HB.Agenda2 said:anybody think there would be a draw next Friday?
tszanon said:Before Express Entry, anyone who wanted to immigrate to Canada through one of the economic programs should have to qualify for at least one of them: FSW, FST, PNP or CEC. Each one had (and still has) its own requirements.
Since January, CIC created the Express Entry program and ceased direct application to those economic programs. Now, you must apply for EE, wait for an ITA and only then you can apply for FSW, FST, CEC or PNP, according to the requirements met. So, EE is just a gateway for those programs. According to you EE profile, the system automatically tells you which of those 4 programs you can eventually apply for when you get the ITA.
Being eligible means you've met the requirements for at least one of those economic programs. But you still have to wait for the ITA to be able to apply for any of them.
CIC does not release any info about future draws. No one knows when there will be a draw.
All this information is available at CIC's website. I suggest you take some time and read it, there's much more info that every candidate should know.
9145 said:Hey, thank you, thank you very much for providing me a clear picture. 755 points wow, they must be following a lottery method for coming to that score.
kateg said:They pick a target number of people for the round. They then determine the score needed to get that many people.
dan_and said:You're right. That's true as long as they don't need to meet the entire immigration target from Express Entry draws - which is the case currently due to the backlog from pre-EE days.
As soon as the backlog is cleared and all FSW, FST and CEC applicants have to come through EE, they will have to draw a certain number of people each month, or they won't be able to meet their target.
So, eventually the number of ITAs will determine the cut-off score and not the other way around.
dan_and said:Sure. But that doesn't contradict anything I said in my previous post...
lovesumi said:Yeah, but last year's applicants won't eat up in this year's quota, atleast that's what i understand
alok4best said:Yup, you're correct. The quota for 2014 was frozen on 31st Dec.
Under the old FSW program, some NOCs got capped long before the deadline.
For others, the applications were returned even if the cap was not full.
People were asked to apply under EE instead.
If anything, a lot of slots got wasted last year.