Okay.. here's the update for us hopefuls of OINP, Class of 2018.
Firstly, it appears that no new NOI's have been issued after February 26th, 2018. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Secondly, as per the immi tracker, it appears that most of the applications filed in November 2017 have been processed and the nominations issued. There weren't that many that were filed in December 2017, and even some from December have already been processed. So they will very soon (maybe within a week) start looking at the applications that came through to them in 2018. That was the good news.
The bad news.... OINP is taking well beyond 90 days in most cases to issue nominations. It appears that 4 months (120 days) now appears to be the norm, from the day you put in the application till the day you get the nomination. One can only hope that this delay is due to a backlog. This backlog from 2017 now appears to be clearing, so hopefully the 2018 processing times and turnaround could be faster.
Hope everyone else is coping well with the wait