Ray of Hope 66th Draw

[Waqasalibabar]

There is no draw this week... there will be 3 draws in July. That's the reality..

Sharma saaaaab. I like how you are trying to jinx the worse by saying it out loud. And i hope that superstition works here......

 

[Mahnbab1]

We all have the same worry! It depends a lot where are you going to to live in Canada, which province! I can tell you from my perspective (accountat here, experienced, 10 years in the job, currently working as Chief Accountant). We are planning to settle in Calgary, Alberta, I have been researching about cost of living a lot, since I have 2 small kids and need them to enroll in kindergarten also ehich is huge amount in monthly budget. Also we like to eat out a lot, go have fun in the city a lot, which means spending money on coffee, cakes, small bites, baloons for kids and etc, also we like to travel a lot and stay in nice hotels. For nice living, when I say nice, I mean comfortable, we need (household of 4, where kindergarten fees are around 3000 CAD monthly) including rent for house with backyard and leasing for 2 cars, with utilities, gas and shopping also, 9000 CAD monthly. This is 2 salaries for around 4500 nett a month, which is likely to find, a bit less in the begging, then we will need to be careful about spending but after year or 2 we can go back to our life style. So if you don't have expense for kindergarten and go with a smaller house or condo, you can easiy live with only 1 salary of around 4000 CAD monthly. Hope this helps!

My friend lives in edmongon and she really likes it there.i wanted to ask u is alberta better than ontatio??it should include the monthly cost education family raising and wages etc

 

[Mahnbab1]

I was a silent follower of this thread until now. Signed up just to reply to Andie.
Public education is free in Alberta. I live in Calgary downtown. There are a lot of public schools with a very high rating. A little difficult to get into but if you are in the community you will have a priority. Refer this link.

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/alberta-elementary-school-rankings-2017-publ.pdf

For more information on schools, http://www.cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx

Check out the rents here

https://www.rentfaster.ca/maps/?area=51.23001460339458,-113.6523790503906,50.881715974707674,-114.66174794687498&city_id=1&keywords=&extra={"mzoom":11,"mcenter":"51.05619277367319,-114.1570634986328","areaUrl":"51.23001460339458,-113.6523790503906,50.881715974707674,-114.66174794687498","listingId":null}

Ask me if you need any information on this City. I live here with two kids for the past three years. So many places to see refer this page for travellogues

https://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/

Hi my friend lives in edmonton and reall likes it there!!!could u please share ur experience with us!!!my frnd tells me tht wages are high and taxes are low also buyin a house is cheaper than ontario!!eduction is really good even the public scblhools have very high rating!!its good for rasing family!!!!is tht all true??

 

[kaegon]

i lost same number of points cos i got same 6.5 in GT reading twice while other bands were perfect but i still got an ita afterwards. Hang on, u maybe worried but ur surprise is coming! One more thing, if your crs is less than 406 right now, i will advise you to try provincial nominee program. Success!

 

[kaegon]

hi

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give it another try...

hi kindly check my reply. u need to be brave and persistent.

 

[marcusvfm2]

Hi my friend lives in edmonton and reall likes it there!!!could u please share ur experience with us!!!my frnd tells me tht wages are high and taxes are low also buyin a house is cheaper than ontario!!eduction is really good even the public scblhools have very high rating!!its good for rasing family!!!!is tht all true??

I live in Edmonton, but what exactly would you like to know about here?

 

[Mahnbab1]

Our expense is aeound $3000-$3500 including everything. That is for 2 of us. GTA is like the most developed area in ontario. You should be expecting high prices . But if you're ready to commute from halton region or further west you could get nice bunglows with huge lots for decent price. How do I compare, what would yoy think about getying a house in new york city and surrounding region?? Never been to NY but just saying. I've herd real estate is cheap in US but you have to consider min wage and foreign exchange. Houses in GTA were not this expensive. Thingd have changed a lot in last 5 years and real estate is going to explode anytime.. ut has already started. Toronto real estate sales and price went down by 30-40% in the first quarter of this year.

Really why did it come down by 30% to 40%

 

[Mahnbab1]

I live in Edmonton, but what exactly would you like to know about here?

Everything
1st of all my husband field is aviation!he is currently working in etihad airways as security controller, want to know if he has good scope in this field??
Also would love to know abt the cost of living!my friend says its cheaper than toronto like rents and grocery etc also even public schools have high ranking and are great!wages are high taxes are low as compared to toronto.also u can buy a big house for less amount!!i would like to know if all that is true??

