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The year 2018 was an active year for Canada & its immigration authorities as immigration is becoming increasingly beneficial to the country and Manitoba is one of the provinces which has made effective use of its provincial nominee programs. Reports state that Manitoba during the year 2018 nominated 5,207 candidates for a provincial nomination.

Manitoba, one of the thirteen Canadian provinces & territories is quite well known for its economic development and employment opportunities which resulted in the 5,207 nominations of candidates. Out of the total nominations, a huge 98 per cent were given to skilled working candidates and the remaining were to Manitoba’s Business Investor Stream.

The Manitoba PNP is the oldest Canadian Provincial Nominee Program and has been extremely active since its introduction, inviting more than 130,000 immigrants to the province. Almost 90 per cent of the individuals who have immigrated to Manitoba was able to procure a job within the first year of their arrival. The split up of the 5,207 nominations are being mentioned below:

• 3,399 nominations (65 per cent) to Skilled Workers in Manitoba
• 1,720 nominations (33 per cent) to Skilled Workers Overseas
• 88 nominations (2 per cent) to Business Investors

Candidates from the Express Entry Pool who receive a provincial nomination will be receiving 600 additional CRS Scores which effectively guarantees their chances to get a Canadian PR. An individual to be considered eligible should first submit an Expression of Interest Profile with the province and the profile will be evaluated based on the factors like age, educational qualification, work experience and the individual’s connection to the province of Manitoba.

Other Important Things About Manitoba’s 2018 Immigration Activities:

• India led the nomination list with a total of 1,780 nominations.
• The highest number of nominations fell under the occupation Sales & Service Occupations (1,885) followed by Business, Finance & Administration Occupations (728).
• 98 percentage of Skilled Worker applications in Manitoba were approved.
• There were 1,292 nominees who had a Manitoba post-secondary degree.
• The processing time for Skilled Worker Manitoba applications were an approximate of 2.8 months.

Manitoba has been quite active in helping skilled workers immigrate to the province who could contribute to the positive economic growth. With new immigration targets for the next three years, one could expect Manitoba to take in more skilled workers in the upcoming years. Get in touch with our team of experts to know more about how to immigrate to check your eligibility to immigrate for free!

The Canadian Government in its recent announcement said that it is to admit 2,000 more temporary workers under the Canadian Provincial Nominee Program. This will eventually be providing Permanent Residence pathways at the intermediate skill level.

The Provincial Nominee Program is an immigration pathway which almost all the Canadian provinces have on its own. The participating provinces will be allowed to nominate candidates from the Express Entry Pool, candidates who seem to fit the province’s needs.

Canadian Immigration Minister said that the temporary international workers will be fulfilling the prolonged labor market needs which could contribute to the economic growth of the economy. The Immigration Minister also stated that the additional spaces will be providing opportunities for immigrants to gain a permanent resident visa.

The Canadian Government came up with this announcement immediately after introducing the new Interim Pathway for Caregivers which is a temporary permanent resident pathway that opened on the 4^th of March and will be remaining open till the 4^th of June 2019.

The Canadian Government has an admission target of 61,000 under the Provincial Nominee Program for this particular year (which is already an increase of 6,000 when compared with the previous year).

It should be noted that the Provincial Nominee Programs of provinces like British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario & more are extremely active in taking candidates who seem to be a fit for the province. With the Canadian Government looking forward to take in more than one million immigrants within the next three years, the provincial nominee programs could become more active in the upcoming days. To know more about the provincial nominee programs and to check your eligibility to immigrate for free, get in touch with our team of experts now!

This year 2019, Canada has been witnessing an increased number of immigration activities in all the provinces. Surveys state that there has been a significant increase in Scientific, Technical Services & Professional employment fields, thanks to Ontario in its development.

The Canadian provinces have been actively participating in taking skilled immigrants & individuals who could contribute to the positive economic growth and Ontario especially drove Canadian employment gains in February. Reports say the during the month of February, there was a net employment gain of 37,000 (59,000 full-time work compensated for the loss of 22,000 part-time jobs).

Ontario & Quebec played a pivot role in the increase of skilled workers (18,000 workers) in the Professional, Technical & Scientific Services Industry and Statistics Canada said that this was the third noteworthy increase in the past four months.

When comparing 2018 February & 2019 February, employment in the particular industry witnessed a huge rise of 6.8 per cent. Statistics Canada also said that February witnessed a consecutive second-month rise of employment in public administration (a gain of 14,000) and most of these jobs were to fall in Alberta & Ontario.

On considering the overall Canadian statistics, the net employment increase was 55,900 (an addition of 67,400 jobs and shed 11,600 part-time jobs). What should be noted is Canada has surged past the United States in the employment gains for the February month as the United States posted only 20,000 employment gains.

