Now is the time for "Refocusing Express Entry" plan to really come true in real life.
Now we are so close to 54 draw.. I would like to quote IRCC to remove doubts and anxiety..
*Moving forward, slide from IRCC presentation: July 2016.
"Because of the high volume of candidates with scores of 600 or more, and modest invitation rounds, the invitation cut‐off score has never decreased below 450 points, making it difficult for candidates with high levels of human capital to receive invitation".
So changes implemented in November are meant to affect the cut-off score to go lower, also The average human capital of invited candidates will become higher (in comparison to before when a lot of <300 CRS candidates got through LMIAs).. also, The occupational profile of invited candidates will change since the majority until now were Cooks and Food supervisors (2015 data).
The number of ITA should stabilise if not in February, then March, following OINP re-opening..
Those are mine expectations.