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How can I figure out why CIC told me I'm not eligible for Express Entry?

J. Pizzle

Member
Mar 1, 2015
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Hello!

I meet every requirement I can find for the Canadian Experience Class. My Express Entry Profile Details say "met" for "Canadian Experience Class." I have worked in Canada for over a year on a valid work visa in a professional NOC. I have 492 total points, which as I understand is more than recent minimums to be invited. However, I got a letter saying "you are not eligible for Express Entry." There are no phone number or email address or any other way to ask anyone a question about it, so I have no idea what to do. Does anyone here have any ideas why I might be ineligble? Is there anyone I can actually talk to at CIC to ask about this? Do I need to hire a lawyer to help me figure it out?

Thanks for any suggestions!
 

J. Pizzle

Member
Mar 1, 2015
15
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As I re-entered everything on a second Express Entry profile, I remembered one detail: I entered an incorrect number for my wife's ECA (education certification assessment). She got one done, but lost the form. So we ordered another form and I entered the correct education level on the form, but I put "12345678" for the certification number. She did not receive a reprint in time before my application was declined, though, because IQAS can't seem to mail us anything.
My Express Entry profile details show 8 points for my spouse's level of education, so I thought the incorrect number didn't factor into it. I know it might have mattered, but I'm wondering if any really knows before re-submitting my application now that we paid for another ECA and have a valid number.

Thanks!!
 

J. Pizzle

Member
Mar 1, 2015
15
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OK one more thought! Sorry, I keep thinking about things that might have caused my application to fail. I also did not report having more than CAD$10,000 because I planned to qualify under CEC and it's my understanding that funds don't matter for that. Am I wrong? I have more than CAD$10,000 now, anyway, so my re-filled profile reflects that.
 

nikhilpatil22

Full Member
Jul 25, 2014
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Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
4012
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
AOR Received.
29th Sep 2016
Med's Done....
18th Oct 2016
Passport Req..
25th Jan 2017
VISA ISSUED...
8th Feb 2017
LANDED..........
18th Feb 2017, rainbow bridge
My CIC profile was ineligible for three times, however, on fourth time my profile got accepted.

Mistakes I did and later corrected were as follows.
1) Has XXX applied to citizenship and immigration Canada before?
-I changed my answer from yes to No.

2) I wrote my current Canadian work experience in occupation and intended work in Canada but forgot to re-write the same in work historye? Make sure you re-write Canadian work experience in work history also.

Hope this will help resolve your problem.