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newbutterfly

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There is nothing like having a maximum number of draws. They have a quota to fill and if 1000 draws is what they need to fill that quota, they will.

Now about the Christmas break, CIC agents work in shifts. There is the morning, afternoon, evening and overnight shift from Monday to Sunday. That is why you sometimes get emails and updates at odd hours of the day or week. To be employed by CIC, you must be willing to work holiday and other scheduled breaks. So Christmas has nothing to do with whether there will be a draw or not. Work continues for some people.
 

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newbutterfly said:
There is nothing like having a maximum number of draws. They have a quota to fill and if 1000 draws is what they need to fill that quota, they will.

Now about the Christmas break, CIC agents work in shifts. There is the morning, afternoon, evening and overnight shift from Monday to Sunday. That is why you sometimes get emails and updates at odd hours of the day or week. To be employed by CIC, you must be willing to work holiday and other scheduled breaks. So Christmas has nothing to do with whether there will be a draw or not. Work continues for some people.
+1
 

bestofluck

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newbutterfly said:
There is nothing like having a maximum number of draws. They have a quota to fill and if 1000 draws is what they need to fill that quota, they will.

Now about the Christmas break, CIC agents work in shifts. There is the morning, afternoon, evening and overnight shift from Monday to Sunday. That is why you sometimes get emails and updates at odd hours of the day or week. To be employed by CIC, you must be willing to work holiday and other scheduled breaks. So Christmas has nothing to do with whether there will be a draw or not. Work continues for some people.
Go and read they have specifically said 15-25 draws.

Invitation to Apply Timing
Rounds of invitations will be held as needed to meet annual levels targets.
Initial expectations are that rounds of invitations will occur regularly throughout the year with approximately 15 to 25 taking place overall.
It should be noted that the timing and the number of candidates invited in each round of invitations may vary, allowing CIC to take into account fluctuations in the labour market or the number of candidates in the pool etc.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/employers/express-entry-presentation-briefing.asp
 

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bestofluck said:
Go and read they have specifically said 25-25 draws.

Invitation to Apply Timing
Rounds of invitations will be held as needed to meet annual levels targets.
Initial expectations are that rounds of invitations will occur regularly throughout the year with approximately 15 to 25 taking place overall.
It should be noted that the timing and the number of candidates invited in each round of invitations may vary, allowing CIC to take into account fluctuations in the labour market or the number of candidates in the pool etc.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/employers/express-entry-presentation-briefing.asp
This means one last draw?
 

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bestofluck said:
@ electromecca and newbutterfly should read above
It's unpredictable, else law firms would have mentioned on their website, "one last draw..."
 

bestofluck

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Elrud said:
It's unpredictable, else law firms would have mentioned on their website, "one last draw..."
I wish there is a draw. They have increased number of ITA in last four draws. So there are all chances they start afresh after the changes, in 2017
 

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bestofluck said:
Last year there were only 23 draws. 25 is the max.
This statement was made just when the EE launched. And if they say max 25 it does not mean that they cant have 1-2 more draws. Last year draws were not consistent still this is a new system they did not know the frequency of draws. Thats why the window of min and max is 10 because they did not know when to do how frequently to do they were still learining it was a test run

Now from this year you can see that the draws are consistent after every 2 weeks if the draw has taken place after 3 weeks the next had taken place after 1 week so on average it is 2 weeks per draw.

So if you calculate 52 weeks in a year divide it by 2 so it means 26 draws will happen in any case. If they were drawing 30-35 draws it should have mattered but one or two draws does not matter.
 

fatani

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bestofluck said:
I wish there is a draw. They have increased number of ITA in last four draws. So there are all chances they start afresh after the changes, in 2017
And if nov 16th was the last draw and next draw will happen in first week of jan it will mean almost 2 months without a draw this cant happen i m predicting 2 more draws atleast this year.
 

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@ fatani 15-25 means min 15 and max 25 :p

Number of draws have no significance its number of ITA that counts. 2500 in one draw is better then 600 700 and 800 in 3 draws
 

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bestofluck said:
@ fatani 15-25 means min 15 and max 25 :p

Number of draws have no significance its number of ITA that counts. 2500 in one draw is better then 600 700 and 800 in 3 draws
@bestofluck you quoted the sentence, but maybe you should pay attention to the first few words:

Initial expectations are that rounds of invitations will occur regularly throughout the year with approximately 15 to 25 taking place overall.

This doesn't mean max is 25 but as you said we are free to predict anything
....and yes some of us can google under 2mins.