PRESENT 29 CATEGORY FAST TRACK ....... SOME VIEWS/DISCUSSION SOLICITED

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Applications received per eligible occupation:

Eligible Occupation (listed by NOC code)     Number of Complete Applications Received (out of 1,000)
2010-10-19     1 month ago     1 week ago     Most recent
0631 Restaurant and Food Service Managers     83     151     218     246
0811 Primary Production Managers (except Agriculture)      18     32     41     45
1122 Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management     739     1000     1000     1000
1233 Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners     28     50     68     76
2121 Biologists and Related Scientists     95     182     254     277
2151 Architects     125     196     250     271
3111 Specialist Physicians     93     145     192     216
3112 General Practitioners and Family Physicians     117     189     238     259
3113 Dentists     125     226     291     312
3131 Pharmacists     192     302     392     433
3142 Physiotherapists     34     65     84     96
3152 Registered Nurses     296     500     712     807
3215 Medical Radiation Technologists     5     13     15     18
3222 Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists     4     5     6     7
3233 Licensed Practical Nurses     13     21     27     27
4151 Psychologists     23     40     58     60
4152 Social Workers     57     114     158     174
6241 Chefs     11     20     30     34
6242 Cooks     32     51     67     73
7215 Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades     13     29     41     46
7216 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades     39     65     94     103
7241 Electricians (except Industrial and Power System)     22     35     46     53
7242 Industrial Electricians     28     43     54     57
7251 Plumbers     2     9     15     16
7265 Welders and Related Machine Operators     6     10     11     14
7312 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics     11     16     19     20
7371 Crane Operators     0     0     1     1
7372 Drillers and Blasters – Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction     2     2     5     6
8222 Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service     13     20     29     33
TOTAL     2226     3531     4416     4780
Last update : 2010-12-12

1) Need views on why there is so poor response to New Most Current 29 occupation fast track. Even though there is a cap only a very few NOC are nearing the Cap limit. Although 20,000 quota is reserved the applications are still not near 5,000 mark and going by this trend applications will not exceed 10,000 when the cap limit valid till 26 June 2011 arrives.

2) Second query is what will happen to the remaining 10,000 quota which will be unused considering that the limit of 20,000 will not be reached until end 26 June 2011. Who will benefit from the unused quota? Please share your views.

3) Does any one have an idea what will happen to the NOC in the previous 39 fast track category which did not find mention in new most current 29 category list? As those NOC are no more in demand in Canadian labour market will they still be processed before the backlog of pre-feb 2008 cases or after. Please share your views.

[saki]

Applications received per eligible occupation:

1) Need views on why there is so poor response to New Most Current 29 occupation fast track. Even though there is a cap only a very few NOC are nearing the Cap limit. Although 20,000 quota is reserved the applications are still not near 5,000 mark and going by this trend applications will not exceed 10,000 when the cap limit valid till 26 June 2011 arrives.

The only reason i think is that now applicants have to submit all docs to visa office and that takes time, secondly they have removed most of the NOC from the last list and the ones they have just added not many people are aware that they do qualify now as you can see some NOC have received less than 100 applications so far.


2) Second query is what will happen to the remaining 10,000 quota which will be unused considering that the limit of 20,000 will not be reached until end 26 June 2011. Who will benefit from the unused quota? Please share your views.

They will not carry the remaining quota to the next year, it will start again from 0 and maxium upto 20,000.


3) Does any one have an idea what will happen to the NOC in the previous 39 fast track category which did not find mention in new most current 29 category list? As those NOC are no more in demand in Canadian labour market will they still be processed before the backlog of pre-feb 2008 cases or after. Please share your views.

Those who have already applied under the old NOC there application will still be processed no matter if there NOC is still in the list or not.

Cheers
Saki

[Maaties]

2) the rule now is that the extra places will not be carried forward but perhaps seeing that most of the 20000 may not be filled by Jun next year, CIC may decide to increase the total number of places for FSW1 next year. I said may, not will. Who knows, it is their perogative to change the rules. However, given the current rules, it will remain at 20000 next year.

3) People from the previous list, no matter the NOC, are being processed. I was one of them.