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The principal applicant MUST submit IELTS with their application (even if you were born in the UK and studied at Cambridge where IELTS was created). If you do not submit your test, CIO will reject your application without fees being charged.

nima2000 said:
Hi all, Do I need to have IELTS exam since I finished my study and graduated from a Canadian university? If not, what about my spouse? does she need to have the test as a dependent?
 
pepe84 said:
Wow, very expensive yours darknight1!!! :o :o :o

It's funny because when I left the doctor's office I was complaining with my spouse of how expensive and simple the exam was. Now, I can't complain anymore, LOL.

I am not sure if other doctors using this system will be as cheap as mine, but I can guarantee that my doctor only charged me $336 for two people!

$40 for X Ray x 2 people = $80 (Cash or credit)
$7.65 for blood test x 2 people = $15.3 (Cash or Credit)
$120 for Doctor x 2 people = $240 (Cash only)

Actually the total was $335.3

May be its because of the Ontario health. im not sure.
After you mentione about your fees, i became curious and was looking at the prices of other doctors here in vancouver.

seems like the doctor i went was the cheapest this time. :(
 
pepe84 said:
The principal applicant MUST submit IELTS with their application (even if you were born in the UK and studied at Cambridge where IELTS was created). If you do not submit your test, CIO will reject your application without fees being charged.

:)) OK! so for the dependent is not necessary or it is?
 
Caps updated PhD stream 180 of 500. Goodnews
 
nima2000 said:
:)) OK! so for the dependent is not necessary or it is?

it is not. but if you want to have extra points, then yes.
 
Geotherm said:
Caps updated PhD stream 180 of 500. Goodnews

OK. that is lesser than what people expected.
 
If you wish to obtain adaptability points (Maximum 10) for dependant, then you may send IELTS, but it's not mandatory to send IELTS for dependants (accompanying spouse). If your accompany spouse has been working in Canada full time for 1 year, you can get 5 points for adaptability and there is no need to send your spouse IELTS in order to get those points. If your dependant is a child, I am not sure then.


nima2000 said:
:)) OK! so for the dependent is not necessary or it is?
 
Hey guys,

Just a note, cap was updated today as someone mentioned, but remember something;

It says 180 out of 500 as of november 6. However, the real date is not november 6, it is in fact July 24, which was the latest credit card charge by CIO. Therefore, there might be 360 or more applications as of today!!!!
 
pepe84 said:
If you wish to obtain adaptability points (Maximum 10) for dependant, then you may send IELTS, but it's not mandatory to send IELTS for dependants (accompanying spouse). If your accompany spouse has been working in Canada full time for 1 year, you can get 5 points for adaptability and there is no need to send your spouse IELTS in order to get those points. If your dependant is a child, I am not sure then.

Thanks for the reply. 1) if she does not have the full time 1 year experience, can she get 5 point with just the IELTS?
2)My wife works part time for about 2 years as a sales person in some retail store . Do you think that we can get any point for that?

Sorry for a lot of questions!
 
Yes, same issue with my spouse. Mine worked part time for 2 years as a sales person and we submitted a reference letter (with all duties for that NOC), together with job contract, T4 slips, Open Work permit and the latest 3 pay stubs and we got the 5 points of adaptability :)

I am not sure what the IELTS threshold is for accompanying spouse. You may want to check at CIC website. However, if she got at least 6.0 on each band, I can certainly tell you that IELTS will help you get the 5 points of adaptability and it's better to send IELTS (General Training) than collecting documents from her former job.



nima2000 said:
Thanks for the reply. 1) if she does not have the full time 1 year experience, can she get 5 point with just the IELTS?
2)My wife works part time for about 2 years as a sales person in some retail store . Do you think that we can get any point for that?

Sorry for a lot of questions!
 
darkknight1 said:
May be its because of the Ontario health. im not sure.
After you mentione about your fees, i became curious and was looking at the prices of other doctors here in vancouver.

seems like the doctor i went was the cheapest this time. :(

For more info on what doctor checks during exam;
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/partner/pp/pdf/handbook-extract.pdf
 
mina3000 said:
Please add me to the file:

it is my second time application

Application reached CIO: 19-june-2014
CC/BD encashed: 9-Oct-2014
PER issued (CIO): 17-Oct-2014

RA/TA and engineering and management work experience
number of applicants: 1
Country: Iran
Hi,Mina, do you have any new updates recently? Thanks for sharing.
 
Does anybody go to "federal court" in Kitchener/Waterloo area? I wanna appeal officer for my FSW-PhD stream rejection happened recently without any acceptable reason!
Thanks in advance
 
Hi Jun,

Were you rejected? If so happened, first very sorry and second can you please share the rejection letter?

Jun zheng said:
Are there anyone recently rejected under phD program?
Thanks for sharing.