Why do you guys have such high hope on lowered score? I think the score won't ever be consistently as low as last year.
The trends of draw cut off last year has nothing to do with this year. Many things has changed in the world in the past year. You have to connect the CRS score with all the international events that has been happening.
I predict that the score may go down to 460, but it will always stay above it. Here are my reasons:
1. US's policy change made it harder to immigrate there, so people who wanted to immigrate to US are apply to Canada as well. These are people who hold at least bachelor degree, and many of them has master and doctor's degree. On top of that, they probably have at least 1 or more years of working experience outside Canada.
2. More and more people are coming to Canada to study. These people have instant 10-60 boost because they have Canadian degree and work experience. And with good IELTS score, it is easy for them to reach 460-470. Because PGWP is a guarantee for them, and applying for EE only requires 1 yr of working, many of them will apply regardless where they want to stay. Some of them just apply and go back to home country, and keep Canada PR as a backup. (https://www.international.gc.ca/education/report-rapport/impact-2017/sec-5.aspx?lang=eng almost half a million in 2016, and it's increasing every year)
3. Canada EE is getting more well known in the world, people who tried to migrate to Australia or New Zealand are apply to Canada as a backup as well. People who can afford it would even come here to study to boost their chance of immigration.
These reasons only mean one thing: more and more people with high score are joining the pool, making the cut off higher and higher each draw. I saw it coming in July, and I'm grateful that I took IELTS again to boost my score, which resulted a PR being granted to me this month.
People, wake up and look at the big picture. If you cannot further improve your score and is in the range of 440-450, just let go of it and start planning your future elsewhere. It's better to start preparing now than next year.
The trends of draw cut off last year has nothing to do with this year. Many things has changed in the world in the past year. You have to connect the CRS score with all the international events that has been happening.
I predict that the score may go down to 460, but it will always stay above it. Here are my reasons:
1. US's policy change made it harder to immigrate there, so people who wanted to immigrate to US are apply to Canada as well. These are people who hold at least bachelor degree, and many of them has master and doctor's degree. On top of that, they probably have at least 1 or more years of working experience outside Canada.
2. More and more people are coming to Canada to study. These people have instant 10-60 boost because they have Canadian degree and work experience. And with good IELTS score, it is easy for them to reach 460-470. Because PGWP is a guarantee for them, and applying for EE only requires 1 yr of working, many of them will apply regardless where they want to stay. Some of them just apply and go back to home country, and keep Canada PR as a backup. (https://www.international.gc.ca/education/report-rapport/impact-2017/sec-5.aspx?lang=eng almost half a million in 2016, and it's increasing every year)
3. Canada EE is getting more well known in the world, people who tried to migrate to Australia or New Zealand are apply to Canada as a backup as well. People who can afford it would even come here to study to boost their chance of immigration.
These reasons only mean one thing: more and more people with high score are joining the pool, making the cut off higher and higher each draw. I saw it coming in July, and I'm grateful that I took IELTS again to boost my score, which resulted a PR being granted to me this month.
People, wake up and look at the big picture. If you cannot further improve your score and is in the range of 440-450, just let go of it and start planning your future elsewhere. It's better to start preparing now than next year.
