rob6547

Hello All,

I'm new to this forum. I did search quite a bit but couldn't really find all the answers to my questions.

My wife(British, 32) and I(37) are going to apply for the Express Entry option any help would be much appreciated

No PNP, No job offer.


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We both should score CLB 10 on the IELTS (I scored 8.5 in Dec-14, need to retake)

She is an advanced/almost native french speaker TEF should be very high.

Both 4 year Bachelors, I got my ECA in Dec-14 she is applying. (I dont need another one I believe)?

Both 6+ years experience her in NOC 0114 (Business Manager) me in Mechanical Eng (NOC 2132).

I've calculated approx 450 CRS points

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1. I'm assuming Federal Skilled worker is the best option, should we consider Quebec skilled worker as a plan B? or apply both at once?
   
2. Defiantly keep her as the primary right? (5 years younger, speaks French)
3. My NOC is Group A (2132) hers is Group 0 (0114).
   
4. When the form ask which province are you interested in, should we click all?
   
5. How much commitment do you have to be in that specific province if you get an ITA? Or once you land it doesn't matter?
   
6. If we get picked for a PNP, would we need to settle in that province? How long till we can move?
   
7. Since she is a french speaker does it matter if we pick English or French as first language while submitting? Is one more favorable?
   
8. I have Canadian Siblings and with her French that's more points from 6th June onward (new rules 30+15), should we wait till then to apply, we still don't have our test results anyway? or would the system automatically update our points?

Snowy560

You can't create a profile without your language test results and yes you're right: more points for French speakers (CLB7) with good English as well from 6 June. Siblings who are PRs/CCs in Canada will add more points. You need ECA as well.

rob6547

Thanks Snowy, haven't submitted anything yet putting the application together.

Expecting ECA, TEF, IELTS all done by end of May.

So I'm thinking we''ll wait to June 6th to submit the file?

rob6547

I glad I posted here, looking into OINP. Looks like we are candidates.

So there's no harm applying for that as well, we actually prefer Toronto.

rob6547

So we basically just select Ontario as one of the provinces of interest, is that it initially?

Then we may get the NOI?

ScottyB

I recommend leaving all states selected so that you keep all options open.


If you just select Ontario and they don't give you an invite you have lost the opportunity to be considered by all other Provinces.

rob6547

Ok thanks.

What if we get a nomination from a province, does that mean we need to land there? stay there? or no commitments?

Would multiple nominations be possible?

christmasoompa

No, multiple nominations aren't possible. If a province nominates you for PR, then yes you're expected to settle there. You could potentially move to another province if things didn't work out without any issue i.e. you spend a year there but can't find work, so move elsewhere. That shouldn't be a problem.

What you couldn't do (without risking having your PR revoked) would be to apply via a province you never intended to live in and then move on elsewhere straight away.

HTH.

rob6547

Oh, that complicates matter a bit.
We would prefer either BC or ON, not so sure about the rest.

Alternatively given we will hopefully have 450 crs points and 495 by Jun-17 we may not need a PNP right?

We could just wait for our ITA and only select the 2 provinces we really would like to move to?

christmasoompa

You don't even need to select a province at all - if you don't then you'll only be able to receive an ITA under FSW, but at 450 points you should get an ITA and that's a Federal program, so you could then move whenever you like, wherever you like. Ticking the provinces box just means you'd be considered under their PNP too, if you don't want to apply under PNP then don't choose that option.

HTH, good luck.

rob6547

christmasoompa,

Thank you, that makes more sense to me. Some people were recommending select all, but we don't really want to move to some random province.

christmasoompa

Remember that you don't have to accept a nomination if offered one. But if you don't want to be tied to any province at all, then aim at getting an ITA under a Federal program.

Best of luck.

rob6547

Things are becoming clearer
This is a great forum!

Thank you!