As an exercise, because I am right down the bottom of the CRS scores at lowly 405, I thought I would calculate who and how people are entering the pot with such high CRS scores.
This leads me to wonder how it is possible that so many people with high CRS scores are currently flooding in and how many legitimately lead to successfully becoming PR applications.
Example 1, a couple in their mid twenties, just left university, perfect IELTS scores, both have bachelors, are unlikely to also have provable full time work experience, so about 393 points.
Example 2, three years of work experience, the couple have bachelors degrees, entered the workforce and three years skilled full time work experience 438 points. The age I have assigned them is 30 years old, which is the most realistic I could think of given how long it takes to find a steady job in the same NOC, who will provide a reference.
Example 3, the same couple, they now have masters degrees, age about 23-25, given time it takes to do the masters but again, would be unlikely to have provable full time work experience, 434 points.
Example 4, three years of work experience, the couple have masters degrees, entered the workforce and three years skilled full time work experience 479 points. The age I have assigned them is 30 years old, which is the most realistic I could think of given how long it takes to find a steady job in the same NOC, who will provide a reference.
In examples three and four, they would both be carrying a fairly high amount of student debt, so may not be able to pass the settlement funds requirement either.
So that means we must have, thousands of people, every week, who are couples with masters degrees, speak perfect english or french, who are leaving their jobs, with $20,000 sitting in the bank, looking to leave that job, to live in Canada on a whim. Based upon AlexRoss's numbers upthread, 227 people fit that description per day, applying to Canada. *From Feb 1st to Feb 15th: above 440:227 per day.
Its possible, but it doesn't sound likely to me .... I would continue to keep some hope in your mind, because a lot of this does not compute, unless, I am being dumb here.