Hi All
My wife is the main applicant for emmigration to Canada and she has just enough points,but it will take her about 8 weeks to get certain info.

If Canada should increase the points required by 1 or more we are sunk,so i was wondering how often do they review and change what points are required?

Are there any plans for changes that anyone knows about?

cheers

and tia.

They don't change very often and the general consensus is that they won't change in the near future (certainly not in the next 8 weeks)
I would advise on finding a few more points before you submit your application though, just to be on the safe side as CIC doesn't always see everything as you do.
Good luck

On the cynical side - every time they have a new immigration minister who feels the need to "make their mark"

Also, in theory if the points are increased you may well have to meet the new score when the application is assessed in three years as well as the current score when you apply: no-one knows for sure whether they would require that (it would, after all, wipe out a large fraction of all the people who've applied since the points score was reduced), but legally they can.

In practical terms they may have no alternative way of dealing with such an enormous backlog.



Jeremy

Read the Minister's comments in this article:

http://www.canada.com/montreal/mont...3b-91a18f520a40

The Minister is not even suggesting raising the passmark and applying it retrospectively as a quick-fix solution to wipe out the huge number of backlog applications already "in-process" on the ground that they do not meet the new higher passmark. The Minister was talking about focusing first on clearing the backlog albeit taking 3 years or more.

Any revised selection grid will then be applicable to new applications. On the assumption that the revised selection grid will not create huge backlog, then it is simply a matter of time (3 to 5 years) to clear the huge backlog.

The problem is that many of the immigrants Canada actually wants won't be prepared to wait many years for a visa, when you can usually have an Australian migrant visa (if you qualify) within 12 months or so.





Jeremy