Manitoba Issues 438 invitations to Apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program

The Canadian province of Manitoba held a new round of nomination draw on December 02. The Manitoba PNP draw issued a total of 438 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to eligible candidates. All the invited immigration applicants are now one step closer to applying for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program.

Summary of latest Manitoba PNP nomination draw:

Skilled Workers in Manitoba – 358 invitations with a minimum EOI score of 449;
Skilled Workers Overseas – 51 invitations with a minimum EOI score of 726; and
International Education Stream – 29 invitations with no EOI score requirement.
Additionally, about 71 invitations went to Express Entry candidates.

Manitoba invited eligible immigrants to apply through one of the following three Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams – Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, and Skilled Workers Overseas.

The province also picked eligible candidates directly from the federal pool, making them eligible for Canada PR Express Entry.

With an annual target of about 401,000 new immigrants for the next three years, the time is now ripe to start planning to apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program.

Manitoba Issued 10,437 Invitations to Apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program so far in 2021

Manitoba is one of the western provinces of Canada that is booming with new economic activities. The demography of the province is aging and the workforce is now more dependent on foreign skilled immigration due to a lack of native talents.

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Interested immigration applicants are needs to register their Expression of Interest (EOI) separately with the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The registered profile will be evaluate and assess. It is then ranked out of 1,000 points for its human capital factors. It includes factors like age, education, work experience, language proficiency, as well as their connections to the province.

In order to apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program from outside Canada, applicants may qualify for the Skilled Workers Overseas stream. They will have to demonstrate their connections to Manitoba such as –

close family ties,
previous experience in the province, or
an invitation through one of Manitoba’s Strategic Recruitment Initiatives.

A full-time job offer from any employer situated in the province is mandatory.

Select profiles may now receive LAAs to apply for provincial nomination and eventually permanent residency through Canada PR Express Entry.

International students who graduated from any institute in Manitoba can apply for provincial nomination under MPNP’s International Education Stream.

Canada PR Express Entry through Provincial Nominations

Express Entry is a direct entry program to obtain permanent residence without the need for provincial nominations. Whereas one is guaranteed a Canada PR with a successful provincial nomination. It adds up to 600 additional points to the overall Express Entry CRS score.

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Canada Added Record 154,000 jobs in November Yet Labor Shortage Persists

The latest employment data from Statistics Canada shows that the country added 154,000 jobs to the economy in the month of November, exceeding the predicted levels.

The new labor force data suggest that Canada is on its way to a full economic recovery. The gains pushed employment in Canada higher than pre-pandemic levels. It was combined with a drop in unemployment levels up to 6%.

The rise in employment levels may have come due to the end of government COVID-19 financial assistance measures in late October, for instance, the Canadian Recovery Benefit for individuals. Analysts believe that it may have pushed people to return to work and accept job offers.

Labor Shortage in Healthcare, Hospitality & Retail Sectors

Data shows that hiring in November was driven by the private sector both in full-time and part-time positions. Even so, Canada is still experiencing labor shortages across sectors like hospitality, retail, and health care.

RBC economist Nathan Janzen noted “exceptionally low” levels of workers in the service sectors, despite the surge in employment. She writes that employment in accommodation & food services edged up 5k from October but is still more than 200k below pre-shock levels. With the overall spending’s in Travel and hospitality is rebounding combined with a low unemployment rate, it is increasingly clear that there are not enough remaining unemployed workers out there to re-fill all of the remaining jobs any time soon.

Whether this opens up newer opportunities for Canadian immigration and jobs for foreign immigrants in the Travel and hospitality industry and in many other industries are yet to be determined.

Another economist Laim Daly noted that the job growth is still not sufficient to address the significant labor shortages affecting several industries.

However, going by the current immigration policies and the intent of Immigration Minister Sean Fraser to be “very much open to” even higher levels to accommodate more foreign migrants in Canada is reassuring in planning for Canadian immigration in 2022.

Canada is Open to Travel

Full-vaccinated travelers are allowed to enter Canada.

Currently, Canada accepts the following vaccine manufacturers: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.

Such individuals are required to submit their proof of vaccination and travel documents to government officials through the ArriveCAN application, before arriving in Canada. These documents must be in French or English, otherwise, a certified translation copy is also accepted.

In light of the new Omicron strain, Canada has imposed fresh travel restrictions from select countries. Read the full story here.

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Year-End Review: Express Entry Nominations Favoured More CEC Candidates for Canada PR

Another successful year for Canadian Immigration is about to end.

The year 2021 will be recorded as the historic year for Canada Immigration as the world remained still skeptical about the free movement of human capital.

As governments plot a path back to economic recovery, developed nations from Canada to Australia are trying to determine how to better regulate immigration.

