FSW 2013 Applicants Timeline- Lets Network Here.

[fsw2174]

As of May 4, 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will only consider federal skilled worker (FSW) applications from people who have:

at least one year of continuous and paid (full-time or an equal amount in part-time) work experience in a single occupation,
within the last 10 years,
at skill type 0, or skill levels A or B of the 2011 edition of the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC), and who are:
1. in one of the 24 eligible occupations,

and whose application is received under the occupation’s sub-cap and overall FSW cap, or

2. with a valid offer of arranged employment, or

3. who are applying under the PhD stream (see below) until the PhD cap of 1,000 applications is reached.

All applicants must also:

meet the minimum language threshold (and submit approved language test results), and
submit a Canadian educational credential or foreign credential and an assessment of their foreign education from an approved agency, and
meet all requirements of the FSW Program.
Applications per eligible occupation:

Between May 4, 2013, and April 30, 2014, we will consider no more than 5,000 complete FSW applications for processing. Within the 5,000 cap, we will consider no more than 300 applications per eligible occupation for processing within this same time frame.

The cap year began on May 4, 2013, and will end on April 30, 2014, unless otherwise stated by the Minister.

Note: Due to the large number of applications we get, we cannot check that each one is complete on the same day it gets to the office. The numbers on this page are updated at least once a week, but are only a guide. There is no guarantee that an application sent in now will fall within the cap by the time it gets to the Centralized Intake Office.

Total received toward the overall cap: 1,392 of 5,000

Eligible occupation

(by National Occupational Classification [NOC] code) Number of complete applications counted towards the 300 sub-cap Footnote 1
0211 Engineering managers 127
1112 Financial and investment analysts
300 (Cap reached)

2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers 8
2131 Civil engineers 78
2132 Mechanical engineers 93
2134 Chemical engineers 38
2143 Mining engineers 1
2145 Petroleum engineers 1
2144 Geological engineers 11
2146 Aerospace engineers 5
2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers/designers) 179
2154 Land surveyors 2
2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers
300 (Cap reached)

2243 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics 13
2263 Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety 56
3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists 2
3142 Physiotherapists 68
3143 Occupational Therapists 11
3211 Medical laboratory technologists 65
3212 Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants 15
3214 Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists 2
3215 Medical Radiation Technologists 12
3216 Medical Sonographers 6
3217 Cardiology technologists and electrophysiological diagnostic technologists 6
Applications in the PhD stream:

CIC will accept 1,000 applications for processing per year under the PhD stream. To apply under this stream, you must have either

finished at least two years of study in Canada towards a PhD, or
graduated from a Canadian PhD program in the 12 months before we get your application.
Find out more about eligibility for this category.

The new PhD cap year began on May 4, 2013, and will end on April 30, 2014, unless otherwise stated by the Minister.

 

[upadhyay.jigar]

I have seen many new members a bit confused about the whole process as to when they can expect a PER/AOR/MR/PPR/RPRF. So just providing details and various stages in the current process.

