I calculated using the system on this website and i was getting 74 points. Is this a good time for me to apply or should I wait till May.

I would appreciate you valuable suggestions.

Thanks in advance

Baig

It terms of calculating point-totals, as well as other considerations, the "Lock-In-Date" becomes very important, in that an Immigration Officer is only obliged to consider the applicant's experience up until the actual "Lock-In-Date".

And thus an Immigration Officer is not obliged to consider experiences occuring after that date, when calculating point totals, or making other considerations.

This "Lock-In-Date" policy, currently in effect, is expected to continue into the proposed new immigration system (scheduled to be implemented on June 2002).

Never-the-less, an immigration officer may consider the extra points an applicant will earn as that applicant's situation changes, by, for example, earning a degree diploma, or gaining more work experience. But the Immigration Officer is not obliged to award those additional points, and often will not. And so it can be difficult to predict whether or not the points will be awarded in such a case.

The question of determining whether you should wait until May to apply, or could apply now, at this time, would be best answered upon a detailed assessment of your work and education history.