LONDON Visa Office Applicants....Lets connect here

[dxben]

I got a ghost update on 11th Feb and somebody from Oman got PPR on 1st Feb(Source Immitracker)
It's slow but moving.....

 

[mussadsar]

Just saw this on VFS global website: See Para 3 (highlighted in bold). London is in the list!!

Dated: 04th Feb 2021

• Canada Visa Application Centres closed
• The Canada Visa Application Centre in La Paz (Bolivia) will remain closed until 14 February 2021 as per local government directives.
  Following Ministerial Instructions issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on April 9, April 29, May 19, June 9 and July 1, 2020 applicants can no longer submit an application for temporary residence in paper at the VAC. New Ministerial Instructions issued on July 1, 2020 have extended this measure until September 30, 2020. All applications for temporary residence must continue to be submitted online via IRCC’s website: https://www.canada.ca/en/
  services/immigration-citizenship.html
  If you submitted an application for temporary residence in paper to the VAC on or after April 10, 2020, your application will be returned to you.
  Please note that as of July 1, 2020, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada has also lifted the suspension on the processing of temporary resident visa (visitor visa) applications. Although processing of applications has resumed, travel restrictions to Canada remain in place. For more details, visit the IRCC website.
  Canada has stopped accepting visa applications until further notice in Rome (Italy), Ankara & Istanbul (Turkey), Doha (Qatar), Erbil (Iraq), Kigali (Rwanda) Dublin (Ireland), London (UK), Los Angeles (USA), Amman (Jordan), Manila (Philippines), Bridgetown (Barbados), Kingston & Montego Bay (Jamaica), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Novosibirsk & Yekaterinburg (Russia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Bali (Indonesia), Port Au Prince (Haiti), Dublin (Ireland), Colombia, Asuncion (Paraguay), Lviv & Kiev (Ukraine), and Tbilisi (Georgia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Muscat (Oman), San Jose (Costa Rica), Port Louis (Mauritius), Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Dusseldorf and Singapore.

 

[YCH]

Just saw this on VFS global website: See Para 3 (highlighted in bold). London is in the list!!

Dated: 04th Feb 2021

• Canada Visa Application Centres closed
• The Canada Visa Application Centre in La Paz (Bolivia) will remain closed until 14 February 2021 as per local government directives.
  Following Ministerial Instructions issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on April 9, April 29, May 19, June 9 and July 1, 2020 applicants can no longer submit an application for temporary residence in paper at the VAC. New Ministerial Instructions issued on July 1, 2020 have extended this measure until September 30, 2020. All applications for temporary residence must continue to be submitted online via IRCC’s website: https://www.canada.ca/en/
  services/immigration-citizenship.html
  If you submitted an application for temporary residence in paper to the VAC on or after April 10, 2020, your application will be returned to you.
  Please note that as of July 1, 2020, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada has also lifted the suspension on the processing of temporary resident visa (visitor visa) applications. Although processing of applications has resumed, travel restrictions to Canada remain in place. For more details, visit the IRCC website.
  Canada has stopped accepting visa applications until further notice in Rome (Italy), Ankara & Istanbul (Turkey), Doha (Qatar), Erbil (Iraq), Kigali (Rwanda) Dublin (Ireland), London (UK), Los Angeles (USA), Amman (Jordan), Manila (Philippines), Bridgetown (Barbados), Kingston & Montego Bay (Jamaica), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), Novosibirsk & Yekaterinburg (Russia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Bali (Indonesia), Port Au Prince (Haiti), Dublin (Ireland), Colombia, Asuncion (Paraguay), Lviv & Kiev (Ukraine), and Tbilisi (Georgia), Kuwait City (Kuwait), Muscat (Oman), San Jose (Costa Rica), Port Louis (Mauritius), Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Dusseldorf and Singapore.

Does it mean they only stop accepting new applications but did not stop processing of the applications they already have in scope?

 

[Drzee]

Does it mean they only stop accepting new applications but did not stop processing of the applications they already have in scope?

I guess this is for temp visas... as LVO has recently issued some PPRs too

 

[mussadsar]

I really hope you guys are correct on it.. and EE's are processed. I only se CEC's being processed and yesterday there were 27k + invitations.
May be @legalfalcon @caipsnotes can help us out for LVO working process these days..

 

[Javeria_khan]

I recommend you all to order gcms notes. I think thats what triggered my ppr

Hi. Congratulations
Did LVO asked for height, eye colour.... prior to PPR email??

 

[mussadsar]

Hello guys,
Just to update that I had asked my brother in law who is in UK to call IRCC office and get some info. Unfortunately, IRCC rep excused themselves from giving any info on immigration purpose and said that "they are not answering any queries about immigration"!!.

Amazing service!!

 

[Billyboy3]

Hi. Does anyone know if there has been many updates from the London office so far in 2021? Thanks.

 

[ahmedmushtaq]

Hi. Does anyone know if there has been many updates from the London office so far in 2021? Thanks.

Anyone???

 

[Khawaja.Ahsan00]

Hi Everyone,

Received my GCMS notes on 17th Feb
Ordered on 16th Jan.

Eligibility - Passed
Security- Not Started
Criminality- Not Started (Recommended Passed in Noted)
Medicals- Passed
Info Sharing- Complete
Biometrics - Passed (Security 2)

Primary Office: London Visa Office
AOR: 20th Oct 2020
Spouse is already a PR holder. I got married on 30th Oct and updated IRCC about my status. After 15 days got notified that my visa office has been intimated about the change in my marital status - ADR requested along with PRPF on 4th Jan and submitted all on the same day. It was all reflected in my GCMs notes.

What should I consider now? And expected PPR? London has been pretty quiet so far in terms of giving out PPRs.

 

[YCH]

Hi. Does anyone know if there has been many updates from the London office so far in 2021? Thanks.

I suppose the London VO is in lockdown now, so there might be no updates at all in 2021(

 

[Billyboy3]

I suppose the London VO is in lockdown now, so there might be no updates at all in 2021(

Well that can’t be the case with the UK coming fully out of lockdown in July!

 

[Khawaja.Ahsan00]

Well that can’t be the case with the UK coming fully out of lockdown in July!

I think considering the Step by Step opening of London, LVO might start working even before July.

 

[Billyboy3]

I think considering the Step by Step opening of London, LVO might start working even before July.

I agree. I haven’t seen many responses from them on any forums etc this year, but hopefully LVO opens up more soon.

 

[dxben]

Anyone???

I saw 2 PPR issued this month and some got in Jan too.. they are working with limited capacity..