It has been a year and two months since the new law was introduced. As a result, as expected, almost no one was able to score the required number of points under the new law. It reached the point of complete absurdity - embassies sent refusal notices to people with excellent qualifications, stating that even with these qualifications and fluent English, they did not reach the passing score, and therefore they were refused. Extending the new law's effect to those who had submitted their applications before it came into force allowed officials at the Ministry of Immigration to legally refuse them an immigration visa on the grounds that they did not score the required number of points under the new law.
Proceeding from common sense, the publication goes on to write, such an abnormal situation could not last long.
Of course, the decision taken by Canada's Ministry of Immigration has finally become closer to reality and more logical. However, one cannot say that common sense has prevailed. It should not be forgotten that the decision to lower the passing score and abolish retroactivity has now been made by the very same people who a year ago decided to bring into force a new law with an unrealistic passing score and to apply retroactivity, despite powerful criticism and heedless of any arguments. Therefore, we should not delude ourselves now that they have "seen the light" and "realized their mistake." Mr. Coderre's statement should, in all likelihood, be viewed as a forced concession under strong pressure from various organizations, including the Federal Court of Canada, and a populist step on the eve of the upcoming federal elections. This is, incidentally, not concealed even by the Minister of Immigration himself.
From all the above, the following conclusion can be drawn. Those who want to immigrate to Canada are at present being given a unique chance. Although the new passing score under the current rules is still quite high and it is far from easy to achieve, it can nevertheless be done if one so desires. The only question is how long this unique chance will last. We know the entire history of this matter well and are carefully monitoring the course of events, the conduct of the parties involved in this issue, official statements by politicians, and so on. This enables us to assume that the "door has been opened" only for a short while - possibly for a year to a year and a half. The publication forecasts that it is not ruled out that after the elections, if the Liberal Party returns to power (which is most likely to happen), the passing score will be revised again - this time upward, and immigration to Canada for specialists will be closed again for a long time.
Given that the global trend toward restricting the admission of immigrants to developed countries is intensifying, there is no doubt that immigrating to Canada will also become significantly more difficult, if at all possible. Therefore, for those who planned to immigrate to Canada but postponed that intention because of the insurmountable passing requirements of the new law, a chance is now being given to realize their intentions. Our advice: do not miss this chance.
Those whose applications are currently under review can breathe freely, as there is now an opportunity to successfully complete the immigration process. This applies both to those who submitted applications under the old law (and desperately tried to solve the problem of overcoming the changed passing requirements) and to those who submitted applications after January 1, 2002, and had to seek reserves to meet the new law's requirements and score the passing 75 points - now it is enough to score 67 points.