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VISA OFFICE
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
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(CIC region: Europe)
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last internal audit in June 2006
ranks # 4 out of 44 visa posts
The majority (around 65%) of applications processed are through the Quebec immigration program. This saves valuable processing resources, which can easily be seen in the fast processing of spousal applications, averaging currently 2 to 8 month. The Bucharest mission is the fastest one in Europe and ranks 4th of all offices worldwide.
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VISA OFFICE
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
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(CIC region: Americas)
staff: 2 Canadian based / 6 local staff
last internal audit in June 2007
ranks # 28 out of 44 visa posts
The office in Buenos Aires used to be one of the fastest visa offices, but was downsized in 2006 due to lower CIC immigration targets for Argentina. The loss of two Canadian based officers meant that processing times more than doubled and Buenos Aires ranks now below average.
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VISA OFFICE
BUFFALO, U.S.A
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(CIC region: Americas)
staff: 8 (8) Canadian based / 41 (28) local staff
last internal audit in April 2001
ranks # 23 out of 44 visa post
The mission in Buffalo also comprises the satellite offices throughout the USA (satellite staff in brackets). Buffalo is an average office when it comes to processing times, but has a very high workload and deals with all applicants applying form within Canada as well as those from the U.S.A and Bermudas. Overall, Buffalo is a relatively efficient office - on the downside, the office in Buffalo does not answer any inquiry if your application is still within the average processing time.
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VISA OFFICE
CAIRO, EGYPT
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(CIC region: Africa / Middle East)
staff: 2 Canadian based / 10 local staff
last internal audit in February 2005
ranks # 26 out of 44 visa posts
The office in Cairo processes applications from Egypt and Sudan only and the mission ranks just bellow average when it comes to processing times.
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VISA OFFICE
CARACAS, VENEZUELA
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(CIC region: Americas)
staff: 1 Canadian based / 4 local staff
last internal audit in September 2007
ranks # 21 out of 44 visa posts
The visa office in Caracas is one of the smallest CIC offices outside of Canada and only processes applications from Venezuela and the 3 main islands of the Netherlands Antilles. Caracas is one of the faster offices in the Americas and the fastest one in South America even though the amount of applications has risen steadily.
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VISA OFFICE
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
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(CIC region: Asia / Pacific)
staff: 4 Canadian based / 23 local staff
last internal audit in October 2007
ranks # 31 out of 44 visa posts
At the time of the last audit the performance of the mission was still affected by the aftermath of the 2005 tsunami. According to the last numbers available the mission in Colombo is still one of the slowest in the Asia / Pacific area but slowly improving.
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VISA OFFICE
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
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(CIC region: Africa / Middle East)
staff: 12 Canadian based / 35 local staff
last internal audit in October 2005
ranks # 9 out of 44 visa posts
The CIC office in Damascus in one of the larger CIC offices and covers a vast territory: Cyprus, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. The mission also has a satellite office at the embassy in Amman, Jordan. Even though the Damascus office is very fast, there have been growing problems with the satellite office in Amman and refusal rates in the spousal sponsorship category are very high, especially for those dealing with the Amman office.
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