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Can you have 2 work permits at the same time? One PGWP and one closed employer specific WP for LMIA points? In this case you just still only use the PGWP but have the closed WP on hand for the 50 points? I just want to confirm that PGWP doesn't get invalidated if you also get a closed LMIA WP

Is this always the case (for non exempt)? If you have 2 WPs, one closed with LMIA and one PGWP, do you still need to be employed with the same company one year after CEC PR (w/ 50 LMIA Pts)? If you leave, does PR get revoked?

Can we get an LMIA for an existing job? I'm wondering if its worth begging my employer for. The 50 points is a huge jump

I'm a Canadian graduate with NOC-A job, CLB 10 for everything and a 4 year degree and its barely 475. I guess if you include PhD thats a completely different ballgame but as you said, PhD is far and few even for Canadian citizens let alone intl.

I guess the main question is about international graduates. It is correct that there will be some CEC people with high scores (although I still feel it will be a small number of people), but international graduates won't be in that pool. I guess the new pathway is the best hope now.

CEC people can, but it will be hard. 557 is a very high score and requires perfect French and masters and more than 2 yrs Canadian experience generally. Regular graduates almost certainly won't get 557. Check out Kubeir's video, he went through some sample profiles around 550. Tl;dr, its very...

Huge bummer for CEC candidates, aka all graduates from 2021. Still have 2 yrs on WP but anxiety is mind wrecking

Why would it increase in Nov 2022? Also, 2-3 months is a long time for this pain lol. The new pathway could be the saving grace

This definitely stinks, I am very discouraged after today for sure. I've still got 2y on my WP but its definitely making me nervous. Just need either this CEC or the new pathway whenever it is released

This stinks overall, can't see a positive side from this for recent graduates. Seems weird because graduates was one of Canada's selling points, not sure what they are planning because no chance CEC people will get into the draw with 1500 size and also no program specific draws

What makes anyone here think there can be another draw in the coming days? I don't see any signs of it. They made a fool out of everyone

I'm surely disappointed. 1500 is similar to basically a PNP only draw lol with a few FSW sprinkled there. They did say pre pandemic size, I guess it was 40% of that, at the very least they opened the draws up. There is no way any graduates will get in via CEC now so maybe the new TR2PR is the...

Does not seem like it will be divided by program so probably scores will start off very high

Yeah for sure. Sean posted this a while ago about tech: And seeing him at Collision gives me some hope

Yeah that could be true. Although... Sean Fraser was recently at the huge Collision conference (the biggest Canadian tech conference) and they seem to have some sort of interest in tech so maybe it could be good for technologists?

How are things looking for tech works/software-engineer with this bill?

As someone who entered the pool I'm for one glad they are restarting draws. But as you said, we are all biased to what is beneficial for our own good. To your point about " but I just don’t want the same misery that we are going through for anymore folks. Better wait than suffering uncertainty...

Canada used to have a lot of tech draws, is there any hope for NOC 2173 - Software engineers and designers for any CEC or combined draw soon? The first draw might be on July 6th

Legally yes, life-wise no. If they leave the UK and their job, family, friends, career whatever there and come to Canada what do they have here besides citizenship? I'm not saying they have less connection legally, I am saying their life won't be rooted here, they've got nothing here. I...