FSW 2013 Applicants Timeline- Lets Network Here.

[Banana]

Unfortunately I'm having the same problem...can't access the link

Would highly appreciate if you could post Singapore Visa Office backlog info

That's weird. You can download it but can't open? It's a regular XLS file.

It's 951 cases for Singapore.

 

[kashka]

These figures are starting to disturb me... ???

 

[AberdeenGuy]

Fanatastic News! BIG CONGRATS to you MuzafferQA.

Received PER!!!

CC Charged: 25-July-2013

PER received: 6-Aug-2013

Admin please update.

Thanks

 

[wangzi]

Because I am already in Canada with a study permit, and I know that my international tuition fee will be exempted if I can provide the letter from CIC that I am eligible for immigration to Canada. Same thing happens if I want to take the free ESL lessons for newcomers.

My question is if PER is the letter that they ask for? Based on my understanding, PER represent the eligibility for processing, so it may not be sufficient, although I hope it is. International students pay so much tuitions that I can hardly bear.

Thank you so much.

 

[maina]

Received PER!!!

CC Charged: 25-July-2013

PER received: 6-Aug-2013

Admin please update.

Thanks

Congrats

 

[Banana]

For those who can't access the XLS file with backlog numbers, here is the same file on Google Docs: http://goo.gl/4ye8DJ
This is the link to the original file with description and additional info: http://data.gc.ca/data/en/dataset/b6f7c54e-ef4b-4ec1-8dde-7315e97d18eb

 

[Prince DXB]

Congrats

My PER received on 2nd August, but no ECAS update yet....

Any idea...., Y so....!!!

 

[Banana]

Because I am already in Canada with a study permit, and I know that my international tuition fee will be exempted if I can provide the letter from CIC that I am eligible for immigration to Canada. Same thing happens if I want to take the free ESL lessons for newcomers.

My question is if PER is the letter that they ask for? Based on my understanding, PER represent the eligibility for processing, so it may not be sufficient, although I hope it is. International students pay so much tuitions that I can hardly bear.

Thank you so much.

I'm afraid, PER would not suffice. Canadian institutions usually have one tuition fee for the citizens and permanent residents (holders of PR cards), and another fee (usually, twice as big ) for everyone else.

Anyway, it's better to ask the stuff of your institution. They'll tell you for sure.

 

[kewlCanada]

Its seems today is PER day for most of 22nd May Applicants
congrats to all of them !!!

 

[maina]

My PER received on 2nd August, but no ECAS update yet....

Any idea...., Y so....!!!

i got my UCI num on 23rd july.. and till date nt able to trace it..

i remember a post where it was mentioned that ECAS was updated on 27th july..

and i think after that its nt updated till date ..

Don't worry u r in safe zone.. chillax

 

[Prince DXB]

i got my UCI num on 23rd july.. and till date nt able to trace it..

i remember a post where it was mentioned that ECAS was updated on 27th july..

and i think after that its nt updated till date ..

Don't worry u r in safe zone.. chillax

Thnx Maina....

 

[Banana]

There is 1 more stat we can add, and by that, we can basically predict processing times. The stat is the number of persons quota for FSW for each VO this year:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/ips/economic.asp

What is did is that I took cells for number of persons in queue for Selection Decision and for Final Decision from Banana's spreadsheet, for each VO, and then divided it by the yearly quota. This is what I got below, for the number of months a new FSW application will spend in queue before medical and visa. The total expected time in queue is the sum of the two columns. Of course this is just the queuing time, it does not contain the actual processing time by visa officer.

Interesting observations, thanks for sharing! I'll definitely look into that when I have time.

Did you use cases or persons for you calculations? Cause it looks like the link you provided contains numbers for persons ("Applications Finalized (in persons)", and the XLS with backlogs has separate sheets: one for FSW cases and one for FSW persons.

 

[markovermars]

Indeed, last time i checked with the embassy, i found that they are open now after they were closed right after June 30th, yet it seems that they are a bit slow.

Finally someone from Cairo VO and NOC 2174, this is a surprise!!! ;D
i think we are 4 now in this forum, we are almost in the same timeframe, me and you and Dr Darkman, so let's keep being updated if anyone of us gets his AOR soon as i think we gonna suffer a little bit with the VO because of what's going on nowadays

 

[islandbabe]

Persons who received it PMed me privately to ask about it and one I was told about as well. I believe Aditya also got a similiar letter.

who are others??

me and princess19...

others??

 

[islandbabe]

Congrats.

Received PER!!!

CC Charged: 25-July-2013

PER received: 6-Aug-2013

Admin please update.

Thanks