Wonderlust said:
NKKD. Thank you very much. You are the only one who responded to my anxious query. Your calculation makes solid sense to me....though I don't want to believe it :-(
But do you think the rush will continue till the end...I mean the initial rush? Do you feel that it might slow down a bit now? Now that all the people waiting from last year (as NOC 0631 CAP was also filled by April 19th) have finished filing their applications? Please...please do share your thoughts on this.
All our other Forum friends....any thoughts on this matter? Please do share.
It is possible that the rate at which 0631 applications are received could go down with time which means that it could stay a little longer than Aug 24th as I initially predicted..... I would say a maximum of first week of september.
Alternately,the reduction in cap numbers to 500 will also rush those applicants wanting to apply but have delayed for a long time.
Another reason for the huge initial & expected ongoing rush could also be due to having a friend, colleague or a family member who got a quick response last year under the MI2 and hencce were strongly motivated to apply in a relatively short time.
For ex:- I prepared mine in 6 weeks
Question to the Audience
How many of you members have applied because you know a friend ,relative or colleague who applied last year and got a positive response quickly?
As for me, I saw tihs forum and I was stunned to llok at the time lines for NDVO applicants- 7 months, 8 months etc., and we froze our long pending decision to apply. and started working on it in the second week of june 2011.