Accepted IELTS at CIO Nova Scotia

Here's to answer all those questions about IELTS Exam requirement. If you visit Citizenship and Immigration Canada's website particularly the immigration section, you will see this announcement:

It's a clear-cut policy. 2 years. Why insist a one year rule?

It's because of this important notice from Appendix A Checklist for Federal Skilled Work applications.

It says if there is conflict between the guide (Appendix A) and other publications, the Appendix A is to be followed.

Now, this is what is written in the said guide:

It says language test results must not be older than one year upon submission.

So which do you follow?

It may have been that the Appendix A is not yet updated. But based on how Centralized Intake Office (CIO) handles applications it received, I wouldn't take that risk. Please note however, that the Visa Office in Manila accepts language test results that are older than one year even prior to the announcement that 2 year language test result is now acceptable.

Based on the guidelines, IELTS requirement is General Training and not Academic. But the Visa Office in Manila accepts Academic option just the same. It actually makes sense. Academic is relatively more difficult than the General Training option. But if you submit IELTS Academic option to CIO, it will not be accepted.

Be guided. Small mistakes cause BIG problem.

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Afraid of Cap Limit

Let me share to you a question of a client with regard to her concern on the CAP limit for Immigration Application for Nurses.


stella cabana wrote:

Since my application package has been submitted last December and the effectivity of the cap being reached was early January (if I remember it right), and if this is what cap means, then my application might have been included if no notice was received by your agency that my application is not considered, right?

Ma'am,

Yes the application had been reach. Actually, what your implying might be true. As of now the letter we recieve consist of the following:

1. Positive assessment- which means they will proceed to 2nd part of the application. Time table is 4 months upon submission to Nova Scotia.
2. IELTS Updates- Last week of december we recieve another instructions that "ONLY" General Training IELTS will be accepted, those with Academic Training IELTS had recieve letters for IELTS update, giving them 120 days to take GT IELTS inorder to finally assess their applications. I have 2 clients filed august and sept last year that recieve IELTS update letter this week(figure the time frame). If you did submit an academic IELTS you better be prepare taking up GT IELTS now. Addition to it the coverage of IELTS eligibility now is 2 year unlike the 1 year only.
3. Returned Cases- This are the people who did not meet the eligibility, problem with docs, and people who did not make the CAP.

I know your main concern is not meeting the CAP, to tell you honestly, yes that is a possibility. But, remember as of now we are still sending nurses application to CIO Nova Scotia, those application who made it to the CAP doesnt mean 100% will get positive assessment, they will still be processed remember? So there is slight chance that other applicants recieve by the CIO may be considered for processing.

What if I dont realy did not made it in the CAP?
Let me qoute the last line from the websites instructions about the CAP

" Within the 20,000 cap, a maximum of 1,000 federal skilled worker applications per occupation will be considered for processing each year."

Even if you dont make it to Cap limit of 1000 this year there is still a chance, because after processing the first 1000 applicants they will open it again to process the next 1000 applicants. If your application now is get returned that would be ready for the next CAP opening possible this year.

Another thing. As we all know Nurses is a big part of indemand occupation in Canada there had been 2 changes of priority list and yet Nurses is still on the list. That Cap does not mean that Canada is limiting Immigrants they just preventing backlog of applications, they want to commit on the 6-12 months processing time, that is what the cap really means.

Tell your Nurse Friends that Canada is now on a first come first serve basis, Your biggest assest is being ahead of everybody. By the way we have new program for nurses that is called Privilage plan/Start up Plan. Under this we will start processing your papers for an initial dp and the full payment would be upon the time the occupation will be open again.

I hope I clear your mind Ma'am.

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Arrival Day Essentials

Time come that you already have your visa and on your way to canada. Here is some excerpt email to me by a client on what happened to him upon landing in canada. I hope this could ease some tension from you.



"On board, one is handed a landing card. As a prospective settler, fill in the card as if one is a tourist. There are separate categories for Canadians and tourists but none for new settlers.

At the immigration desk, submit the landing card together with passport and landing form IMM 5292 'Confirmation of Permanent Residence'.

Collect all your luggage first and proceed to the immigration office beside the luggage area. There are two sections - one for returning residents and one marked 'new arrivals'. Go to the latter.

One must leave all luggage outside the door to the office. Take all your valuables and documents with you.

