Hi, Its not only your problem.. Almost everyone who apply from India would have the points somewhere closer to you... it may vary from 300-450 max without Canadian work exp and education. Moreover the current EE profile is nothing but you are creating a profile in Naukri or Monster.. All you do is, fill in your personal & professional details along with IELTS score card reference and Educational Credential Assessments (ECA) from WES. Now tell me, does it really require someone to do at the cost of 1 Lakh rupees??? The only challenge is you need to select the correct occupation from NOC list which you could gain knowledge from reading more info from this thread.
On the flip side, I recently heard from one of my friend that X (one of the consultancy mentioned in the subject) have charged them 3 Lakh for processing EE with an extra word of job assurance. Now the question is what is job assurance?? Will he surely get you the offer?? If so are they really from a reputed company or from typical frauds who issue offer letter just to clear the EE process?? They won't answer these questions?? Or you simply put across them the deal.I'll pay 30% initially then 30% on receiving offer letter and the remaining 40% on successful stamping. Ha ha then you see thier real face. The last year process was different and this consultants/lawyers had some influence. But now its a clear process and they can't support you in anything spl ways, except finding you a job and getting you an offer from Canadian employer and push your points to above 800+. Do you think how many consultancy has that capability??? So think wisely..!! Good Luck! 8) 8)