@blg.chaitanya - hope you had great result?
I just got 7.0 band.
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I guess that means you qualify to apply.
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Yes, but I am not sure I can get CRS score above 400 with this IELTS score, masters degree and 2 years job experience.
Do we have a section-wise score
I guessed my way though this CRS score calculator and with a 7 band for IELTS it seems your score comes close to 393. The three ways you can increase it are
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Retake IELTS as this is an important part of the CRS score. If you can get higher bands like 8 and 9 your CRS score would go up to 456
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Get a provincial nomination (I don’t have enough info about this, can look into it)
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Get a Canadian Job first (With work visa’s timelines down to 2 weeks) you can file for PR as soon as you get here.
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If you’re married have your wife take her IELTS and claim her years of education.
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Yup, I have gathered some info about the PNP nomination. I am also thinking to retake IELTS. but the main problem with taking IELTS in U.S is they don’t provide headset for listening test like in India. I got 8 in India where as I got 7 here because of this unknown surprise here 
. thanks for the info
I had a question regarding IELTS. I am planning on giving it in 2 weeks. I saw it mentioned somewhere that we need to provide proof that we are giving the test for immigration purposes and only then would we be issued two copies of the test results. Is there any documentation that we need to provide when we register for the exam or when we go to attend it?
As far as I know there is no proof of immigration required (none exists). When registering you need to specify that you are taking this test for immigration proposes its a question on the registration form. This will get them to send you two copies of the TRF.
Its best to confirm with the country center for IELTS if you need to pay for this additional TRF.
http://idp.ieltscanadatest.com/test-results/getting-results/
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While this is a late reply for OP, I’d like to chip in and say that http://ieltsliz.com/ was one of the best resources I used for IELTS preparation - highly recommend it to anyone who’s serious about preparing for the IELTS, both from an immigration standpoint and otherwise.
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If your English is good you don’t have to prepare much. However I would like to point out that IELTS is slightly tougher than TOEFL (if you’ve ever given it). The only thing you may need to practice is the speaking question where they will ask you some seemingly random question, e.g.: “Tell me a bit about your favorite sportsperson”. Being a Sachin fan that wasn’t a problem for me, but still I needed to talk for the next 5 mins about his career etc.
The listening section should be easy as you’ve to listen to an audio once and answer some questions. The writing and reading sections are more challenging as you’ve to write an essay with a pencil (writing) and read a passage and answer questions (reading). The actual writing part was tough for me since I’m pounding on the keyboard all day. And the reading part involved a lot of comprehension as well as re-reading the passage and answering the questions.
I’m not trying to scare you or anything but don’t take it as lightly. Atleast do one practice exam and practice speaking with your friends.
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I agree with Anshul, reading part is little tricky, and to get 7 band score, u need to solve 34/40 questions correctly… for me reading was the toughest…
I just gave my ielts last week. For me speaking was the toughest.
I thought i could ble on any topic but this one was bit difficult.
My topic was something along the lines of why do we think its necessary to teach kids politeness and be respectful of one another.
I could not come up with enough content to talk on that topic for 2 minutes. 
This is my first time posting a message. I am planning to give IELTS exam shortly, thinking about planning to study or practice IELTS examination questions with the given list of links, Thanks for the list. Is there any more links additional to go through like any videos or any specific book, which will help to score better
Here’s another thread about exam experiences:
I would definitely agree. Most of the times the candidate makes technical and unforced errors that affect the score- these can be avoided with practice and habitual good thumb of rules.
I just started my IELTS prep… as I am serious to start applying for Express Entry.
Thank you for sharing your info.
thank you for the link, will go through it
I live in Philadelphia…
I am planning to take the IELTS too… There are only 2 centers in Philly that have the earliest date available for IELTS and that is 4/2018. This is strange, a date so far in advance. The nearest center to me that has the earliest date available(2/2018) is Pittsburgh… when I say nearest its ONLY 5 hours drive… insane… lol.
Newyork/NJ all have earliest dates available in April…
My question is… is it worth to wait till 4/2018 to get my IELTS taken in Philly? OR shall I aim for my IELTS as soon as possible? I guess I cannot submit my EE profile without IELTS score… Is having ECA a requirement for submitting EE? I dont even have my ECA yet… I have my masters degree from US and bachelors from India… shall I wait for my ECA to be complete and then go for TOEFL? or both efforts in parallel?
Lastly, is it common to have IELTS dates so far advance in future? Does people from other parts of US have the same experience while scheduling their IELTS? And I shall go for General Training IELTS and not academic IELTS?