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joo2018:
On processing timelines - Part I

It has become increasingly clear since last year that IRCC is becoming overwhelmed by the number of express entry applications to be processed. I remember a discussion on earlier thread with @Tojued and others. In the face of overwhelming anecdotal evidence, I took the position that since IRCC maintains the 6 months processing timeline on its website it must still be true. I posited that applications are still being processed on time, maybe we are just not hearing about it. With my own 6-months timeline in sight, I've done further research and I'm re-evaluating my position.

If you check the current processing timeline (here), it states 6 months for Express Entry (EE). However, looking at the fine print reveals a different picture.

Below the "6 months" caption, on the lower textbox, it states: "We are committed to processing most complete applications within the above time."

Under the Question (here): "Why do some application processing times change and others do not?", see this response:
"The number of applications we receive for each program can affect processing times................Some posted processing times are a service commitment. Since the commitment applies, these times will not change.". Meaning the notice is a target and not an actual reality.

Does it mean that the service standard has not been met before? No. The most recent data online are from April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018 (here):

"Federal Skilled Worker Program (via Express Entry)
Our service standard: process electronic applications within 6 months
Our target: meet the standard for at least 80% of submitted applications (within the approved annual immigration levels plan)
Our performance in 2017-2018: processed 93% of applications within the standard
We introduced

To be continued....

I'm a newbie but I know you Read all your chats and "ijogbon" in previous parts. You stood out with your monika and PM sign off

Congrats on your PPR. It was indeed a long journey for you. Great that you persevered and can now testify. I am very happy and priviledged to mark your script

Thank you for your elaborate script. It really deserves a 9. But why did you abandon us when we needed you the most? You just went incommunicado and we missed you For that, you lose, 1.2 marks.

But since you have returned to give back and giving us newbies advice, your score has been upgraded to 8.4. May you succeed in Canada and satisfy your desires. Congrats again.

JustinTrudeau:
Fellow citizens,so this is it...
I know most of you might not know me but my name should suggest something to you,right? Big thanks to all the elders that rocked part 3-5 with me,most of them are in Canada right now. Likes of @Kontagious @Happytbaby @newmum0615 the NOC expert,glitteringstar oh my star,i miss her ,mcstan18,threadstone,elfmann,cochtrane,erudite of our time,40manlappy,sleekysilk,DadR,Yookus,Virt,einsteino,Mummyjaygirls and Feygbe my good friend,we met on nairaland and we have become friends over the years, i cannot thank her enough for her immense contribution towards my app.

Ok lets cut to the chase,its finally PPR and COPR for the PM.


For newbies here,the best gift you can give yourself on this journey is to read,just read read,infact read.And you will be glad you did.

To every one on this thread that contributed to this success story,thanks a bunch.

Thats my PPR story what's yours?

Your PM

Rollitout:
Going to Canada is not easy with all the guidelines

joo2018:
It has been stated on previous threads that, based on gcms notes, there is a record. However, I don't believe it will affect him. Reference letters are there to be verified if IRCC so chooses.

Ifeoma77:
He has nothing to worry about since he is pre-ITA

Adunnee:
Hello Doctors,

Please I need 5 doses of patiencemycin. Kindly administer if you have. I prefer injection because it works faster. In the absence of that , I will manage tablets or syrup.

This wait is not easy oooo


Signed

Highly Expectant Pre-ITA member

Topsmamen:
No sis. Pre-ITA, he can make changes to his EE profile as and when he likes. It won't affect his application post-AOR. See here.

abnot:
You got your preference and I got mine . Canada’s economy and trade is heavily tied to that of the United States. Canada remains unattractive to me irrespective of what you think. Express Entry ain’t attractive to most people doing well in their home countries and that’s why almost half of the EE migrants are from India ( high poverty nation ). The founders of Canada did not labor for the nation to favor African immigrants even if you write a whole essay presenting Canada as heaven. An Irish or American migrant will still integrate into Canadian society more easily than A black African . We know what life is like in the west for black Africans and don’t know why you are listing out Ireland , U.K. , USA et al. Or do you want to convince us that Nigerian immigrants and Irish immigrants enjoy the same level of acceptance ? Tell that to others not me.

chigo4u:
I read this thread thinking you’ll highlight the issues an average Nigerian immigrant wants to know that is:

Which of those countries is favorable to immigrants
Where can an immigrant settle down easily
Where will one get jobs easier to support himself
Where is an immigrant likely to earn more money
Which of them has lesser racism
Which has better security
Weather

Etc
These are what I thought you will highlight not military, economy etc. nice thread though

slydog:
Morning house, wanted to confirm if it's true by any chance that what the crs calculator gives you is often times lower than what you get when you eventually create a cic profile and enter the pool? I need to confirm this assertion.

kentoski:
But if one claimed the 3yrs+ points during EOI and then upload reference letter for only one of the jobs during the application, won't the person be penalized for it?

iaatmguy:
guys to snap your passport FOR APPLICATION, you could use an app called "passport photo editor", its very easy to use and straight forward, it comes with countries passport specification. you don't need to use ruler to measure
ladymarshall joo2018 ifeoma77

Topsmamen:
“Holds fire lamp”. Lol. Ladymarshall has taken this to another level

April 14th is coming for you guys.

wasseynewest:
Hallooo my people. Now i think my APPLICATION is having this same issue with Vivi o!

