Comment:

"EXPRESS ENTRY

Thanks again to The Corriere Canadese for keeping an eye on Express Entry. 

Unfortunately, the situation is worse than the Corriere has detailed.

There is a perception that an “invitation” from the Express Entry office means that Ottawa has accepted that the applicant is ready for final processing.

Not true.

An “invitation “simply allows the candidate to ask an employer or a PNP office to go through the hoops of obtaining an LMIA or PNP certificate… this is where the real problems start.

Only a fraction of 2015’s “Invited” Express Entry pool of 12,071 will obtain LMIA’s or PNP certificates.

Thus, only a fraction of the 12,071 invited applicants will ever have their applications considered for landing.

I feel sorry for the many applicants who went through the emotional roller coaster of receiving one of Ottawa’s phony invitations in the knowledge that they could never obtain an LMIA or PNP certificate.

It takes real chutzpah for Ottawa to invite someone to a party in the knowledge that they will be denied admission. 

I remember when government used to act in good faith. They made mistakes. Maybe their policies were wrong headed. But you rarely questioned their integrity.

Those days are over. Public policy and public service are out.

Cynical scams such as Express Entry are in."

Richard Boraks, August 7 2015