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[Ultraxion]

I dont know what they are planning, but I hope they implement them next year.

Can't handle a new change in 2022, many dissapointments so far.

Same here. But judging by your signature you have CLB 7 in French so you don't really have anything to worry about.

 

[slavicgirl]

Canada planning major Express Entry changes

https://www.cicnews.com/2022/05/canada-planning-major-express-entry-changes-0525566.html#gs.1mdg18

Express Entry rounds in the future could invite candidates based on occupation, language, or education.

The Canadian government is planning changes to the Express Entry system, which would allow the immigration minister to invite candidates based on an economic goal.

Aiden Strickland, a spokesperson on behalf of the immigration minister, said in an email to CIC News that these proposed changes will improve Canada’s ability to select applicants that match its economic needs.

“Through our growing pool of candidates seeking to become permanent residents, this will allow IRCC to conduct targeted draws aimed at selecting those in the queue that have certain language skills or health care qualifications to name a few examples,” Strickland wrote. “This will be essential in addressing Canada’s labour shortages.”

The changes are currently being discussed in the Canadian parliament. On May 19, Philip Somogyvari from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) presented the proposed changes to the Standing Committee on Immigration and Citizenship, a committee of elected officials that studies matters related to Canadian immigration.

Somogyvari, who is an IRCC Director General, explained the amendments would authorize the immigration minister to invite Express Entry candidates on a new basis, one that would support an economic goal identified by the minister.

“Eligibility requirements to be a member of a category would be established by the minister and could be based on factors such as work experience, educational background or language skills,” Somogyvari said.

“For example, if there was a desire to leverage immigration to support the growth of Canada’s tech sector, a category of Express Entry candidates would be created based on criteria such as their possession of work experience in their sector occupation and/or their possession of a related educational credential. Invitations could then be issued to the top-ranked candidates in that category.”

The draw details, including the unique eligibility criteria, would continue to be published on the IRCC website. The minister would also have to identify the economic goal they are seeking to support, and report annually to Parliament on the use of these draws. When asked by NDP immigration critic, Jenny Kwan, which occupations would be specified in these draws, Somogyvari said the government currently has no occupations listed.

Currently, the immigration minister does not have the ability to invite candidates from the Express Entry pool who have a particular work experience, educational credential, or who are French speakers destined to an official language minority community. If the proposed amendments to division 23 of Bill C-19 are passed, that could change.

“The changes themselves would permit, for example, the minister to focus on all French-speaking candidates within the Express Entry pool,” Somogyvari said. “Currently, while French-speaking candidates are provided with bonus points which will increase their ranking score, it may not invite all French-speaking candidates within the pool. Theoretically, with the proposed authorities in use, if the minister chose to do so, the department would be able to conduct an invitation round that would virtually invite all of the identified French-speaking candidates within the Express Entry pool.”

The process for determining which groups would be selected is still being developed. Somogyvari said the government would likely make such decisions after consultation with employer groups, stakeholders, the objectives within the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Employment and Social Development Canada, and provincial and territorial governments.

About Express Entry in 2022

Express Entry is an application management system for three immigration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).

To immigrate through one of these programs, foreign workers must express their interest in Canadian immigration by completing a profile in the Express Entry system. Candidates who are eligible for one of the three programs get a score based on their work experience, educational background, language skills, age, and other factors. IRCC invites the highest-scoring candidates to apply for permanent residence.

Recently, IRCC has only been holding invitation rounds for candidates who have received a nomination from a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). After accumulating a backlog in Express Entry applications during the pandemic, IRCC paused invitation rounds for the FSWP in December 2020, and then paused CEC draws in September 2021. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser recently announced that draws for these candidates would resume in July, and processing standards would return to six months for new applicants.

Somogyvari confirmed that the amendments do not impact existing or future processing times.
The current discussion

Kwan called for the government to list the groups that will be affected by the proposed act.

“I am troubled by the fact that there is no parliamentary oversight as to what these groups will be,” Kwan said to the committee. “There’s no process as to whether these groups will be fair, or how effective [the government] will be in selecting people who would provide economic contributions to Canada.”

“Without a transparent selection process where industries are able to provide formal submissions on which occupations are in need and an objective committee to determine the needs of these occupations, the process could become fodder for lobbying industries,” Kwan continued. “That’s not what we want. I think we need to have established criteria and a transparent process.”

The standing committee’s chair, Salma Zahid from the Liberal Party, agreed to request changes to the proposed amendments by May 27. The ministry of finance will receive the request, as it was the department that asked the immigration committee to conduct the study on the changes to Express Entry.

The letter will be received by the Standing Committee on Finance which will decide if the proposal in the letter should be converted into amendments to be proposed during its clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, which is scheduled to start on Monday, May 30 at 11 a.m.

It is time for then to split certain NOCs as some of them are way too general. For example mechanical engineer as a category is ridiculous.

 

[Simran00]

When do you guys expect OINP Hcp Draw?

 

[taah]

When do you guys expect OINP Hcp Draw?

Waiting for OINP draws for months now don't know what happened and why they stopped it! Maybe because of the election in June but who knows!

