zeshananis said:
CIC thumb rule to process FSW files:
general rule, to process applications in a two-to-one ratio; two older cases from the
backlog submitted before June 26, 2010 to one case submitted on or after
December 1, 2010
Source: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/parl/XC64-1-411-02-eng.pdf
Page Number: 13
Paragraph: 2
Very informative and main thing is its source, thanks for posting. Especially this bit :
"The first set of Ministerial Instructions (MI-1) was published in the Canada Gazette,
November 29, 2008, and applied only to Federal Skilled Workers. The instructions
stipulated that Federal Skilled Worker applications that met the following criteria would be
placed into processing: an offer of arranged employment; applications submitted by
Temporary Foreign Workers or International Students residing legally in Canada for at
least a year; or applications from skilled workers with at least one year of experience in
1 of 38 prescribed occupations (see Appendix 1). Federal Skilled Worker applications that
did not meet one of these initial eligibility criteria were to be returned.
Department officials told the Committee that CIC received more applications than
anticipated under MI-1 and that a new backlog of 140,000 applications was formed.17 The
2011 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration indicates that the Department aims to
have this backlog cleared up within two years based on additional Ministerial Instructions
as outlined in paragraphs to follow".