Could be, it’s only logical. Like in case of Saskatchewan (SINP), this categorisation is quite clear. But despite that, what matters is getting the nomination within 90 days, and I rarely saw anyone whose case went past this timeline. And yup, the next slab up for DIP is gonna be of those who got into assessment on 9-Jun.
Although, I’m still stuck at the upcoming STEM draws with a confusion. If we get ITA directly, and later on we do get provincial nomination as well right before AOR, would we be bound to update the provincial nomination status in our EE profile or should we proceed further for documents submission anyway? Does provincial nomination has an expiry date? There was a case of a friend of mine, whose EE application was rejected twice and the only thing which saved him was the provincial nomination, he got it renewed twice and submitted his EE application all over again.