Joknitz15
I would suggest, wait for July. Did you check if your NOC is included in the yearly list? If yes, most likely...it will still be included this year..by God's grace, let's pray hard for that
I think your situation now was once our situation too...according to advise..its better to wait for the next list...so that's what we did. Get ready all your papers for July 2012.
Do you have an agent? We do have our agent, because me and my family are all living here in Saudi Arabia and we do not have any clear idea how to begin applying for Canada. We are 400 kms. away from the Canadian embassy here and its impractical for us to travel frequently just to file our papers...for safety reasons.
April 2011- signed contract with our agency
July 2011- forwarded our documents to Nova Scotia, Canada
August 2011- Nova Scotia forwarded our documents to Visa Office- Manila
November 2011- Eligibility Assessment from CIO
December 2011- File number from Visa Office received (from here you can check online the status of your application)
January 2012- Medical Request
Feb. 2012- Done with our medical
April 2012- Medical Results received in Visa office-Manila from High Commission in London
Sadly, my medical gone missing so the concerned office is still tracking its whereabouts. Hopefully, it will be found asap because its causing us worries of delay. We are waiting for some development on the case...were praying it would be resolved that I won't have to re-take my medical...We are planning to fly to Canada on October 2012.
My husband is the principal applicant- We're both architects by profession