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MsJanez01:
God has done it!!!!! Husband's VV approved after a rejection in Janaury. Reapplied 3days after and approval just came in

skull4eva:
Hellooo @ladyBlag please can you educate me on how you did this in canada here. I applied for one on jan 14th got it on feb 18th but it was through a third party site becos i couldnt navigate going through the 5cad route well hence I ended up paying 20cad. All other things has been done except for eligibility review which has not started up till the date my spouse notes was ordered.

Ayomidesss:
Good morning all.

My SOWP application was rejected last month...so sad after 6 month of waiting. I applied for GCMS notes and got this reply.


Gurus in the house, please assist. I'm missing my husband.

Thanks.

MsJanez01:
I saw a December 18 approval today. Yours is next by His grace

jogojogo:
I reaaly wish this guys can find a way of handling these requestly with a more predictable timeline.
Really sorry about the expereince.

MsJanez01:
Oh no! This must be a lot for you but please keep hope alive. It shall end in praise surely by His mercies

OtunbaTee:
Keep up the hope..it will end in praise.

makano:
Hello LadyBlaq

Below is the link to locate your MP

https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/search?caucusId=all&province=ON&gender=all

Peace

Kurukuru:
When people submit applications to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) they typically have spent significant time carefully completing forms and assembling documents. They expect that their applications will be processed by visa officers who carefully review the information before them. However, applicants need to understand that artificial intelligence is playing an increasing role in visa processing, as is the bulk processing of applications.

IRCC has not been forthcoming with how it uses technology to process applications, however, through a series of Access to Information Act requests as well as Federal Court of Canada litigation, the public is beginning to get a sense of measures being implemented.

Predicative learning
Automated processing of some categories of applications is not new. Since 2015 most visa-exempt foreign nationals have had to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization before they could board a plane to travel to Canada. These applications were, for the most part, automated applications.

What is less known is that in 2017, IRCC successfully conducted a pilot in which automated systems based on predicative analytics triaged and automatically approved low-risk online temporary resident visa applications from China.

Visa applications were sorted into tiers – the lowest risk for auto-approval, medium and high risk for officer review. This triage model was deployed for all applications from China in 2018, and in the same year was piloted in India. The goal appears to be for artificial intelligence to automatically approve low-risk applications, with officers only manually assessing those that have been flagged as medium to high risk.

Chinook
In addition to automated triaging, IRCC has also introduced software so that officers can bulk process applications. The software tool is known as Chinook.

According to an affidavit that IRCC filed in Federal Court, Chinook is a standalone tool that streamlines administrative steps. Applicant information is extracted from their applications and presented in a spreadsheet. Visa officers are assigned a workload of applications through Chinook. They are able to see multiple applications at a time on a single spreadsheet.

This allows them to review the contents of multiple applications on a single screen and allows them to complete administrative steps through batch processes. It also allows visa officers to create “risk indicators” and “local word flags” so that officers can identify possible applications in the processing queue of concern or priority.

According to the Federal Court affidavit, when visa officers enter Chinook, a message pops up that says, amongst other things, “The Chinook User Interface allows you to view multiple applications for review and initial assessment.

It does not replace reviewing documents… and/or reviewing other information… The refusal notes generator is means to assist with general bona fide refusals. If the notes do not reflect your refusal reasons, please write an individual note.”

Concerns
There have been many concerns raised about the implementation of automated triaging and Chinook. These include the possibility that it is what has led to increased refusal rates, that individual care is not being given to applications, that applications are not being carefully reviewed and instead quickly bulk refused, that AI flagging a file as high-risk will lead to an officer wanting to simply affirm the AI’s finding, that refusal reasons are increasingly consisting of boiler plate templates which is not helpful for applicants, and that it may perpetuate systemic racism.

Because IRCC has not been transparent about the implementation of these systems and their results, it is difficult to confirm if these concerns are founded. Regardless, it is important that those submitting applications understand that Canada’s immigration system is no longer one in which human officers meticulously process individual applications in the order that they are received. I have previously written about how it is important for individuals with refused applications to obtain the internal reasons for refusal, or Global Case Management System (“GCMS”) notes. IRCC’s use of artificial intelligence and bulk refusal generators makes this even more important, as a review of the internal reasons or GCMS are often indicative of whether such software was used, and whether a refused applicant should either file a reconsideration request or seek judicial review to see if a human may reach a different conclusion.

ditha:
Hi ladyblaq, you can simply google “MPs close to me” you will get a lot of options to contact. It’s not a big deal

MsJanez01:
Wow. So sad to know ure still waiting. My husband VV too was rejected 2weeks ago. I pray you get a favourable response soon

ditha:
I agree, even if you use an agent, make sure to be involved in every process. Goodluck ladyblaq

Wales55:
I have no idea as an agent was used

Abbeylicious:
I don't think that has anything to do with the new visitor visa processing. They have not made any pronouncement that it has been suspended. Have they started eligibility review on your application?

It will surely end in praise.

rheene009:
this is devastating. They also not taking the visitors visa on the new portal as priority anymore.

MsJanez01:
Babes any luck? My friend just received hers tody applied 23rd

MsJanez01:
Hi LadyBlaq? Any news about your hubby's application yet? Mine will be a month on Friday like play. It is well

LadyBlaq:
Does anyone here have this same issue? My husbands vistor's visa application is showing that they have not received his biometrics but on the same page, it shows his biometrics information.

elizyous:
**VERY LONG POST ALERT**

Indeed, what GOD cannot do does not exist!!! My heart is full of joy and gratitude to the Almighty God!

I also thank @Lianna for her help in guiding me with the documents for submission. Thanks sis. I also thank everyone on Nairaland for your various contributions on this platform, I gathered a lot of information here. God bless you all.

I applied for SOWP for my husband and study visas for my 2 older kids on October 8th, 2021. My children got their medical request 6 weeks after and their PPR on Dec 10, 2021 but no news for my husband. I kept sending webforms but all I got was the generic messages.



I hope this helps someone out there. I await your own good news!!! I am earnestly praying for everyone cuz I know the frustration. May God hear our prayers. Amen!

Safetysmile:
Can you paste the new portal website here pls?

Safetysmile:
Great and congrats.
I tap from this blessing.

Pls confirm if there was eligibility review or not before approval?

Safetysmile:
Pls did it reflect eligibility review & background check or no such change on your application?

noeloge82:
Congrats it has already ended in praise

MsJanez01:
It will come this week by God's grace. I think the holidays also contributed

MsJanez01:
How long did this take pls?

MsJanez01:
Hi. I recently applied for my husband. When did u apply?

noeloge82:
Did u use the new portal for visiting visa

Lianna2020:
I know of two from nairaland as well.

noeloge82:
Yea I heard that with the new portal visitors visa takes between 14-21 days from application how true is that

LadyBlaq:
Has anyone gotten approval for the new Visitor's Visa? I hope I don't regret going for Visitor's Visa for my spouse instead of the normal SOWP.

Does anyone know anybody that has gotten visitor visa approval?