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I guess this is not new to some people here, but I will post it anyway for new members to know and avoid these scummy lawyers who take your money and put your future in jeopardy...

nevermind, there's one already. Mod please delete this one

I was just checking my credit card, and for some reasons, I received $100 CAD from a transaction called CITIZEN&IMM-EAPPS ENLIGNE on March 8th. I absolutely have not submitted or done anything with my eAPR for the last two weeks. Anyone has any ideas?

Source: http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2017/01/canadian-border-services-agency-testing-lie-detection-avatar/ Maybe, they will use this system to find out if a PNP nominee is indeed going to land and stay at the nominating province.

I want to create a place for us to talk about funny stuff and things we do daily which will take our minds off the stressful Express Entry process. I will start first. It's Friday here in our office, and half of the people are on vacation, so not much job to do for IT, except checking some...

Apparently, a group of Express Entry applicants with low English skills had sued the IRCC because they think they were treated unfairly by the IRCC and the IELTS. They claimed: Instead of trying to improve their English skills (only need CLB 5 in IELTS), these applicants sued the IRCC and...

As we all know, to get 50 or 200 pts you will need a valid job offer from LMIA or under NAFTA, GTAs etc.. However, a job offer can still be valid, if it falls under a "Canadian interests" category. This is the list of "Canadian interests" reasons: 1. Significant benefit If your employer...

Brace yourself! the new system is here to stay: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2016/2016-11-12/html/notice-avis-eng.php#na1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian educational credentials The points that are to be assigned for a Canadian...

An "interesting article" from CBC.ca Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/immigration-employment-canada-1.3831468 Basically another silly article which interviewed people with pretty much useless degree like Psychology. Even Causasian Canadians are having trouble finding jobs with...

This piece of article written by an immigration lawyer. Remember this is just a personal opinion. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-2017-canadian-immigration-levels-plan-affect-express-carey

Source here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2016-10-31.asp Looks like we will have a 15,000 increase in quota. 280,000 ~ 320,000 compared with 280,000 ~ 305,000 in 2016. Ok, this is the summary table for three years 2015, 2016 and 2017 based on the: Key Highlights...

Statcan has just released the new list of NOC to replace the usual 2011 NOC. This site has a better UI and better search function. Check it out here: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=314243 Introduction Page Modified unit group titles NOC...

Looks like Mr.McCallum's plan is facing some challenges from inside the Liberals party and the Parliament. However, I am not sure if this is related to the new changes in Express Entry or with the new quota for the next 3 years. As Mc.McCallum and IRCC want to significantly increase the quota...

It's September, and we still have not seen the official Mid-Year report from IRCC yet. However, IRCC did upload a new set of data for Express Entry on Monday, September 2nd, 2016, so I downloaded them and played with them a bit. Here are my findings. Please, if you have time, take a look at...

This is my summary for the presentation slide Refocusing on Express Entry (thanks JALT for the link), released by IRCC in July 26th, 2016 . You are welcome to add more to it. ----Increase points to---- 1) International students Higher level based points to candidate with higher level...

Looks like the Liberal government is planning to implement a two-tiered processing system where we can pay a processing fee to have our application processed faster than a "free" one (ex. Express Entry profile). Mr. McCallum even refused an interview or answer whether or not they are seriously...

Apparently, some immigration lawyers are able to get their hand on some IRCC's internal training guide which clearly shows some high risks provinces in China. It means any applications from these provinces will have extra attention from IRCC officers. I find this very interesting since this...

Ok, the title is a little bit of click bait-y, but I've been playing around with IRCC stats for Q1 2016, and here are some important and very interesting stats for Express Entry for Q1 2016 (January - March) (Right click and choose View Image on Firefox or Open Image in new tab in Chrome...

Guys, we have two really good and informative sticky threads which answers basically all the FAQs questions a new member needs to know. We don't need 10+ new threads everyday asking these same old questions againg and again Help ! My CRS is xxx ! how can I improve? HELP! I WANT TO MOVE TO...

For some reasons, I've been having a very hard time to login to myCIC account. Usually, I go to this link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/e-services/mycic.asp, then Continue to GCKey, after input username and pw, I will be in, but for this week, it keeps kicking me back to the www.cic.gc.ca. I...