What I can tell looking at the pace CIC is updating accepted application page, is - that the total cap (50 k) and the individual cap (1 k) will not be shown as filled at-least until October (6 months from May 1)
In the interim, all involved parties (Agents who help prospective candidates, WES , Courier companies) will have enough work to make their yearly numbers.
I wish CIC had a way to tell people: "Stop sending more applications, we are done - and we are not even going to look at yours"
I know one of my close friend, who invested his time, sweat and hope last year - only to find after 2 months that his application reached CIC when the cap was already reached.
Why can't the cap status be real time, in this technology and advanced times that we are living in? Just feel for innocent peoples who send applications in hope, but don't even stand a chance for the first stage review.