shashidhar_sm said:
Raj, am I right in saying Ontario issued PT EOIs till May 9th? If that is the case, and AORs for March folks are being issued now... I see a really long wait for us FSW folks. Here is why: OINP is prioritizing candidates with expiring WPs at the moment, and they will continue to do so till they are done with all the applications they have received till May 9th. Going by the current rate at which AORs are being issued + the abysmal number of nominations being handed out per week, I think we should be looking at a November-December timeline for our nominations.
I hope I am wrong, but this at least tells me that there is no point writing to OINP asking for the status of our applications.
OINP stopped issuing PTs on Feb 16th, 2016 (and not May 9th, 2016). So, anyone who got a PT MUST have submitted his/her application by March 31st, 2016 (45 day limit - Feb 16th --> March 31st).
However, OINP was accepting re-submitted applications till May 09, 2016. So, any and all applications submitted in April and May are RE-SUBMITTED applications only. Hence, the number of applications submitted in April/May would be very very less.
Currently, OINP is almost done with Feb applicants and one March 1st applicant has got AOR. If they continue issuing AORs at this pace, they shall have issued AORs to everyone who had submitted a complete application (including re-submitted applications that were deemed complete) by 1st week of September.
After this, the nominations might slowly start (preference would be given to the pending CEC applicants) and post this FSW nominations might start. September/October would be our month.
The above details are for the Human Capital Priorities Stream applicants.
Good luck and all the very best!