What does the reply "Record not found" mean when checking the visa processing progress online at the Canadian Visa Center in Guangzhou?

What kind of visa do you have? Immigration, work? Study abroad?

Generally speaking, the immigration approval procedures for the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Fujian are all in Hong Kong, and the rest are in Beijing. Visas are also issued by them, and the same is probably true for study abroad and work permits. I remember that when it was first established, the Guangzhou Visa Office was only responsible for business affairs and not for other visas. It's best to ask your agent where the information is sent. Otherwise, there would be as many as 3 visa points. Where do you look?

Of course it means FILE NOT FOUND if he has not received your information. In addition, if he has received it but has not started processing it, it will also be FILE NOT FOUND, because your information has not yet been archived.

This is the first time I have heard about the intermediary service process mentioned above. From my understanding, if you sign a power of attorney at that time, then the intermediary will place files for you in the name of the agent. Otherwise, it will be a deposit in your own name, but they will handle the matter for you. Either way, you should be able to check the records online as you, but if you sign the power of attorney, all the returned information will be sent to your agent (intermediary).

In order to save costs, intermediaries actually use regular mail to send your information. The intermediaries in Guangzhou even send people to Hong Kong to drop your information into a Hong Kong mailbox and send it to the Hong Kong consulate. So it is possible that they accumulate a bunch of cases before submitting them all at once. In order to save a little bit of postage, it often happens that they put your information away for several months before submitting it. This is especially true for large intermediary companies. As for the relationship between large intermediaries and small intermediaries mentioned above, I have never heard of it.

If it is an immigration application, the Hong Kong website clearly states that email and telephone inquiries are not accepted. You must submit a written inquiry before they will respond selectively. (For cases that have not been completed for more than 7 months, he stipulates in written inquiries that he must reply within a certain period of time, otherwise he may not necessarily reply)

Almost all intermediary contracts have refund clauses, but no intermediary will really do so. Fulfill the promise and always refuse refunds for various reasons when the application fails (for example, help you apply again, change the company to handle your case, etc.).

In a word, don’t trust the agency too much. You should pay attention to how the visa review is going in everything. If there is no sign of any action, push your agency more.