You've read the
Red Maple Leaf eBook, I assume that you have done gathering all the documents in your full application for the
FSW Program in Canada.
You have packed and sent the full application to the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) in Nova Scotia, Canada as instructed.
So, What's the Next Step?
Like me, you probably used the services of couriers such as DHL, Fedex or UPS in sending your application to Canada.
You should have a
tracking number by now, which you can track the documents online and even know the name of the person who received it.
If you used a courier, other than the regular mail, you can click the links below to track your documents.
DHL Online Tracker
FEDEX Document Tracker
UPS Tracker
It will specifically indicate the time and location of your documents. This will ensure you that it will arrive at the destination on time and have a peace of mind.
How Do I Know If My Application is Being Processed?
You've tracked your documents and found that it was already received by a CIO personnel. The next question that you might ask is,
"How do I know the status of my application?"
The procedure is that once the CIO had reviewed your documents and found that you're eligible for the program, they will send you a positive eligibility response to your email and by a regular mail, and provide you the
Unique Client Identifier (UCI) and
Immigration Application number in the letter.
This time, they will encash the cheque or process the credit card payment of your application fee.
Take note that the application number will be useful in checking your application status in the Canadian Application Status (eCAS) at the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website.
The CIO will inform you that your application will be forwarded to a
visa office for further processing. The assignment of the visa office depends on where your current residence or country of origin is. It's up to the CIO to decide.
Based on my experience, although I'm working and staying in Singapore as a Pass holder, and had chosen Singapore as the visa office in my application, they still sent my application to the Canadian visa office in Manila, Philippines.
You might have used a bank draft, a credit card or a manager's cheque in paying the processing fee. This is the perfect medium where you can trace your application if it
has been successfully processed in Canada by simply asking the bank's manager if your cheque had been encashed.
If you used credit card, log in to your account and check whether the fee was billed in your statement. If it's billed, you are now confident that CIO has started processing your application.
It took
3 months for me to receive the positive eligibility response from the CIO.
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