Old question again: ITA in 11th month. What to do?

[JohnWick07]

Ok, so I know this has been posted before but lately has anyone experienced this and what did you do?
In my EE profile I started job in Canada on 10 June 2020. So I believe I will get an ITA in the May draw.
Whats the latest people have been doing? Accept the ITA and submit the application after June 10? Or decline the ITA and stay in the pool and wait for the next one?

 

[JohnWick07]

If you don’t meet the minimum entry criteria for Express Entry, decline.

If you’re eligible for FSW and are going to become eligible for CEC in June, you can keep the ITA and send your application after you’re eligible for CEC as long as you send a letter of explanation.

What do you mean by eligible for FSW? When I login to my profile, it says: you are a candidate and meet the minimum entry requirement and we will send you a message if you are invited to apply. So I am guessing I am eligible for FSW?

 

[JohnWick07]

What do you mean by eligible for FSW? When I login to my profile, it says: you are a candidate and meet the minimum entry requirement and we will send you a message if you are invited to apply. So I am guessing I am eligible for FSW?

Actually yes. It says eligible for FSW

 

[JohnWick07]

I mean, if you ONLY have Canadian Experience, then no, you shouldn't accept this invite at all because your application will be rejected since you didn't meet the minimum entry criteria at the time of the ITA. You might also be potentially banned from Canada for misrepresentation.

If you were already on the pool because you have experience abroad and are just about to become eligible For CEC, that's another story.

It’s the latter. I have experience from abroad and already in the pool and will be completing 1 year Canadian experience very soon.

 

[JohnWick07]

Then you might accept the ITA, however, make sure you attach a letter of explanation mentioning that. There's plenty of threads in Twitter with instructions on what to do in those situations.

Can you point me to some? What would LOE be like?

 

[JohnWick07]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1260305054470410241

https://twitter.com/x/status/1258126072916443141

Just explain that the system miscalculated your score and you decided to wait

Do they give a time period to accept the ITA? Is it possible to accept the ITA 1 months after I receive it?

 

[EscoBlades]

Do they give a time period to accept the ITA? Is it possible to accept the ITA 1 months after I receive it?

90 days. It is all on the IRCC website

 

[JohnWick07]

90 days. It is all on the IRCC website

Great. So it’s 90 days to accept the ITA + submit the application. That makes sense. So I can just wait for 1 month and accept the ITA once I complete 12 months and then submit the docs. I was under the impression you might have to accept the ITA ASAP

 

[EscoBlades]

Great. So it’s 90 days to accept the ITA + submit the application. That makes sense. So I can just wait for 1 month and accept the ITA once I complete 12 months and then submit the docs. I was under the impression you might have to accept the ITA ASAP

Apologies, it is 60 days
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...residence/express-entry/invitation-apply.html


Upon receipt of an ITA, a candidate has 60 calendar days to do one of the following:

• Submit a complete application for permanent residence (APR) in their online account. This includes providing all supporting documentation up front.
• Decline the ITA in their online account, if the candidate is not ready to apply within 60 calendar days of receiving the ITA or if they believe that a change in their circumstance has made them ineligible to be invited. In this case, the candidate’s profile will become “active” in the pool for the remaining days of the profile’s validity and the candidate will be considered for future rounds of invitations, as long as they continue to meet the MEC.

If the candidate does not respond to the ITA (i.e., the candidate does not submit a complete APR within 60 calendar days of receiving the ITA and does not formally decline the ITA within this delay), the ITA will expire and the candidate will no longer be in the Express Entry pool. To re-enter the pool, the candidate must submit a new profile in their online account and be assessed for the MEC at that time.