OB 407B and validation of RQ triage criteria

Hi,

A little bit of new information on the state of affairs at our beloved Ministry:

• Revised OB 407B was issued on Nov 16, 2012 (has anyone seen it?)
• There are lucky 600 cases (a subset of cases that went in process at CPC-S in September 2012) - as they were fast-tracked to decision by Mar 31, 2013 as part of the triage exercise
• CIC is very aggressive in blacking out everything related to RQ criteria and RQ in general
  
• Something was changed for the criterion C1 (previously: renewed documents within 3 months of CIT app submission)
  
• St.Clair Citizenship RQ Pilot is mentioned again

http://rapidshare.com/files/2726288595/RQ_triage_2013.pdf

Thanks so much for finding and posting these ATIPs Akella. It's really an incredible service to all of us who are concerned about the opacity and mismanagement of the CIC.
 
Two notes:
- I had seen reports of people evading an RQ despite seemingly qualifying for C1, so it's good to get validation that that trigger has been reworked.

- I have seen posts from people who experienced exceptionally fast RQ processing and who presented their experiences as a blueprint for others to follow, as proof of CIC improvements, or more cynically, as evidence of the CIC's ability to quickly discern the deserving applicants (them) from the undeserving (that would be us). It is helpful to know about programmes such as the "lucky 600" in order to put some of these statistical aberrations in context.

Thank you once again, Akella!

I recall that OB407 was supposed to be subject to review by November 2012 so it is interesting to see that there were some changes made to triage criteria at that time that appear to have reduced the number of RQs issued.  Better late than never, but I have to shake my head at the huge backlog of RQs they created from May to Nov 2012.