Hello All,
I had a CRS score of 430 despite having a C2 level in IELTS and over 7 years of work experience (outside Canada). Since there was no other feasible way for me to increase my score, I decided to start French studies and crack TEF.
Here is my timeline:
Oct-2018: Joined a local institute in India for A1 course on weekends (At this time, French was just plan-C)
May-2019: Finished A2 course from the same institute. (French was still on the back burner, I was trying other options such as Masters, etc)
June-2019: Exhausted all other options to increase my CRS score and started preparing for TEF
August-2019: Joined Alliance Francaise (B1) course ( This proved completely useless due to bad teacher and batchmates who never spoke French)
Oct-2019: Gave the 1st attempt of TEF, scored CLB level 6, B2+ in Reading and B2 in Listening, Speaking and Writing -
Only got 6 CRS points
Jan-2020: Gave 2nd Attempt of TEF, scored C1 in Reading and Listening, B2+ in Writing and Speaking
- Got 42 extra CRS points
Feb-05-2020: Got ITA
Feb17-2020: Submitted Application for PR.
So basically I went from zero knowledge of French to almost C1 level in TEF in roughly 14 months. All this time, I had a full-time job as a programmer.
If you are serious about this option, I would love to help. Please drop me an email:
kguionista@gmail.com for more info. ( Please provide a little background about yourself in the email)