Ray of Hope - 78th Draw

[FaithandFavor]

hmmmmmm

Saw this as well and was wondering if its indicative of a draw in short order!

 

[NanaPrah]

Waiting on a score of 441. Hopefully the 458 was a fluke and things will go back to normal this week

I hope so too. Keeping fingers crossed.

 

[albert648]

I hope so too. Keeping fingers crossed.

Me too. In the worst case, it stays in the 450s and I get my ITA once my masters is done and assessed (which adds another 40 points for me)

 

[KJB]

Check with your bank as well. At times the payment is on hold and is not processed.

Hi when did you receive NOI? Is it this month?

 

[KJB]

Hello All,

I received the NOI from Ontario and finished filling the mandatory fields in the application yesterday.

I tried to make the payment using the credit card but unfortunately I received the error below within 5 seconds.
I did not refresh the page or do anything and it automatically threw an error. I received the message that the amount (1500 CAD) has been deducted from the credit card already but the status of the application has not changed to "submitted". The current status is still 'waiting for submission'.

I have currently sent an email to OINP.technical-POCI.technique@ontario.ca but havent received any update yet on this.

Did anyone receive the same error while making the payment?

Error:
[1]error running sub-process 'CMOD Initialize Online Payment' at step 'Run'.(SBL-BPR-00183)
[2]error.Please try again.If you continue to encounter problems, please email the ministry for assistance.(SBL-BPR-00132)

Any quick help is appreciated as the deadline to submit the application is approaching.

Hi when did you receive NOI? Is it this month?

 

[trumprefugee]

I second that. We really need a miracle. Are we really too old to contribute something to Canada? I hope CIC reviews the age thing. This is the Ray of Hope after all.

Are you also 40+?
Unfortunately I think they are going to keep favoring the younger immigrants, especially those under 30, because Canada's population is aging. Like in many developed countries, people are living longer and having fewer kids, so the average age is going up. However, we are also staying healthier for longer, and as we say over here, 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 30, so we can still be young and healthy even when our dates of birth say we are old ...

 

[Chillovski]

Folks, any chances of a draw happeneing tomorrow (the 15th)? They just issued 2,000 ITA's last week, so we may be in with a decent chance of a draw either tmorrow or a much bigger one on the 22nd.

Interesting that the CIC hasn't updated the Express Entry pool data since October 26th on their website...

 

[raj_modi13]

Canada Immigration website says "This online service will be unavailable from 3:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Eastern time, on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, in order to perform system maintenance"... I hope they are preparing for a huge draw on 15th Nov

Amen!

 

[lateentrant]

Doing TEF is definitely worth it, I got 30 extra points for mt TEF.

Anything that can increase your points is worth it. Hope is good but more important is working towards increasing your scores rather than just waiting for the points to come down.

 

[alisani]

Helllo Dear,
I see your score is 408 so ave you applied for OINP...?

 

[sfahadali]

I think now we all with the score below 430 should sit tight and wait for 2018, the year 2017 is over for us.

 

[Doc_Abby_Zo]

I have another concern w.r.t work experience letter for my previous employment. During 2013-15, I was working as a management consultant and deputed for an Government IT project. The project was awarded to a leading consulting firm who in turn had engaged a third party manpower provider for providing resources.

My terms of association with this third party facilitator was on retainer ship engagement model. I was an independent vendor providing consulting services. Also the ITRs I filed for those 2 yrs was of a self-employed professional. Presently that company is no longer operational. I have following documents available as of now-

• Original agreements (incremental) and an revision of service charges (addendum)
  
• Bank a/c statements
• Form 16 & subsequent ITRs
• Resignation Acceptance & Termination of Contract confirmation (on emails)

Reporting manager for this engagement is presently working with some other organization and has agreed to provide me with an undertaking, specifying the job duties, in format I deem suitable. Additionally I have also contacted the client (A senior bureaucrat overseeing the project) and he has also agreed to provide me a reference letter specifying the job duties performed on his official letter head. Need your guidance on the below points-

1. Ex-reporting manager has a scanned copy of his ID card available but not visiting card. Would this suffice as an acceptable supporting document?

2. Can both the reference letters (Ex- Manager & Client) have the same set of job duties? Would that create any kind of doubt on assessing officer's mind?

Regards

Hi @Tarakeshwar... Thank you for your reply earlier. It is entreated to assist me with regards to above post.https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/members/tarakeshwar.688767/

 

[FaithandFavor]

I think now we all with the score below 430 should sit tight and wait for 2018, the year 2017 is over for us.

unfortunately

 

[abhishek_89]

but such a long wait will bring the crs up wouldnt it? ........... what are the chances of it comming back to 448?

Isn't 2 weeks the normal wait?

If the next draw happens on Nov 22, the CRS should come down to the 440-449 range.

 

[saimurali88]

Isn't 2 weeks the normal wait?

If the next draw happens on Nov 22, the CRS should come down to the 440-449 range.

I would be happy if it comes down to 435