Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (H1B Holders) CIC Process

[ingegarcia]

I received my AINP nomination pkg on Friday Nov 28, however AINP was approved in Nov 5 and mailed in Nov 11.  (sometimes the mail moves really slow!!) . The actual nomination has a expiration date of May 5/2009....

Now... one of the forms that I received is a confirmation letter that I should sign and send immediately. I already faxed it, however I am not sure if I should also mail it to them ... What did you guys do?

BTW Since Alberta already sent my nomination documentation to Buffalo I think I have no choice but to file it there..... so I am planning to file my application anytime at the beginning of January.

Thanks and happy thanksgiving to all... I hope you shop a lot this weekend. :))

[abhi_hola]

Hi Inge, when did you send your application for nomination?
I have sent my application yesterday; how much time is taken for the nomination process to arrive?

[dnataraj]

I received my AINP nomination pkg on Friday Nov 28, however AINP was approved in Nov 5 and mailed in Nov 11.  (sometimes the mail moves really slow!!) . The actual nomination has a expiration date of May 5/2009....

Now... one of the forms that I received is a confirmation letter that I should sign and send immediately. I already faxed it, however I am not sure if I should also mail it to them ... What did you guys do?

BTW Since Alberta already sent my nomination documentation to Buffalo I think I have no choice but to file it there..... so I am planning to file my application anytime at the beginning of January.

Thanks and happy thanksgiving to all... I hope you shop a lot this weekend. :))

Inge congratulations again.

I had faxed the confirmation letter letter and also FedEx-d.

In my case too, Alberta had sent a communication to Buffalo. However, I wrote to Buffalo to withdraw my FSW and I am attaching that communication with AINP to tell Buffalo that I am applying afresh.

Good Luck

[ingegarcia]

Thanks dnataraj!! I'll Fed-Ex too!!

Inge congratulations again.

I had faxed the confirmation letter letter and also FedEx-d.

In my case too, Alberta had sent a communication to Buffalo. However, I wrote to Buffalo to withdraw my FSW and I am attaching that communication with AINP to tell Buffalo that I am applying afresh.

Good Luck

[ingegarcia]

Hi abhi_hola
Here is my timeline


Pre-Assessment Application Sent        - May 5, 2008
Pre-Assessment Approved                 - Jul 31, 2008
AINP Invitation Pkg Received             - Aug 10, 2008
AINP Filed                                      - Aug 22, 2008
Received File Number                       - Sep 9, 2008
AINP Nomination approved                - Nov 5, 2008
AINP Nomination Pkg Received           - Nov 28, 2008

Employee File number : XXXXX128 - NOC 2171

Hi Inge, when did you send your application for nomination?
I have sent my application yesterday; how much time is taken for the nomination process to arrive?

[ingegarcia]

Seems to be that Canada will keep the quota of immigrants for 2009 and will speed up the process....

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1008308

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2008/2008-11-28.asp

[dnataraj]

Seems to be that Canada will keep the quota of immigrants for 2009 and will speed up the process....

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1008308

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2008/2008-11-28.asp

Inge, I think we are just lucky. I didn't see 2171 or my NOC 2121 on the FSW list!!.

[olusolalekan]

I know! A lot of techie people here would have been disappointed!

Seems to be that Canada will keep the quota of immigrants for 2009 and will speed up the process....

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1008308

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2008/2008-11-28.asp

Inge, I think we are just lucky. I didn't see 2171 or my NOC 2121 on the FSW list!!.

[WalkingFunny]

I received my AINP nomination pkg on Friday Nov 28, however AINP was approved in Nov 5 and mailed in Nov 11.  (sometimes the mail moves really slow!!) . The actual nomination has a expiration date of May 5/2009....

Now... one of the forms that I received is a confirmation letter that I should sign and send immediately. I already faxed it, however I am not sure if I should also mail it to them ... What did you guys do?

BTW Since Alberta already sent my nomination documentation to Buffalo I think I have no choice but to file it there..... so I am planning to file my application anytime at the beginning of January.

Thanks and happy thanksgiving to all... I hope you shop a lot this weekend. :))

Hi Inge,
congratulations.
I called and mailed Alberta about the form you mentioned, I got a reply saying that the faxed copy will suffice, but I guess it doesn't hurt if you mail the hard copy too.
Once again, congratulations.

[ingegarcia]

Thank you!

I received my AINP nomination pkg on Friday Nov 28, however AINP was approved in Nov 5 and mailed in Nov 11.  (sometimes the mail moves really slow!!) . The actual nomination has a expiration date of May 5/2009....

Now... one of the forms that I received is a confirmation letter that I should sign and send immediately. I already faxed it, however I am not sure if I should also mail it to them ... What did you guys do?

BTW Since Alberta already sent my nomination documentation to Buffalo I think I have no choice but to file it there..... so I am planning to file my application anytime at the beginning of January.

Thanks and happy thanksgiving to all... I hope you shop a lot this weekend. :))

Hi Inge,
congratulations.
I called and mailed Alberta about the form you mentioned, I got a reply saying that the faxed copy will suffice, but I guess it doesn't hurt if you mail the hard copy too.
Once again, congratulations.

[toledoresident]

Good News to my AINP family!!!!

Received nomination from alberta today with a letter dated on November 21,2008. Following is my detail

1. AINP PREAPPROVAL FORM SUBMISSION : JULY 15, 2008
2. PRE APPROVAL FOR AINP : AUG 6, 2008
3. AINP SUBMISSION : SEPTEMBER 3,2008
4. AINP FILE NO. RECEIVED : OCTOBER 3,2008 (FILE NO. BETWEEN 145 TO 150)
5. AINP APPROVAL : DECEMBER 3,2008 ( DATED : NOVEMBER 21,2008)

[olusolalekan]

Toledoresident,

Congrats! Welcome to Alberta-CIC Club

[toledoresident]

Thanks Olu !!!!!!!!!!

[dnataraj]

So I wanted to keep the ball rolling. I submitted my application to CIC today by FedEx. I did NOT submit police records at this time.
Let me know if you have any doubts. If not give an 100% answer, I shall share what I did.

So good luck to everyone and hope to be in Alberta in 2009 and share our stories!!

And we all should be thankful to Leon and BCguy for their expert comments.

[rk]

HI Nataraj, Thank you very much for your contribution in this forum.
Just y'day i also received my PNP certification. Below is the time line

July 03, 2008        -Submitted documents for pre-assessment through email
August 06, 2008     -Received invitation from AINP
September 08, 2008  -AB received my application for PNP (through FedEx tracking)
October 02, 2008      -Got notification through email that they received my application and gave file number.(File No :******148)
Dec 03, 2008 – Nomination Certificate received (DATED : NOVEMBER 21,2008)

Can you please tell me what all documents we need to submit for CIC processing ??

Thanks,
RK

So I wanted to keep the ball rolling. I submitted my application to CIC today by FedEx. I did NOT submit police records at this time.
Let me know if you have any doubts. If not give an 100% answer, I shall share what I did.

So good luck to everyone and hope to be in Alberta in 2009 and share our stories!!

And we all should be thankful to Leon and BCguy for their expert comments.