hello Cappuccino and brabus,Cappuccino said:They don't need to issue 20000 AOR, they just to have ascertain that 20000 applications have got to the stage where they count towards the limit. Their wording SUGGESTS that this is when it passes the eligibility review and is placed into processing at visa office, but only CIC knows that for sure.
It really is in CIC's interests to
a) Advertise on their website the moment one of the NOCs reaches the 1000 limit
b) Advertise on their website the moment the total number of FSW1 applications for 2010-2011 reaches 20000
Otherwise as well as costing further applicants a lot of wasted time and money, they are also costing themselves wasted time and money in having to return applications.
So if an application counts towards the limit as soon as it has been card charged/completeness check, they should be able to advertise the limits fairly soon, and then start processing the May/June applicants. If however it counts towards the limit only after an application has passed its eligibility review, then IMO they HAVE to do the post-June-26th applications first else it will be many many months before they can tell when the limit is reached.
Wayne.
this adds to our speculations and guesses, and the final say is with CIC who send AORs. here is how things could also turn:
1. NOC 1,000 per cap x 29 NOCs = 29,000 applications to receive and charge
2. after 29,000 applications are received, announce caps are full, process for 2010-2011 over - stop receiving
3. of these 29,000, the eligibility review can be done after processing pre-26 June applications, leaving only 20,000 as announced, or simultaneously (depends on staffing at the moment)
4. return fees to 9,000 and send AORs
I plan to remove this post after a while