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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...

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.

Advertising, marketing and public relations managers (NOC 0124); Other business services managers (NOC 0125); Corporate sales managers (NOC 0601); Financial auditors and accountants (NOC 1111); Financial and investment analysts (NOC 1112); Human resources professionals (NOC 1121); Professional occupations in business management consulting (NOC 1122); Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 3012); and Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants (NOC 4...

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...

Canada held its third Express Entry immigration draw of 2021 on January 20. Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 374 Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates with a minimum score of 741. This cut-off score means that candidates only needed to obtain 141 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for their human capital characteristics. The other 600 points they obtained were by securing a provincial nomination. Express Entry is the main way Canada welcomes skilled worker...

The province of Ontario has issued 484 invitations to Express Entry candidates through two provincial immigration streams in the first draw of the year. These two enhanced Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) are aligned with the Express Entry system. Candidates who received an NOI in this draw had to have Express Entry profiles that were created between January 13, 2020, and January 13, 2021. The Skilled Trades Stream allows the OINP to search the Express Entry pool for candidates currently livi...