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Ray of hope - FSW - 1

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huyypeter

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Yes just read it. The draw will be there 100%.
Hate to say this but may be there wont be a draw today, its never been this late.
I just came back to the pnp draw on 18 mar 2020, it said the same thing in the instruction but they conducted the cec draw 5 days after that pnp
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/ministerial-instructions/express-entry-rounds/invitations-139.html
 

FrankieChiu

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Hate to say this but may be there wont be a draw today, its never been this late.
I just came back to the pnp draw on 18 mar 2020, it said the same thing in the instruction but they conducted the cec draw 5 days after that pnp
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/ministerial-instructions/express-entry-rounds/invitations-139.html
actually it said the same thing in every draw, it just a order #, Ive already accepted that there won"t be a draw today. lets see what is happening next, looks like IRCC is planning something new
 

taurus22

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actually it said the same thing in every draw, it just a order #, Ive already accepted that there won"t be a draw today. lets see what is happening next, looks like IRCC is planning something new
I am looking for a *scared* emoji here! Something that depicts the heart-breaking, gut-wrenching, soul-shattering fear of the next unknown that IRCC might drop on us!
:confused::(
 

saly118

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I am looking for a *scared* emoji here! Something that depicts the heart-breaking, gut-wrenching, soul-shattering fear of the next unknown that IRCC might drop on us!
:confused::(
Be relax my friend. I noticed some technical issues while trying logging into my IRCC account today. Sometimes some technical troubles delay normal operation. There will be a draw either today or early next week.
 

jrossi

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Yes! I am currently sitting at 467 and have had a long journey until here.
  • I got in the pool at 470 last February after WES delayed my ECA by 2 weeks.
  • Lost the feb draw ITA at 470 due to tie breaker rule.
  • Then, the 4th March draw happened at 471 (1 point higher than my score). This was when IRCC stopped FSW draws
  • In May, my score dropped to 465 due to age and I lost all hope!
  • Still managed to increase score in November to 467 with my spouse's improved IELTS score after 6 attempts
  • The last 2 Draws in December had 468 cut-off (again 1 point higher than my score) but they renewed my hope
This 6th Jan, I was waiting desperately for the cut-off to hit 467 or lower. Statistically, it should have. But, once again, IRCC changed things and broke the pattern when i was so close.

I guess it's not meant to be. Every time i come close, IRCC stops conducting all program draws. It's been so emotionally distressing.
Just change your strategy. You're focusing your energy in something that will not bring you a lot of points.
My path was very similar to yours... I was seating at 469 on January 2020, eagerly waiting for -2 points drop in the cutoff. That was when I realized I could learn **just a little bit** of french, and by March I attempt TCF just to get a B1 level on reading/listening in French. In the end, I ended up getting 6 extra points (CLB8 on both reading/listening), and my score jumped to 475... that happened 2 days before the CEC/PNP nightmare started. Yes. I just could not believe this was happening to me.

I ended up getting the ITA because I realized that after the CEC/PNP wave, the score would skyrocket, so I definitely would not stand a chance ate 469 (since I would lose 6 points by June/2020, once I turned 31 yr). So, I continued to study french between March and August, attempt TCF again, I my score jumped to 508 (would be 528 now with the newest french rules).

What I'm trying to say: all the energy you spent up until now on english, just for a 2-3 points increase, could have been dedicated towards french. Don't give up, just change your strategy! There's still **plenty** of time for you to overcome that.
 

Vinami

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Just change your strategy. You're focusing your energy in something that will not bring you a lot of points.
My path was very similar to yours... I was seating at 469 on January 2020, eagerly waiting for -2 points drop in the cutoff. That was when I realized I could learn **just a little bit** of french, and by March I attempt TCF just to get a B1 level on reading/listening in French. In the end, I ended up getting 6 extra points (CLB8 on both reading/listening), and my score jumped to 475... that happened 2 days before the CEC/PNP nightmare started. Yes. I just could not believe this was happening to me.

