A promise from a Chandigarh agent, then silence
- Week 1Agent promises digital submission.
A consultancy in Sector 17 claims it can send her prints to the RCMP electronically.
- Week 6Nothing reaches Ottawa.
The consultancy has no accreditation and no route in, so she is back to Step 1.
- Week 8Mails her own C-216C.
Fresh prints at a shop in Sector 22, followed by an international courier to Ottawa.
- Week 20Result goes astray.
The certificate is sent to her old address in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Week 26Lodges with a gap.
Two vendors, two couriers, and a skilled visa held up by a single missing certificate.
One visit to her Chandigarh home, one accredited route
- Day 1Fingerprinted at home in Sector 35.
Her C-216C cards are completed at home and checked finger by finger before the appointment ends.
- Week 1Submitted from Canada.
Globeia Incorporated receives the original cards and handles the RCMP submission through its accredited route.
- Week 3Tracked between shifts
Simran checks her Globeia SmartPortal status after work instead of chasing separate providers.
- Week 5Result in, as issued.
Issued in English and matched to her passport. Home Affairs accepts it without an apostille.
- Week 6Visa file moves forward
Simran adds the completed clearance to her Australian application and continues with the remaining documents.


