since EE applicants will take up to 60 days to submit their final application after getting invitations, CIC officials and local visa offices will remain free (from ee application) till 1st half of March 2015. That is my understanding.SonOfOdin said:will the local VOs have anything to do at the beginning of the EE? I know that the first draw for EE happens in the last week of Jan. So NDVO will surely be free for FSW2014 till last week of Jan. After that, when the EE applicants are invited to apply and there after, when will the local VOs work start for EE? Any speculations/facts here???