9th draw date

[chopsumbongw]

Hey Guys,

CIC has selected ~1400 candidates with scores above 755 points.
Here is a thought, it seems rather unusual that we would have a spike in candidates with 750+ points.

I am not sure if this information is correct but there are around 5,500 PNP slots spread across the provinces. It could be that one of the provinces released PNP for their selected candidates. If this is true then the candidates with a score of 400 - 450 points should still have a fair chance to be selected.

Assuming there are 4,500 PNP slots still to be given out and considering that have been unable to select even 10,000 candidates thus far.
If CIC is to reach 25,000 ITAs, it would still need 10,000 candidates from the pool. Knowing that in draw 8 they were unable to even nominate 800 candidates it makes sense to believe that eventually CIC will have to go below 453 and closer to 400 to get the required number of candidates.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[MG84]

Hi chopsumbongw,

Can you pls share the source for the 9th Draw.

Thanks a lot in advance !

 

[f1ahmed]

Hi chopsumbongw,

Can you pls share the source for the 9th Draw.

Thanks a lot in advance !

Looks like this is your first post. Welcome to this great forum and here is the link:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/mi/index.asp?expand=mi-pr-express#mi-pr-express

 

[marcus66504]

the immigration process has been highjacked by many rogue consultants. Most LMIAs are given in the food service category, where employers somehow dearth of labour and appoint people as 'food service supervisors' or even managers. Many of such 'supervisors' and 'managers' cannot speak even basic English and obviously possess dubious academic credentials. A CRS of 155+600 explains everything.

You have no statistical evidence for this claim, because the Government has not released any data about the occupation distribution of successful LMIA candidates. This is just what you want to believe because it suits your ego.

It's highly unlikely that Employment and Social Development Canada would approve LMIA's for a lot of candidates in the food service sector because their wages are way too low (close to minimum wage). ESDC has outlined in their official website what factors they look for when deciding an LMIA application: prevailing wages for the occupation, local unemployment rate in the area, whether the employer has sponsored other candidates for LMIA in the past, etc. There are lots of considerations that go into a decision to issue an LMIA, and if the latest statistic is correct, more than 50% of LMIA applications get rejected.

Furthermore, many employers who call ESDC about a particular employee they'd like to file an LMIA for, get told outright that it's unlikely they'd issue an LMIA for a candidate in those particular circumstances.

That was a little crash course in LMIA for you and those who don't understand the process and belittle LMIA holders.

If there is any bit of truth in what you said, it's the fact that too many lawyers/consultants are willing to generously file LMIA applications. But then that's what lawyers do: file paperwork and more paperwork and see where the chips fall. It's their version of playing the lottery.

 

[mf4361]

http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/foreign_workers/lmo_statistics/quarterly-top-occs.shtml

Quarterly Stat for LMO
8431 General Farm Workers 6,375 1
6641 Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations 3,475 2
6474 Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers 3,005 3
8611 Harvesting Labourers 1,805 4
6242 Cooks 1,420 5

Hey!!! @marcus66504 you are back! haven't seen you for a while

 

[Lammawitch]

http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/foreign_workers/lmo_statistics/quarterly-top-occs.shtml

Quarterly Stat for LMO
8431 General Farm Workers 6,375 1
6641 Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations 3,475 2
6474 Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers 3,005 3
8611 Harvesting Labourers 1,805 4
6242 Cooks 1,420 5

Hey!!! @ marcus66504 you are back! haven't seen you for a while

Thank you very much for the stats & source. Of note is that the majority quoted are NOCs which do not qualify for EE. .

 

[marcus66504]

These are LMO statistics, not LMIA.

They stopped issuing LMO's quite some time ago so your "statistics" are not only old, but also NOT exactly on point here.

The LMO was a pointless process altogether since it had no advertising requirement, making it essentially just a formality to get. That's why it was replaced with LMIA.

Sorry but unless you're closer to Government information than I am, to-date there has been no LMIA statistics released, which show the breakdown of approvals by NOC.

 

[abhii]

CIC should reevaluate their points system. I am having 12 years of experience and because of my age i have reached upto total of 318 points. whereas one of my colleague, he is having 4 years of experience but as he is below 30 years of age, he is having 348 points though he is having less educational qualification and less IELTS band than me.

Is this a fair calculation CIC is doing?

 

[nabilkhan]

CIC should reevaluate their points system. I am having 12 years of experience and because of my age i have reached upto total of 318 points. whereas one of my colleague, he is having 4 years of experience but as he is below 30 years of age, he is having 348 points though he is having less educational qualification and less IELTS band than me.

Is this a fair calculation CIC is doing?

PROBABLY THEY NEED YOUNG PEOPLE IN 30s :d

 

[haznac]

CIC should reevaluate their points system. I am having 12 years of experience and because of my age i have reached upto total of 318 points. whereas one of my colleague, he is having 4 years of experience but as he is below 30 years of age, he is having 348 points though he is having less educational qualification and less IELTS band than me.

Is this a fair calculation CIC is doing?

I share your frustration over age points structure. Just turned 35 and lost 8 points.

 

[HAILMANU]

Yes, we may have another draw on 29th as well considering the fact that there were 2 draws every month in the past. But i doubt if the scores would drop below 500 at the moment. It may take 2 or 3 draws before that. Sad or if the number of invitations in the next draw stays above 1300+ again we may see the scores drop, but otherwise highly unlikely.

If there is another draw this Friday points will have to be below 500. Most of the LMIA/PNP people would have been pulled last draw, not likely that many new 700+ candidates would have entered the EE pool within a week. If however a draw does not happen this week and we instead see another gap of several weeks then it's likely the points on next draw will remain high. So here's hoping we see something Friday!

 

[MysterySabine]

The LMO was a pointless process altogether since it had no advertising requirement, making it essentially just a formality to get. That's why it was replaced with LMIA.

An employer applied for an LMO for me in Jan 2014, which was rejected because the position hadn't been advertised.