My timeline is same with tokon & shazzadul. ecas status: RBVO- Manila. I received a letter from embassy through agency after follow up. It says:
This email is in response to the various status requests which we received from your office that were dated May 3, 2011.
> *All of the cases listed on your status requests are in process.*
> Unfortunately, due to MI-2 we must give priority to our MI-2 cases
> which is
> causing delays for cases submitted in our other skilled worker
> categories.
>
> *While we can appreciate that your clients would like their cases
> to be finalized, we would ask that you refrain from continuing to send
> us requests on cases unless there is an aspect of the case that is not routine
> and you are concerned that is what is delaying processing. Your high volume of
> requests requires many hours of work on the part of our team to
> respond, and this is time that I'm sure you would prefer they spend processing your
> client's applications.*
>
> For your information, I am providing you with some additional
> background information regarding the cause of the extended processing times.
> I hope that you will find this information satisfactory in responding to your
> questions and concerns.
>
> Changes to immigration law in 2008 allow Citizenship and Immigration Canada
> (CIC) to set, through Ministerial Instructions (MI), the number
> and type of applications considered for processing each year, and the order in
> which these applications will be processed.
>
> Under the first set of instructions (MI-1) CIC used this new
> authority under
> immigration law to control the type of applications received, but
> not the number. The number of applications received exceed the ability to
> process them in a timely way. CIC introduced caps on June 26, 2010 on the FSW
> program as part of the second MI. CIC has limited the intake of new FSW
> applications to better match the number CIC can actually process
> within the annual levels plan tabled in Parliament. FSW applications under
> the second MI are processed on a priority basis.
>
> *CIC has received enough FSW applications since February 27, 2008
> to reach immigration levels for the next two years. Unfortunately, it will take
> longer to process those submitted under the first set of instructions
> (between February 27, 2008 and June 25, 2010) than originally
> projected.*
> This number represents more than twice the number of projected
> admissions under the program in 2011. Therefore, few applications received before
> February 27, 2008 (processed in the order they are received) are
> expected to be processed this year or next.
>
> CIC’s goal is to make the immigration system more responsive to labour
> market needs. By giving priority to FSW applications received on
> or afterJune 26, 2010, CIC is responding to the most urgent labour market
> needs first. The length of time it takes to finalize an application
> under this program varies from one visa office to another since visa offices face
> different challenges. CIC continues to work towards global service
> standards and the use of departmental standard forms to minimize such regional
> variations as much as possible.
>
> Marnie Smith
> Supervisor, Skilled Worker Unit
> Superviseure, Section des travailleurs qualifiés
> Canadian Embassy / Ambassade du Canada
> Manila / Manille
> website: www.philippines.gc.ca <http://www.philippines.gc.ca>
