Dear friends
After several attemps over past few weeks I finally was lucky to reach an operator by calling the OINP office.
The man was very polite on the othe side of the phone. I started with greeting and said I submited my OINP application in Dec 2015 and havent heard anything since then. He asked for my surname, found the info and reconfirmed my name. He then said: "Your file is now being reveiewed, it is in the final stage and you should receive an Aknowledgement letter from us in 2-3 weeks".
I said: "Sir, may I please reconfirm, you said in the final stage and then you said that it is an aknowlegdement letter that I will receive in 2-3 weeks. Does it mean I will get the aknowledgement in 2-3 weeks and then I will have to wait for 90 days for the application to be processed?" He said that it will likely be shorter than 90 days.
So I inderstand it the way that pre aknowledgement, they probably review the application, not just for completness. It is just the timeframe they are playing with to comply with their quota.
I wish everyone a great weekend!! Hope we have good news coming next week!