I thought I'd post something in here, seeing that there are quite a few people who are interested/affected by changes at CIC.
There are a number of changes going on silently right now that will affect applications. For instance average processing times at Port au Prince used to be 9 months for Family Class Sponsorships. Now that Santo Domingo has its own office, processing times have doubled to 18 months, even though one would think they would go faster. Processing times at CPC mississauga have also increased, from about 40 days to 70 days. Interestingly, Port au Prince now turns over applications in 6 months ( in helping haiti, DR gets screwed). In-Canada sponsorship applications which at the start of the year were at about 8-9 months for stage 1 approval, are now at 10-11 months (actually its closer to 11-12 months +). Asides from these there have been major changes to the Skilled Worker program, there was also a recent anouncement that there will be more Parents and Grand Parents coming in next year, but this will be accompanied by a two year moratorium on new applications. Basically the service is getting worse.
One way in which they justify these changes is by holding "stake holder consultations." These are non-advertised, non-random surveys, which can be found here (CIC isn't the only one using these, these were used in adding the "royal" to CF navy ect), it's worth checking from time to time, as they may be holding consultations which affect you:
Consultations
Also, when contacting your MPs, bring these things up, otherwise the trend will continue.
Thought it was important to bring this up.
Cheers
There are a number of changes going on silently right now that will affect applications. For instance average processing times at Port au Prince used to be 9 months for Family Class Sponsorships. Now that Santo Domingo has its own office, processing times have doubled to 18 months, even though one would think they would go faster. Processing times at CPC mississauga have also increased, from about 40 days to 70 days. Interestingly, Port au Prince now turns over applications in 6 months ( in helping haiti, DR gets screwed). In-Canada sponsorship applications which at the start of the year were at about 8-9 months for stage 1 approval, are now at 10-11 months (actually its closer to 11-12 months +). Asides from these there have been major changes to the Skilled Worker program, there was also a recent anouncement that there will be more Parents and Grand Parents coming in next year, but this will be accompanied by a two year moratorium on new applications. Basically the service is getting worse.
One way in which they justify these changes is by holding "stake holder consultations." These are non-advertised, non-random surveys, which can be found here (CIC isn't the only one using these, these were used in adding the "royal" to CF navy ect), it's worth checking from time to time, as they may be holding consultations which affect you:
Consultations
Also, when contacting your MPs, bring these things up, otherwise the trend will continue.
Thought it was important to bring this up.
Cheers