How to ask IRCC to waive imminent points loss due to COVID? (Please help - I need these 5 points!)

[Copernicus]

Hello everyone,

Quite an unusual one here, but here goes:

My streams is FSWP and I'm currently just about scraping 467/8-70 on the points estimator. As I am 31, I am getting 99 points for age but, once I turn 32 on Oct10th, this will drop 5 points to 94; thus reducing my projection to the c.463 mark. I am worried that the likelihood of a FSWP CRS cut-off score falling to the low 460s again is slim at best (but waiting to be corrected on this if I'm wrong?).

My sticking point is my IELTS exam, which I was due to take on June20th, before all exams were cancelled/postponed until the autumn at the test centre in question due to the pandemic.

As you will all know, it is not possible to bank an Express Entry profile without a completed IELTS exam. Had I sat my IELTS on 20/6, as English is my first language, I would have been able to bank my Express Entry profile later that day (under the assumption I would have scored full marks in all categories), and, would have therefore been in contention for the FSWP draws on Jul8th & Aug5th respectively. Granted the CRS cut-offs for these were 478 & 476, but perhaps my projection could have been out by a few points, and, I may have made it through by the skin of my teeth.

There have also been 3 PNP draws since Jun20th, which I again may have been able to make it through to.

I will be sitting my new IELTS exam on Sep12th - 84 days after my previous scheduled (and confirmed) exam was meant to take place, but, was cancelled due to COVID.

My question is this:

In light of the above, does anyone think there may be any scope whatsoever (aka. however slim) to potentially request from the IRCC an "84 day exemption" from the 5 point score loss I will suffer on 10/10 due my turning 32, whereby said 5 point loss could instead be deducted from my profile on 2/01/2021 - 84 days after Oct10th? Or: is such a request simply wishful thinking, and instead, I should just man up; dust myself down and move on?

My main reason for asking is because, due to my "advanced" age, I really do need these 5 points, and obviously there wasn't anything I could do re. COVID.

I have irrefutable evidence to prove my original IELTS exam was due to take place on Jun20th.

Also: if there were to be any scope with this, would anyone know who best to contact regarding it? Ie: en e-mail at the IRCC or a specific department or employee? Again any/all help will be most appreciated.

Huge thanks in advance for any/all help on this and wishing you all luck for the next FSWP & PNP draws... I literally couldn't be cutting it any finer. I hope I haven't left it too late!

Hello

I empathize with you! I agree with others so I don't have anything more to add than what others have already said, but I really wanted to wish you good luck! Hang in there! Just hope this is a temporary set back, and you'll manage to wing it to Canada soon! Good luck and take care!

Regards!

 

[nns14]

As a native English speaker - I categorically + absolutely disagree with you that the Reading section is about time management. I make my point again that if the passages weren't so ridiculously and intentionally complex, the time-management issue you speak of wouldn't be an issue. I read at lightning pace. What my brain struggles with - as I'm sure most do - is completely ridiculously complicated and unnecessary information which has absolutely zero rounding in reality or day-to-day scenarios. Case-in-point: if we're to take one of their train station "information leaflets": you will never, ever, ever find a "train station information" leaflet written like this. You just won't. I live in London. and I'm telling you that you won't. So, you can either believe me, or don't. Your choice

I was speaking from experience, so you could be right from your perspective.

Thanks for your advice for IELTS; I am completing 'Rd to IELTS' so am well researched on the recommended techniques. Having said this, I just scored 28/40 in the mock listening test! I can't wait to see that answer sheet to see how pedantically out by an eighth I was on 12 answers....

It will get easier as you practice. Listening is the easiest to improve because you can mark yourself after the mock test and see what you did wrong. I analyzed my wrongs and took notes.

neighbouring countries? Until I get an Invitation to Apply, I'm dealing exclusively with MIFI & IRCC....

I meant for IELTS exam. See if the neighboring countries have IELTS test centers opened, so you could give it over there rather than waiting the center in England/London.

I'm not sure from where you're getting this information, but it's incorrect. The lowest CRS cut-off score this year so far has been 415 and this was for FST only. The next lowest scores, ranging from 431-67, were all CEC only.

The lowest FSWP cut-off for 2020 has been 470 on Feb19th. The draw on Jan22nd had a cut-off of 471. There was no draw on Jan28th.

From where are you getting your info.?

My bad. I got the years wrong. I meant 2018 candidates and the draw with 438 happened on 30th Jan 2019.

 

[Islander216]

can you clarify what you mean by increasing draw sizes? From what I've researched, the more applicants in the pool - or, the higher the number of applicants in a draw - the higher the CRS cut-off becomes? Or am I completely wrong on this?

or do you mean if they start increasing draw frequencies?

Draws don't always have the same number of invitations, some draws have less and some have more.

So for example, maybe a draw might consist of 2,500 invitations or maybe it contain 3,000 invitations.

Draws with a high number of invitations have the effect of lowering the cut-off score because they invite more candidates and draw deeper into the pool.

There could also be a back to back draw, which would also has the effect of lowing the cut-off score.