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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 29th 2013, 2:39 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Yep.

Be aware my friends got queried due to a "Missing RDA Cover Letter".
When they pointed out that the RDA was no more the query went away.

I think the reason for the query was Halifax...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 29th 2013, 2:27 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Just out of curiosity do you know what date your friends sent the application, I got an acknowledgement of application received on 5th June & haven't heard anything since.

Application was handed...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 28th 2013, 12:31 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Hey FCB
Drop me a line.
If the planets align I would be happy to give you some info, meet and/or make some introductions. Apparently the 10sih RDAs are going to be replaced with 6ish...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 1:44 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Halifax will ask you to send the changed materials to them.

The idea is the fed portion of the provincial pack is identical to that which is sent to the feds. Thats the idea. Clearly if you want...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 1:33 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Thanks vwera.
Yep, my friends waited something like 2 weeks after submitting the corrections.
I will pass on the info re your friends' 6 months PR processing time from UK.

Just so I am clear,...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 1:11 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

It will have to be the new one. [edit: and not the old one]
The new ones came into effect July 2013 or thereabouts.
If I recall they have the version and release date in the bottom corner of the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 1:05 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Im afraid the route has (or is being) retired from service.
My knowledge is therefore obsolete, so take this with a liberal helping of salt.

Community Identified (CI) is a NS Provincial...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 12:54 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Just out of curiosity do you know what date your friends sent the application

Sorry not exactly.
I know they were told "up to 10 weeks" and it was more like 12.
Having observed their journey...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2013, 1:09 am
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

And yet mine took 6 months (2008/2009) and another chap is posting on here that his took 7 months (London/2012). 27 months is a bloody long time for a PNP. Especially when Paris (9 months) and Warsaw...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 26th 2013, 8:00 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Oops. I should have been more specific. Let me try again.

Does anyone have a real-world processing time for:
Nova Scotia Provincial Nomination (Community Identified)
Federal pack stage.
...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 26th 2013, 6:02 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Incidentally, a question:

Does anyone have a timeline for NS Community identified PR application (Federal Section) from pack submission to call for passports? Mine (2008/2009) was quick: 6 months...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 26th 2013, 5:22 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

For those that may have been following this thread, I have an update.

My friends today received their NS Community Identified nomination, some 14 weeks after submission of their pack to Halifax....
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 7th 2013, 12:11 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Hi Kayb.
Yes, 'oompa pretty much just said what I would have said.
With letters I believe more is better. In the case of my friends their pack went in with a couple of letters and then when they...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 1st 2013, 1:41 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

This is generally what I've heard except for the May 31 date.

The impression I was left with was CI in its current form was going away to be replaced by something CI-like but that takes into...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 25th 2013, 12:48 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Update:

So my friends' pack which went in on April 13th has been accepted and given a case number. The ETA for a decision is 8-12 weeks "due to a backlog" - presumably due to everyone trying to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 15th 2013, 6:50 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

I filled them in myself.
It's the only way to be sure and it save the forms waiting in the consultants inbox, outbox etc. Also saves timezone snafus and proof-read cycles. Immig consultants will...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 14th 2013, 6:08 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

[QUOTE=Smudger75;10658512]

In terms of my friends, they were already living here due to earlier work permit. The job didn't work out but the work permit remained. They didn't pass muster for any...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 12th 2013, 11:51 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

All:

Here's the scoop. I was at NS Immigration this morning and have been talking to them and emailing folks from the local (ex)RDA, the local politicians, folks in immigration etc. A coherent...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 11th 2013, 10:13 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

Friends are already here on a work permit.
A "Canadian Experience" class application failed on a technicality.
Can't reapply under CE because experience has to be in the last 3 years whereas the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 11th 2013, 9:44 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

Here's my latest info.
This is by no means gospel, since nobody seems to completely know whats going on.

So far I've heard the RDAs are being shut down, leading the RDAs to conclude that they...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 11th 2013, 12:12 am
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

Hi
Sorry if I alarmed you.
Today I called NS Immigration and they said they *are* still accepting NSPNP-CI but they don't know how long for. So I'm hearing 2 different things. Best to sit tight and...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 9th 2013, 8:29 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more

It's been a strange week, Siouxsie.

The information I have is from somewhere deep in the bowels of the NS government. I have a few other rocks I can look under, but it will have to wait until...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 9th 2013, 8:11 pm
Replies: 227
Views: 23,079
Posted By wbexpat

Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Received not 5 minutes ago:

(from an individual at
Regional Planning and Development
NS Department of Economic
and Rural Development and Tourism)

Dear Mr. Wbexpat[my amendment],
Further to...
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