Wifey called IRCC agent this afternoon, the lady told us that our file has been approved since March 7th and PPR mail already sent.

But we didn't get any mail(not even in my spam & the likes). The lady had to put us on hold for like 3 mins again to confirm very well, she came back affirming her earlier information to us and even requested for my mail id again for confirmation.

Las Las, she said she will contact the officer in charge to send us another PPR mail. Na Prayer we dey since o while we have tried to send some mails as advised here earlier. Thanks famz
AOR was Dec.27th.

Ifeoma77:
Wish I could take credit but that's modified from George RR Martins

Valar Morghulis

Ifeoma77:
*Whispering*
AOR has been gathered, and now your watch begins.
It shall not end until your COPR.
You shall take no leisure trips, hold no feasts, extravagantly spend no more.
You shall wear no new clothes/blings and win no new babes.
You shall live and continue to live at your post - CIC website.
You are the sword on the necks of CIC call center agents.
You are the watcher on the walls of NL and CanadaVisa forum.
You are the fire that burns against the cold of LVO/AVO, the light that brings the dawn through NDVO, the horn that wakes the sleepers in OVO, the shield that guards the realms of SS.
You pledge your life and honor to Cannyland, for this night and all the nights to come

hipstar2:
Hahahaha. I tell you! Well, I’ve now submitted and received an acknowledgement. Is that AOR?

I feel like asking for what the next step is but I won’t. Calmly walks away*








Whispers in @ifeoma77 @topsmamen ears* what’s the next step after this?

iaatmguy:
you own is good, me that to even type and open the profile i get scared. to add salt upon injury, filled london as place of study for ACCA, when the exam was written in lagos. since then i almost ask people to help me spell my name

bunmioluwa:
I don't think 8777 in IELTS is all about sense o, if it is many people will get it once. There are first-class and intelligent students who had to attempt IELTS 5 times before having 8777 only because they kept missing 0.5 in one component.

The guy might have also looked for 0.5 many times. It is well o.

johnnybravo1990:
Are we even sure the guy has passed yet? The number of IELTS may still be counting.

Amica26:
Please I volunteered at an organisation. I got official letters of employment, I worked from Monday to Friday 8am to be 5pm and I got paid as well. Can I claim this as work experience?

nelronaldo:
Hello bro, here is a clearer picture.

In October 2015, an ex school mate of mine and his friend decided to venture into blogging and I volunteered to support him with football contents at my own convenience and I did that on a part time basis until January 2018. As at 2015 the company wasn't registered and I didn't know because my ex school mate was not so open about the details of the blogging company and I didn't care either because I was just doing what I like. I was just doing it the same way I come to nairaland to create a topic and post online.

However, sometime last year, after I stopped creating contents for him, he told it was a registered company and that I could include it in my CV if I am job hunting. So I used it in a CV I submitted to a US school, stating I wrote articles for the blogging company from 2015 to 2018 because I was applying to a program that requires good writing skills.

A fortnight ago, I just checked up the company on CAC's public search and I found out this company was registered in March 2017; more than one year after I started writing for him, meaning at the time I started helping him with contents, they weren't registered.

Fortunately and Unfortunately for me, I didn't include the blog company when filling my US Visa application ahead of the Visa interview, I only used it in the CV I submitted to the school to secure my admission.

Now how do I tell CIC I did voluntary activity somewhere from October 2015 till Jan 2018, when the company wasn't even registered till March 2017.

Also I can't add it to employment because I wasn't employed by the company and I have no official documentation to that effect. Even if I was employed, a company which was registered in 2017 can't employ someone in 2015.

In addition, there was no contract stipulating I was doing a voluntary service, it was just me who verbally offered to help him, when he told me about his plans to go into blogging.

In my US Visa application I submitted to the US embassy, the blog company isn't part of my work history and I also stated that I haven't engaged in any voluntary activity.

I feel more comfortable removing it entirely so as not to contradict my US Visa application. I am only worried about this because I have read here that Permanent Residency background check is thorough and I don't know if the check would get to the extent of demanding my CV from the US school I applied to.

Topsmamen:

How far sis? Hope the post-ITA stress isn't too much?

jjohndoe83:
You ehn!

Topsmamen:
So there's a time table sef? I pity folks who submit their scripts next week cos this ladymarshall ehn.

iaatmguy:
ID Photo. my photo booth, id photo print ati bebelo

LordSneed:
Hello everyone, it’s been a minute. Great to see there’s a new thread. I decided to stay off the forum post AOR in order to maintain my sanity as the wait can be quite unnerving. I’m here to give a progress report cause we’re all family in this quest.

AOR: 8th February
Medical passed: 26th March
Biometric request: 26th March
Biometric completed: 27th March
Background check has also commenced.

That’s all the news I have for now and I’ll be sure to share whatever update I get in real-time. Going back to staying away from nairaland for my own good. Good luck to everyone concerning their respective applications.

