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I believe you need to be able to demonstrate the required funds on the date you receive your ITA and on the date you land in Canada. You can create an EE profile in advance, however if you do not have suffiicent funds when you receive an ITA you will need to decline the ITA and wait until you...

If you look at the previous draws (ministerial instructions) at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/ita.asp you'll see that the draw times do vary. Since June the draws have been spread between 12pm UTC and 1900 UTC so there's plenty of time in the day still! Heck it's only 9:18 in Ottawa...

You'd like to think so, but only a month or so ago these were more like "Ray of despair" threads when CIC were only handing out 750 ITAs per draw. Things are certainly more positive on here than even a few weeks back, but I dread to think what this place will be like if ITAs drop again :/

Keep the faith, you'll get there in the end! :)

According to http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/ the draw was at 12:05:41 UTC on the 21st. I guess I may be wrong as it could take them a little while to actually post the draw results online!

Nope. Time now is 12:10 UTC. Last couple of draws have been right around now.

If the draws keep happening once every fortnight there will be one on the 2nd, 16th and 30th.

Not entirely impossible, but very unlikely in my view. I'd expect there to still be more than 1500 people with CRS higher than 475, especially given that there is some evidence from previous draw numbers that there is a bit of a backlog around the 481 mark, although I have a feeling that it's...

That is nonsense. The statistics show otherwise: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2014/permanent/02.asp For example, in 2014, in terms of skilled workers there were 28,773 primary applicants who gained permanent residence. There were 38,712 people who gained PR as a...

Not impossible, only very very unlikely. It depends on how many ITAs that CIC issue and how many candidates are in any backlog. If CRS were to decline to the 450 range I would expect it to do so gradually over a period of several months rather than a quick drop from 480 to 450 - the only way...

I applied on 11th September and got an update saying that my bachelors degree had been accepted yesterday, so that was only 11 business days. I still have to wait for the exam board of one of my certificates to send the documents to them which were sent today and it says on the WES website that...

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Thanks for the advice, that was my general understanding. I will need around £9000 GBP and my partner and I are saving £800 a month towards it. Hopefully they will see that we've been saving regularly towards the total and will be happy with bank statements and a letter of explanation.

I have a query in relation to proof of funds - I just want to make sure that my understanding is correct. If you lack a job offer, you are required to show the appropriate amount of unencumbered funds, which for me will be $15,143. It is my understanding that you need to be able to demonstrate...

I should also add that your IELTS needs to be 6+ in each module. If you have 5.5 or below in any module you will need to resit it.

Before getting to the stage of working out CRS score, you need to score 67/100 in the factors on the following page: http ://www.cic.gc.ca /english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp From what I can work out from what you've posted, your points are as follows: English ability: 16 (CLB 7)...

A score in the low 400's is nowhere near enough to get an ITA on its own. You should look at improving your score if possible. There are rumours that OINP may be increasing the threshold that they require to issue a PT notification of interest up to 450 CRS but nothing has been confirmed. OINP...

Nobody really knows - it seems as if some backlog at least will be cleared which should help. Of course, there are numerous variables which could affect the required CRS - the quota for PNP going up, any extra points given to those who have had their education in Canada, refugee and...

It is perhaps worthwhile noting that the CIC guy in the video is not the only source stating that they will clear the backlog between September and October. If you take a look at the official processing times on the CIC website it states that applicants: "Between February 27, 2008 and June 25...

My (tentative, as I've still not yet submitted my EE profile) score is 472, so very much in the same boat as you! As I've argued in the "As per CIC officials, from Sept/Oct they will invite 2000+ ITA" thread on here, I fully expect towards the end of the year for EE score to go down. It is...