File transferred to Local office

what does that mean, Vegerville held the file for 10 months and then transferred to Etobicoke office. I was told it takes upto 12 months for processing. but the horror stories i have been reading, its awful.  would it make sense to go back home and reapply from there??

jamaisomal wrote: Why did it take them until December to start processing? Mine started processing about 2 mths after receipt. Same goes for most other inland applications I see. Do you mind telling us a bit about your story? Any ideas why they would have transferred it? I don't get why they wait so long to transfer to local office. They should have an idea after they open the application and log if they're gonna transfer or not. Just a waste of people's time.

Inland applications are waiting in queue for initial assessment for 9-10 months right now.  There are NO inland aps being assessed within 2 months of receipt.  They open them and log them in within that time frame, but then they sit in a queue waiting for assessment for 9-10 months.  CPC-Vegreville's timeline says they are currently assessing spousal applications received through April 19, 2010 - so your application, received by them on May 13, 2010, is not in process.  It is sitting in a queue waiting assessment and won't be looked at for at least another month.

They will not have an idea whether they're going to transfer it when they first open it and log it in because that's all they do - log it in.  It is during the assessment that they decide about transfer because transfer is normally about an interview being required, someone who doesn't have valid temporary status, or a problem that might make the applicant inadmissible, like a prior conviction.   None of these things would be assessed by someone whose job it is to open an envelope, check to make sure all the forms are there and signed, and then log information into a computer.  The initial assessment by an officer is conducted 9-10 months after an inland ap is received at CPC-V.


Edited by RobsLuv - 04 Feb 2011 at 3:48pm

I somewhat agree with Jamaisomal about Vegerville transferring file to local office only after few months, but i have also read from other comments that vegerville take its sweet time to transfer the file. I'm not sure how they decide to transfer some file early in the stage, anyway, is there anyone out there who went through the same experience with local office and if anyone went to Etobicoke Office???

I know the first stage of approval takes the 9-10 mths. I have done a lot of research on inland applications. When I applied, AIP was only taking 6 months. Apart from Thara, I think I've seen 2 other persons on this board whose files got transferred much earlier than the posted processing times. Thara's was transferred in 5 mths. Someone must have looked into the file somewhat to transfer it that early. It's a whole 5 mths less than current processing times.