They are also trying to bring in young people because Canada's population is aging rapidly and they need a new tax base to pay for rising pensions and healthcare costs. Age is valued disproportionately by Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - the three big countries inviting skilled immigrants right now.
Ray of Hope - 106th draw
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For anyone who has a birthday between their ITA and eAPR, this is not going to affect your application. My birthday is in a few days, so I will be dropping down 5 points but this will not affect my application. I know there has been much debate and confusion on this, so I will quote what my ITA says:
"NOTE: If you had a birthday since we sent you this invitation, and the change to your age decreases your points total, this will not cause us to refuse your application for permanent residence."
"NOTE: If you had a birthday since we sent you this invitation, and the change to your age decreases your points total, this will not cause us to refuse your application for permanent residence."
I am sitting in the pool at 444 points right now so I have my fingers (and toes) crossed for the next draw.
December will be a very interesting month for the EE draws if they will be running two. My prediction is that we will have 2 draws and will end up with a short gap somewhere which will mean a significant decrease in the CRS cutoff for one of the draws.
Government offices are closed Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of December so there will be no draw that Wednesday. They could run a draw on Monday the 24th but with no staff in for the following two days that would be unlikely.
I think we could potentially have a draw next Wednesday (December 5th) and then another draw on Monday the 17th of December or Wednesday the 19th. If this doesn't happen we will have another 3 week gap which would be bad in that the points will rise to approx 450 again.
So... for everybody who is sitting at 440-444, I think that we will have a very nice Christmas present
December will be a very interesting month for the EE draws if they will be running two. My prediction is that we will have 2 draws and will end up with a short gap somewhere which will mean a significant decrease in the CRS cutoff for one of the draws.
Government offices are closed Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of December so there will be no draw that Wednesday. They could run a draw on Monday the 24th but with no staff in for the following two days that would be unlikely.
I think we could potentially have a draw next Wednesday (December 5th) and then another draw on Monday the 17th of December or Wednesday the 19th. If this doesn't happen we will have another 3 week gap which would be bad in that the points will rise to approx 450 again.
So... for everybody who is sitting at 440-444, I think that we will have a very nice Christmas present
I usually assume the stupidity is caused by language barriers, but I really can't be sure. Every single ROH thread "I didn't get ITA yet" and other questions that really shouldn't be asked.
If the draw happens on 12th Dec, it will be a draw with no new IELTS results(not considering computer delivered IELTS)...I think the last IELTS general exam was on NOV 10 of which the results are already out..And the next exam is on Dec 15..Hope I am right on this data..??
I am sitting in the pool at 444 points right now so I have my fingers (and toes) crossed for the next draw.
December will be a very interesting month for the EE draws if they will be running two. My prediction is that we will have 2 draws and will end up with a short gap somewhere which will mean a significant decrease in the CRS cutoff for one of the draws.
Government offices are closed Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th of December so there will be no draw that Wednesday. They could run a draw on Monday the 24th but with no staff in for the following two days that would be unlikely.
I think we could potentially have a draw next Wednesday (December 5th) and then another draw on Monday the 17th of December or Wednesday the 19th. If this doesn't happen we will have another 3 week gap which would be bad in that the points will rise to approx 450 again.
So... for everybody who is sitting at 440-444, I think that we will have a very nice Christmas present
I wish your prediction comes true..
My score is 468. So i am kind of curious whether i will receive ITA or not because i literally registered few hours before the draw time of 12:14:58 UTC
I understand the logic they use for sending the invites. What I meant was us picking random numbers from the sky and saying that the next draw will be on that. We only get the number of applicants in the pool after the draw, we do not have live data to call the correct number.
The tie-breaking rule is only for those who have the exact score of 445. Yours is above, therefore you will get an ITA
what happened to your timeline signature. AOR to PR card in 15 days or something like that?
The numbers have escalated too fast in last 3 months. You were correct mate, this was a heartbreaking Wednesday for me sitting at 444 and losing 5 points on 1st December. Such is the difference between having a draw on Monday vs Wednesday
Want your opinion, what is the probability of a back-to-back draw in December (either on 5th and 19th, or 12th and 19th) given Christmas break, and if that happens, is there a chance of cut-off coming down to 439 with 3900 ITA?
if 26th dec is a holiday in canada then most definitely the CRS will rise after 12th dec's draw ! so very little chances for 441 ?