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The backlog alone is around 100,000. So, it will take a few years for them to be cleared.

pratap singh said:
MI 1 30,000 REMAINING+PRE FEB 2008 20,000 REMAINING+NEW FSW APPROXIMATELY 5000=55,000

2014 QUOTA 55,000
 
namaste said:
The backlog alone is around 100,000. So, it will take a few years for them to be cleared.

As per administrative data released.. till sept-2012 total backlog was 94,895+10,422= 105317
By jan-2013 it must be around 80000.
55000 will be cleared in 2013 and rest will be in 2014.
Thus in 2014, rest 30000 of backlog applicant + new fswc applicants will be cleared before EOI intro.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/data-release/2012-Q3/index.asp
 
canlove said:
As per administrative data released.. till sept-2012 total backlog was 94,895+10,422= 105317
By jan-2013 it must be around 80000.
55000 will be cleared in 2013 and rest will be in 2014.
Thus in 2014, rest 30000 of backlog applicant + new fswc applicants will be cleared before EOI intro.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/data-release/2012-Q3/index.asp

Hi in the above link, under awaiting decision,

Total applicants awaiting decision as on Sep 2012 ( persons) 619,780 . This incl all the MI and eligible pre 2008 and other categories.
I am sure, some of these would have been finalized by now and the above number may have come down
 
maran1976 said:
Hi in the above link, under awaiting decision,

Total applicants awaiting decision as on Sep 2012 ( persons) 619,780 . This incl all the MI and eligible pre 2008 and other categories.
I am sure, some of these would have been finalized by now and the above number may have come down

Out of 619780 , 514,463 are All Other Permanent Resident Applications( parent/G parents/ spouse and kids under family cat) not skilled worker.
 
Good info...so, we should expect the backlog to be cleared in a couple years if they continue to work at the same speed they did from Jan to September 2012.

canlove said:
As per administrative data released.. till sept-2012 total backlog was 94,895+10,422= 105317
By jan-2013 it must be around 80000.
55000 will be cleared in 2013 and rest will be in 2014.
Thus in 2014, rest 30000 of backlog applicant + new fswc applicants will be cleared before EOI intro.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/data-release/2012-Q3/index.asp
 
namaste said:
Good info...so, we should expect the backlog to be cleared in a couple years if they continue to work at the same speed they did from Jan to September 2012.

It seems by 2014 they want to clear all backlog...as per Minister speech

this means by the end of 2013 we will be able to process new applications as they are received – a “just in time” system – and aim to process them in less than a year, instead of up to eight years under the old FSW program. In addition, CIC expects to clear the FSW applications received to date by the end of 2014, three years earlier than originally expected.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-11-02.asp
 
pratap singh said:
MI 1 30,000 REMAINING+PRE FEB 2008 20,000 REMAINING+NEW FSW APPROXIMATELY 5000=55,000

2014 QUOTA 55,000


Will it really be THAT limited? Just 5000? We expected a total of 55,000 applicants in 2013....
Any idea how many days it can take for that quota to be full? or an estimate of how many people apply per day...maybe based on past years?
 
This information is not relevant anymore because it is old (Kenny is notorious for changing his statements time and over) and just does not make sense in the light of the new info they have released. We have three sets of info right now:
1. They plan on clearing all applications to date by the end of 2014
2. They are sending the May applications at the back of the queue (the most recent info)
3. "This means by the end of 2013 we will be able to process new applications as they are received – a “just in time” system – and aim to process them in less than a year."

Statement 1 and 2 are more recent than statement 3. Hence, if statements 1 and 2 are correct, then statement 3 is plain impossible. The first of May applications will have to wait until all the backlog is cleared (by the end of 2014) before they are processed.
It seems that at the time statement 3 was made, they were planning on processing May applicants either simultaneously or ahead of the backlogged applications. This clearly has changed since now they want to process May applicants after everybody else.

canlove said:
It seems by 2014 they want to clear all backlog...as per Minister speech

this means by the end of 2013 we will be able to process new applications as they are received – a “just in time” system – and aim to process them in less than a year, instead of up to eight years under the old FSW program. In addition, CIC expects to clear the FSW applications received to date by the end of 2014, three years earlier than originally expected.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-11-02.asp
 
ASK said:
Today, Honorable Minister Jason Kenny in response to @ SJoseph1201 Tweeted that:

"The May intake of new FSWP applications will be very limited & will go to the back of the queue, behind MI-1s (except for AEOs)"

Source: https://twitter.com/kenneyjason/status/303391883483299843
Fabulous ,+1 for good news
 
i think limited quota means '' it depends upon the no.of backlogs in the waiting gallery.''
 
The whole thing is just unfair. We have life to plan and we been putting many things a side, because we don't know what's gonna on with our applications.
 
Two important announcements by Jason Kenny on Twitter today morning

"We've decided to release the list of designated educational assessment agencies at same time as the occupations list, in April."
and
"The new intake of FSWP applications this May will have a numerical cap and be limited to certain occupational categories"