I ended up getting the ITA because I realized that after the CEC/PNP wave, the score would skyrocket, so I definitely would not stand a chance ate 469 (since I would lose 6 points by June/2020, once I turned 31 yr). So, I continued to study french between March and August, attempt TCF again, I my score jumped to 508 (would be 528 now with the newest french rules).

What I'm trying to say: all the energy you spent up until now on english, just for a 2-3 points increase, could have been dedicated towards french. Don't give up, just change your strategy! There's still **plenty** of time for you to overcome that.
Inspiring story.
 
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123hope

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Just change your strategy. You're focusing your energy in something that will not bring you a lot of points.
My path was very similar to yours... I was seating at 469 on January 2020, eagerly waiting for -2 points drop in the cutoff. That was when I realized I could learn **just a little bit** of french, and by March I attempt TCF just to get a B1 level on reading/listening in French. In the end, I ended up getting 6 extra points (CLB8 on both reading/listening), and my score jumped to 475... that happened 2 days before the CEC/PNP nightmare started. Yes. I just could not believe this was happening to me.

I ended up getting the ITA because I realized that after the CEC/PNP wave, the score would skyrocket, so I definitely would not stand a chance ate 469 (since I would lose 6 points by June/2020, once I turned 31 yr). So, I continued to study french between March and August, attempt TCF again, I my score jumped to 508 (would be 528 now with the newest french rules).

What I'm trying to say: all the energy you spent up until now on english, just for a 2-3 points increase, could have been dedicated towards french. Don't give up, just change your strategy! There's still **plenty** of time for you to overcome that.
Hey, I am really interested to learn french, could you please share which method you used to learn the language so fast? Did you take classes? Also any tips. Thanks a lot in advance :)
 

jrossi

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Hey, I am really interested to learn french, could you please share which method you used to learn the language so fast? Did you take classes? Also any tips. Thanks a lot in advance :)
Used Busuu app for about 6 weeks, going through Basic1/2 and Intermediate 1 courses. After that, I pretty much started to consume real content on youtube (with reduced playback speed and subtitles) and read a ton of french news websites, changed all my devices to french, started receiving news notifications in french, and by doing that, of course, I had to check the dictionary/translator 200x a day. At the beginning I had more questions than answers, but google is here to answer all of them. I really don't think you need a teacher, the web is here, use it. Don't look for a passive learning experience, but an active one, where you *learn*, instead of you are 'teached'. It's very stressful, but it's the only way I know for you to actually learn a new language in an efficient and fast way.
(Also, btw, later on the journey I did a lot of speaking practice with random people on iTalki... I always booked lessons with the cheapest 'teachers' available on the platform. I wasn't looking for "classes", but simply the opportunity to speak with native french speakers and allow them to point my pronunciation and grammar mistakes)
 

123hope

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Used Busuu app for about 6 weeks, going through Basic1/2 and Intermediate 1 courses. After that, I pretty much started to consume real content on youtube (with reduced playback speed and subtitles) and read a ton of french news websites, changed all my devices to french, started receiving news notifications in french, and by doing that, of course, I had to check the dictionary/translator 200x a day. At the beginning I had more questions than answers, but google is here to answer all of them. I really don't think you need a teacher, the web is here, use it. Don't look for a passive learning experience, but an active one, where you *learn*, instead of you are 'teached'. It's very stressful, but it's the only way I know for you to actually learn a new language in an efficient and fast way.
(Also, btw, later on the journey I did a lot of speaking practice with random people on iTalki... I always booked lessons with the cheapest 'teachers' available on the platform. I wasn't looking for "classes", but simply the opportunity to speak with native french speakers and allow them to point my pronunciation and grammar mistakes)
Thats impressive! Thank you very much for sharing your experience and tips. Its actually very true what you said, learning through practice is the best way to learn a language fast. Great job! Hope I can do the same! Thanks once again for sharing :)
 
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saly118

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Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #172 –January 7, 2021
Canadian Experience Class

See full text of Ministerial Instruction
Number of invitations issued: 4,750Footnote*
Rank required to be invited to apply: 4,750th or above
Date and time of round: January 7, 2021 at 14:15:32 UTC
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 461
Tie-breaking rule: September 12, 2020 at 20:46:32 UTC
  • If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations.html
 
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