Ray of Hope 68th Draw

[reye27]

thanks a lot mate... then i ll have to settle with a crs score of 445. or i ll wait till jan 2018 and then i ll have 3 year exp as mech engineer. thanks for your insight.

Glad that was helpful.

 

[issac1990]

@issac1990
Need not be continuous job in that sense....continuous is in the context of 'regular'....someone could work as a hired hand on contract for a week and then again for a month after a gap of 20 days....that wouldn't be continuous...but between jobs,it is okay...
anyway the points for above one year work experience & less than 3 years is same @25...it isn't going to make any difference to his CRS unless he can add it all up to 36 months in all as at 36 months,his score for work experience will go up to 50....

with 31 months of work exp as mechanical engineer i have a CRS score of 445. but i can wait till jan 2018. Then my CRS will go upto 470. thanks for your response.

 

[dkchaitanya]

What about 421 crs any idea about my score and ITA chances

 

[lino82]

with 31 months of work exp as mechanical engineer i have a CRS score of 445. but i can wait till jan 2018. Then my CRS will go upto 470. thanks for your response.

with 445 you'll be waiting with a big smile for your PPR by then ....

 

[Muelsayed]

If the draw happens on Aug 2, keeping in mind almost the same number of applicants entering the pool as of 6th July, and assuming the ITAs to be between 3000-3500.
The cut off should be between 441-450

My prediction the coming draw will be in 9th of August and ITAs will be 3200 the cut off 438+/-2

 

[issac1990]

with 445 you'll be waiting with a big smile for your PPR by then ....

Am not that optimistic.. things have turned upside down for me many times... Still keeping my fingers crossed..

 

[lino82]

Am not that optimistic.. things have turned upside down for me many times... Still keeping my fingers crossed..

welcome to the ray of hope....
it is very realistic to expect an ITA quite soon......
anyway let's wait to find out who wins.......
in any case u are going to be a winner..either with an ITA before sept15thor,having proven someone wrong....

ray of hope.....

 

[tractorinio]

It´s way past midnight here, but I felt so familiarized with this post that I simply couldn´t wait to jump in.

We are in a very similar situation, my fiancée is not really that excited about moving to Canada, but she is on board pretty much because she understands how much I want it. She keeps saying that we don´t need to go to another country to have a prosperous life, and she is absolutely right.

My country is one of the most prosperous places in Latin America, people here don´t really emigrate in large percentages, in fact we get a lot of immigrants from our neighbors. We are not rich, but at the same time we are not as bad as other countries in our region.

When you tell someone that you intend to leave the country most of the time people will say things like this:

• "We are fine here, why do you want to leave?"
• "Are you unemployed or something? Can´t you find a job?"
• "We have a beautiful country, great weather, great people, you won´t find anything like this anywhere else."
• "Once you live overseas you´ll understand how great this country is"
• Etc, etc, etc...

Having said this, you might understand how lonely I feel when I say that I want to immigrate.

Just like Shaun, I have a very good life here. I live in a nice apartment, I have a nice car and a good job. In fact, just this past week I was offered a new position by one of our top bosses, apparently he liked the way I work so much that he wants me in his team. This new job will give me more visibility within the organization, will allow me to travel overseas frequently (something that I love) and will probably bring more money. I´m far from being rich, but I would say that I live better than 90% of the people in my country.

Despite all of the above, I still have a desire to leave.

The reasons are many:

• Yes, my country is safer than other places, but we still have high crime rates.
• Many people live in gated neighborhoods due to crime. Those who can´t afford living in gated neighborhoods need to keep their houses surrounded by bars, otherwise burglars would break into your house sooner or later. The scene of having most houses with bars is simply awful, it´s like living in jails.
• Don´t even think of walking around your neighborhood or city after 8 pm.
• We have a crumbling infrastructure.
• Public transport is terrible and it´s so easy to buy a car now that everyone owns one. The problem with this is that I said before, our infrastructure is so bad that our roads are the same as they were 40 years ago. As a result, we ended up having 50 times more cars with the same roads, which creates huge traffic jams. Many people easily spend 2 to 4 hours commuting everyday in distances not greater than 20 km.
• In order to get decent and not so expensive housing you would need to move far away to some almost rural areas. The closer you are from downtown the more you need to pay. Most of the time you spend a lot of money and the houses are not even that great.

