In its seventh draw on April 10, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has issued 925 invitations to the candidates with 469 or more Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points. This also comes with the news that the first few candidates who had received invitation under this program have been issued permanent residency status in Canada. Though the minimum ranking points have increased from the last draw (from 453 to 469), the number of invitations issued has also fallen. Based on that there are two things that can be arguably assumed for now. Firstly, the candidates who will keep thriving to improve their profile or CRS points through continuous efforts like re-appearing in language tests, improving their education credentials and work experience, etc., will have the winning edge over others. Secondly, the trend so far makes one assume that candidates with qualifying job offers or provincial nominations are not heavily going to impact the chances of other candidates without a qualifying job offer or provincial nomination though the pressure is always going to be there. Whereas the coming few draws will further shed the light on how this will pan out, looks like the actual picture of how Canada Express Entry Program will flourish this year will only be clearer somewhere halfway, maybe July or August of 2015.
Having said above, due to the unavailability of IELTS General Training dates till September-October of 2015, there are thousands of highly eligible candidates in countries like Nepal and India who have not been able to avail themselves of the opportunity immediately, and this is a lose-lose situation for both Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and candidates. It is to be mentioned here that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) only approves CELPIP (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program) and IELTS (General Training) as the language tests for the purpose of applying under Express Entry Program. With the former only available in Canada, the candidates are left with the only option for IELTS (General Training). This scenario has already impacted in candidates thinking about moving to Australia as the most favored option because in case of Australian permanent residency program, candidates also have the options for appearing in alternative language tests like Pearson Academic and TOEFL IBT.
Nevertheless, the Canada Express Entry Program has just started to unfold and a conclusive final opinion cannot be drawn from the trends so far, but one thing is for sure that CIC aims at inviting the best talent available and Express Entry Pool has give them a focused approach and opportunity to do so.
Having said above, due to the unavailability of IELTS General Training dates till September-October of 2015, there are thousands of highly eligible candidates in countries like Nepal and India who have not been able to avail themselves of the opportunity immediately, and this is a lose-lose situation for both Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and candidates. It is to be mentioned here that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) only approves CELPIP (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program) and IELTS (General Training) as the language tests for the purpose of applying under Express Entry Program. With the former only available in Canada, the candidates are left with the only option for IELTS (General Training). This scenario has already impacted in candidates thinking about moving to Australia as the most favored option because in case of Australian permanent residency program, candidates also have the options for appearing in alternative language tests like Pearson Academic and TOEFL IBT.
Nevertheless, the Canada Express Entry Program has just started to unfold and a conclusive final opinion cannot be drawn from the trends so far, but one thing is for sure that CIC aims at inviting the best talent available and Express Entry Pool has give them a focused approach and opportunity to do so.
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