rubberduckofdeath

Hi Gaby, you should add your timeline to your signature so other people can see where you're at

heading-west

ooohhh Gaby, would you like to borrow this too?? it really helps!

james.mc

Hi Gaby

The best thing you can do is try to get on with normal life. Get too involved with the process, on a day to day basis, and you'll end up going round the bend as you say.

We're AOR 12th August 2010 showing as 'received by visa office' and, judging by past results posted in the forum, I'm not expecting to hear too much for a couple of months at least. Of course soon would be nice, but that's unlikely to be the case... I'm always open to pleasant surprises though

How about you add your time-line and we'll see where you're at in the process and maybe offer some encouragement to help you out

scotty1974

your timeline is almost the same as ours james.mc!

like you said, it's best to try and not think about it too much(although it is difficult) and just try and get on with things

My own opinion is that people in our timeframe will start to go 'in process' around March/April time and if all is ok start getting med requests in June/July time, with eventual PPR around September/October
We had originally planned to go over in May when we first applied to get summer over there but now we think we might not make it in 2011 at all!

rubberduckofdeath

Problem is, if med's get done in July sort of time, there's a chance they'll fill their allocation of PR visas for the year and we won't get PPR until the following year, ie. 2012...

scotty1974

your right RDOD, there is that to consider as well, at least though it seems if you are left waiting until the turn of the year PPR comes fairly quickly, like it did for folk this year, or maybe I'm just being optimistic

it's all just one big waiting/guessing game really

99problems

RDOD and Scotty - our timelines are very close as we had AOR 25 Aug 2010.

This is the firs ttime I have checked on here since Sep 2010 as the more you check the slower the wait. I agree broadly that Med requests look likely to be May/June at this rate. Having been made redundant in 2008 and now working on temporary contract we are now both looking forward to moving on with our lives in BC/Canada. Frustrating for us all. All please take heart that it is worth the wait and we are all in the same boat.......

james.mc

I am aware that there are now limits in places for certain FSW NOC codes and when the allocation is filled they will stop accepting applications until the next year. Not something I feel should concern those of us that have already received AOR's.

However, I wasn't aware that there were PR Visa allocation/limits also in place (per year) though

99problems

From memory its 20,000 FSW places pa and there are about 30 occupations or so and a max of 1,000 per NOC. We can only proceed in best faith and see what happens. I just don't understand why they protract it though - if you have a skill shortage you should encourage those people to come to you country and make it a smoother process. My OH is lead applicant and she is an Occupational Therapist.

Silverdragon102

I believe if you have a job offer then you FSW application is accepted the cap is only for those with no employer

james.mc

So, I interpret what has been written as....

Even if you were approved under FSW and have, on request, submitted medicals (without medicial issues) around (say) July, you may not get a call for passports to have PPR visas added if the FSW Visa immigration cap (as opposed to FSW NOC Cap) has been reached for that year.
Therefore, with that scenario, you would most likely be kept waiting until the start of the following year before receiving a request for visa's to be added.
This could conceivably add another 4 months to the process.

Our plans are for a late 2011/early 2012 shift anyway, but I though the point might be worth clarifying for others planning an earlier move.

haniyasin

Faith & hope people, don't surrender by letting that beast cut loose.

heading-west

I am faithfully hanging in there in the hope that we go into process very soon

I'll get my coat.......

tracys

At a recent expo I was told by an immigration official that the limit on visas per noc code per year was only on applications recieved since the last rule change, (summer 2010 I think). Our application was recieved Feb 1st 2010 in NS so ours will be dealt with under the rules that applied at that time.

If this is incorrect I'm sure someone will be along to correct me but that is what I was told. Good luck all.

Tracy

LinsyPinsy

Tracy, you are right. It only applies to post 26th june apps. Although it does seem that there is an overall PR quota that they dont go over, hence the lack of PPR's towards the end of 2010 and the plethora of PPR's early 2011-if that makes sense.