graham and george

I was gonna get my caips notes but thought i would wait and see what happens on july 1st.

Notes or not its up to the vo,lets just wait and see

anunlikelyunion

OK. Even though I'm risking to look (even) thicker than I am: What the hell are caips notes???
And where can I buy them and are they nice with a cup of tea??

kat-b

:-) I think they can be confusing so a cup of tea would be a good idea!

CAIPS is an acronym for Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System. It is part of the Electronic Data Processing (EDP) system used by the Canadian Immigration offices to process visa applications. EDP systems are those used to gather or update the information needed for the operational support of immigration programs.

You can order them from several different companies (about $40) and they will get a copy for you from CIC or possibly order them direct from Canada. I can check which company I used if you want?

I don't know that much about it but i believe if you get the notes it should give you some info on whether you've passed the paper sift stage (e.g PSDEC-1 means paper screening decision passed), whether a selection decision has been made, your bring forward date (.'e the next time your file will be looked at) and other random visa officer notes.

For example another applicant on a different thread published his notes and this was part of them -

"SELDEC REVIEW

EXPERIENCE: TWO LETTERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. THE EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATE IS PROVIDING A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT IS 1) NEARLY VERBATIAM FROM THE NOC AND 2) BELONGING TO NOC 4131, COLLEGE TEACHER. I CONSIDER THIS LETTER TO BE SELFSERVING AS IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO VERIFY A CREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. VISITED UNIVERSITY WEBSITE AND FOUND PA ON THE LIST OF LECTURER. WILL ACCEPT THIS FOR EXPERIENCE.

POSITIVE SELDEC ENTERED"

I'm going to ask someone on the threads to help me interpret mine when they come through :-)

Hope this helps a bit!

graham and george

As KAT B you can also pay a bit more and have the codes broken down/explained

For a lot of people its just piece of mind

kat-b

Yeah exactly the reason I ordered them and just to make sure there are no issues or concerns on part of VO. It'll also give me an idea of when they will nxt look at my file! Prob some time in 2014 :-)

anunlikelyunion

Thanks Kat for explaining. I am not sure we will go for it as I think it might just be another way to torture yourself...at the end of the day, what will be, will be. I'll find out one way or another, I guess. All this was the sensible part of me speaking...it's very unsensible counterpart is screaming "I want one and I want it
NOW!!!

anunlikelyunion

Can you please let us know when you get yours and what it says? Just to figure out whether spending $40 on it is worth it or not.

graham and george

Anunliklelyunion did you also get the standard 6-12 month letter

kat-b

Yeah no problem :-) I think they estimated about a month and I sent the request a few weeks ago so hopefully soon

heading-west

Finally, after 2 emails, we got a reply to our enquiry...

Dear Madam / Sir,

This is in response to your enquiry.

Your application is in progress with an immigration officer. No further action is required by you at this time.

Our office will contact the applicant when a decision has been made or if further information is required. Immigration decisions and information requests are sent by post or email to the addresses provided in the application.



We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.



Yours sincerely,



Client Service Unit (VCM)


Immigration and Medical Services Division | Direction de l'immigration et des services médicaux

Canadian High Commission | Haut-commissariat du Canada

38 Grosvenor Street

London, W1K 4AA | Londres, W1K 4AA

United Kingdom | Royaume-Uni

misskatpaw

Oooo well that's progress. It's "with an immigration officer" hopefully means you'll hear soon

heading-west

I certainly hope so!

Silverdragon102

least you have replies. Have emailed them twice now once on the 27 May and other 8th June and nothing. Already had medicals and send payment plus updated police checks back in Feb/Mar

sdo1982

Dont panic, Summer slow down as usual, and it looks like London are on the go slow until the new MI's are out... But then Canada House is rented out for economic missions during the Olympics, so I would expect even more disruption and delays

witchileiz

Today ecas tracker informed me that something had changed on my ecas page. I checked, and all is the same, but the address has disappeared on the first page. This happened previously and we received AOR within a week, so fingers crossed something positive is happening (meds req?).

I do know in other forums and this one, that some people can no longer access their ecas file, so it could be simply that ecas is creaking again, who knows?

Gonna stay positive though (what else can you do?)...