After almost a year waiting in the pool and a year and half of preparation I finally got my ITA. I entered the pool at 470 after the FST draw last october and it didnt drop as quickly as I have hoped for. With my birthday early december going down to 465 and losing the B2B chance. I have tried retaking ielts but i couldnt get the maximum score in writing (which was the only thing possible to get just 3 further points). I started learning french, although i had a background from school, but with almost 14 years of not practicing, i had to build up again. Took many intensive courses with the french institute in order to sit for the TCF Canada exam in april, then covid hit and the earliest date possible was in september, i got my results on monday with 10 precious additional points (missed on the 42 points on the writing exam, i needed a 10 and got 9 out of 20). And finally after a long wait got the ITA with 475 points, hopefully the next steps would turn out smoother than this whole process
Dont lose hope and keep working to increase your points and achieve your dreams.