Gr8fulHeart:
Hello house. Gdafternoon. Have been a silent but albeit reader here and I always get confused. Hv tried reading from part1 still I confuse die. Well I tried the crs score and it was quite low. I was advised to add a certification course to it. I decided to do cipm but the cipm has 3 stages. Can I just do first stage and get the cert and add it to wes for evaluation. Aside wes is there any other that renders such service..Or can the house just suggest a one time course certificate. I'm just CONFUSED.
Cc madam ifeoma77.(do enjoy ur day sis) u hv been of good help in this thread.
Advice pls
Everyone. Anyone

missKeri:
@ladymarshall Good afternoon, please I sent mail. Please check and revert back

Kods1900:
I don’t know how to do all the bolded things you people do so please just take my write-up the way it comes, Secondly I’m going to be typing on my phone so please ignore any typos you see.

Timeline:


IELTS: 21 Apr 2018 LRWS 8.5/8/7.5/8
ECA: 14 Aug 2018
Spouse IELTS: 21 Apr 2018 LRWS 6/4.5/5.5/6
Spouse WES: 28 Jun 2018
EE Profile Created: 14 Aug 2018 CRS 443
ITA: 22 Aug 2018
AOR: 19 Oct 2018
MEP/BIL: 21 Nov 2018
Ghost Update: 24 Mar 2019
PPR: 27 Mar 2019
VO: Ottawa
No ADR’s
Family of 4


POF
I had some challenges with this because I’m one of those people who earn a lot and spends as much too. I work in an organization where you work hard and play harder.

Wifey had our second child 2 weeks post ITA so POF became higher. Eventually I used my savings, 85% gift deed from my dad, pension and gratuity.

I literally just lumped them all, didn’t put the exchange rate of the day, no breakdown tables nothing. Just loaded them all and decided to let them figure it out. Lol.

I had a scare with my POF because i submitted my 6 months payslip and a few months before, I took a 3m car loan from the office and I had it showing in my payslips, I’m not sure how this was calculated eventually.

JOB REFERENCE
Used the last 3 years in my latest job, Others were in personal history. Didn’t want any complications on this.

It was in CIC format and Newmum0615 helped also with confirming this. (Thank You). I also added my payslips, employment letter and work ID card to this. Pretty straightforward I might say.

MEDICALS
I had my medicals at Children’s practice. Had to take my newborn at 2 weeks old for his passport. This also was eventless. Booked ahead, I was really scared because I didn’t want anything to go wrong. I’m one of those people that gets really worried when I fall sick and start checking google which almost ends up giving myself an unnecessary heartattack.

Well thank God there weee no issues.

PCC
Used one inspector like that, paid 10k for my spouse and I and we were done with this in about an hour.

POST AOR
Shortly after AOR I got promoted at work, hmm I was just looking at them because whether they liked it or not I was going to leave eventually but it was all good though. So I settled into my new role which is pretty tasking and took a whole lot of my time.

I ordered GCMS in February and got it in 11 days, this was a big surprise and when I checked the only thing that was completed was information sharing, criminality was in progress while eligibility and security had not started. I was also shocked to see that the last time my file was touched was in November.

After biometrics I also found out that it never became completed like other, it continued showing my biometrics was nit received bla bla bla even though there was a biometrics number assigned. I raised a CSE and got a confirmation that it had been received so I relaxed.

I also raised a CSE on wifey’s passport because when we submitted she used the one that had her maiden name and we realized it was going to expire sometime in July and we wanted to have enough time to plan after PPR so we got a new passport with my surname and sent a LOE and affidavit with the new passport. This was acknowledged received although it never changed in my profile.

PPR
I used to check my profile once or twice weekly max. So on Sunday I decided to check because the last time I did that was the previous week and I saw that my application/profile was updated. Ran to wifey and told her PPR was coming.

Opened my profile and saw that biometrics had changed to completed. Then, I became a bit worried because I would have preferred to see nothing change and it would then have been defined as a proper ghost update. I started overthinking things like what if the update was just for biometrics and nothing else. Anyway I was a tad hopeful.

Next morning I couldn’t sleep as I was expecting PPR mail but nothing, same with Tuesday. Woke up yesterday and saw the mail sitting pretty in my mail, it had arrived at 12:55am. Funny thing is I had my phone beep but I was of the opinion that PPR mails only came between 4:30am to 5:30am don’t know why.

Well submitted our passports yesterday and a new chapter of our lives is beginning to unfold right in front of our eyes. Lest I forget immediately I saw the mail I look at my children and I smiled and almost cried with the excitement that they wouldn’t grow up in this country.

I want to thank everyone for the selfless contributions to the thread. I gained immensely from them even though I wasn’t able to contribute a lot myself. I read all the threads from part 1 even though I joined in maybe part 3 or 4 not sure anymore.

Thanks a bunch to ARCUGO as he answered my first question on this thread.

As it has ended in praise for me so shall it be for us all.

AMEN!!!!!!

Vivi844:
Thanks so much. I've re-sent.