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Fun fact about this draw, btw: if I hadn't learned french, I would have received my ITA this Wednesday, since I was seating at 469 before getting the 45 extra points. Was I willing to take that risk? Hell no.

I indeed said a b2b was unlikely (never said impossible, btw), and I had a basis for my argument. Yet, My argument was all based on the idea that we would have a normal draw on December 2nd, and then another normal draw on December 16th. No one really predicted a B2B on November. After all, we...

Just do the math. The weekly influx of candidates in the pool for that last draw hasn't changed. The score only dropped because it was a B2B, so the pool only had 50% of the usual time to be refilled.

I suspect the vast majority haven't received PPR yet simply because they were not able to take biometrics up until now. They received the BIL, but the VFS centers are still closed in their countries.

Wow! 5,000 ITAs! Record break after record break! Insane! Congratulations to all of those who got their ITAs today!

Regarding the whole b2b in december discussion... guys, keep in mind that we had b2b in December 2019 and 2018 because otherwise December would only hold 1 single draw (considering IRCC staff doesn't work, or work in reduced numbers, in the Xmas and New Year's weeks). Just check the history of...

No one here can answer your question with certainty. So, if someone tells you 468 will be enough, don't believe them. They'll be guessing. Until the day you receive your ITA, continues to pursue a higher score. Don't stop until you get your ITA. That's the only valid advice I would give to...

Really happy that everything points to no change in the CRS. That would affect so many FSWs in an unfair way.

I totally get your anger (specially considering how qualified a 470+ FSW is), but you either accept it or try to overcome it with french (if you don't want to spend a fortune in a college program that would be pretty much useless). Unfortunately, EE is a competition, and the Canadian government...

It's more likely that you choose 2 skills CLB7 and 2 skills CLB5-6, which would indeed get you 3+3+1+1 = 8 points. Double check on that. I did mine calculation, and the bilinguism is being correctly calculated.

If the +15 points becomes official, yes. I don't see how it could possibly drop. About 1/4 of the invitations (before this change) was towards people with Canadian Education, 1/4 is just A LOT when it comes to Express Entry.

That means only that the last candidate was at 431 (and which was only achieved after more than 10 draws of CEC only invitations, btw). Ignoring the fact that there will be a ton of candidates with Canadian education in theirs 460's is bananas.

More and more people reporting the same thing, it really looks like this thing is happening. While the french additional points really didn't affect the crs, I definitely believe this +15/30 points will deeply affect the cutoff. Based on the 2019 report, around 1/3 of all the invitations in the...

Well, this change was really unexpected. It really looks like IRCC is going through a path of turning EE into an inland program. I think this is sad, because it turns EE into a "pay for you PR" program. But... good news for those who are there and that have already dedicated many years of their...

I learned all by myself for 4 months, and then in the final 3 months I did 3x a week some iTalki lessons. The focus was not to learn anything new, but instead fo practice my speaking abilities. I believe it is important to have feedback on your speaking and writing sections, since it's nearly...

No, I want people to improve their scores. Whether they'll do it through a second diploma, through re-doing IELTS, learning french... it's all up to them. I just want you guys to remember that back in January I read A TON of people saying to me that 469 would be Ok, and that "in no way the score...

The problem is: for someone with a CLB9 in English and CLB7 in french to be out of the 460+, they would need to either be well above 40yr old, or have zero professional experience (in Canada ou anywhere else). We might find a dozen of profiles in that range? Sure. Enough to impact the score? No...

Yes, I do agree with you. Yet, I prefer to play with a conservative estimate, to consider the "worst" possible scenario (for those who don't speak french).

It's really important to understand that maybe sometimes people overestimate how many candidates actually get CLB9 in english and CLB7 in french. In an sample of 90.000 ITAs issued annually, we're probably talking about 1.300 candidates that are within that profile (or even less). If you take...

Yes, because guys "like me" represent in the most optimistic, completely unrealistic scenario, 2.8% of all the ITAs issued. This is not my opinion, these are IRCC official statistics from the 2019 report. Ok? In reality, we're probably talking about less than 1.5% of the ITAs issued (once we...