Ordering CAIPS notes after receiving your AOR

Please be advised, if ordering CAIPS notes after receiving your AOR (and before the formal assessment of your application), DO NOT include interpretation services in your order (we recommend choosing either CAIPS Standard or CAIPS Standard + Xpresspost).

Explanation: as long as your application has not been formally assessed, there is no need for interpretation services. Do think about adding interpretation services for subsequent stages of your application process. For more details, follow this link to our FAQ page: When is it useful to obtain my CAIPS file?

Rest assured, when no interpretation is needed or requested, we summarize the main areas of concern in our letter to you as a matter of common courtesy. Also, if after receiving your CAIPS file, it turns out that no interpretation is needed (as explained), our policy is to refund you the interpretation portion of our service fee. Thank you.

Updated processing times on CIC web site

Recently, CIC has updated the processing times statistics. Published on May 15, the latest data cover the April 2005 to March 2006 period. Unfortunately, processing times have lengthened (considerably in some cases). For more information, please follow this link to the Statistics and processing times section of our Useful Links page or this direct link to CIC's Application Processing Times page.

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