Delivery by hand/in-person at local CIC office

Waiting-in-Van wrote: Not sure if anyone knows the answer to this (or has experience of it), but since my RQ return address is the Vancouver CIC office, would I be able to drop it off at that office in-person? It's going to be a huge package of documents, so not only would I prefer not to spend a huge amount on sending it the half-mile to the office by mail, if I deliver it in-person, I'll know it's definitely there. Thoughts welcome!

My opinion-- it's better to send it with courier service. It was at least not so long ago possible to deliver RQ to a local office personally, but I'm not sure it's possible now.

"if I deliver it in-person, I'll know it's definitely there"-- not necessarily there. I remember seeing a report, though I can't locate it now, from someone who delivered response in person and later was told it was never received by a local office. Here's a problem here, I think, which is an absence of formal in person delivery procedure and receipt in place. Who is supposed to handle delivery in office? What kind of receipt should be given for RQ? What are the guarantees your response will be handled properly by someone receiving it? I would use fedex service or like and don't bother about it too much.


Edited by EasyRider - 04 Oct 2013 at 7:42pm

Thanks for your replies @Oneday and @EasyRider. Much appreciated.

Just a clarification, the OB doesn't warrant closure of applications, I meant it to be as an excuse to close applications. I am completely against this practice, especially that the correspondence from CIC is not via guaranteed delivery, which means mail could be lost or misplaced and an applicant who actually does reside at the address with CIC may not get the mail and be surprised when their application is closed due to not responding or missing an event. With this being said, if CIC did use guaranteed delivery (i.e. registered mail for important notices), I would be in favor of closing applications of those who haven't bothered to updated CIC about their actual mailing address.