 

[javillaxy]

When do you guys expect OINP Hcp Draw?

I'm looking forward to a draw today or one on the 31st. It may either be HCP or a Tech Draw.

 

[dxdroid]

Folks, quick question. How long did you wait to receive COPR after submitting passport or photocopies of your passport? Is it posted to you as a physical document or you will get this document in your GCKEY account?

 

[ElvisRamaj]

Same here. But judging by your signature you have CLB 7 in French so you don't really have anything to worry about.

It's not that I am worried, more so tired.

Been since 2020 on this journey and not even an ITA to show.

 

[PRANIT01]

It's not that I am worried, more so tired.

Been since 2020 on this journey and not even an ITA to show.

How many years did you take to learn French or is it taught in your country in schools?

 

[Rkb94]

Folks, quick question. How long did you wait to receive COPR after submitting passport or photocopies of your passport? Is it posted to you as a physical document or you will get this document in your GCKEY account?

It takes about 15-20 days after the passport is submitted for stamping here in India. You get the physical copy in the mail. In GCKEY you can only see the document number of COPR once the counterfoil is generated.

 

[cemivac]

How many years did you take to learn French or is it taught in your country in schools?

If your English is already decent, you can get to a B2 threshold within the year if you're diligent about it, two if you're a bit more relaxed. The thing is, most people don't try using their french outside of classes, so that's why they don't get anywhere. My advice is to join a community of french learners and really make it a point to go interact with them DAILY, alongside your classes. 15 mins a day is way better than 3 hours on the weekends, in my opinion.

 

[ElvisRamaj]

How many years did you take to learn French or is it taught in your country in schools?

Took me about 8 months to get a hang of it, self-taught though. 15 months start to finish to get CLB 7 on my third TEF attempt.

Only one month conversation course with a French teacher, 2 hours a day for 20 days.

 

[ElvisRamaj]

If your English is already decent, you can get to a B2 threshold within the year if you're diligent about it, two if you're a bit more relaxed. The thing is, most people don't try using their french outside of classes, so that's why they don't get anywhere. My advice is to join a community of french learners and really make it a point to go interact with them DAILY, alongside your classes. 15 mins a day is way better than 3 hours on the weekends, in my opinion.

You are right.

I think I have learned close to 5 hours everyday. My job allowed me to do so. Started with grammar, than reading and listening at the same time.

Every night, I would watch debates and podcasts on YouTube. The real dealbreaker is when I started speaking with my teacher. That one month made an absolute difference in my language ability. From then and on, I just kept getting better weekly, unbelievably. Went from understanding a couple of words when others were speaking, to completely understanding what they were trying to say or debate. 70% of the conversation was almost always understood and is because I like to read and listen to it everyday.

 

[cemivac]

You are right.

I think I have learned close to 5 hours everyday. My job allowed me to do so. Started with grammar, than reading and listening at the same time.

Every night, I would watch debates and podcasts on YouTube. The real dealbreaker is when I started speaking with my teacher. That one month made an absolute difference in my language ability. From then and on, I just kept getting better weekly, unbelievably. Went from understanding a couple of words when others were speaking, to completely understanding what they were trying to say or debate. 70% of the conversation was almost always understood and is because I like to read and listen to it everyday.

I agree 100%. Once you incorporate it to do stuff in your daily life you'd still do anyway, but IN FRENCH, it just becomes a breeze from there. Netflix? Do it in french. The news? Try Le monde instead of your regular outlet! It becomes a matter of time. Once you're near B2, a few teacher-guided test prep lessons will do the rest.

 

[RSub]

Took me about 8 months to get a hang of it, self-taught though. 15 months start to finish to get CLB 7 on my third TEF attempt.

Only one month conversation course with a French teacher, 2 hours a day for 20 days.

Man, I learnt french 2 years in School and I forgot everything.

 

[Starboy12]

Lads, first Many Congratulations to all of you who received their PPRs. I have seen your journey through memes and rants, I am happy it came to an end. I am a Jan 2021 AOR, UAE resident. Last update on my profile was meds extension on Feb mid. Post that, IRCC went awol. I got nothing, no ADR, no Ghost updates. Ordered GCMS from CBSA, they asked for extension post 30 days, it hasn't arrived yet.

Raised a webform, no reply, London VO lol. It's now a 16 months wait for me, tbh I wasn't expecting more than 10-12 months. Realistically, is there anything I can do at this stage. Feels like can't even live my life properly. Cannot make a single long term decision knowing I have one foot already out the door.

Apart from memes and rants, how did you lads cope during this long wait.

Some Visa offices are definitely better than others. I'm in the same boat but December 2020 AOR, COR - ireland.
Absolutely no communication from IRCC except for meds extension as per GCMS notes I ordered in march. Eligibility/security wasn't even started at the time (LOL)
Same London visa office. I know two other people from December 2020 with London visa office as their VO too and they are in the exact same predicament. They don't even respond to webforms.

But to answer your question - just try to focus on 'anything else' because there's nothing else you can do tbh.
Goodluck to us all! Haha