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[13nitinsharma]

Congratulations guys, who got an ITA in yesterday's draw!

 

[Impatient Dankaroo]

They started the draws in July with 8,700 people having a CRS 501+ and it took more than 16,000 ITAs to invite all of them.

I would suggest everyone waiting to be cautiosly optimistic for the future draws. I don't know where this 4,250 comes from but it doesnt make any sense in their immigration plan up to now. 5,000 ITA draws seem a possibility but where is the quota available to accommodate them ?

Something is off here, but I can't point the finger where exactly. Perhaphs it has to do also with the 30,000 quota allocated for 2023 to international students and temporary workers which they didn't create a stream as of yet, likely never will, so that might be an answer.

Congrats to the ones who got an ITA.

I read that the implementation of the new TEER system will mean no draws for a bit

 

[ElvisRamaj]

I read that the implementation of the new TEER system will mean no draws for a bit

I hope not, I see no reason why that would be a major problem to halt the draws.

Curious to see the new immigration plan in November though and the backlog statistics around 20-21 October.

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Question 1:
In the personal history section, there are two questions:
1. Has ___________ been refused refugee status, or an immigrant or permanent resident visa (including a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) or application to the Provincial nominee Program) or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country?
2. Has ___________ ever been refused a visa or permit, denied entry or ordered to leave Canada or any other country?


In 2020, I was stranded in the US with no flights back to my home country, so I applied for a transition to a B2 visitor visa to maintain legal status in the country. I then managed to catch a flight back before my original visa expired, so the transition visa was denied by default.

Question is, does this fall under question 1 or 2? To me it seems it can fall under either (i have bolded the relevant parts).


Question 2:
For personal history is it fine to have overlapping months? Like I leave job on september 15, and join a new one september 16, so the section would have one job ending as 09-2019 and the next starting 09-2019.

Question 3:
Have you listed all of ____________'s periods of military service or government positions (if any), and all of the organizations that _________ belongs to (if any)?

Should I answer this 'yes' or 'not applicable' if I don't have military/government positions, and haven't listed any organizations?

 

[littlestar19]

I read that the implementation of the new TEER system will mean no draws for a bit

Had the same question in mind. Because if they do so, scores will shoot up again ..
Do you guys see any such possibility?

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Had the same question in mind. Because if they do so, scores will shoot up again ..

The whole system will be changing, and nobody knows what impact it'll have. Scores shooting up will be least of people's concerns if they don't have an ITA by then.

 

[littlestar19]

The whole system will be changing, and nobody knows what impact it'll have. Scores shooting up will be least of people's concerns if they don't have an ITA by then.

Indeed !! Since some of the provinces already have halted the draws, IRCC also might do it. Lets see how it turns out to be.

 

[SaBong]

Question 1:
In the personal history section, there are two questions:
1. Has ___________ been refused refugee status, or an immigrant or permanent resident visa (including a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) or application to the Provincial nominee Program) or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country?
2. Has ___________ ever been refused a visa or permit, denied entry or ordered to leave Canada or any other country?


In 2020, I was stranded in the US with no flights back to my home country, so I applied for a transition to a B2 visitor visa to maintain legal status in the country. I then managed to catch a flight back before my original visa expired, so the transition visa was denied by default.

Question is, does this fall under question 1 or 2? To me it seems it can fall under either (i have bolded the relevant parts).


Question 2:
For personal history is it fine to have overlapping months? Like I leave job on september 15, and join a new one september 16, so the section would have one job ending as 09-2019 and the next starting 09-2019.

Question 3:
Have you listed all of ____________'s periods of military service or government positions (if any), and all of the organizations that _________ belongs to (if any)?

Should I answer this 'yes' or 'not applicable' if I don't have military/government positions, and haven't listed any organizations?

Question 2
Yes you can have overlaps

Question 3
If you had no military service you can say NONE or NOT APPLICABLE in the table

 

[cansha]

I then managed to catch a flight back before my original visa expired, so the transition visa was denied by default.

Was it a refusal or the application is deemed withdrawn / canceled as you no longer needed the visa? Do you have any official letter which states refusal / cancellation ?

 

[hamhk202]

Guys, what is the importance of knowing visa office? And when does it usually be assigned after AOR?

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Was it a refusal or the application is deemed withdrawn / canceled as you no longer needed the visa? Do you have any official letter which states refusal / cancellation ?

oh good question. I do have an official notice and they use the word 'denied'.

Here's the quote:
"
You were admitted as F-1 nonimmigrant on ________. A review of Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) records reveals that you departed the United States on _______, while your
change of status request was pending. This departure from the United States constitutes abandonment
of your request for change of nonimmigrant status. Therefore, you are not eligible for the immigration
benefit being sought and your request to change status is denied. "

 

[OneStepAtATime]

oh good question. I do have an official notice and they use the word 'denied'.

Here's the quote:
"
You were admitted as F-1 nonimmigrant on ________. A review of Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) records reveals that you departed the United States on _______, while your
change of status request was pending. This departure from the United States constitutes abandonment
of your request for change of nonimmigrant status. Therefore, you are not eligible for the immigration
benefit being sought and your request to change status is denied. "

I'd answer yes to both and attach the official letter along with an explanation, just to be safe.

 

[ilikesnow]

There was a very detailed post here somewhere on forum, about post AOR process and key terms used here like GU1/2, criminality check bla bla. Does anyone have any link to that or something similar?

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

There was a very detailed post here somewhere on forum, about post AOR process and key terms used here like GU1/2, criminality check bla bla. Does anyone have any link to that or something similar?

These are the two I've had bookmarked for a while:

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ita-to-ppr-in-a-nutshell.523775/

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/application-stages-what-they-mean-mep-ip1-ip2-ghost-update-version-2019.612656/

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

I'd answer yes to both and attach the official letter along with an explanation, just to be safe.

Interesting thanks for that. I'm still filling out details, so I'm not even sure where LOEs go haha. I'll also probably tag legalfalcon to be safe.