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On April 13, Canada invited 787 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence. All invited candidates had previously received a nomination from a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and had a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) of at least 782. The minimum score was relatively high because Express Entry candidates get an automatic 600 points added […]

Canada is enjoying its lowest unemployment rate ever. On the surface, this may seem strange given the coronavirus pandemic. However there was little doubt the labour market would recover given the major demographic shifts that were transforming Canada’s workforce prior to the pandemic, and that will continue to transform it over the next decade. Discover […]

Canada’s efforts to reduce the backlog of immigration applications led to a roughly 1.3-per cent drop in the inventory under economic programs in the first two months of this year.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said in a recent interview that the immigration department was looking to resume Express Entry draws for skilled workers in the spring. Minister Fraser was speaking to ApplyBoard in a virtual interview on issues relating to international students. One of the minister’s mandates is to create pathways to permanent residency for […]

Statistics Canada shows a record 101,000 net migrants, both immigration and interprovincial migration, moved to British Columbia in 2021.

Canada is increasing fees for all permanent residence applications on April 30. The fee increases will apply to economic, permit holder, family and humanitarian classes. In 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) increased permanent residence fees to account for inflation for the first time since 2002. At that time, IRCC announced it would increase […]

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) issued nearly 5,000 invitations to apply for provincial nomination in March.

Canada has been playing catch-up this past quarter, resulting in a relatively slow start to the year for Express Entry. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has so far invited only 6,470 Express Entry candidates to apply, all of whom are Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. Compared to previous first quarters, the start of 2022 […]

Canada invited 919 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on March 30. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates in the new invitation round. To be invited, candidates needed to have a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) of at least 785. The minimum score was relatively high because PNP candidates get an […]

As pandemic restrictions get lifted and efforts to support growth in the economy are underway in the...