Applications received on or after 27 February 2008 will be placed on hold until immigration officers receive instructions resulting from the consultations. However, federal skilled worker applicants who already have a job waiting for them in Canada will be processed.
^^^ Я думал это означает, что с работой все же будут процессить, однако люди даже с работой получают следующее:
Highest Education: Master of Technology
Job Experience: 4+ years as a software engineer
Working in Canada since last 2.5 years and still working. Arranged Employment.
I applied with all the required documents like IELTS, Police Certificate and all other required documentation.
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I got my AOR (with File-Number) on 8-8-2008. It was dated 4-Aug-08.
They said that they are waiting for minister instructions based on which they would decide on my application.
There is also a letter send along with the application which mentions the following:
"Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration may, withing the next several months be providing instructions of Visa Offices as to which applications are to be accepted for processing and which are to be returned unprocessed. It is expected that these instructions will apply primarily to certain Skilled Worker applications officially received on or after 27th Feb 2008.
If and as soon as we receive Minister's instructions, we will apply them to out inventory of applications, starting with those officially received on 27th Feb 2008 and processing in chronological order"
Это еще в мае такое рассылали. Плюс время первого ответа теперь стало 3-3,5 месяца в среднем (раньше вроде пару-тройку недель было). Сейчас еще у них и дел скопилось. Короче говоря, как я понял, чем дальше - тем хуже . Кто-нибудь продвинулся дальше, чем первый респонз по "новым правилам"?