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[AF___]

Do you guys think that it makes sense to add a column to the tracker with the number of self-assessment points to see if there is any trend in the processing times based on that?

[anjuku]

Do you guys think that it makes sense to add a column to the tracker with the number of self-assessment points to see if there is any trend in the processing times based on that?

yes, i strongly agree with AF_..back in my home country, they always used to encourage people to immigrate as families eventhough, there is nothing on paper stating it is an advantage!

[anjuku]

I have had about 650 hrs TA overall and my RA appointments didn't have any hourly rate associated with them (at least in the letters I submitted, I don't know, maybe they some how convert the RA money to the number of hrs).
For adaptability, yes, I have had 10 points of that part (my partner's education level and her Canadian degree).

Hi AF_i'm curious to know how many hours you claimed as RA in total?...and did you have a T4 or a T4A for your RA work?

[AF___]

Hi AF_i'm curious to know how many hours you claimed as RA in total?...and did you have a T4 or a T4A for your RA work?

I only submitted a letter from my supervisor for RA appointments and a letter from my department undergrad chair for my TA work. That's all. My TA letter had all the details of the hours and payments but my RA letter only had my paid amounts.

[TyrusX]

Do you guys think that it makes sense to add a column to the tracker with the number of self-assessment points to see if there is any trend in the processing times based on that?

Honestly, I don't think this will help. Predicting how fast your application will be processed seems more like magic that forecast science.

[asbereth]

I only submitted a letter from my supervisor for RA appointments and a letter from my department undergrad chair for my TA work. That's all. My TA letter had all the details of the hours and payments but my RA letter only had my paid amounts.

With 10 adaptability points, and 16 points for IELTS, you would have at least 76 points (assuming that you only have 1 year of full-time work experience), which was way above the required 67 points. I understand that you get paid through some sort of non-taxable incomes for your RA? If I'm not mistaken, you need at least 1,950 hours of continuous work experience to be eligible, so obviously your RA experience somehow did count (even though it's not taxable and went under T4As rather than T4s). This is great news. Thanks for sharing this, AF___  

Honestly, I don't think this will help. Predicting how fast your application will be processed seems more like magic that forecast science.

Unfortunately, this seems to be the case. Before AF___, I thought that applications that only had TA/RA experience would get processed slower compared to ones with 3 or more years 'real-life' work experience. This doesn't seem to be the case.

[phdapplicant]

Do you think that this thread might lead to an algorithm to reverse-engineer their reviewing process?
We will have HUNDREDS of PHDs in all research areas participating in this thread for the next 12-24 months

[ejamal]

Do you think that this thread might lead to an algorithm to reverse-engineer their reviewing process?
We will have HUNDREDS of PHDs in all research areas participating in this thread for the next 12-24 months

 @ AF___ I was just thinking the same thing but It will not be an easy task (or even valid) considering the fact that we don't have enough data about the people who applied, 25 out of 305 ain't enough.

[s.guo82]

This thread becomes really interesting. We may even put a lot of factors in the spread sheet (like nationality, research area etc.) , and work on the probability or distribution.  

Well, as ejamal said the number of samples is not enough.

[TyrusX]

This thread becomes really interesting. We may even put a lot of factors in the spread sheet (like nationality, research area etc.) , and work on the probability or distribution.  

Well, as ejamal said the number of samples is not enough.

Maybe this (nationality, research area) would be useful indeed?

[asbereth]

My status finally changed to "In Process" today, 4 days after they charged my credit card 

[AF___]

With 10 adaptability points, and 16 points for IELTS, you would have at least 76 points (assuming that you only have 1 year of full-time work experience), which was way above the required 67 points. I understand that you get paid through some sort of non-taxable incomes for your RA? If I'm not mistaken, you need at least 1,950 hours of continuous work experience to be eligible, so obviously your RA experience somehow did count (even though it's not taxable and went under T4As rather than T4s). This is great news. Thanks for sharing this, AF___  

I think that's what's happening, too.

[AF___]

 @  AF___ I was just thinking the same thing but It will not be an easy task (or even valid) considering the fact that we don't have enough data about the people who applied, 25 out of 305 ain't enough.

I agree, but I wasn't really looking for any immediate obvious trends, I was hoping the over time with more data we can get statistically significant trends. Although, as others say there are too many factors that affect the process and one would really need some sort of "magic" info source; but after all, this is one more piece of info.

[TyrusX]

This note was added to the cic website:

March 8, 2012 update: we are still receiving a high volume of applications and expect to reach the global cap of 10,000 applications very soon. People applying now should be aware that there is a strong possibility that their application may not arrive at CIC before the cap is reached.

however, THIS DO NOT APPLY TO OUR STREAM, according to MI-4 ok?

[asbereth]

March 8, 2012 update: we are still receiving a high volume of applications and expect to reach the global cap of 10,000 applications very soon. People applying now should be aware that there is a strong possibility that their application may not arrive at CIC before the cap is reached.

This will only apply to people that apply under FSW1 (and I suppose, though, that if you're a driller or a crane operator, you'd probably be fine), right? I think both FSW2 and FSW3 would not be affected (the former not having a cap, and the latter is still only like 35 % filled).