London CIC Applicants
Those in the middle east and have applied thru london
Here's my Time line..
Applied in London CIC Jan-04 ( 3rd Week )
AOR issued Mar-04 ( 1st Week )
AOR received Mar-04 ( 3rd Week ) -- with 18 months response time
Updated them May-04 ( 2nd Week ) -- for my new born baby
no acknowledgement/comment from CIC
Exactly 10 days to 18 months Aug-05 -- Fax received from abudhabi office for my consent and willingness to attend interview at abudhabi--i replied positively and till
FEB-06 no acknowledgment or call...for my reply.
then 3rd week feb 06- call received ( after 6 months fo 1st fax )..and to my surprize instead of UAE now my interview was scheduled in Riyadh
-Canadian Embassy in April-06-( 2nd week )

Conclusion:
all the PPL applying between jan-may 04 have either received inquiries for IELTS+Police certificates & other missing documents within 6 months of there submission and now after 18-26 months wether they have had there interviews ( or got waived off) and have there medicals done and have either landed in the recent Past ( i.2. betweeen Nov-05---Mar 06) or are waitign for there medical results or interview call..

keep this thread rolling to let buddie.....................

i applied in sept-2004 . AOR received in dec-2004 with 18 months time line . Now in february-2006 I received another letter from chc london that due to high traffic of files they are unable to look my file in their mentioned time period . chc london promised to finish my file study before feb-2007 .

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