 

[genzo]

There is no draw this week... there will be 3 draws in July. That's the reality..

how did you know that bro?

 

[lino82]

You mentioned that CIC is very strict on counting days...that's false, when its coming to count work experience they take in consideration the whole month even if you worked 1 day in that month, so there is no rules that you have to decline the ITA

It wasn't me who gave that reply...
however,to create an EE profile one is required to complete a questionnaire first in CIC ' find if you are eligible' menu tab....by the questionnaire he will be assessed on FSW 6 factor selection criteria & out of 100 points 67 is needed..one of the factor & question is about work experience and to answer his work experience as two years or more is factual misrepresentation which materially impacts the assessment of eligibility.... though the EE profile creation asks only months,there is very high possibility that at the processing stage,he will be penalized for misrepresentation...(when they validate the grounds of eligibility with corresponding proofs,in this case the experience letter which will show less that two years)
You may note that CIC mandates that the eligibility should be there on the date of ITA....

 

[lino82]

hi


hi kindly check my reply. u need to be brave and persistent.

true...
but u really can tell the story of a movie just by looking at one single still from it....??

& the see commands '[/QUOTE]' at beginning & end of the question quoted in reply isn't deleted...coz otherwise the person who needs ur input will miss it...

 

[xibalban]

There is no draw this week... there will be 3 draws in July. That's the reality..

@arunroy007, had we not been looking for a volunteer to create a Ray of No Hope thread? I feel, he qualifies.

Anyway, here we are at page 401, getting closer to the cut-off. About 13 hours to go, cheer up fellas!!

 

[KartMak]

I am the new guy here and hoping there will be a draw tomorrow.

As an MBA student from UoA, I wanted to add some more statistics to this interesting discussion.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9VKMBLl_QdLdmFoTDBDVmRScEk/view?usp=sharing

If the cutoff is 420, then number of ITAs will be 3317. I ignored people with scores above 450 as very few of them are left and very few added (I am hoping )

 

[KingKurly]

if you are saying about ur CRS going up,points remain same for 1 year & upto 3years (25 points) ...points increase only if experience is 3 years or more (50points)...so u are leaving ambiguity there...if u said 2 years 11 months got counted as 3 yrs and your CRS went up by 25 points it'd have made sense...
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creating EE profile,it asks only month & year...but the fsw EE eligibility calculator,one is required to complete,gives 9 points for 1yr / 11points for 2-3 years /13 &15 for higher experience.
so,if someone answers 1yr 364 days as 2years and qualifies 67 points,and while cic officials scrutinise the corresponding experience letter and finds it is couple of weeks short,it clearly stands out as a misrepresentation....
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CIC rules are to decline application only if such misrepresentation materially affects the decision...in ur case,you may have had qualifying score (67)even after discounting the points gained for incomplete year...but here in his case,if he's on 67 he may get punished..increasing ielts is his way out..
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I completely agree with you lino. Far too greater risk for misrepresentation. Just because you can create profile by inserting only months for work experience in EE will be held against by a case officer when he/she looks at the documents and its over 20 days short. Problem is with his IELTS, he can't get any higher, he got 24 already. Now whoever may have got PR in similar situation may had the privilege of considerate case officer. Hence may be writing a LoE while submitting work relevant documents will be a good idea i guess.

 

[gotodxb]

Our expense is aeound $3000-$3500 including everything. That is for 2 of us. GTA is like the most developed area in ontario. You should be expecting high prices . But if you're ready to commute from halton region or further west you could get nice bunglows with huge lots for decent price. How do I compare, what would yoy think about getying a house in new york city and surrounding region?? Never been to NY but just saying. I've herd real estate is cheap in US but you have to consider min wage and foreign exchange. Houses in GTA were not this expensive. Thingd have changed a lot in last 5 years and real estate is going to explode anytime.. ut has already started. Toronto real estate sales and price went down by 30-40% in the first quarter of this year.

no idea where did you got info that dropped by 30-40% .. prices in Toronto and GTA way to high for new buyers..
Vancover and Toronto/GTA are highest in Canada..

Average price in the GTA rose to $916,567 — up from $688,011 in March 2016

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-house-price-1.4056093