Canada & its provinces are still looking forward to taking in skilled workers who could positively contribute to the growth of the province’s economy. If you are a skilled worker looking forward to immigrating to one of the Canadian provinces, get in touch with our team of experts for a free eligibility assessment now!

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 3,350 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for permanent residence in Canada in the latest Express Entry draw held on March 6. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required for candidates was 454, slightly lower than the minimum CRS requirement of 457 in the previous draw held on February 20.

The March 6 draw is the fifth Express Entry draw of the year 2019. With this draw, the total number of invitations issued by IRCC in the current year has reached 17850.It shows an increase of 6350 ITAs compared to the 11,500 ITAs issued during the same time period last year.

IRCC applied tie-break rule in the March 6 draw as well, the time stamp used being February 11, 2019, at 17:21:27 UTC. It means all candidates who scored 454 CRS points or above and who had submitted their profiles before the said date and time, received Invitations to Apply.

Canada’s updated Immigration Levels Plan for 2019-2021 aims to increase the number of immigration applications accepted through the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Canadian Experience Class, and Federal Skilled Trades Class to 256,000 over the next three years. Canada will welcome yet another 200,000 or so new permanent residents to the country through Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) before the end of 2021.

Canada is taking all efforts to meet the immigration targets for the current year. Likewise, for meeting the targets as per the updated Immigration Levels Plan, it is expected that Canada will issue more invitations over the coming weeks, months, and years, benefiting Canada immigration aspirants all over the world.

Minimum CRS requirements in the Express Entry draws held this year:

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Alberta’s United Conservative Party proposed new immigration policies as a result of which over 40,000 newcomers are expected to come to the rural communities around Alberta. It is expected that this will be happening over the next four years.

Kennedy (Canadian Immigration Minister 2008 – 2013) stated that Alberta should be looking forward to harvest the power of immigration and the United Conservative Party will be doing the same. The immigration strategy that is about to be used to revitalize the province’s smaller rural communities are the Rural Renewal Program and the Rural Entrepreneurial Stream.

These two new streams when combined could bring in as much as 9500 plus new permanent residents to the rural communities every single year and the prime goal is to quicken the processing times, bring in talented overseas newcomers and entrepreneurs who could be creating jobs to people in the province.

Alberta’s Rural Renewal Program

The Rural Renewal Program will be operating under the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) and the communities that participate in the program will be able to have a look and nominate candidates. It should also be noted that economic immigrant candidates who are interested to settle in rural communities of Alberta will be given priority.

Alberta’s Rural Entrepreneurial Stream

This stream is for potential entrepreneurs who look forward to start off with a business in Alberta’s small rural communities which eventually would pave way for the creation of employment opportunities for people living there. Entrepreneurs would initially be given a two-year work permit and later granted a permanent residence on showing good-faith.

Kennedy stated that the plan of taking in 500 potential entrepreneurs per year which is 2000 for four years will bring in around 8000 newcomers when accompanied by spouses and dependent children. Taking into account these statistics, a minimum of at least 4000 jobs will be created in the communities.

Alberta is quite serious about the development of the rural communities around it and is looking forward to every possible opportunity for its growth. If you are looking forward to immigrating to Alberta, get in touch with our team of experts to know more and check your eligibility to immigrate for free!

Saskatchewan, fondly known as the Land of the Living Skies in its Expression of Interest Draw held on the 27^th of February invited 83 Express Entry Candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. Candidates those who received a provincial nomination were registered under Saskatchewan’s International Skilled Worker Express Entry-sub Category.

The Expression of Interest System was introduced by the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program on the 16^th of July 2018. The introduction of the new Expression of Interest System put an end to the old traditional first-come, first-serve method of accepting applications.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program allows Saskatchewan to nominate candidates from the Express Entry System. The Express Entry System is responsible for handling Canada’s three most economic immigration programs which are the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class Program. It should be noted that an applicant to be considered eligible should have registered a separate Expression of Interest with the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP).

Creating an Expression of Interest Profile under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program requires information from the applicant such as age, education, work experience, proof of language proficiency & more. The candidate should be having relevant work experience in one of the highly demanded occupations of the province and once when the assessment process is complete, individuals with scores greater than 60 are allowed to enter among the pool of candidates.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program along with its new Expression of Interest System is looking to take in more immigrants who could contribute to the positive growth of the economy. If you are looking forward to immigrate Saskatchewan, get in touch with us for more information and check your eligibility to immigrate for free now!

British Columbia, one of the thirteen Canadian provinces and also an increasingly becoming tech spot of Canada is welcoming immigrants on a constant basis in order to improve the economic growth & the technological sector of the province. In its Tech Pilot Draw held on the 19^th of January, British Columbia invited 28 Skilled Immigration and Express Entry Candidates.

