Ray of hope - FSW - 1

[BlindGoku]

Do we still get points for French even if we don’t get CLB7 in all areas?

Yes, but less points, not eligible for the +50, but you can get a few points that can help

A question, French proficiency ranges from A1 to C2, where does CLB7 fall? Is it B1 or B2?

B2

 

[Sweetyblaise]

I don't believe the Draw will happen tomorrow or Friday. Next Wednesday is the best bet.

 

[abqalhamairi]

The new Immigration plan for the next 3 years should be adjust the intake to realistic level..

The promising was too big before

Lmao, we miss a draw and your back xD

 

[AliPak]

Seriously no draw today. Thats sad. IRCC is being biased. Trying hard not to go below 471 !

 

[Rebeca.hochman]

There won't be a draw today. Everyone just hold your head up. It's sad tho

Next draw points will increase though...for those in 471 today was "the day", especially with the changes in score for French speakers. Now who know when 471 will be a good score again?

 

[Scalphunter]

The 50 extra points are gonna be a ball buster for a majority of folks. Someone with a CRS of 440 or 450 would jump to 490/500. If there's too many of these candidates, getting a high CRS would become impossible without adding the points for French. Then it depends on how many people are willing to invest the time and money to learn French. Essentially, they're trying to get EE candidates to be bilingual by locking out English only speakers. How successful that'll be with their aim of hitting 90k/100k immigrants a year remains to be seen.

 

[BlindGoku]

The 50 extra points are gonna be a ball buster for a majority of folks. Someone with a CRS of 440 or 450 would jump to 490/500. If there's too many of these candidates, getting a high CRS would become impossible without adding the points for French. Then it depends on how many people are willing to invest the time and money to learn French. Essentially, they're trying to get EE candidates to be bilingual by locking out English only speakers. How successful that'll be with their aim of hitting 90k/100k immigrants a year remains to be seen.

I don't think there will be heavy immediate impact, but probably early 2021 when francophones give IELTS a try for additional points, and then mid to late 2021 when English speakers manage to learn French.

 

[tuxarc]

Seriously no draw today. Thats sad. IRCC is being biased. Trying hard not to go below 471 !

This makes no sense. If it was true, they wouldn't have raised the amount of ITAs issued over the last 3 draws.

It's actually like they're trying hard to keep the score down.

 

[Nobadi]

The 50 extra points are gonna be a ball buster for a majority of folks. Someone with a CRS of 440 or 450 would jump to 490/500. If there's too many of these candidates, getting a high CRS would become impossible without adding the points for French. Then it depends on how many people are willing to invest the time and money to learn French. Essentially, they're trying to get EE candidates to be bilingual by locking out English only speakers. How successful that'll be with their aim of hitting 90k/100k immigrants a year remains to be seen.

This just changes the distribution of the people that receive ITA, not the number.

 

[dayocanny]

It's nt that easy. People struggle to get score in IELTS even after studying English since childhood.

Not easy but very possible if you are really determined

 

[dayocanny]

Do we still get points for French even if we don’t get CLB7 in all areas?

Yes. You will get some points. If you're able to study up to at least B1 and work hard on listening and reading TEF past questions, you would get the few points you require.

 

[Uncle Yayo]

So it’s settled then.... french is the new express entry cheat... read up people.. read up... my heart goes out to everybody here who was anxiously waiting for the draw today.... I for one know how stressful another two weeks wait can be... but chin up guys.. the best is yet to come

 

[Scalphunter]

This just changes the distribution of the people that receive ITA, not the number.

I just hope they start doing FSW draws again and continue them on a regular basis. I hold no grudge against people learning French and getting the extra points for that. They deserve them for the work they put in. I just dislike it when the draws become infrequent. That's the double whammy for those who maybe aren't in the position either financially or personally to devote the time to learn French.

 

[Timbuktu_14]

So it’s settled then.... french is the new express entry cheat... read up people.. read up... my heart goes out to everybody here who was anxiously waiting for the draw today.... I for one know how stressful another two weeks wait can be... but chin up guys.. the best is yet to come

Since the changes came into effect on 20th, I think we might see a draw next week Wednesday.

 

[jrossi]

The 50 extra points are gonna be a ball buster for a majority of folks. Someone with a CRS of 440 or 450 would jump to 490/500. If there's too many of these candidates, getting a high CRS would become impossible without adding the points for French. Then it depends on how many people are willing to invest the time and money to learn French. Essentially, they're trying to get EE candidates to be bilingual by locking out English only speakers. How successful that'll be with their aim of hitting 90k/100k immigrants a year remains to be seen.

That's incorrect. Someone sitting at 440 would already have the 30 bonus points, so they would only jump to 460 now.
Also, I believe it's very unlikely we'll find candidates that had the 30 bonus points that weren't already in the 480-510 range.