Yep!

thanks siouxie,
but i think they wanted me to start asap so by the time this avenue has started illbe out of time

Ohhh...completely understand your frustration OP. We applied through Sask PNP family stream middle of last year. Application turned down as I hadn't sent proof of post-education training despite having a job offer as a truck driver and was not allowed to add additional documentation to the file, it had to be a new application! I was 'encouraged' to apply again which I did immediately! Impossible to get hold of anyone at SINP to clarify anything and we are still waiting for nomination! Hopefully, no news is good news! Even more frustrating when checking out sites like Trackitt.com and see people from, shall we say, less developed countries than the UK, getting accepted pretty quickly! I appreciate they are very busy but thought ours would be a very straight forward case, i.e, 2.4 children, job offer, clean records, family already there!
Fortunately my Canadian employer is very understanding of the process. Its coming up for 30 weeks so hopefully just around the corner now! If anyone does know of current processing times for nomination, please feel free to enlighten me!

does anyone have the holy grail of immigration???........a phone number for the CIC office in Canada??? i know its a long shot but may help me to get my test certificate back so i can start again asap.
ive looked into re doing it but even if i drive the length of britain to do it the next available date isnt until march

hey nw trucker
its not even anything to do with less developed countries. i know of people from the uk who just attempt to cheat the application system and seem to have gotten away with it. i can bet my bottom dollar these people will milk the system in canada too. sooo frustrating i just want to work hard n buidl a new life.
annnnyway no point using up my energy moaning.....off to try n do something productive

No such thing I'm afraid. Send a case specific email instead.

Yup I have it but you can only call it from Canada so it wont help you.

1-888-242 2100

That's only the call centre though isn't it? Not an actual office - and well known for being the 'misinformation line'!

No comment on that Yes that is the call centre number but CIC do advertise that they can answer questions. Our BIS line isnt much better either

thanks you two,

knew it would be a long shot.
id be quicker getting a flight over and picking it up, although i bet the poor workers have the office like fort knocks.

OMG i thought my job was difficult but i dont envy them of theirs.

Oh, they can answer questions. Just that it usually seems to be some 18 year old on work experience reading off a script, who'll just have a guess at the answer if it's not written down on there. Some of the stuff they come out with is hilarious!

Still, as you say, the OP can't phone them anyway - probably just as well!

definitely just as well haha if i spoke to someone who was guessing and i could hear fear in his voice when dealing with my future.....id probably lose it

haha just joking, as ive said, i bet they can get a LMO just like that as i imagine no one in the world would want to do their job

Well they could have outsourced it to India like Air Canada

hmmm looks like there's somethings of a similar nature between canada and blighty then hey. all boils down to finance and costs i suppose. although in england now the firms are offering courses to the call centre staff so they can learn to speak with accents as if theyre from liverpool or scotland.
its funny to hear but the money would be better spent keepng them better informed about the product theyre answering questions on.

annnyway i digress i suppose i could get my friends in canada to call the number but to be fair i think it will be a fruitless quest ill just keep sending emails requesting the return of my docs asap

My wife likened the immigration process to childbirth. It's hell while you're going through it, but worth it in the end!