Queue at the first counter to get your queue number and have your landing card checked. Bring additional copies of passport photos for each member of the family as sometimes the photos on the form are considered 'unacceptable' for any number of reasons. In the absence of your own photos, they do have an area where they can take additional passport photos for you in the office.

Wait for your number to be called. At the processing desk, submit your IMM 5292, passport and inventory of belongings B4(E) and B4 (A). One is just a continuation of the other so if you have more than one page, use the continuation form. Alternatively, use a spreadsheet print it out and attach a header B4 filled and signed.

It would be easier to batch them to a) luggage that you have with you on the flight b) any items you are shipping as unaccompanied luggage c) the rest which are being shipped by sea and which will arrive much later. Also submit form E667 which documents any money you bring into Canada either in cash, bank cheques etc. (Telegraphic Transfers appear not to be in this category).

Budget a good hour for this step especially if there happens to be a lot of new arrivals on that day. You will receive a copy of the IMM5292 stamped and processed clipped to your passport, This serves as your legal document in Canada pending the arrival of your PR card which will be posted to you in 4-6 weeks.

If you have unaccompanied luggage it may have to be picked up and declared at customs as a separate procedure. Get details from your shipping agent/airline where and how to do this. For Australians, I can recommend Jetta Express. It is half the price of excess luggage. Be prepared to pay for storage if your luggage arrives more than 2 days prior to your arrival."

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Actor Dennis Quaid Seek Refuge Status in Canada

VANCOUVER – Actor Randy Quaid and his wife told Canada’s immigration board Friday they are seeking refuge in Canada because they are being persecuted in the United States, after they were arrested on U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges.

The pair were arrested on Thursday afternoon in a shopping area of an affluent Vancouver neighborhood.

The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges.

Santa Barbara County Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter said Friday that Quaid and his wife Evi’s bail increased to $500,000 apiece.

Their attorney, Robert Sanger, said he hoped the situation could be resolved but declined comment citing the pending case.

Evi Quaid begged a Canadian immigration adjudicator not to force them to return, saying on Friday that eight friends, such as actors David Carradine and Heath Ledger, have been “murdered” under mysterious circumstances and she’s worried something will happen to her husband next.

“We feel our lives are in danger,” she said.

Evi Quaid said she’s been told by a jail nurse that her blood pressure is dangerously high due to stress and that Randy Quaid’s mother has been hospitalized in the U.S. as a result of the stress from their legal troubles.

Friday’s hearing was a mandatory detention review and authorities have asked that they be kept in jail until their next hearing date Tuesday.

On Friday, the Quaids promised they would appear for their next hearing. Evi Quaid said she’d be willing to wear an ankle bracelet while staying at a posh Vancouver hotel.

Randy Quaid said they came to Canada because he was being given an award by a film critics group. He said the couple was considering moving to Vancouver where Randy planned to jump-start his career.

He said the pair believed the warrants were issued by mistake and had been withdrawn and the couple didn’t travel north in an effort to skip out on them.

“I love Canada,” Randy Quaid told the adjudicator.

“It’s been a very welcoming nation to me. I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation.”

They face no charges in Canada.

A U.S. judge issued arrest warrants Monday for the couple after they failed to show up at a California court hearing stemming from their arrests last month on suspicion of illegally squatting at a home.

Quaid and his wife face felony vandalism charges after more than $5,000 in damage was found in a guest house of a Montecito, California home they had previously owned.

The Quaids frequently missed court appearances in an earlier U.S. case involving charges they defrauded an innkeeper. That case was resolved in April with Evi Quaid pleading no contest to a misdemeanor. The charges against her husband were dropped.

Randy Quaid, 60, is best-known for supporting roles in films such as “Independence Day” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” He is the older brother of Dennis Quaid. - AP

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from GMA News TV

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My Monthly Visa Gazette

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I just want a unique approach on discussing visa application. I want it to be funkier and more lively way of discussion. I want it to be interactive and more broader than before. I want that it will also serve as a newsletter for you. Thats why I created another blog that would cater my needs.

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My Newsletter Blog for Canada

I you want a fresh approach with regards to your Immigration Application for Canada. I created a new Blog that also tackles this topic. This will serve as a Newsletter for you. Immigration Topic discussed in a light manner.

visit: go2canada

Thanks. I would still update this from time to time :)

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