No, you don't have to.
So they claim, but it doesn't look likely. They would have to administer ~300k vaccines a day to get the first dose to every eligible canadian by canada day. Their average right now is well below, at 170k a day. Unless they significantly ramp things up, the whole one shot by canada day thing is a pipe dream. The good news is that vaccination efforts will speed up, and I do believe they should be able to meet the herd immunity before september 30th goal.
Agreed on likely FSW timeline. The bigger risk at this point is political/economic, not vaccines.
Right, what I said didn't account for anti vax and other groups. I've heard Israel is enforcing vaccines to encourage more people to get them (eg. no vaccine, no gym entry etc). I doubt canada will do something like that, but in the absence of it, I don't know if they'll reach herd immunity that soon, considering their lax quarantine policies and the few breakouts of more deadly/infectious variants in the last week.
True. Complete herd immunity (if we get there and stay there) will have to wait until we get kids vaccinated anyways. But man is hitting 50% of the total population with Pfizer/Moderna this summer going to help. I'm very optimistic about the fall
I'm happy for you. Your application is already in progress, and like the thousands of FSW people whose applications have been stalled, you will start to see a lot of progress in the summer. I just have a sinking feeling FSW may be gone for good, given that absolute joke of a 27k draw followed by consistent 5k CEC draws, there just doesn't seem to be any valid reason for them to even consider reopening FSW at all.. Just have to wait and see.
What you aren't considering is the FSW applications already in progress that would rightfully get preference once borders reopen. There are already several FSW-Os whos CoPRs have expired. There's also medicals expiring while their apps are being processed. It's just extra work to keep extending and reviewing old applications wihtout any ability to move forward with them. It makes perfect sense to halt FSW draws (hopefully only temporary). Trust me, I know how frustrating it is, but looking at it from their perspective it makes perfect sense.
I feel you, I think we think alike... planning for the worst. But you booked your ticket to an ITA when you hit B2 in French. The absolute worst case for FSW in the future is a targeted program with NOC-specific and French draws. The government has francophone immigration obligations to meet outside of Quebec and FSW-style draws are the only way to get there. You'll get an ITA.
Not true - they are processing FSW and approving them, they just aren't issuing CoPR due to travel restrictions.
In some offices they are processing. Majority is stuck so overall there is not much progress.
Ohhh you're right, I had forgotten about the french language based PNPs. So it might be a long wait, but I should get an ITA before my scores expire. Thanks, that gets my spirits up a bit haha
Third wave is already here. ICU rates are higher in Ontario than they have ever been before since the start of the pandemic.
