Recent content by mandiebraxton

You just moved to Manitoba but it’s also worth exploring moving to Alberta as hospital and tourism is a category for PNP there. Maybe start looking for jobs in Alberta. All the best!

The score was 70! These draws are AOS driven and it won’t matter the stream under which a draw is conducted anymore - the scores will be high. Sigh :(

Absolutely correct! With the first draw of the new EOI published, one can say it’s going to be significantly hard for anyone without a job offer to be invited. The parameters are now so broad that a fam connection and in demand job won’t cut it anymore.

And I think with their own EOI process now, it’s going to be very competitive coupled with broadening of family connection. I guess we will know more once they do a few draws to see the pattern.

The family connection he has does not give him any advantage. What they are looking for is parent, child, or sibling. Family connection is still a selection factor and is an advantage if it fits the criteria.

Late update…my nephew got PPR on July 16 and then arrived in Canada on August 13. Settling in before lectures starts on Sep 3. This forum has been a great source of help for the process. Good luck everyone!

French as a first language is a factor that increases one’s chance of being selected. No one knows what the new process looks like until it happens. We wait

The whole process has been overhauled…we will find out on September 30th what the new process entails. Fingers crossed

Have you received invitation to apply?

Yes, correct

If you get invited they will send you a link to the portal; it’d only when you get the link then you can have access. You will be asked to use the same email address you used for the NOI. The link is not “disabled” but if you are not selected you can’t log on. Hope that makes sense.

That’s my believe. Unless they did draws this year and did not publish - which I doubt

You would think they would target those skills with family connection. But nothing so far this year

Could be from draws last year, which were processed this year. There has been no express entry draw for family connection this year as per their website.

This year’s draws have mainly been healthcare. I wonder if they will ever do a family connection + occupation in demand before the year ends!