March 9th Draw - Cut off 473 - 1015 Invitations

[andy108]

This is so disappointing.. Indeed... with Ontario not sending PT as well... we may have a tough road ahead....

Some posters were saying that OINP reached its quota... not sure if it is true though.

 

[twztedelegance]

I also got rejected due to PCC error last year. The cut off for this draw is a bit higher than all previous draw this year. According to previous trend, the cutoff will decrease inevitably and hope you will receive ITA very soon~

sure hope so..good luck with ur application..living in such uncertain terms is taking its toll on my mental health..hope for PR before my work permit expires or else a BOWP that is not rejected

 

[Shipper]

Absolutely the opposite of what was advised in Dec 2015 about the possibility of increasing ITA/Draw and score to go lower.

 

[Encore]

The news is so bad that people are willing to call it fake. But it is not. It is true and quite sad.
Some people already say it marks a switch in gears, but we may still need further confirmation from sebsequent draws. If they are as bad as this one, then, it will be confirmed as a chnage of gers from economic to humaniterian for sure.
On to the next challenge.

 

[BA2LAMAZ]

I have a canadian MA degree and a foreign BA degree. just 1 year canadian work experience.
I took CELPIP, 9 9 9 10. but just took another one last week and was expecting to boost my score again. I think if I get above 10 on all 4 sections, I can get 9 points boosted.
However, it still looks not high enough

Thanks for the info Lexie. I am a Canadian bachelor's degree holder and even with the best English scores and 1 year work experience, the highest people in my category can obtain is 444. This is quite frustrating tbh :'(

 

[twztedelegance]

Thanks for the info Lexie. I am a Canadian bachelor's degree holder and even with the best English scores and 1 year work experience, the highest people in my category can obtain is 444. This is quite frustrating tbh :'(

i had the same score with 1 year work, then i reached 2 years work experience and it became 469 i believe

 

[Chiuzi]

Thanks for the info Lexie. I am a Canadian bachelor's degree holder and even with the best English scores and 1 year work experience, the highest people in my category can obtain is 444. This is quite frustrating tbh :'(

Immigration lawyers and consulting firms will always say that the round of invitations will have lower scores... it has always been like that.

 

[Aragorn165]

So far this seems to be in line with my predictions. That is honestly a bit worrying, since my predictions were predicated on a worst case, curtailing of economic immigration schemes scenario. Still, this is just one cutoff- it does not mark a trend. Maybe this is just an aberration. We would have to wait and see more.

Congratulations to everyone who got invited. To everyone else- hang in there, your turn is coming up soon.

 

[riasat.abir]

The news is so bad that people are willing to call it fake. But it is not. It is true and quite sad.
Some people already say it marks a switch in gears, but we may still need further confirmation from sebsequent draws. If they are as bad as this one, then, it will be confirmed as a chnage of gers from economic to humaniterian for sure.
On to the next challenge.

To accommodate more refugees, they are cutting down skilled people.
With 1000 of invitation in each round and more provincial nominees - I don't see any chances for the ITA to go below 470 anytime soon..

 

[kateg]

Still, this is just one cutoff- it does not mark a trend. Maybe this is just an aberration. We would have to wait and see more.

Given the new targets, it pretty much has to. If they do larger draws, there will be fewer of them to compensate.

 

[BA2LAMAZ]

i had the same score with 1 year work, then i reached 2 years work experience and it became 469 i believe

Lucky for you. By the time I complete 2 years of working, I would have only 3 months left on my PGWP.
Even the OONP is a far cry as I do not have any ties to the province.
Now you understand my plight right? lol

 

[Aragorn165]

Given the new targets, it pretty much has to. If they do larger draws, there will be fewer of them to compensate.

Yes, that seems to be a problem- plus, given new people entering the pools all the time, plus the PNPs, it seems as though the trend is, currently, towards steadily rising CRS cutoffs.
Of course, I want to establish that this is still speculation- educated speculation, yes, but still speculation. And as recent events have shown us, the most educated of all guesswork can be widely off base.

Lucky for you. By the time I complete 2 years of working, I would have only 3 months left on my PGWP.
Even the OONP is a far cry as I do not have any ties to the province.
Now you understand my plight right? lol

You do not need very many ties to the province- I have never even been to Canada, let alone Ontario, and I managed to land myself an OINP PNP. You should look into the program for sure.

 

[twztedelegance]

To accommodate more refugees, they are cutting down skilled people.
With 1000 of invitation in each round and more provincial nominees - I don't see any chances for the ITA to go below 470 anytime soon..

hope ur wrong as im at 469

 

[rahul1404]

Hope... Ontario also makes things clear now... with the Human Capital priorities stream...
with just not sending PT NOI.. it confuses the situation even more...

 

[ee2015]

Speechless..... Sigh...