British Columbia’s Tech Pilot Draw was introduced during the year 2017 in order to take in tech skilled workers who could improve the province’s technological sector. It should also be noted that the Tech Pilot Program is one of the major immigration programs of the province and is being given high priority.

On the draw held on the 19^th of February, British Columbia issued 28 invitations to eligible Skills Immigration & Express Entry Candidates. It should be noted that individuals who are receiving an Invitation to Apply will be gaining a massive 600 CRS Scores (Comprehensive Ranking System Scores), which will be playing a predominant role during the Express Entry Draws.

Invitation received applicants should be demonstrating a minimum of one-year valid job offer in one of the 29 occupations which are in-demand within the province. Prior to this, he/she should have created a profile both under the Express Entry Pool and British Columbia’s Skills Immigration Registration System to be considered qualified.

Below listed are the scores (minimum) for each category that was included in the 19^th February Draw:

• Express Entry British Columbia Skilled Worker – 85
• Express Entry British Columbia International Graduate – 94
• Skilled Immigration – Skilled Worker – 85
• Skilled Immigration – International Graduate – 94

If you are looking for information about British Columbia’s Tech Pilot Draw, get in touch with our experts and also check your eligibility to immigrate to Canada for free!

Following the order of a Quebec Judge on Monday, the province is to continue processing skilled worker program applications. This is after the request made by the AQAADI (Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association) who stated that the sudden plan to terminate 18,000 skilled worker applications will put the applicants in a devastating situation.

The Government of Quebec earlier this February announced that it is about to terminate the backlog of 18,000 Skilled Worker Program Applications. All applications submitted prior to 2^nd August 2018 will not be considered anymore was the decision. The government stated that all individuals whose applications are being terminated should apply under the newly introduced Quebec Expression of Interest System.

This decision made by the Coalition Avenir Quebec Government was not welcomed by the applicants and the Quebec Immigration Lawyers Association made an injunction request in the name of Seeun Park, a nurse from South Korea who was affected by the decision made by the government, which led to the 10-day temporary injunction by Justice Frédéric Bachand.

AQAADI referred to the situation as urgent and stated that terminating 18,000 applications would affect the lives of thousands & thousands of dependants and not to mention the wide criticism the decision has gained by the applicants and it should be noted that some of the individuals were already living & working in Quebec.

This decision has brought a bit of relief among the people who currently reside in Quebec either on a temporary work visa or a student visa. It is expected that Quebec will be issuing a selection certificate to those in the pool in the near future.

To know more about the Skilled Worker Program and to check your eligibility to immigrate to Quebec for free, get in touch with our team of experts now!

Recent reports stated that Ontario during the year 2018 has issued 6,850 invitations to candidates to apply for a Canadian permanent residence and it should be noted that almost half of them belonged to the Canadian Express Entry Pool and a quarter of them were high-tech workers.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is one of the most popular Provincial Nominee programs which has played a very good role in welcoming immigrants to the province. Like every provincial nominee program that is in existence, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program also nominates a certain number of economic immigrants to obtain a Canadian permanent residence.

The report published on February 22^nd stated that the issued 6,850 nominations will eventually become 13,571 new immigrants within the country when taking into account the spouse & the dependants that accompany the main immigrant.

Nominations from the Express Entry Pool

Reports state that almost half of Ontario’s nomination went to the Express Entry System’s candidates, which is responsible for handling Canada’s three most important immigration programs – the Federal Skilled Worker Class Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Class Program and the Canadian Experience Class Program.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has the immigration streams that work with the Express Entry System which are the Human Capital Priorities Stream, the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream and the Skilled Trades Stream.

Candidates in the Express Entry Pool who have the potential & meet the eligibility criteria of OINP are invited to apply for a provincial nomination. Under the Human Capital Priorities Stream, a total of 2,190 invitations were issued during 2018 and 648 nominations were issued through the Skilled Trades Stream and another 387 through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream.

Applicants willing to apply for Ontario’s immigration streams should have first created an Express Entry Profile and entered the Express Entry Pool.

Software Engineers, Interactive Media Developers, Designers and other IT related occupational specialists received a quarter of the nominations during the year 2018 and the reports have also stated that out of the total invitations issued, 2,651 of them were issued to Indians which is 39 per cent of the total.

It is expected that the government of Ontario is about to take in more immigrants this year and has already issued 2,053 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination. To know more about Ontario’s immigration programs and to check your eligibility to immigrate to Canada for free, get in touch with our team of experts now!

