member
Sep 21, 2015
39
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Otttawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-07-2014
AOR Received.
20-08-2014
Med's Request
27-02-2015
Passport Req..
17-12-2015
Submitting online was a stupid decision. I would suggest others to not file online.

The SLA for Delhi is 9 days, but online it took them 28 days to make a decision.
And the icing on the cake for me was that my application got rejected. :( :'(
 

Vinnu

Newbie
Nov 2, 2015
3
0
I'm planning to apply trv of Canada through online in India ? How long it will take? Any suggestions please
Thanks
 

Shwemir

Star Member
Sep 1, 2015
50
1
Category........
Visa Office......
NEW DELHI
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-08-2015
AOR Received.
AOR1:14-10-2015.................SA : 28-10-2015
File Transfer...
AOR2 : 09-11-2015
Med's Done....
done upfront July 2015
Passport Req..
21-04-2016.............DM : 22-04-2016
VISA ISSUED...
05-05-2016
LANDED..........
Flagpole : 08-05-2016
Vinnu said:
I'm planning to apply trv of Canada through online in India ? How long it will take? Any suggestions please
Thanks
We applied online from India, below is our timeline hope it helps :
Application Submitted - 10 oct 2015
Passport requested - 26 oct 2015
Passport submitted @vfs - 27 October 2015
Passport received back - 2 nov 2015
 

Vinnu

Newbie
Nov 2, 2015
3
0
I done my medicals and pcc in last year for TRV. Can I use those for applying this time? Or shall I go again?
Thank u
 

Bryanna

VIP Member
Sep 8, 2014
14,136
3,122
Medicals and PCC are not required for TRV applications. The visa office will let you know if you need to do medicals
 

Bryanna

VIP Member
Sep 8, 2014
14,136
3,122
Hi Farhan,

It's barely 7 business days since your brother applied. Hope you're not expecting a decision that's faster than the average normal processing times.

Apart from the holidays for Remembrance Day and Diwali, CIC does not work on weekends


Cheers :)