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Should I file for EE now or after my birthday ?

anshami

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Sep 22, 2018
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I have a similar situation. I got my documents ready, IELTS, education assessment and work experience letters. My problem is that right now I'm 37 years old and my birthday is on the 8th of September. My points are exactly 67. So if I become 38 I would lose one point, which makes me not eligible for immigration under the federal skilled worker program. Any clues? Right now I am completing my profile on EE so that I can enter the pool ASAP. Would cic kick me out of pool when I become one year older? Please advice. Thanks.
hello... could you tell me what happened to your application?
i am facing a similar concern... my submission will be in about 3 days time...
its january 2019 and i am 41 and i will turn 42 in april 2019... my points will drop from 67 to 66...
does my profile become redundant thereafter ?
if i do get an interim invite do i have only until my birthday in april for submissions ?
 

anshami

Member
Sep 22, 2018
12
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Exemption to section A11.2:
candidates whose birthday occurs after they receive an ITA
An applicant may have a birthday after they receive an ITA but before they submit their e-APR. Their change in age may lower their CRS score below the lowest score in the round of invitations. It may also result in the applicant no longer meeting the minimum requirements of the FSWC and, consequently, no longer meeting the MEC, resulting in a refusal based on section A11.2.
When a change in age results in the candidate no longer meeting the MEC or having their recalculated CRS points score fall below the lowest points score in that round of invitations, officers should consider applying the public policy to exempt applicants for permanent residence from certain age-based requirements between invitation to apply and application, based on section A25.2. This consideration can result in an exemption from the refusal of an application under section A11.2.
This public policy also grants an exemption to applicants who may be refused for failing to meet FSWC program requirements when their birthday occurs between the ITA and e-APR.

hello... im afraid i am unable to understand your response...
i am facing a similar concern... my submission will be in about 3 days time...
its january 2019 and i am 41 and i will turn 42 in april 2019... my points will drop from 67 to 66...
does my profile become redundant thereafter ?
if i do get an interim invite do i have only until my birthday in april for submissions ?
 

anshami

Member
Sep 22, 2018
12
8
CIC won't kick you out of the pool but, since you no longer qualify for any immigration stream (CEC, FSW, or FST), you won't get invited to apply.

If you do get invited to apply while you are 37 and then turn 38 before you submit your application, here is what my ITA said:

"Note: If you had a birthday since we sent you this invitation, and the change to your age decreases your points total, this will not cause us to refuse your application for permanent residence."
hello... im afraid i am unable to understand your response...
i am facing a similar concern... my submission will be in about 3 days time...
its january 2019 and i am 41 and i will turn 42 in april 2019... my points will drop from 67 to 66...
does my profile become redundant thereafter ?
if i do get an interim invite do i have only until my birthday in april for submissions ?