I just hope this is the right place:
Most Dear Anyone-With-Information-and-Experience
I am 30 years old and married, I have a B.Sc. in Statistics, and an M.Sc. in Modelling and Management of Risk. I have about 18 months of work experience (2 part-time positions held concurrently – Credit Risk Analyst and Financial Consultant). My English is perfect and I meet the financial self sufficiency requirement. I am currently studying for a M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics. My wife is 31 and has a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering and in 6 months she will obtain her M.Sc. degree. Her English level is at IELTS 6.0 and her French is at A1 (though she has not taken a exam). She also has two sisters living in Montreal QC, one of which is a permanent resident and the other has her CSQ.
I calculated that I will get 12 for “Level of Education”, 12 for “Area Training”, 4 for “Experience”, 16 for “Age”, 6 for “English”, 3 for “Family in Quebec” (through spouse's sister), and 1 for “Financial Self Sufficiency”. My wife will get 3 for “Level of Education”, 3 for “Age”, and 1 for “Language Proficiency”. Altogether, it will be 61, So even without me knowing French we should get by, at least theoretically, as we would only need 2 points from adaptability.
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG ANYWHERE ABOVE.
We submitted an application for Quebec Immigration – Skilled Worker programme about 3 months ago and on August 23rd we got our file number. I wanted to fill in the forms at level 2 for both listening and speaking which would have gotten us up to 63 points in which case we would not have needed any points from adaptability. At the time when we were filling in the forms, most of our friend and family told us that if we fill less than level 4 (listening and writing) we would not be accepted, therefore, against my own judgement and conscience, I marked the spots for LEVEL 4 which I assume correspond to level A2.
Now, my concern is that my schedule absolutely does not allow me to get to Level A2 in 6-9 months which I assume would be the expected time-frame before our interview. I have signed up for French classes at “Institut Français d'Ecosse”, which is tied to the Government of France and is the only decent institute in our city (Edinburgh – UK). But in 3 10-week terms (Oct to Dec, Jan to Mar, Apr to Jun) I would only get to finish level A1 at best.
Now, I am very worried and I do not know what to do. Should I inform the immigration authority of this change or not or is there anything at all that I can do? I do not want such a stupid thing to ruin our chances and our future. If you could kindly advice us on this matter, I would appreciate it a lot.
Thank You & Regards
Siavash