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1) CIO Sydney – Completeness check
Once your application arrives at CIO, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada the first thing that happens is it will undergo a completeness check. This check will ensure:
- That you have included all required forms
- That any forms which have space for a signature have been signed and dated
- That you have not left any blank fields
- That you have included the correct payment fee
- That you have included all supporting documents required by both the main CIO checklist, and the visa-office specific checklist
If unsuccessful your entire application will be returned to you by regular post with a covering letter. You will not get an email notification from CIO.
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2) CIO Sydney – Payment charged
If your completeness check is successful your payment will be taken. This means CIO will attempt to charge your credit card, or they will cash your banker's draft, depending on which method of payment you chose.
I would personally strongly advise using a banker's draft if possible. These are like personal cheques but they are guaranteed to clear so there can be no payment problems. Most banks will usually charge a small fee for issuing one of these.
Credit cards can be risky. Many banks and credit card issuers use automated security software and when the software sees the source from Canada it may block the transaction, which in turn could lead to your application failing and being returned.
If your payment is unsuccessful your entire application will be returned to you by regular post with a covering letter. You will not get an email notification from CIO.
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3) CIO Sydney – Eligibility review
CIO then perform a complete eligibility review on your application, based on the information you have provided on your forms and they will examine your supporting documents to ensure it backs up the claims you have made.
For FSW1, they will be looking that the descriptions of your duties match the description of the NOC/s under which you are applying and will want to be satisfied that you have at least 1 year's continuous employment in at least one of the 29 in demand occupations.
For FSW2, they will need to see an AOE (Arranged Employment Opinion) or positive LMO (Labour Market Opinion) with a TWP and this must be for a job in Skill Levels 0 (Managerial) or A or B on the NOC list.
For both categories they will also assess your application against the selection criteria – age, education, work experience, adaptability, job offer and language skils etc, to ensure you have 67 points. They will use your supporting documents to convince themselves that there is sufficient proof to back up the claims you have made on your forms in these areas.
If your eligibility review is unsuccessful you will receive an email stating the reasons and your entire application will be returned to you. Since CIO have already taken payment by this point they will initiate a refund of your fees, which will likely take several months to get to you. Please note this is the last point at which you will receive a refund if your application is unsuccessful.
At this stage your ECAS status should now read “CIO eligibility review complete”.
UPDATE 18-Apr-2011: Please note that several people have been told that you do not get your application back AT ALL if your application is failed at the eligibility review stage, all you will receive is a refund for your processing fee.
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4) CIO Sydney – PER issued and file transferred
If your eligibility review is successful, CIO will send you a confirmation of positive final eligiblity review. This will be by email if you specified an email on your application, otherwise they will send a letter by regular post. They will then transfer your file to the CHC/VO (Canadian High Commission/Visa Office) for further processing.
Once the file gets to the visa office (which usually takes 2 to 4 weeks) your ECAS status will read “Received by visa office”.
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5) 2nd AOR from visa office
Once your application arrives at the visa office, they will sit on it for a while. When they are in a position to process it most visa offices will send you a 2nd AOR.Also some offices send by email, and others send by snail mail. There is still no need to do anything at this stage. A few visa offices, most notably London, will not send a 2nd AOR at all but will skip this and go straight to medicals, or ask for further documentation.
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6) Processing begins – document background checks
Once the visa office begins processing your file they will commence with document background checks.
At this stage your ECAS status should now read “In Process” with the extra line in the detail “Your application was reviewed and we started processing on <Date>”.
This document background check will include ascertaining the authenticity of your documents, and since they use some third party companies for this it could take a varying level of time depending on your visa office, the complexity of your case, and even the speed of the individual visa officer looking at your case. They may also perform employment verification checks which will involve telephoning both you (whilst at work) and your employer to ensure you give the same answers on their questions about your employment. Only a small percentage of applicants are likely to receive employment verification. Only if they are unconvinced by any of the work experience documents you sent, or if your application is one of the random spotchecks they do to prevent fraud, will they actually perform the verification.
Visa office may request further documentation from you during the processing phase, which can come by email or snail mail. They may also ask for a few things (PCCs or fresh forms) at the same time as medicals .
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7) Medical requests and RPRF fee request
Once the document background checks are completed satisfactorily, the visa office will write to you (usually by snail mail) requesting you to complete medicals and also requests RPRF (Right of Permanent Residents fee). They may also ask for updated documents such as PCCs and fresh forms at this stage. Please note that New Delhi visa office will also request passports at this stage. Most other visa offices will not request passports until they are about to finalise the application.
This will basically involve your booking medical appointments at one of the approved DMPs (Designated Medical Practicioner) throughout the country.


I hope this is informative and helpful for all new members.

+1+1+1 for you as this is vary informative for newbie and this things should be there in footer so new comers can have access to this

 

[lamia]

I called CIC a few minutes ago, and the lady told me that my application was returned on August 28th. I have not received it yet. She said it is very probable that it is due to cap reached of course cap reached was not recorded and she said it from her previous experience. My UCI was generated on August 23 (I know it as I kept calling every day and on August 22nd, there was no infomation about me on their system), but then no event was recorded.

So sorry for this ....

 

[bluemav]

best of luck fo ur application.. do go through the check list twice.. don't miss anything ..

Got confused. One member answered the other address.

I am preparing my DHL ENVELOPE.

Kindly clarify.

Thanks

 

[subodh12001]

CAP has been updated

I called CIC a few minutes ago, and the lady told me that my application was returned on August 28th. I have not received it yet. She said it is very probable that it is due to cap reached of course cap reached was not recorded and she said it from her previous experience. My UCI was generated on August 23 (I know it as I kept calling every day and on August 22nd, there was no infomation about me on their system), but then no event was recorded.

 

[freddy2147]

Re: FSW 2013 Applicants Timeline- Query regarding New Generic Application Form

Many thanks hassanwiz17, vivesehg, SoniaShoeb, ZN908 for your kind responses. Stay blessed

 

[fsw2174]

Thanks jigar!

+1+1+1 for you as this is vary informative for newbie and this things should be there in footer so new comers can have access to this

 

[three star]

Wow guys.....cap is updated today....plz check it

 

[hassanwiz17]

Dear all,

Unfortunately I do not have a good news. I just called CIC for my application received on 4th of June and it is returned due to cap reached. (NOC 1112)

Extremely sorry to hear this!!!!!! I hope you are eligible and in time next year and ultimately get Canadian PR and passport

 

[maina]

Got confused. One member answered the other address.

I am preparing my DHL ENVELOPE.

Kindly clarify.

Thanks

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/canada/sydney.asp

click on economy class

at the end of page.. read the courier address

mention NOC on envelope

 

[etha4u]

Dear Admin
I got the AOR today. Please update the spreadsheet.

Good luck to everyone who is waiting for good news.

BIG Congratulation to you

 

[SR2174]

ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW CIC WORKS:

THEY STILL HAVE ONE APPLICATION IN 2145 CATEGORY WHERE IN TWO PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED PER AS PER THE SPREADSHEET.

ddd1
joemimi

 

[three star]

Got confused. One member answered the other address.

I am preparing my DHL ENVELOPE.

Kindly clarify.

Thanks

I'm 200 percent sure....the address where u gave ur NOC details is perfect.

 

[bluemav]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/canada/sydney.asp

click on economy class

at the end of page.. read the courier address

Thanks again. As long as it reached to CIC!

Goodluck!

 

[maina]

Thanks again. As long as it reached to CIC!

Goodluck!

do mention ur NOC on top