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New Policy for International Students - April 12th, 2021

Frisk

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IRCC needs to be more consistent with processing times, we have CEC applications from February 2020 still ongoing and applications from February 2021 already approved. With paper-based PNP's, there are many applications from 2018 in processing as well.

Did anyone apply for the PGWP+ open policy extension recently? It required like 4 documents to apply and it took me like a week to get an approval. I believe people want to jump into this new PR pathway for the same reason, because at simple sight, there are way less requirements to apply than EE and this fact might be reflected into the processing times as well.

is PNP better than CEC ?
It's just different, OINP doesn't have a point-based system so if you meet the requirements you can apply when the stream opens and if you prove you're eligible, you get a nomination and can apply for PR. It takes waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than CEC though, so I'd only recommend it to people with low CRS scores.
 

Tomican

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IRCC needs to be more consistent with processing times, we have CEC applications from February 2020 still ongoing and applications from February 2021 already approved. With paper-based PNP's, there are many applications from 2018 in processing as well.

Did anyone apply for the PGWP+ open policy extension recently? It required like 4 documents to apply and it took me like a week to get an approval. I believe people want to jump into this new PR pathway for the same reason, because at simple sight, there are way less requirements to apply than EE and this fact might be reflected into the processing times as well.



It's just different, OINP doesn't have a point-based system so if you meet the requirements you can apply when the stream opens and if you prove you're eligible, you get a nomination and can apply for PR. It takes waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than CEC though, so I'd only recommend it to people with low CRS scores.
Does OINP open to CEC stream ?
 

SatNight

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I don't like how we are being pitted against each other. Made to be each other competitors. When in reality it's their confusing system and unclear instructions messing with us all.
 

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I don't like how we are being pitted against each other. Made to be each other competitors. When in reality it's their confusing system and unclear instructions messing with us all.
Super weird for IRCC to introduce a program, which is very very limited and then not share info on it. :rolleyes:
8 days to go :p
 
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SatNight

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I feel they didn't share the info because they themselves didn't know at that point. They are still figuring it out. Which... fine, but it creates confusion.
 
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captainarabiia

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Who's taking a day off or maybe two closer to May 6th?
Who's thinking of having lots of coffee to be awake the whole night of May 5th?
 

SatNight

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My wife's language test is on the 7th so we can't apply on the 6th, but we will monitor! She works from home so she can be there when necessary.

I wish everyone good luck!
 
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