Why Canada?

I´ll be honest, I grew up wanting to immigrate to the US, Canada did not come to mind until about a year ago. I´ve been to the States more than 20 times and know more than 30 states, east, west, south and north.

Every time I had to return to my country from the US I felt sad. Going from developed cities with great highways, great airports, etc to what we have was like going back in time. Given that immigration to the US is so hard now I gave up to the idea of living there.

Overstaying my visa and getting a job illegally crossed my mind a couple of times, but I wanted to do things legally. I could still apply for Permanent Residence through my sister-in-law, but it would take about 12 years to get it. At 35 this is simply not an option.

Then I heard about Canada Express Entry. Initially the CRS cut-offs were so high that I quickly dismissed the idea of applying. About 6 months later, at the beginning of this year, I surprisingly noticed that the calculation method had changed. I entered my data in the tool and voilà, it turned out that I was not that far from reaching an acceptable score. My postgraduate degree and years of experience helped me a lot and in some way compensate for the points I lose for age.

So, going back to the original question, why Canada? Well, Canada is very similar to the US in many subjects: language, city vibe, infrastructure, etc. In addition, it´s cleaner, people are friendlier, access to medical services is better, etc . I also want to live in a place where I know that winters are going to be cold and summers are going to be hot. A place where I can take a bus or a train, take out my laptop and not worry about something happening to me. A place where I can take a walk in the park at 9 at night without feeling insecure.

Many times, when I see people from very poor or war rotten countries trying to immigrate to Canada or other places and compare them to my situation I ask myself:

"Should I feel ungrateful to my country for wanting to live somewhere else despite all of the things I already have?"
"Is the rest of the people right when they say that we live fine here and that there is no reason to move?"
"What if I leave everything behind and then I regret it and can´t get back to where I was?"

Anyway, I feel I just got many of my feelings off my chest. It´s good to know I´m not the only one in this situation.

It is about comparing your living conditions to bad ones VS good ones. One can say: "yes we have problems, but we should be happy and grateful for what we have. Look at the children in poor countries - they are starving every single day! bla bla". But that's very slippery way, because today you get used to criminal and bars on windows, and tomorrow you are happy that you have at least some food, because people in other places don't.

If you compare your conditions to better ones - that's something that pushing you to improve your (and importantly, not only yours) life, because you know that you can be better no matter what, and therefore you're striving to do something for that. I think that's the way of development and improvements and this is the right way.

So, I'd say if you are looking for higher standards - this is great as that's exactly what makes people create better things instead of sticking to moderate ones and being happy with that. I believe you'll eventually find it no matter what.

 

[ac_d]

Anybody who recently requested WES for duplicate ECA report authorization to OINP, please help me here.
After selecting ONIP as recipient, I am stuck at the column “ FOR ATTENTION TO “. What to fill in this field”.
An early reply is requested, as last night , I have successfully submitted my OINP application.

 

[mqamar1994]

Looking forward to Ariana Grande's concert hahaha!

Dangerous Woman!

 

[mqamar1994]

Anybody who recently requested WES for duplicate ECA report authorization to OINP, please help me here.
After selecting ONIP as recipient, I am stuck at the column “ FOR ATTENTION TO “. What to fill in this field”.
An early reply is requested, as last night , I have successfully submitted my OINP application.

Your File Number

 

[ac_d]

Your File Number

Thanks a lot mqamar1994.

 

[Espiritguy]

Hey friends, I have a doubt and would really appreciate your advice.I have got a LMIA valid for both WP and PP and is valid till Dec 2017.Currently my CRS is 420 and i have started doubting that the CRS will come down as expected.I want to know if i use this LMIA for Work Permit,can it be used for PR purpose also ? and by the time my WP is being processed and CRS comes down to 420 or less, then what ? Your reply and extra inputs would be highly appreciated.Thank you

 

[sa83]

Friends...I have experience letter from a Dental college where i was working which mentions my designation as 'Senior Lecturer/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon' in Dept of Oral and Maxillofaical Surgery. It also mentions the usual clinical duties performed by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in clinic and duties performed by senior lecturer as academician. 'Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (Dental Specialist) comes under NOC 3113. I have applied under NOC 3113. Is it OK or I will be facing some problem?? Need urgent suggestion.

 

[iamxty]

Dangerous Woman!

Sshhh..I know I am!

You know the album title eh?