miss_mp

Congrats kswoosh, that's great, hope the move all goes well!

KuroKuro

Congrats on making it through kswoosh!

bc2015

There was another draw today - 457 points

BurtLington

Right now, I'm at 444 points, I guess that's too low? I can't see it going lower than 450. It'll be 469 in October when I'll have more work experience in Canada.

KuroKuro

Just curious whether anybody has any opinions on the points system for Express Entry. I know that the draws have been hovering around just above 450 for about 10 months now, but can anybody foresee/guess whether they think that might change in the future? Now we're in the new year, I thought that it was going to go back up for a bit, with the roll-over on PNPs and such.

beckiwoo

Who knows what will happen. All I ask is if they decide to change the system, it's after I get my PR lol

I think the government were looking at making it slightly easier (decreasing the points) but right now 1500 people get invited every couple of weeks so unless they increase the number of ITAs it may not go down

KuroKuro

Well, I thought part of the point of changing the system was so that the more "skilled" people will get PR in Canada above those less "skilled"? If 1500 people every few weeks is what they need to fill their yearly quota, and there are enough people joining the pool in that space of time which immediately rise to the top, then the points will never drop.

I'd be interested to see the application distribution against points. Surely at this point scores of 440+ must have thousands of people (too many for a single draw), because it's never been pulled before and all those just below are accumulating.


Sorry, I know it's kinda useless to speculate about all this stuff, as we will never really know about this stuff unless CIC tells us.

BurtLington

Does anyone know what the PNP points requirement is for BC? I've heard its like 400 points for Ontario.

Shirtback

Express Entry BC is quite different from EE Ontario. Ontario looks at and selects *some* (id est: not all candidates with >400 pts will be selected) EE profiles with over 400 points in the EE pool.

BC seems to function differently; you should read the requirements, starts on page 29 here:
http://www.welcomebc.ca/welcome_bc/m...gram-Guide.pdf

BurtLington

Ahh I see, thanks.

I have another question; will I get a few points if I put down short term contract work that is related to my field of expertise? It's definitely the same NOC code. I had a one month contract back in the UK and a two month contract here in Canada before I started working full time. I can definitely prove them, but I'm wondering if it will actually score me points or not?

bc2015

The scales are

0 years (aka under 1 years)
1-2 years
3+ years

so unless these few months will take you over one of the boundaries then it's not going to score extra points. Still worth putting down anyway.

KuroKuro

Those waiting for first time PR cards, be aware that the processing time has dropped to 73 days! If you've been waiting longer than 2 months, I suggest you call up CIC today as they should now be able to give you an update on your application!

beckiwoo

I'm more interested to know if the processing times for the applications will increase (e.g. over 6 months) due to the refugee applications?

KuroKuro

I thought that all refugee processing was being done in visa offices outside of Canada?

PMM

HI

They transferred officers from Canada and other offices around the world to process applications.