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Permanent Resident Inventory has been updated: http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/b6f7c54e-ef4b-4ec1-8dde-7315e97d18eb

http://www.cic.gc.ca/opendata-donneesouvertes/data/000023-eng.xls has been updated recently. It now contains data up to July 9, 2013.

s_g_t, make sure your job duties are not copied word-for-word from the NOC description - the reference may get rejected for this reason as well. So the balance is important here. You may find this useful: http://www.stevenmeurrens.com/2013/03/procedural-fairness-where-credibility-is-an-issue/

Some insights into the inner workings of visa offices: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi, Kyiv, Dakar. I could not find the original documents, and there is no info about other VOs, but still pretty much interesting.

Also, if you really can't get hold of some docs required, you can try to substitute them with some other docs and explain this in the cover letter. Take a look at the note at the beginning of the document checklist form: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5612E.pdf

Lamia, in that case the applicant was in the cap (and got charged), but was not eligible due to the lack of points. My point is that if the fee was encashed, you are within the cap, and Andonito has stated the opposite.

You are wrong. Fee will not be charged if the application is not in the cap:

Congrats! Did you get an AOR, or it was a response from CIO to your earlier inquiry?

Yep, your plan looks pretty much feasible to me. Anyway, I would recommend studying official information on this matter prior to making any decisions, as it may cost you PR status. The best source of the official information is http://www.cic.gc.ca You may find this document useful as well...

Firstly, the PR visa will have an expiry date, which is usually a year from the issued date, but is not always the case - it can be a shorter period. By that date you'll have to land in Canada to become a permanent resident. If you fail to do so - the PR visa will expire and you'll have to start...

Yes, check this out: trackitt.com/canada-immigration-trackers/discuss/federal-skilled-workers/6957

Dear spreadsheet admins, please correct leolion's (row 263) Fee Encashed date - apparently, it should be 9/3/2013 instead of 3/9/2013.

Hi kewl, We can see that, with some exceptions, it takes up to 10 work days to get PER after fee encashment.

Stats spreadsheet updated! Changes: 1. Added charts for PER and AOR. 2. More informative "Data" sheet.

Yeah, you're right :) I also can't see any correlation between Minister's promise of short waiting times for the new FSWP applicants and huge backlogs in particular VOs. Anyway, everything will become clear once we get Medicals Request report from one of the NDVO applicants.

Interesting observations, thanks for sharing! I'll definitely look into that when I have time. Did you use cases or persons for you calculations? Cause it looks like the link you provided contains numbers for persons ("Applications Finalized (in persons)", and the XLS with backlogs has separate...

I'm afraid, PER would not suffice. Canadian institutions usually have one tuition fee for the citizens and permanent residents (holders of PR cards), and another fee (usually, twice as big :() for everyone else. Anyway, it's better to ask the stuff of your institution. They'll tell you for sure.

For those who can't access the XLS file with backlog numbers, here is the same file on Google Docs: http://goo.gl/4ye8DJ This is the link to the original file with description and additional info: http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/b6f7c54e-ef4b-4ec1-8dde-7315e97d18eb

That's weird. You can download it but can't open? It's a regular XLS file. It's 951 cases for Singapore.

Some thoughts regarding waiting time for different VOs. Some time ago the former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney twitted that 2013 FSWP applications will go to the back of the queue: https://twitter.com/kenneyjason/status/303391883483299843 It is obvious that there is a...