I think it is just his/her guesstimate based on the last 3 digits of file number. We know the latest number we have is in 9xx and people who are getting nomination are in their 6xx. So the approx differecne is 300. But I think that is not true. AINP assigns file number as and when the application is opened in the order they were received. Then if everything is OK and at the appropriate time they were notifying the file number to the candidate. So there are chances that there may be lot of new process applicants within that 300 who will know their file number only when they get their nomination after 5 months of total time.yofeihong said:How do you know " more than 300 applications " ??
divagirl said:It is basically that they did not expect this many applications.... They are probably overwhelmed by the count... They are probably not prepared as they had expected. Hope they increase the manpower, but cant complain as they are not charging us anything for this work. Guess how much you would have been charged in the US if there was such a similar thing!!!
Is this official? Where did you get these numbers? Their Website still shows the the old time line.alabao said:Looks like we have new timeline now onwards as per their web site
U.S. Visa Holder Category Processing time
Notification (pre-assessment) Up to four months
Candidate assessment Up to four months
Total AINP processing time Up to eight months
Guys soon this will cross six years and nobody will qualify
Yes, it seems it is official (though they did not update on the above link but they updated below)monteiromarcosb said:Is this official? Where did you get these numbers? Their Website still shows the the old time line.alabao said:Looks like we have new timeline now onwards as per their web site
U.S. Visa Holder Category Processing time
Notification (pre-assessment) Up to four months
Candidate assessment Up to four months
Total AINP processing time Up to eight months
Guys soon this will cross six years and nobody will qualify
http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/campaigns/h1b.html
I guess I misunderstood something. Since we are sending the whole application at the beginning, why is still there a pre-assessment stage??maruti81 said:Yes, it seems it is official (though they did not update on the above link but they updated below)monteiromarcosb said:Is this official? Where did you get these numbers? Their Website still shows the the old time line.alabao said:Looks like we have new timeline now onwards as per their web site
U.S. Visa Holder Category Processing time
Notification (pre-assessment) Up to four months
Candidate assessment Up to four months
Total AINP processing time Up to eight months
Guys soon this will cross six years and nobody will qualify
http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/campaigns/h1b.html
http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/immigrate/processingtimes.html
I guess they refer to the time taken for notifying the file number as pre-assessment.koolguyme said:I guess I misunderstood something. Since we are sending the whole application at the beginning, why is still there a pre-assessment stage??
There is no such thing Pre assesment. Before January 1 2009, The process was to check the eligibility of Applicant before he applies for Nomination. That pre-assesment had nothing to do with nomination, that was to check whether or not applicant can be rejected Prima Facie or Ab initio. Means whether he/she can apply for Nomination or not. Now there is only one form called AINP 009.koolguyme said:I guess I misunderstood something. Since we are sending the whole application at the beginning, why is still there a pre-assessment stage??maruti81 said:Yes, it seems it is official (though they did not update on the above link but they updated below)monteiromarcosb said:Is this official? Where did you get these numbers? Their Website still shows the the old time line.alabao said:Looks like we have new timeline now onwards as per their web site
U.S. Visa Holder Category Processing time
Notification (pre-assessment) Up to four months
Candidate assessment Up to four months
Total AINP processing time Up to eight months
Guys soon this will cross six years and nobody will qualify
http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/campaigns/h1b.html
http://www.albertacanada.com/immigration/immigrate/processingtimes.html