People are lucky, but let's be realistic here, last year there were people who got invited at 439. Were they lucky? Sure, but that was a lot higher than 417. His English is fine, sure, but his degree sucks. He needs to either get a better degree, or learn French. Either way, he needs to do better. I don't give people false hope by telling them "oh, you know, at 417 you might have a chance". I tell them to man up, learn French etc, if they really wanna move here.