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Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has reviewed the performance of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) in the last year.

He said improvements included

• Proposals to change the Federal Skilled Workers Program (including a proposal to favour immigrants under 35)
• A proposal to create a new Federal Skilled Trades Program
• The Reform of the asylum system to make it 'fast and fair' and to combat people smuggling and
• Increasing the numbers of refugees admitted by 20%.

Mr Kenney says 'we are continuing to make changes to create a faster, more flexible immigration system.'


source: www.workpermit.com
 
Browsing the threads in this forum I have found that almost all of the applicants from all over the wirld have been reviewed and either have been sent the request for updated documents or MR's even NDVO has started sending these with our timlines
 
http://twitter.com/kenneyjason/status/242815543994904577

kenneyjason
@shauki57 No impact. FSW applications already in our system will be assessed based on the criteria in place at the time they were submitted.
 
mech said:
http://twitter.com/kenneyjason/status/242815543994904577

kenneyjason
@ shauki57 No impact. FSW applications already in our system will be assessed based on the criteria in place at the time they were submitted.


That seems encouraging and good even my own experience is that these countries(Europe etc etc ) treat all applications based at the time they were submitted. InshAllah will be just matter of time for waiters,,,,,,,,,,,GOOD LUCK
 
Harmandeep Brar‏@harman1281

@kenneyjason why not ask the pre 2008 applicants to provide IELTS & educational assessment results instead of returning their applications.

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Jason Kenney‏@kenneyjason
@harman1281 By returning pre-2008 applications we'll be able to clear our backlog by 2014, after which we'll have a fast, responsive system.
 
Harmandeep Brar‏@harman1281

@kenneyjason why not ask the pre 2008 applicants to provide IELTS & educational assessment results instead of returning their applications.

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Jason Kenney‏@kenneyjason
@harman1281 Because the pre-2008 backlog was so huge, it would have taken us until at least 2017 to clear it, while barring new applications
 
any idea when CIC will start taking the new applications? or is it still tentative?
 
jawwad_ali said:
any idea when CIC will start taking the new applications? or is it still tentative?

1.1.2013
 
not only this thread, but the whole forum is great.

My consultant is this forum and not any other crooked consultant..

yukhan said:
I am considering "CANADAVISA.comImmigration Forum" as Bible of immigration information exchange out of which "Thoz Who Got ...." section i am considering one of the other chapters like one which was handles our dear *StarHaider Ali*.

Purpose of saying it Bible, that almost all the Canadian immigration related queries and concerns are addressed here, nothing else.
 
just to keep it up!!!
 
yukhan said:
Harmandeep Brar‏ @ harman1281

@ kenneyjason why not ask the pre 2008 applicants to provide IELTS & educational assessment results instead of returning their applications.

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Jason Kenney‏ @ kenneyjason
@ harman1281 By returning pre-2008 applications we'll be able to clear our backlog by 2014, after which we'll have a fast, responsive system.


2014 I worry some for me as he said earlier it would be done middle 2013.
 
sunrise1 said:
2014 I worry some for me as he said earlier it would be done middle 2013.

we are expecting and the truth is our cases will be finalized by the middle of 2013, passport on hand with visa.
 
sama2010 said:
People with the same timeline of mine (May 2010) but belonging to other visa offices are getting MR & me still WAITING & WAITING :( :(
London visa office please wake up this unfair for us :( :(

I did submit complete application on June 1, 2010 and still waiting. It is killing
 
sama2010 said:
People with the same timeline of mine (May 2010) but belonging to other visa offices are getting MR & me still WAITING & WAITING :( :(
London visa office please wake up this unfair for us :( :(
Your right me and my friend apply on the same time same noc but he is manila vo and i am london vo, he received mr and i received wait letter ......waiting to much time is really frustrating.
 
1/2 @kenneyjason Greetings Sir. VOs like New Delhi have comparatively HUGE backlog of FSW MI1 apps.

Jason Kenney ‏@kenneyjason
@1naturelover The only new FSWP applications we're taking now are for those with Arranged Employment Offers, & the in-Canada PhD stream.

Jason Kenney ‏@kenneyjason
@1naturelover MI1 applications are at the front of the FSWP queue, and CIC is making good progress on processing them, worldwide. #cdnimm