Hi,AGENTOO7 said:Well, you got your AOR on Aug 20 so nothing looks out of place. I'm a Feb 22 applicant (application received by OINP), got my AOR on Aug 17, 2016 and haven't heard back from them. I called them in mid-no and was told it's in assessment stage and in "decision phase" since Dec 05. I'm yet to receive the "decision". OINP works on first come-first serve basis. if you have carefully observed the timelines of nominations even though AOR are issued on the same date, and no matter in what stage each application is in (e.g: my application hasn't got any ADR and is in decision phase for more than a month now) the first received application is the one that gets nominated first. I don't have any conclusive evidence as to NOC priority bias but members on this thread have posted earlier about "Computer/IT or affiliated services " NOC applications are receiving priority. I'm quoting this but I don't think so. So, you got to wait till they are done with Feb applicants. Also, the NOC issue might work for or against you in the terms of time to nomination, if its true. I say , call them up and check with them. Cheers!!
I looked at one of the threads posted here with the list of people applied, date of AOR, etc. My guess is either the NOC or the country of origin the candidates are applying from or the both, could be the parameters the processing priority depends upon. What'd you say? I see you didn't receive though you applied in Feb 22nd, and got AOR in Aug. But people applied in March, with AOR received in Aug and ADR in Nov, got the nomination. They are not from CEC but from FSW outland, just like me.
Anyways, Thanks for the information. I will wait for a couple of days and then contact them for update.
Regards,
GV