The whole thing was crappy from the start. I can't imagine how the people who paid to take the IELTS tests for this week are feeling, since they can't get their money back and have an upcoming test that's probably useless to take. Seeing as how the student stream went so fast, I wonder how many of the 40,000 are just desperate ineligible people and how many actual eligible people have missed out.
New Policy for International Students - April 12th, 2021
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My wife had her test today! She was bummed yesterday but we still need a language test results, so this was needed. I feel for those who had their test early in May but their results are not out yet!
Yes, I also wonder about ineligible candidates. Like I said, it was down to luck who got to apply, so I am not mad at that. But ineligible candidates applying... I admit, I don't feel good about that. They essentially took spots from someone else and wasted 1000+ dollars in the process.
I wish they could open spots that were taken by ineligible candidates, but I am not sure this hope is particularly realistic.
I actually don't think I have seen a requirement that you remain employed until PR is granted, only at time of application.
This whole thing was a terrible way to do things, even providing clarity about what the portal would look like and exactly how you would need to upload forms, loes and extra sheets would have helped a lot of people.
This whole thing was a terrible way to do things, even providing clarity about what the portal would look like and exactly how you would need to upload forms, loes and extra sheets would have helped a lot of people.
Hey everyone, I’m super anxious right now. I’ve only recently started working on May 3rd and got my letter on May 5th, no paystub yet but I was able to write a LOE. However, instead of submitting the letter in the “Proof of work” section I uploaded the LOE for paystub instead. I freaked after checking and immediately submitted a Webform with the right document and my UCI. I never received any submission confirmation for the Webform. I thought I was fine but someone called IRCC this morning and apparently they said that they don’t receive webforms without an application number. So, my question is, would they straight up reject my application because I’m missing the letter or would I have the chance to receive the application # before they start processing it?
Employment is a basic requirement of eligibility so I could see not providing it causing a problem.
There are changes coming to EE as well according to the 2021 budget, IMO the best course of action would be to keep separate draws and decrease the number of ITA's per round. For example, hold 4 draws per month BUT rotate the program: one week PNP, one week CEC, one week FSW and one week FST. It's the only way I can see of keeping reasonable scores/program
They didnt even implement the language test check thing like they already have for Express entry where you need to enter test scores and number/pin. A lot of people submittted LOEs for language eating up space when they didn't qualify.
Agree, was expecting something stringent in place. But the forms did specify language test results (yes or no) and then no had " do not apply " , but people are well known to provide LOE's
Number one rule of data entry, never trust the user.Agree, was expecting something stringent in place. But the forms did specify language test results (yes or no) and then no had " do not apply " , but people are well known to provide LOE's
I like your idea, Frisk. I feel it would be a fair thing to do. Hopefully, they themselves are aware what mess this stream proved to be. Nothing against you or any other eligible candidate who applied, but it was handled badly and I hope they'll do something not to be unfair to highly qualified candidates working in skilled jobs who didn't have a chance to apply for this. For example, by not making CEC more difficult.
I just think that the gap between CEC and FSW is too large to be considered a competition. CEC applicants and FSW bring to Canada very different things.
Express Entry is flawed, and this comes from long before covid, in 2019, in a matter of a few months average cutoff scores went from 440's to 470's for all-program draws and have stayed like that ever since. The backlog now is bigger and if you look at the current composition of the pool, you don't need a PhD to figure out that once FSW draws resume we'll get the highest cutoff score ever for an all-program draw.
Future CEC applicants who couldn't get their 1 year before this happens, will have to wait for months until scores go back to the 460's.
Thank you for the reply! in the case they do decide to reject my application, would I be able to appeal the decision, seeing that I was not being untruthful and made an honest mistake?