NOVA SCOTIA Provincial Nominee Program January 2015

[oksma]

I was pondering about the reasons why NS seems to be pausing their work on our stream, and something came to my mind. Recalling the end of 2015, we have seen a rush after September, where they suddenly reduced the average processing time from 9 months to 7, almost 6. After people got their AORs, it was taking only 1 or 2 weeks to conclude the processing and give nominations, with only a few exceptions.

But the year turned, and it all seemed to go back to the same pace as before the September increase in the quota. And not only to sending new AORs, but they've also started to take 1 or 2 months to give nominations afterwards. Last week, we have got the end-of-year report on EE, and found out that 656 people got ITA's under NS EE programs (NS Demand and NS Experience together). Until mid-September, no more than 350 had got their nominations. Suddenly, in little more than 3 months, NS was able to give a similar amount of nominations as in the previous 9 months. How where they able to do that?

In my opinion, first, they have concentrated most of their resources on processing the EE streams. As the non-EE streams together have 700 nominations available, it's very likely that they had previously a larger amount of resources dedicated to those streams than to the EE-based ones. To complete the processing of 300 nominations in half the time they have now, the only solution I see is to delay the other processes a little, by taking most of the staff dedicated to them to where they were most needed. After reaching the objective, it's possible that they have increased the backlog of the other processes. Now, they might have redirected more resources to compensate for what they have done last year, thus increasing the processing time of the EE streams.

Additionally, they might have given preference to "easier" files. It might be the case of, for example, people with more straight-forward documents, that don't require much effort to validate. Those are easy to process in less than a month, making it possible to reach the intended target. But, as we have seen in some cases here, some people had to wait around 3 months between AOR and nomination. But now, NSOI has no choice but to process those cases in due time.

Now, we are reaching a point that there are not many "open AORs" left to process. That means NSOI will soon need to give new AORs, which may occur even today. But, as soon as this happens, as there wouldn't be many pending processes left, I believe the processing might be normalized, as they also need to reach the target (probably 650 again) until the end of the year.

I would like to, therefore, ask everyone who hasn't updated their entries, please post here, whether it is a nomination given, and ITA received, or, for those willing to share their nominations numbers, to please post here the approximate range, so we can have a real picture of what is happening inside the walls of NSOI.

Hmm! What an analysis. I do share same feeling though not too certain, but I'm sure we shall soon see barrage of AORs being dished out.

 

[otf]

You have to wait for NSOI to contact you (AOR). Meanwhile, can you please make an entry on the spreadsheet, so we can improve our database? The entry form link is on my signature.

I don't think you should or have to wait for them before creating a new profile. I am also a July applicant, my profile expired yesterday and I created a new one today.

 

[Ellabear]

What is usually the timeline for NS? Will it take a year or longer?

 

[creation7]

Hi,
I am July 2015 applicant and as all other applicant I am also waiting for AOR/Pre-AOR. My express entry profile has been expired as I created that in April last year. My question is, should I create a new one right away or wait until I get some AOR/Pre-AOR from NS? Thanks

You should make a new express entry profile already because NSOI is going to ask for it during AOR. It will save processing time.

 

[Ellabear]

Could you tell me where can i make my express entry profile? Thank u so much!

 

[creation7]

Could you tell me where can i make my express entry profile? Thank u so much!

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/e-services/mycic.asp

 

[pg27]

Could you tell me where can i make my express entry profile? Thank u so much!

Dear Ellabear,

How did you apply for Morden? Through mail or email?

Best Regards.

 

[faith321]

I have updated the nomination spreadsheet, which is my part. For the PR part, let's wait Aru_nj response, as he's the responsible for that SS.

thanks

 

[runaway982]

My NSNP details are not in the spreadsheet.

Date sent to NS: 02.11.2015
Date received by NSNP: 12.11.2015 ( I have sent them an inquiry email about my application and they answered me by an email confining that my application was received on 12.11)
NOC: 2141
AOR : not at this time
Total points: 71

 

[Skywalker_RT]

I don't think you should or have to wait for them before creating a new profile. I am also a July applicant, my profile expired yesterday and I created a new one today.

I have also re-created my profile as soon as it expire. What I mean is that you have to wait for NSOI to give you AOR to send the new profile number to them.

 

[Skywalker_RT]

My NSNP details are not in the spreadsheet.

Date sent to NS: 02.11.2015
Date received by NSNP: 12.11.2015 ( I have sent them an inquiry email about my application and they answered me by an email confining that my application was received on 12.11)
NOC: 2141
AOR : not at this time
Total points: 71

You're gonna have to make the entry yourself. Use the entry form link on my signature.

 

[Skywalker_RT]

What is usually the timeline for NS? Will it take a year or longer?

There's no usual timeline, as it's still considered a "pilot" stream. Right now, people are receiving nominations after 10 months, but that period should raise a little in the coming months, as they still haven't started to work on July applications so far.

 

[hhhh]

I think someone did not.
Four or five pages back.

I think someone did. It happened in early of 2015, January 2015, I checked through all pages about this topic from 2 months ago, that case I do remember, a lot of people discussed about that but no conclusion --- if my memory is not wrong

 

[hhhh]

Thanks for the analysis.
But if like what you said they prefer the "easy files", then it's not first come, first serve, is it?

I was pondering about the reasons why NS seems to be pausing their work on our stream, and something came to my mind. Recalling the end of 2015, we have seen a rush after September, where they suddenly reduced the average processing time from 9 months to 7, almost 6. After people got their AORs, it was taking only 1 or 2 weeks to conclude the processing and give nominations, with only a few exceptions.

But the year turned, and it all seemed to go back to the same pace as before the September increase in the quota. And not only to sending new AORs, but they've also started to take 1 or 2 months to give nominations afterwards. Last week, we have got the end-of-year report on EE, and found out that 656 people got ITA's under NS EE programs (NS Demand and NS Experience together). Until mid-September, no more than 350 had got their nominations. Suddenly, in little more than 3 months, NS was able to give a similar amount of nominations as in the previous 9 months. How where they able to do that?

In my opinion, first, they have concentrated most of their resources on processing the EE streams. As the non-EE streams together have 700 nominations available, it's very likely that they had previously a larger amount of resources dedicated to those streams than to the EE-based ones. To complete the processing of 300 nominations in half the time they have now, the only solution I see is to delay the other processes a little, by taking most of the staff dedicated to them to where they were most needed. After reaching the objective, it's possible that they have increased the backlog of the other processes. Now, they might have redirected more resources to compensate for what they have done last year, thus increasing the processing time of the EE streams.

Additionally, they might have given preference to "easier" files. It might be the case of, for example, people with more straight-forward documents, that don't require much effort to validate. Those are easy to process in less than a month, making it possible to reach the intended target. But, as we have seen in some cases here, some people had to wait around 3 months between AOR and nomination. But now, NSOI has no choice but to process those cases in due time.

Now, we are reaching a point that there are not many "open AORs" left to process. That means NSOI will soon need to give new AORs, which may occur even today. But, as soon as this happens, as there wouldn't be many pending processes left, I believe the processing might be normalized, as they also need to reach the target (probably 650 again) until the end of the year.

I would like to, therefore, ask everyone who hasn't updated their entries, please post here, whether it is a nomination given, and ITA received, or, for those willing to share their nominations numbers, to please post here the approximate range, so we can have a real picture of what is happening inside the walls of NSOI.

 

[Ellabear]

Hi pg! Its thru email where we submitted our documents. You can check their website at www.mordenimmigration.com