Reductions in numbers of FSW in 2016

[cnll0075]

Hi guys,

I am pretty upset at today's news. One thing I was particularly curious about was if the 2015 target (~80,000) was met. It was confusing to me at first because around ~30000 ITA was sent out last year, and that did not fit 80,000 in any way. Assuming a family size of 4, the actual number will be more like 120,000, but not 80,000.

Then I realized that there was provincial nominations as well. The target for 2015 was around ~40,000, to sum these two targets up, it gave around 120,000, which was four times the number of ITAs, which made sense.

Therefore, for 2016, the total number of ITAs, including both Federal and provincial nominations, should be 58,400+47,800=106,200. Therefore, compared to 2015, the reduction would be ~11-12%, but not 20% as suggested by some websites.

This is just merely speculation. But if you have more insights I would be very happy to know them.

 

[scylla]

This topic has been discussed what feels a million time here already. The target for a specific year doesn't just include applications submitted during that year - it also includes applications from previous years that were finalized during that year.

So the 2016 targets will include some applications submitted in 2016 and also finalized that same year, also applications submitted in 2015 but finalized in 2016, and applications submitted in 2014 but finalized in 2016, etc., etc., etc.