It's really strange that LVO is still engaged with 2010 and 2011 applications despite the fact that CIC put new immigration program on hold last full year for this very purpose ............ to clear the backlog. However considering the LVO deals with largest number of applications than any other VO, there is fair chance that they still couldn't get over with earlier applications and might take another 3-4 months to initiate responding 2013 cases.
Just for reference LVO deals with applications from Bahrain, Channel Islands, Denmark, England, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Kuwait, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Svalbard, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK, Wales, Yemen.
The biggest relief is that per FSW2013 program, they have to complete all 2013 cases in a year. We hope that LVO would not take the excuse of handling larger applications to delay our cases beyond July/August 2014.