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Yes, if not, then 1 April would be great. But the sooner, the better. Remaining positive for 25 March. :)

Yeah, I've seen no such reports yet. IRCC has explicitly said they're continuing to process applications. I don't see why there wouldn't be a draw on the 25th.

I estimated I'd be drawn in February, but my WES ECA took 3 months, unfortunately.

Are you referring to this?

Getting up to 471 would be nice, yeah. Can your IELTS go down or only up with a review? If you click the link and scroll down the tables, you'll see how common/close that is.

Hmm... hasn't been that low in a few months. See here. Depends on intake numbers, but they seem quite consistent these days.

I understand where you're coming from. But the system (which all parties support by the way, not just Trudeau's), is set up for maximum economic benefit, as I mentioned before. I get that it's frustrating, but there are reasons that it works the way that it does. The country's best interests...

Yes, exactly. And my point was that it's undignified to celebrate someone else's loss, whether or not that loss benefits you. It's by no means a "good thing" that there are delays for WES and IELTS at present. The reason for that is that there's an international pandemic busy killing people. I...

Have you seen any information about COVID-related delays for issuing ECAs? Perhaps they don't have as many staff in their offices anymore.

That's not a good thing though. Canada needs new, high-scoring people to enter the pool constantly, to fuel its economy. Not to mention I highly doubt IELTS and WES will remain closed for that long. I don't think any of us should be hoping for our own success based on the demise of someone...

Yes, let's remain positive. The government has said they are going to continue to process PR applications. And that they are being lenient, and issuing extensions because of COVID. So, let's all wait and see if there's a draw on the 25th. As others have said, it's quite likely, considering the...

Some get their ECAs a few days before, like me. Others get theirs a bit after the estimated completion date. If you've past your date and haven't had a status update, it's best to call or email them.

Well COVID's been going for a while, and they did a draw 2 days ago, so... let's hope. Maybe even 25th. But most important is everyone should stay safe.

Has there ever been a back to back draw though? I am now expecting the next one to take place on 1 April.

Thanks for creating this. :)

So, does that take the place of an official draw, and mean the next "normal" draw will likely be 1 April?

Exactly. There hasn't been any acknowledgement we've seen from IRCC for a draw this week. So, I was hoping, as per my previous comments, that this is one of those situations where there are 3 weeks between draws instead of the normal 2. That has happened before, and would put the next draw on...

Now I'm just hoping the next one will happen on or around the 25th. That won't have been such a huge delay then.

Well today is the 20th, and it's only 4 am in Toronto. So, perhaps later.

To my understanding, your job titles don't need to be the same, so long as the responsibilities for both fall under the same National Occupation Classification (NOC) code. So, you should be fine. Submit both.