About Settlement Funds thing for 250 without Job Offer category this is the clear story:
In November 2013, SINP announced new without job offer category for 250 applicants. They released "Application Guide for the International Skilled Workers Category.pdf" document related to that new category on 02/12/2013 (If you downloaded that document at the time of apply, you have it already in your computers) and exactly in first paragraph of page 12 of that document you can read this:
"In your application you are required to submit detailed documentation to verify three consecutive months of stable funds, including a detailed history of funds. These funds must remain stable throughout the entire immigration process. "
all of 250 applicants applied in SINP on 2 & 3 January 2014 based on that document.
That paragraph exactly means: you must have 3 months of stable funds (Bank statement balance) in your application and it means if SINP ask you to show your bank statement every time then you have to show and you must have 3 months of stable funds from the beginning of your application. For example if SINP ask you to provide bank statement on July 2014 then based on that paragraph you can update your application with new bank statement showing you have 3 months stable funds from 01/01/2014 to 01/07/2014 and with that bank statement you proved that you had three consecutive months of stable funds in your application and it remained stable throughout the entire immigration process!
BUT
In 26 May 2014, SINP released an updated "App Guide Skilled Workers Reviewed May 26-.pdf" document (Already exist on SINP website) and in the 4th paragraph of the page 12 you can read:
"In your application you are required to submit detailed documentation to verify three consecutive months of stable funds prior to application to the SINP, including a detailed history of funds. These funds must meet requirements throughout the entire immigration process."
They exactly mentioned in that paragraph, you must have stable funds from 01/10/2013 to your nomination date! With this update, SINP shifted the stable funds period to 3 months prior the apply date and in law they can't assess applications who already applied with the old version of instruction (Dated 02/12/2013) with the new updated document released on newer date (26/05/2014).
This was the whole story of Settlement funds and maybe for applicants like James, it is useful to know that fact to defeat themselves from unfair SINP decision!
As we know an immigration program is a planning for everybody's life and it is not a lottery! SINP announced a new immigration category on November 2013 then how can they ask you to show settlement funds from October 2013 (before their new program)?! I mean if they announced a new program on November and release a guide for that on December then everybody who want to apply in the new immigration system must do a planning for it and he/she can collect the require money (invested elsewhere) for the immigration and keep it stable for the whole immigration period. They logically can't tell you that your money is not yours because when you have already 10 months whole money in your account then it shows it is yours and you can support yourself in Canada!
In November 2013, SINP announced new without job offer category for 250 applicants. They released "Application Guide for the International Skilled Workers Category.pdf" document related to that new category on 02/12/2013 (If you downloaded that document at the time of apply, you have it already in your computers) and exactly in first paragraph of page 12 of that document you can read this:
"In your application you are required to submit detailed documentation to verify three consecutive months of stable funds, including a detailed history of funds. These funds must remain stable throughout the entire immigration process. "
all of 250 applicants applied in SINP on 2 & 3 January 2014 based on that document.
That paragraph exactly means: you must have 3 months of stable funds (Bank statement balance) in your application and it means if SINP ask you to show your bank statement every time then you have to show and you must have 3 months of stable funds from the beginning of your application. For example if SINP ask you to provide bank statement on July 2014 then based on that paragraph you can update your application with new bank statement showing you have 3 months stable funds from 01/01/2014 to 01/07/2014 and with that bank statement you proved that you had three consecutive months of stable funds in your application and it remained stable throughout the entire immigration process!
BUT
In 26 May 2014, SINP released an updated "App Guide Skilled Workers Reviewed May 26-.pdf" document (Already exist on SINP website) and in the 4th paragraph of the page 12 you can read:
"In your application you are required to submit detailed documentation to verify three consecutive months of stable funds prior to application to the SINP, including a detailed history of funds. These funds must meet requirements throughout the entire immigration process."
They exactly mentioned in that paragraph, you must have stable funds from 01/10/2013 to your nomination date! With this update, SINP shifted the stable funds period to 3 months prior the apply date and in law they can't assess applications who already applied with the old version of instruction (Dated 02/12/2013) with the new updated document released on newer date (26/05/2014).
This was the whole story of Settlement funds and maybe for applicants like James, it is useful to know that fact to defeat themselves from unfair SINP decision!
As we know an immigration program is a planning for everybody's life and it is not a lottery! SINP announced a new immigration category on November 2013 then how can they ask you to show settlement funds from October 2013 (before their new program)?! I mean if they announced a new program on November and release a guide for that on December then everybody who want to apply in the new immigration system must do a planning for it and he/she can collect the require money (invested elsewhere) for the immigration and keep it stable for the whole immigration period. They logically can't tell you that your money is not yours because when you have already 10 months whole money in your account then it shows it is yours and you can support yourself in Canada!
