I don't think CIO is considered as primary office. But there are some cases which are entirely processed in CIO then for those candidates CIO Sydney or Ottawa acts as primary office.
But this is what I have learnt, generally all applications go to CIO Sydney or Ottawa and after R10 checks they are sent to different VOs which are normally the primary office to do the background checks. If the application needs further review then they are again sent to local VO(LVO) of the candidate, this is secondary office. "Ready For Visa" email can come from either one offices.
In Sept thread I read one applicant got 3 "Ready For Visa" emails. He had 1 primary office and 2 secondary office and all 3 sent that email lol
So in my case, my primary office is CPC-Ottawa. I don't have a secondary office yet as per my GCMS notes but if I get one in future then it will probably be NDVO.
I don't think CIO is considered as primary office. But there are some cases which are entirely processed in CIO then for those candidates CIO Sydney or Ottawa acts as primary office.
But this is what I have learnt, generally all applications go to CIO Sydney or Ottawa and after R10 checks they are sent to different VOs which are normally the primary office to do the background checks. If the application needs further review then they are again sent to local VO(LVO) of the candidate, this is secondary office. "Ready For Visa" email can come from either one offices.
In Sept thread I read one applicant got 3 "Ready For Visa" emails. He had 1 primary office and 2 secondary office and all 3 sent that email lol
So in my case, my primary office is CPC-Ottawa. I don't have a secondary office yet as per my GCMS notes but if I get one in future then it will probably be NDVO.
Minor correction, secondary offices don't mean anything.
CIO can be primary, when they finalize everything there. Those under 120 days are finalized at CIO usually.
When application gets transferred to another office, let's say to the secondary office, then that office becomes primary. So in your example, if your file gets transferred to NDVO, then NDVO becomes primary office.
Happens often, just try clearing your cache or open in incognito and you should be fine. If it still happens, login twice or thrice it will get you in. It's probably a bug in their system.
Happens often, just try clearing your cache or open in incognito and you should be fine. If it still happens, login twice or thrice it will get you in. It's probably a bug in their system.
Thank you so much, it worked after 4 attempts - i accidently went to ROE side of the site and it automatically threw me to my immigration page... That was weird.
I secretly hoped maybe the VO was working on my case and that's why it's not working. Oh well
So most of us have not heard anything since medicals passed and are in IP1. Those Nov people who have already received PPR seem to be different in that they went into IP2 a month or two after IP1. But no Nov people have gotten PPR that were still in IP1. Is that right?
So most of us have not heard anything since medicals passed and are in IP1. Those Nov people who have already received PPR seem to be different in that they went into IP2 a month or two after IP1. But no Nov people have gotten PPR that were still in IP1. Is that right?