New Policy for International Students - April 12th, 2021

[bootes]

I now think the portal won't close on the first day so I'm fairly confident those of us who will have IELTS results before the 6th will make it. Fight on, brothers!

 

[Bryan02]

I’m almost certain there will be more eligibility requirements than what’s currently set.

 

[rambag98]

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.

Yeah, but really 40,000 is a lot, I see most people eligible getting a spot. A lot of statistics in the past give us an idea of where the numbers of eligible applicants lie (somewhere between 30k and 90k depending on eligibility factors).

 

[captainarabiia]

I now think the portal won't close on the first day so I'm fairly confident those of us who will have IELTS results before the 6th will make it. Fight on, brothers!

I think the same, not a lot of people have their language tests.

 

[rambag98]

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.

Yes, last week the consultants/lawyers were saying that they are setting up the portal.

 

[kloppity]

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.

That is the part that throws me off totally. Nothing wrong with announcing three weeks in advance of the day, but at least provide instructions or information if not the forms.

I'd like to believe they are not hoarding information and are just trying to string stuff up together to make something of a guideline/requirements.

 

[kloppity]

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?

I'm starting work at noon on that day for starters and that is if it opens at 12 midnight. If it opens later in the morning, say past 9am, I'm calling in sick. No retreat no surrender.

 

[captainarabiia]

Yeah, but really 40,000 is a lot, I see most people eligible getting a spot. A lot of statistics in the past give us an idea of where the numbers of eligible applicants lie (somewhere between 30k and 90k depending on eligibility factors).

A fair number of people are back home, many don't have IELTS, many haven't even graduated ( people still in school with no completion letters ), many in lockdowns having a break from employment, many graduates who are still searching for jobs.

Again, I could be wrong.

 

[kloppity]

I’m almost certain there will be more eligibility requirements than what’s currently set.

It won't be the IRCC if there aren't

 

[rambag98]

There's a reason IRCC has placed these intake caps. They approximate the eligible population for the streams based on whatever data they have. Sure they might be off by a little, but the caps aren't that low.

 

[Frisk]

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?

I'm doing the opposite, I have better equipment, internet and a bigger screen at work. I can easily work using one screen and keep my pages refreshing in the other, opening the forms...

I can think of a few scenarios:

1- Stream opens at midnight, night owl apply right away and the rest apply in the morning.
2- Stream opens during office hours, if the site crashes IRCC can get their tech support team to fix it right away and applicants can follow the stream opening via twitter, etc
3- A queue system. When you want to log into the page and there's too much traffic to avoid crashing it the system puts you in a queue until someone leaves or finishes submitting, thay way they can always ensure there's going to be less than X people on the registration page.
4- Stream operates in UTC time and turns out to open in a weird hour
5- IRCC spends the whole day perfecting and testing the site, so it ends up opening after hours

I'm not concerned about the 40k spots filling in one day, it's very unlikely especially because of IELTS. I'm way more concerned about the website crashing because of high traffic or curious people trying to apply or create an account and having it down for hours.

 

[rambag98]

A fair number of people are back home, many don't have IELTS, many haven't even graduated ( people still in school with no completion letters ), many in lockdowns having a break from employment, many graduates who are still searching for jobs.

Again, I could be wrong.

Yeah for sure.. we overestimate and think the eligibility criteria are loose when in fact we are in a middle of a stay-at-home order for the largest province with so many laid off.

 

[bootes]

A fair number of people are back home, many don't have IELTS, many haven't even graduated ( people still in school with no completion letters ), many in lockdowns having a break from employment, many graduates who are still searching for jobs.

Again, I could be wrong.

Yeah, if what they said about people who have been temporarily laid off and have 0 hours not being eligible is true, a lot of graduates in non-essential businesses can't apply. Even if the fresh graduates manage to get their completion letters in time, a lot of students are employed in the service industry and were forced to stay home because of lockdowns

 

[captainarabiia]

There has to be a reason why IELTS and CELPIP are booked even beyond Aug/Sept, either those eligible don't have valid tests, or those ineligible too are applying for language tests like crazy.

 

[kloppity]

Does anyone know when the PGP opened first time around? What time zone?