new application procedure...processing times for initial intake application?
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Hi guys...
just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
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just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
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Hi Gary,
I'm presuming you are applying FSW Cat 1.
We sent ours off to NS on 15th January, but then forgot a page so sent it a few days later, and had our 120 day letter from there three weeks later.
Good luck!
I'm presuming you are applying FSW Cat 1.
We sent ours off to NS on 15th January, but then forgot a page so sent it a few days later, and had our 120 day letter from there three weeks later.
Good luck!
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what he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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WC...have you had your med requests yet ?
Our time-line is in my signature, and we are currently awaiting medical requests
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WC...have you had your med requests yet ?
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No, not yet, fingers & toes crossed this week! Promise I'll post the second I get them! Based on Poppit's timeline (and it worked last time!) we should get them today or tomorrow (tho' I am making allowances for post to Ireland and the bank holiday!)
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Well I'll keep mine crossed for you also ![Fingers Crossed](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/fingerscrossed.gif)
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We are hoping to get ours when we come back from our annual holiday in a couple of weeks, but realistically, I think ours will not come as soon as yours due to complications....one can hope
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We are hoping to get ours when we come back from our annual holiday in a couple of weeks, but realistically, I think ours will not come as soon as yours due to complications....one can hope
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I think it was catergory 2? the document checklist said "arranged employment, only for applicants in catergory 2" so?? ah well regardless of what category it was...its sent!! huge relief to finally get it away! and nice to know its fairly quick too!
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It certainly is a massive relief to get all that paperwork out of the way where the dog can't eat it.
Good luck with your application!
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Hi guys...
just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
thanks,
garry
just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
thanks,
garry
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=604046
Good luck!
Good luck to you.
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I hope you have better luck than us!!! We applied in Feb 09!!! We gave it 3 months and chased it up as we had not heard and it appears they have lost ours. It was sent by Fed-ex and was received at Nova Scotia but who knows where it is now!!! We have resent another batch of forms.
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wow thats brutal!! sorry to hear that...ya definetly hope I have better luck than that. I didn't send mine courier because im an idiot so i now have no way of tracking it as it went regular post! it will be there friday im told! so i guess im just playing the waiting ( and praying ) game!
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they will of had ours for a week now!!! Fingers crossed they dont lose it. It makes you wonder doesnt it!!
Hopefully we should hear quickly we have been lead to believe it is about 4-6 weeks, but I see some folks on here have heard after about 3 weeks.
Hopefully we should hear quickly we have been lead to believe it is about 4-6 weeks, but I see some folks on here have heard after about 3 weeks.
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I posted my Fsw Cat1 application off to Sydney on the 28/02/09 & received my 120 day letter on the 20/03/09. But wouldn't worry if yours takes a little longer as this could be a result of all new applications going via Sydney and could extend processing times . Hope this helps
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I posted my Fsw Cat1 application off to Sydney on the 28/02/09 & received my 120 day letter on the 20/03/09. But wouldn't worry if yours takes a little longer as this could be a result of all new applications going via Sydney and could extend processing times . Hope this helps
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Hi guys...
just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
thanks,
garry
just sent away my pr application (federal skilled worker, arranged employment) to the initial intake centre in nova scotia. does anyone have any idea how long it takes for this to go through? i pressume fairly quickly considering i then have to mail the rest of it over to london! whats everyones experience with the new procedures?
thanks,
garry
From my new thread I've just posted you'll see we've just received our 120 Day letter by e-mail 15 minutes ago so we're pretty happy
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Times seem to be pretty similar, they receieved our application on 30/04/2009 and about 21- 28 days seems about right, ours was 28 days!!
Good luck with your application we'd better get our docs sorted now!!!
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beauty! congrats on that!! hopefully mine is just as fast and the same response!
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