As I read, and reread the official CIC website /pages on
"Submit the Interest to Sponsor Form" &
"Find out if you are invited to apply" the entire (previous version) text about 27k invites, 20k will be processed this year, 7k retained for next year blah blah text has been replaced (and in my opinion superseded) with these VERY CLEAR statements:
- In 2019, the interest to sponsor form was open for a limited time, and we accepted 27,000 submissions on a first-in basis.
- On April 24, 2019, we started inviting potential sponsors to submit a complete application. On April 27, 2019, we finished sending invitations to all potential sponsors.
- If you received an invitation, we must receive your complete application on or before June 28, 2019.
- If you successfully submitted the interest to sponsor form and you’re not invited in 2019, we’ll keep your submission and contact information. Make sure you keep your email address up to date.
Regarding the last point, is there anyone on this forum, who successfully submitted interest to apply form and was not invited? To the best of my knowledge, no. When you tally all the invites, the number is 26.6K. To me the ~400 not invited are probably duplicates or incorrect entries etc.
There is no discussion on 27k vs 20k this year / 7k next year etc on official CIC website anymore. I don't understand why people are getting caught up in this / wasting time on this...
In addition, there is nowhere on the official CIC website where they say, that you need to submit the application as early as possible (within the 28th June deadline) to be in the first 20k that will be processed this year. If this exists, and is clearly documented on official CIC websites, I urge someone to direct me to this.
Bottom line - the 27k vs 20k vs 7k story is yesterday's "irrelevant" news. If you successfully submitted the interest to sponsor form and were invited, you have till 28th June to submit your application. CIC will process your file (provided CIC deems it as a complete application) PERIOD.