Actually, all applications will pass through three consquetive stages in CIO:
1- Completness check: if the application found to be incomplete, it would be returned without encashment of the fee.
2- Enchachment and Eligibility review: CIO officer will check if you have at least one year experience in one of the 50 jobs mentioned on FSW list. If the applicant fails at this stage, they will be refunded.
3- Selection and Admissibility: here CIO officer will check if the applicant gathers 67 points according to factors like age, years of experience in the main NOC or other NOCs, language abilities, and education...... If the applicant failed to reach 67 points, there would be no refund.
"If the initial assessment of your score for points against the selection factors is equal to or greater than the pass mark, your application will be sent by the CIO to the appropriate visa office for further processing and a final decision. If you do not meet the minimum requirements, or do not meet the pass mark against the selection factors, your application will be refused. In either case, a refund of processing fees will not be issued at this stage of the application process." Quoted from Instruction Guide on CIC website.
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