His comments are exclusive of one another. What he is saying is that an applicant may meet the cut off points without having any point awarded for language. This means other factors like age, AOT, etc may fetch an applicant the minimum number of points required even without the B2 french point. eg if a single applicant has 16 in AOT, 12 in education, 16 in age, 2 in family in Quebec, 1 in financial sufficiency, the total points will be 47 which will qualify him, regardless of the fact that no point was awarded for french....signalmaker said:These two sentences from David Cohen are strange, the first one states that we can still get points, and other one says retroactively ..ect ..
It is important to note that applicants would not be disqualified for possessing less than B1 proficiency in French or English. The QSW application is assessed on a points system, and it is possible for an applicant to achieve sufficient points without being awarded points for their language skills.
These language rules will be effective for new applicants beginning August 1st, 2013. The rules will be effective retroactively for submitted files for which preliminary processing has not already begun. What constitutes ‘preliminary processing' has not been made clear in the government's announcement.
Retroactivity = New rules affecting (B2 French) old actions (Pre August 1 applications for QSW that are yet to be preliminarily processed)....about the definition of preliminary processing, it remains a riddle , yet to be solved