Skilled worker faces three-year wait for immigration

[belize]

Time increase almost three years see attached link.

http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/immigration/article/980680--skilled-worker-faces-three-year-wait-for-immigration

[Purkoni]

This is scary
They gave us false promises,took our money and now nothing

[canadaforall]

This is scary
They gave us false promises,took our money and now nothing

I agree with u , it was really a false promise.

[dreamcanada]

i am one of them applied in dec 2008 when new programme started and when i send my passport for stamping they say there quota is almost full...i dont know whom to talk to

[belize]

I applied in 2008 too and I submit my passport almost 6 months still waiting for visas what about you did you get your visas? did you submit your passports pls let me know thanks

[prince56k]

I have received 2nd AOR in september 2010 but my BF'd date is on 2013 as per CAIPS which I got last week. That's mean they will not open my file before 2013 !!! 

[destinationBC]

this is all expert Opinions

now read this and its a diff pic so dont worry till a new policy is formed
 

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2011/05/06/shock-the-system-add-100-000-more-immigrants-per-year-to-canada.aspx

[dreamcanada]

i dont think there will be any change in policy as its same government

[destinationBC]

Its in the news in Canada they are planning to increasing the number of  file Intake this year

and add new categories to the NOC List specially keeping in mind that the occupation Like wielders and crane operators etc got not more that 20% enthusiasm

What effect it will have on pre June 2010 timeline applicants is still un Known though it is being claimed that no Breaks will be applied to cope with demand for skilled man power there

However pre 2008 applicants may not have much to cheer about

DBC

i dont think there will be any change in policy as its same government

[dreamcanada]

i applied as cook noc 6242 which did not get much response still my file is delayed

[destinationBC]

That wont have effect on time Lines
they were looking for 20000 application and they ended up with 15000 odd applicants for what ever reason to fill the Void the NOC List will be enhanced

i applied as cook noc 6242 which did not get much response still my file is delayed

[shahram437]

I have received 2nd AOR in september 2010 but my BF'd date is on 2013 as per CAIPS which I got last week. That's mean they will not open my file before 2013 !!! 

HI prince56k
I am in same case of you but in my CAIPS note there is BF"D on 12-2010. Could you please tell me more about your PSDEC(Points on papre selection) and SELDEC codes and dates on your caips notes? my BF"D is before PPS and at assessment page. There is only 10 points at age and others are zero.
I want to know your BF"D is before PPS of after that.
Thanks for your PM.

[nicholas30]

Who ever is elected, politics won't change.... and yeah the slow process still continues for immigration. NO major changes I guess

[Canada,here we come]

how does it go at Visa office? are there no dedicated officers who handle each occupation? or do they just lump everyone together?

shouldnt they also explain things to their clients?

[Cappuccino]

Hi,

I know this is very frustrating - but based on previous application intakes they forecast they would get no more than 200,000 applications from Feb 2008 up until they changed the rules in June 2010. They got over 400,000 applications during this time! In April/May 2010 alone they got over 100,000.

Nobody, not CIC or anyone else, could have predicted such a massive influx of applications and to their credit they at least reacted by introducting rules on 26 June 2010 to severely limit the number of FSW applications that were coming in.

The "two years" to process pre-June-2010 I think is a worst case scenario. If you look at the visa targets at each visa office you will see there is significantly more visas available than there are post-June-2010 applications at each office, so some of these visas in 2011 will be for pre-June-2010.

They have 144,000 Feb2008-June2010 applications left to process and only a certain amount of resource with which to process them. So rather than talk about "false promises" - what do you suggest they actually DO? Other than what they are already doing which is limiting current in-take numbers so they have resource to tackle the backlog.

The only other solution I can think of to significantly speed things up would be to increase the resource they have, but this would involve the Canadian parliament agreeing to a significant amount of extra funding for immigration, which frankly I cannot see happening.

But I completely agree there should be MUCH better communication from CIC as a whole, and from the local visa offices - to applicants to give them a more accurate and compassionate overview of exactly what is going on with their applications and when they expect them to be processed by.

Wayne.