In a draw held on February 20, the Government of Canada issued 3,350 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates. With the latest draw, the total number of invitations issued by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) so far in 2019 has reached 14,500. This makes 2019 the year to have the biggest start ever since the Express Entry system came into existence in 2015.

The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score requirement for the February 20 draw was 457. This is 19 points higher compared to the minimum CRS requirement in the previous draw held on January 30. The hike in the CRS draw requirement can be attributed to the three-week gap between the latest and the previous draw. Compared to this, the time gap between the previous two draws held on January 30 and January 23 was only one week and presumably because of this the minimum CRS requirement for January 30 draw was 438.

As in the previous draws, the tie-break rule was applied in the February 20 draw as well, the time stamp used is December 6, 2018, at 12:38:11 UTC. It means all candidates who had submitted their profiles before the said date and time were invited to apply for permanent residence.

Canada is planning to admit more Express Entry candidates in the next few years. The updated Immigration Levels Plan of Canada for 2019-2021 says that a total of 256,000 new permanent residents will be admitted to Canada through the Express Entry program during the three-year plan period. Another 200,000 or so new permanent residents will be admitted through the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). The Express Entry candidates who receive provincial nomination will obtain 600 additional CRS score points that would guarantee an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence in Canada in the subsequent Express Entry draws.

Minimum CRS requirements in the Express Entry draws held this year:

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Manitoba, one of the Canadian provinces which are active in taking immigrants has issued 444 Invitations to candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in its February 15^th Expression of Interest Draw. The invitations were issued to eligible skilled workers & international students who had already expressed their interest to immigrate to Manitoba.

Manitoba, this year has conducted three Expression of Interest Draws, pushing the total count to 1,526 Invitations issued till date. All candidates who have received an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination get the chances to become a Canadian Permanent Resident.

It should be noted that the majority of Manitoba’s economic immigration streams are being operated on an Expression of Interest basis and the first step to doing this is to create an Expression of Interest Profile. An Expression of Interest Profile will be looking for individual’s details like education, work experience, language proficiency & more.,

Skilled Worker Overseas Candidates

During the draw held on the 15^th of February, Manitoba issued invitations to two groups of candidates in the Skilled Worker Overseas Stream. The number of invitations issued was 268 and the lowest ranking candidate within had a score of 570.

Candidates from the first group were individuals who were in the Express Entry Pool and had registered an expression of interest profile with Manitoba’s Provincial Nominee Program. Candidates receiving a Letter of Advice to apply for the provincial nomination were required to have an Express Entry ID which is valid, a job seeker validation code and a minimum of recent six months of work experience in Manitoba’s in-demand occupation list.

The second group of candidates were the one with the following conditions being met:

• When there is a close relative residing in Manitoba or the individual has past work experience or educational experiences in Manitoba.
• The individual should be having at least six months of recent work experience in the province’s most demanded occupations.
• The individual should be having the minimum required language proficiency.

Skilled Workers in Manitoba and International Education Stream

A total of 154 invitations were issued to candidates who were eligible temporary foreign workers and graduates from Manitoba post-secondary institutions having required skills by the province’s employers. The split up of the 154 invitations issued were 34 to International Education Stream Candidates and 120 to Skilled Workers in Manitoba.

The Manitoba Government is looking for skilled & potential candidates from all parts of the world. To know more about how to be immigrating to Manitoba and to check your eligibility for free, get in touch with our team of experts now!

Canada, the land where the opportunities are always in abundance has once again proved that it is an ideal destination for immigrants. Reports released by Statistics Canada said that there was a huge increase in employment growth. The figures were 67,000 in January, all due to the result of increased hiring in the private sector and the continuously developing job markets.

Canadian employment opportunities witnessed growth in six provinces and Quebec & Ontario were leading the boards. A huge number of immigrants & residents looking for employment opportunities during the start of the year led to a slight increase in the country’s unemployment rate but is still following the decade’s lowest unemployment trade.

Service-producing industries played a major role in driving people from all parts of the world. 29,000 job opportunities were provided by this particular industry which means that the county is marching towards spectacular technological growth and Ontario and Quebec seems to be the most popular destinations for newcomers and tech firms.

The Canadian Government & the Express Entry System: –  

Skilled Immigration has been considered as a top priority by the Canadian Government for the past few years. The Canadian Government in an intention to meet the country’s demands introduced a target of taking in one million immigrants within the next three years.

The continuous need for efficient & highly skilled workers brought into existence the Canadian Express Entry System which is responsible for taking in immigrants under the Federal Skilled Workers Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class Program. On creating an Express Entry Profile, he/she will be assessed and granted CRS Scores which decides whether an individual will be receiving an ITA or not.

To know more about the Canadian Express Entry System and to check your eligibility to migrate to Canada for free, get in touch with our experts now!