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Anyone thinks that this FSW draw is a one-time thing and there will be other CEC draws as well?

@ZAtoCD Congratulations my brother! Very happy for you!

Everyone above 460 has a great chance! Normalcy has been restored. Finally, Canada back to having immigrants selected via merit.

I stand corrected. Thank you for sharing this.

You need to show that on the day you received the ITA, you had the experience that you got points for. It is a well-known bug in the EE system that it awards points before it is supposed it. This question has been posted countless times on every thread - do a search to find out how to handle it.

How much more hope do you need for CEC? :p jk

You need to decline and wait until July 3.

This is extremely demotivating. I feel extremely sad and my day is now ruined.

FSW - 475-476

If PNP programs are giving nominations to CEC with 450 scores when EE cutoff is 440, why would a candidate act on the NOI? It's the PNP programs who are wasting spots. They should be giving it to folks who would never cross the cutoff.

I think FSW will restart in July. June seems too early given Ontario extended their lockdown.

@ZAtoCD are you losing points due to age in the coming months? Just curious.

Incorrect. Did you look at the list of universities I posted? That list has appeared on official state dept websites - https://www.state.gov/chinas-military-civil-fusion-strategy-poses-a-risk-to-national-security/ To give you an example, Tsinghua (MIT of China) is classified as high risk and...

Fair enough. It remains to be seen how this will be implemented and how strictly is it enforced. This is billion of $ in lost money if all visas are banned (which will probably not happen).

Perhaps, but the graduate population in STEM fields in US is 45% Indians, 45% Chinese and 10% Rest of the world. That's a big population.