This is great that the points are going down indeed, but I would rather say it is extremely easy for those who is already in Canada or had some connections with Canada ever before (study, relatives, visits, whatever). For those how is outside and doesn't have any connection with Canada - it is not so easy. A month ago I had the following situation:
- 29 years old (maximum points for age)
- evaluated PhD (maximum points for education)
- IELTS 8 7 6 6.5
- 2 years of confirmed work experience
- spouse: evaluated Master degree
- spouse: IELTS 8 7 6 7
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This results in 402 points
So for example, the young family of 2 people who basically reached the top of the tree in their education, decided to immigrate before 30 years, both experienced in NOC type A, both have decent English and accumulated enough funds by this age cannot get through the barrier. Even with 3 years of confirmed work experience they still would have 414, which is close but still not enough.
Suppose you are immigrating in your middle thirties (which is quite often I think) - and your points go far below 400 even if you are super-experienced. With the points below 400, you can forget about OINP. All the other PNPs require a job offer with LMIA which is impossible to get from outside of Canada, so you can forget about them too
The rest of PNP (which don't require a job offer) require a connection with the province, which you don't have because you have never been there before.
