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Saskatchewan held a new draw on February 25, inviting candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. Candidates needed an Expression of Interest (EOI) score of at least 70 in order to be invited. They also needed work experience in one of the 70 in-demand occupations listed on the government webpage. Some of the eligible occupations include medical administrative assistants, retail and wholesale buyers, and geological engineers among others. The SINP uses the...

Eligible candidates are given a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for their age, work experience, education, and language proficiency in English and French. Express Entry candidates who receive a provincial nomination are given an additional 600 points toward their CRS score, and are effectively guaranteed an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence in a subsequent Express Entry draw. In order to be considered for a provincial nomination from PEI, Express Entry candidates n...

Eligible immigration candidates are given a score based on the CRS. Points are awarded for factors that the government has determined will help a prospective immigrant succeed in Canada’s labour market. These factors include a candidate’s age, education, work experience, language ability in English or French, and others. About every two weeks, Canada’s immigration department, IRCC, holds Express Entry draws inviting candidates to apply for immigration. The highest-scoring candidates recei...

Ontario held a new draw on February 16, inviting 1,186 immigration candidates with work experience in the tech sector to apply for a provincial nomination. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued the invitations to Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 453 and 467. The OINP issued invitations to candidates who may be eligible for a nomination under the Human Capital Priorities stream. Invited candidates will need to demonstrate that they hav...

Article content A considerable labour shortage has been looming over the industry for the past few years Canada must find a way to bring in more immigrants who are interested in working in construction. Otherwise, our homebuilding industry could find itself in dire straits. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or RESCON: Lack of skilled trades will cause delays Back to video The sector could run short of skilled trades workers if the numbers aren’t i...

The first surprise is the sheer size of the draw. Since its launch in 2015, the largest Express Entry draws ever have issued 5,000 permanent residence invitations. In other words, yesterday’s draw was nearly six times larger than the previous record. Another major surprise is that IRCC decided to invite candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score as low as 75. This means they invited almost every Express Entry candidate that met the eligibility criteria of the Canadian Experien...

Canada held a new Express Entry draw inviting immigration candidates to apply for immigration, on February 11.

International graduates from B.C. now need to have completed at least half of their studies from Canada to be eligible for the international student categories

Canada invited 654 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on February 10, 2021.

IRCC held its second Express Entry draw this week on January 21. Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 4,626 permanent residence invitations to candidates of the Canadian Experience Class. The Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) cut-off requirement was 454 . Today’s CRS cut-off score was seven points lower than the previous CEC-specific draw held on January 7, which had a CRS cut-off score of 461. As identified under its new 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan, IRCC is seeking...