the target was approx 1 million and each year IRCC had planned to get ~333k( from 2017- to early 2020). the immigrants landed since 2017 are close to 830k. This number is not just express entry.
Ray of Hope - 119th Draw
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I'm afraid, it was not exactly 1 million, infact more than this, approx 1.3 million people to be immigrated.
Hey, don't forget me, who just finished a Canadian master's degree and is trying to get an Ontario nomination. My journey started in 2016. The rules have changed a few times since I began. The best bet is to continue to find a way to improve points. BTW, for those studying french, Ontario has a french stream nomination if you can score all 7s.
Just curious. Why did you use WES? My husband and I used ICAS and had good experiences.I had a similar story but was little lucky towards the end. I got IELTS results in Oct 2018. However, at this point, my wife did not have passport... Lol.. there was me with two passports (one expired) and she without any
Therefore, I applied through normal mode instead of Tatkaal - to save 1500 rupees...yes, it was stupid of me to act miser on this front !!!!!. It took 3 weeks instead of one week, which resulted in delay in booking IELTS exam for her. We booked 5 Jan exam instead of 16 Dec and on 25 Dec, she had to undergo an emergency surgery which resulted in further delay. Finally, we booked 19 Jan whose result came on 1 Feb. On 1 Feb, we had a score of 451 but since we missed the 30 Jan draw, it resulted in a huge delay of 3 months to get ITA.
Had I applied Tatkaal passport for her, she would have given exam before her medical surgery and we would have gotten ITA much earlier.
On the WES front too, I acted miser -
1. Waited for positive IELTS result before booking WES evaluation.
2. Used a normal free delivery (instead of $25 courier) to send my transcripts from Stanford University to WES. The mail took 21 days to reach Toronto.
Fortunately, WES was not the weakest link in the chain. The final delay was caused due to delay in my wife's IELTS.
Lessons learnt - don't act miser when time is not on your side.
What's your Stanford degree?
The basement apartments are not that bad as long as it's all your own.I every now and then spend some time looking at Which city, where i will be staying, where i will be working... how will i get rental apartment if i dont have employment letter, Canada bank credit score etc etc.
Thing which gets me most is thinking about living in BASEMENT. 8/10 immigrants live in basements for initial period... and that would be hardest for me being claustrophobic...or else have to shell out more money.
You were spot on. I saw the rules for tie-breaker yesterday and understood the ground rules. Thanks for your clarification.
Can't forget you my old friend. Any news on your application? Are you still in Canada or back in the US?
Working hard to convince oinp I lived in Toronto for a year. They calculated it at 3 months, so trying to fix that. Graduated last Friday. Am in US with my hubby at the moment. Job hunting.
How about you? Enjoying Canada? How's the "no longer little" one?
Hey, do you guys know why these was such a sharp increase in CRS in the latest draw?
I have paid attention to CRS continously, this is unusual....
I personally think that this is due to the previous draw being program specific (500 invitations). Therefore, we can assume there have been 4 weeks separated from the last normal draw. The intake of 451-500 applicants have accumulated that the cutoff is high.
Indeed, the cutoff depends on the rate of high-score applicant entering the pool versus the rate of removing these people by ITA every two weeks.
I have paid attention to CRS continously, this is unusual....
I personally think that this is due to the previous draw being program specific (500 invitations). Therefore, we can assume there have been 4 weeks separated from the last normal draw. The intake of 451-500 applicants have accumulated that the cutoff is high.
Indeed, the cutoff depends on the rate of high-score applicant entering the pool versus the rate of removing these people by ITA every two weeks.
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from what ive learned so far, i think even if you would have got ITA in 119th round, you would be in situation where your ITA and eAPR age factor vary. This is the case when points for the later one are considered.