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[hossein61]

The line of "Medical results have been received" has been added to my application status.

 

[N_O]

The line of "Medical results have been received" has been added to my application status.

That was super duper fast, Congrats!

 

[N_O]

They gave me 67. Based on my case, I should get 68. they didn't give me 4 points of my education and 2 points of work, but gave 5 from study.
68-4-2+5 = 67

I think should we send them an inquiry regarding those adaptability points, we should get them easily as we documented them well!
Even your RA experience should be approved by Sydney, as they just add up what the applicant claims, the verification job is Ottawa's, when the selection assessment start there, they may be not satisfied with an experience letter, so they refuse a year or two or all of them!

However, I believe that Ottawa does not care at all about this initial assessment, they do their own assessment from scratch!

 

[shlam]

Hi,

I just got rejected with the same letter from OttPilot for my work experiece as an Engineer. My duties in the letter are not the same as the NOC word by word, but I believe it is describing the same duties. Do you know if we can appeal when rejected? I mean is that an option at all?

Finally I got rejected too.

"I am not satisfied that you meet these requirements. Your letters of reference from your employers did not list job duties or responsibilities that match the actions described in the lead statement described in the NOC codes you selected. More specifically, there was no evidence that you assisted university professors and other faculty members in teaching and research activities. As such, you failed to demonstrate that your periods of work experience met the requirements listed above.
"

 

[sarsanballa]

Hi,

I just got rejected with the same letter from OttPilot for my work experiece as an Engineer. My duties in the letter are not the same as the NOC word by word, but I believe it is describing the same duties. Do you know if we can appeal when rejected? I mean is that an option at all?

Sorry to hear this, what is your application timeline?

And there is no formal appeal procedure when it comes to CIC decision. You could appeal their decision at federal court, and you have 16 days from the day you receive CIC decision.

 

[N_O]

Sorry to hear this, what is your application timeline?

And there is no formal appeal procedure when it comes to CIC decision. You could appeal their decision at federal court, and you have 16 days from the day you receive CIC decision.

Hi there,

Did you apply again?

 

[sarsanballa]

Hi there,

Did you apply again?

Not yet, I'm waiting for the ECA report for the master degree.

 

[indusvision]

Hi All,

My friend wants to apply under PhD stream. He has 4 years Bachelors from India. 2 years Masters from Canada, and now 2 years for on going PhD studies in Canada.

Does he needs to get ECA for his Bachelors degree from India ?

Or he is exempt from ECA because his Masters is from Canada ?

 

[kuzey]

FYI

One of my friends who is April 2012 applicant just got his CAIPS. Although he did not hear from Ottawa yet an officer put a note for him one month ago that his work experience letter has no indication that he assisted the university professor and so he does not met the minimum requirements.

His letter clearly says that the student responsibilities as a research assistant was conducting technical review, developing necessary laboratory experiments, compiling and analyzing research results and preparing scholarly publications.

I have no idea how he can improve his letter. This is crazy. I have no idea how the officer concluded that there is "no indication" that he assisted the professor in the letter. It seems that they already made their way to reject him but never contacted him. They have no respect for the applicants.

I hope that it is a mistake on his CAIPS as long as they have not send any email to him. Otherwise it is super disappointing. You even have no idea how you can improve the letter.

 

[sarsanballa]

Hi All,

My friend wants to apply under PhD stream. He has 4 years Bachelors from India. 2 years Masters from Canada, and now 2 years for on going PhD studies in Canada.

Does he needs to get ECA for his Bachelors degree from India ?

Or he is exempt from ECA because his Masters is from Canada ?

If you friend is going to use the master degree from Canada to apply, then he DOES NOT need to get ECA for his bachelor degree from India.

 

[asbereth]

If you friend is going to use the master degree from Canada to apply, then he DOES NOT need to get ECA for his bachelor degree from India.

I share the same opinion. You only need to assess your credential if you want your foreign credential to be evaluated for Canadian equivalency. Since your friend already has a Canadian degree as his highest degree, then, based on how I interpret the rule, it wouldn't matter whether he gets his Bachelor's from India evaluated, since it won't affect his education points (he already has 23 points from Canadian Master's, and these points no longer depend on the number of years).

Admittedly, if I was in his position, I would still assess the Indian bachelor's degree, just in case Ottawa decides to troll later on during the processing, but in my opinion, it is not necessary since you won't depend on this degree to obtain education points.

If you are only submitting a Canadian educational credential, you do not need to do this.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp

 

[asbereth]

FYI

One of my friends who is April 2012 applicant just got his CAIPS. Although he did not hear from Ottawa yet an officer put a note for him one month ago that his work experience letter has no indication that he assisted the university professor and so he does not met the minimum requirements.

His letter clearly says that the student responsibilities as a research assistant was conducting technical review, developing necessary laboratory experiments, compiling and analyzing research results and preparing scholarly publications.

I have no idea how he can improve his letter. This is crazy. I have no idea how the officer concluded that there is "no indication" that he assisted the professor in the letter. It seems that they already made their way to reject him but never contacted him. They have no respect for the applicants.

I hope that it is a mistake on his CAIPS as long as they have not send any email to him. Otherwise it is super disappointing. You even have no idea how you can improve the letter.

That's crazy. So they came up with a decision a month ago, yet they have not yet contacted him to this date? I know now is probably not a good time to pester your friend about this, but can you share exactly what the officer wrote on his GCMS notes? Did it say explicitly that it was rejected due to not having completed one continuous year of work experience?

 

[Stuck In Quebec]

They gave me 67. Based on my case, I should get 68. they didn't give me 4 points of my education and 2 points of work, but gave 5 from study.
68-4-2+5 = 67

Congrats!!! What a cliffhanger!!! Sydney is very inconsistent, real test would be getting past Ottawa.

 

[beh467]

That's crazy. So they came up with a decision a month ago, yet they have not yet contacted him to this date? I know now is probably not a good time to pester your friend about this, but can you share exactly what the officer wrote on his GCMS notes? Did it say explicitly that it was rejected due to not having completed one continuous year of work experience?

Hi All,

It is my case!

It is written that "PA submitted letter of reference that listed duties that do not match the lead statement as there is no indication that PA directly assists a faculty member"

However, these are parts of my reference letter which explain my work.



"He has been working as a full-time research assistant at ..."

"As my research assistant, he is mainly responsible for conducting technical reviews, laboratory and simulation experiments, compiling and analyzing research results, preparing scholarly publications and writing scientific journal papers."

I don't know how you can indicate that you have been assisting a professor!


Any idea what I can do now!

 

[ak0512]

Hi all, i got my GCMS last Friday
Eligibility : not started
Security : not started
Criminality : not started
Medical : not started
last update dec 15, 2012
due date: june 1, 2013
they awarded me 74 point, with 5 adaptability points for canadian study
but I am not sure whether the points awarded by ottawa or sydney, can you please tell me from your experience who award the points?
thanks