Thanks dude, I went back and checked all the mandate letters before 2020. None of them explicitely mentioned anything about FSWs or all programs, but there were draws. So I guess it't up to minister's decision to whether or not to conduct FSW draws, JT just doesn't care. If that's the case, then we have to see what actions will the new minister take. As for myself, I got a CA degree which helps my CRS fall into the 480 - 490 range, depends on if I will claim my spouce or not(I'm above 30). It could be a competitive score in past years but I'm not sure about future.
Hey, why do you think learning french isn't worthwhile anymore? I was thinking of boosting the crs score with it. Kindly shed some light, cause I don't know what I will have to do for Pr anymore.
COVID wasn't a thing before 2020, so of course they didn;t mention it. But there were leaked documents that specifically called to deprioritize FSW and stop all program draws in favor of CEC. That's what I meant by 'specifically mentioning CEC'.
You can if you want, no harm. It'll boost your score. I just don't think CRS means much anymore. Low scores are rewarded and high scores are punished. If your score falls under 467, you can get an OINP francohphone nomination. But if your score is higher, you're out of luck. So if you can keep your score low in an ideal range, go for it. Keep in mind, french scores have to be a high B2 to qualify for OINP french draws. So your score would hae to be low because of poor IELTS or age or something else. Get bad IELTS scores and you might make the ideal range. But I'm scared to game the system this way. Canada and IRCC have shown that they don't understand basic logical reasoning, so they can see this as misrepresentation.
The argument I'm making is that FSW is NOT going to come back. They don't care about low scores, in fact, they seem to favor them to give what they call 'low skilled' candidates a better shot. I may have a high score, but the problem is scores don't matter. I can have a 1500 CRS score but I'll still be out of luck, because Canada would rather give a chance to people who can't string together 2 coherent sentences in english.
Even if they do it that way, that would be ok. One FSW draw will be enough for Ontario to change their PNP scores, so that should help quite a few people who are high scoring. Even me being optimistic about FSW draws returning, doubt we will see under 480 soon. Nowadays you need to be extremely qualified and hope you are lucky.
Hi @mushymush
I beg to differ.
Bro, most likely there'll be a couple of fsw draws, but most importantly we have to think about cutoffs which will be very high for sure, and kilss any hope for most of us below 490s including me. Good bye Canda, it was great thinking about immigration for the past 2 years.
Yeah, I was mad/sad/both about it for a long time, but I don't care that much. I still want to end up in Canada, but I have other things brewing in the meantime, so I don't actually want to go to Canada till 2023 anyway. Good luck to you too, have you made any progress in getting a CLB7 in french?
I have made a lot of progress actually. My next exam is in January, so hopefully I will succeed in it.
Good to hear! You'll be 520+ by the time you're done with it. Hope you make it there in 2022I have made a lot of progress actually. My next exam is in January, so hopefully I will succeed in it.
Canada is the ultimate goal for me and I have invested too much time, money and effort to let it pass without an enourmous fight. ITA or not, I will be there in 2022. The best scenario as a permanent resident, the worst I don't know.
Good luck to you too, but I don't think you need it, you have already paved your way.
