Ray of Hope - 45th Draw

[Invicta]

481 is the highest possible score you can get without Canadian experience or PhD or job offer/PNP.

Well, I could learn French and take the TEF exam to get more points, but it can take some time before my French is good enough to get those additional points.

 

[Wolverine17]

Well, I could learn French and take the TEF exam to get more points, but it can take some time before my French is good enough to get those additional points.

Was thinking the same but will need at least a year and will be loosing points because of age as well,not easy to do

 

[Invicta]

Was thinking the same but will need at least a year and will be loosing points because of age as well,not easy to do

Yeah, and I'll have to fly to another country to take the exam...

 

[Wolverine17]

Yeah, and I'll have to fly to another country to take the exam...

I have calculated the difference it can make,can increase from around 10-20 or little more points if reached a strong level,realistically speaking not sure if its achievable still studying my chances .

 

[Sluffy]

Sluffy, when do they announce the yearly quotas for FSW & CEC? When are they expected to announce the next quota and when can we hope to get the ITA?

Well, the quotas for 2015 were announced on November 6, 2014.
Quotas for 2016 were announced in March 2016 - due to elections and government changes.

Before the announcement in March 2016, they used 2015 quotas, and accepted too many applicants in the period November 2015- February 2016, more than the quota allowed. What they are doing now - is just proceeding PNPs without touching FSW and most of CEC - they are 481 and under.
So our next milestone is November or quotas announcement, whatever comes first.

And here I agree with johnjkjk - CIC could have made an official statement on what is going on.

 

[mukulabd]

This might be a common question but I do not understand how do they generalize the applicants and send ITAs based on just CRS scores? The country's requirements must be different for different professional candidates. eg. they might need x software engineers, y mechanical engineers, z doctors, etc. but CRS scores are calculated irrespective of professions. So it might happen that they invite more lawyers than required with high CRS and less doctors with low CRS.

 

[Sluffy]

This might be a common question but I do not understand how do they generalize the applicants and send ITAs based on just CRS scores? The country's requirements must be different for different professional candidates. eg. they might need x software engineers, y mechanical engineers, z doctors, etc. but CRS scores are calculated irrespective of professions. So it might happen that they invite more lawyers than required with high CRS and less doctors with low CRS.

Before EE there was a list of professions to be invited to apply until the quota for the job is completed.
And there's also a list of occupations in demand for many provinces.
There are two things from my point of view: (1) the labour market in the country is pretty large and it's complicated to predict the situation change in the nearest future; (2) the native population is aging so fast, that they need more immigrants, but they still make a cutoff on the level of education, job should be high-skilled (no extra gas station cashiers) and the level of English.

Until you have a job offer (which is obviously close to LMIA), you're up to yourself to arrange your new life - job, housing, adoptation, etc. The higher is your level of education and English, the easier you're supposed to get adapted to new conditions, the sooner you get a job (preferably well-paid one to pay higher taxes), the younger you are - the later you will demand for retirement payments/pensions.

 

[JALT]

Well, the quotas for 2015 were announced on November 6, 2014.
Quotas for 2016 were announced in March 2016 - due to elections and government changes.

Before the announcement in March 2016, they used 2015 quotas, and accepted too many applicants in the period November 2015- February 2016, more than the quota allowed. What they are doing now - is just proceeding PNPs without touching FSW and most of CEC - they are 481 and under.
So our next milestone is November or quotas announcement, whatever comes first.

And here I agree with johnjkjk - CIC could have made an official statement on what is going on.

They'll be announced on or before 1 Nov
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/provinces-want-to-ensure-supports-are-in-place-for-immigration-boost/

Makes sense. I guess they are not trying to avoid scores below 481 on purpose. Their goals are mainly based on number of invitations not specific scores.
By the way, if they only invite people with scores higher than 482 or so, does it mean they are mostly inviting highly educated people (Masters, PhD. ..)? If so, this doesn't make a lot of sense to me, because any society does need people in different levels of education and skills not only highly educated ones. What do you guys think?

The above 482 band includes all PNP applicants and people with a job offer. They can have just 300 CRS points but have a job offer (900 points!). Lots of cooks, food supervisors etc have been selected. PNPs include tradesmen (carpenters etc) so they are including a mix of people from all education levels.

Nothing, it is just a reference from a tv show called Game of Thrones.

Yes but remember how it ended.... WINTER'S HERE!!

 

[LokiJr01]

I'd love to see CRS go down below the 480 mark, if that would be possible.

 

[Amitanvi1585]

This is a video of one of the immigration consultant who is talking about the changes which is expected to come.

Hope for the best.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTXstFTt2g

 

[samanta60]

This is a video of one of the immigration consultant who is talking about the changes which is expected to come.

Hope for the best.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTXstFTt2g

He said the score will go down a lot, soon, before end of 2016. That's a bit hard to believe, but let's hope.

 

[DelPiero07]

I don't know what he smokes but I would love to try it out

 

[garyastudent]

I don't know what he smokes but I would love to try it out

+1 for that

 

[garyastudent]

This is a video of one of the immigration consultant who is talking about the changes which is expected to come.

Hope for the best.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JTXstFTt2g

This Video has been floating on this forum for quite a long, I would not believe any of these lawyers or Consultants until and unless I see the results...

 

[Pyaar Vs PR]

Calling it, 2400 ITAs, 465 the score

Hmm....Good job on the prediction