Border closures that still continue in Australia have made it from filling its land with immigrants to asking a million of them to leave during the pandemic. Their immigration policy is signaling a tilt towards welcoming more temporary skilled workers to meet their immediate economic demand. The promise of awarding permanent residency is quickly receding and many have been caught in a policy shift that saw the intake of skilled independent workers drastically reduced. Smaller countries like Singapore, UAE have their tiered visa systems to focus more on temporary migrants.

But in contrast with Australia, Canada persuaded tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers to continue assisting local businesses, farms, and long-term care facilities by making it easier for them to get permanent resident status. Furthermore, Canada plans to increase immigration once the pandemic recedes.

In light of this, we thought it would be nice to discuss the new data realized by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that gives valuable insights into the number of permanent residence applications submitted and approved under Express Entry in 2021.

IRCC Currently Prioritizing Express Entry Applications

IRCC data which was first reported and analyzed by CIC News shows that the CEC candidates accounted for nearly 85 percent of all finalized Express Entry applications this year.

In absolute figures, IRCC issued COPRs to 108,860 CEC applicants in the first 10 months. Some 12,514 COPRs were issued to PNP candidates (about 10 percent of all COPRs issued to Express Entry candidates in 2021)

While FSWP candidates only accounted for 6,795 COPRs this year (only 5 percent). It is about 9 times less than what it was prior to the pandemic.

Express Entry is the major pathway for awarding economic class skilled immigrants to apply for permanent residency even without a job offer or prior work experience in Canada.

Eligible candidates are nominated to apply for Canada PR on the basis of their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. The score depends upon their core human capital such as age, education, language skills, and work experience. They get 60 days to apply for Canada PR after getting nominated.

Upon approval of the application, a candidate receives a Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR). The landing process can entail a COPR holder that was residing in Canada as a temporary resident converting their legal status to permanent residence. It can also entail an individual arriving from abroad with their COPR to become a permanent resident.

Canada made innovative changes to its Express Entry policies amid the pandemic. Since the start of 2021, IRCC focussed more on transitioning existing temporary residents to permanent residence to give it a better shot of achieving its annual 401,000 immigrant targets.

IRCC only invited Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates under Express Entry this year. Canada’s decision to invite only existing temporary residents for Canada PR is justified based on the following factors:

About 90 percent of CEC candidates currently reside in Canada during the pandemic and they are less likely to face COVID-related disruptions.
Inviting PNP candidates will help provinces across the country address their labor market needs.

This is a major departure from precedent since the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) accounted for nearly 45 percent of successful Express Entry candidates before the pandemic. FSWP candidates are those who may directly become eligible for Canadian Permanent Residency without a prior job offer or work experience.

Earlier in February 2021, IRCC sprung a surprise draw inviting 27,332 CEC candidates to apply for permanent residence. The qualifying score fell down to just 75. This draw was almost six times larger than the previous record, and the cut-off score was nearly 400 points lower than what it usually was prior to the pandemic.

Better Prospects for FSWP Express Entry Candidates in 2022

With a backlog of over 1.8 million permanent and temporary residence applications, IRCC is most likely to resume FSWP invitations after clearing backlogs. However, only under 100,000 backlogs are under Express Entry applications as of October 27.

Assuming IRCC maintains its current pace, it will have processed all of the 48,000 CEC applications remaining by January 2022. The department has indicated it would like to cut its Express Entry inventory by more than half before considering resuming invitations to CEC and FSWP candidates.

Another positive development is that Canada has already landed nearly 314,000 permanent residents up to October. A successful landing is said to take place when the legal status of temporary residents convert into permanent residents

We are also looking forward to unveiling Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan 2022-2024 by February 10th. The prospects of Canadian Immigration are only to be bright in 2022.

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New $10-per-day Child Care Policy To Positively Impact Canada’s immigrants

Following the announcement of the affordable daycare program across Canada earlier this year, the federal government led by Justin Trudeau has committed to investing $30 billion over the next five years and then a minimum of $9.2 billion annually after that.

As per the statement put out by the Prime Minister’s office in April 2021. the new $10-per-day child care for Canadian families could reduce daycare fees by 50 per cent on average everywhere outside of Quebec by the end of 2022.

The federal government has so far reached agreements with seven provinces and one territory for implementing this new early learning and child care system. Part of the agreements entails determining how much money the federal government will provide each jurisdiction to make child care more affordable, and accessible.

New Daycare Program to Boost Economic Opportunities Among Immigrants

The major intention behind rolling out this initiative is to spur economic growth and social prosperity across the country. This will particularly work in favour of immigrant women who may be forced to stay at home to look after their kids due to a lack of affordable daycare options.

According to the federal budget 2021, in Toronto, which is the leading destination of new immigrants to Canada, the average monthly toddler fee is $1,600. That is over $3,000 a month for the typical family with two kids!

The economic-class immigration policy in Canada favours Immigrants to arrive at a younger age than the average Canadian age. This means they tend to have younger families and it creates the need for child care as immigrants may not have existing family and friends available to help them.

With the rollout of the $10-per-day child care program, the participation rate of immigrant women in the labour force is set to increase which in return improves the purchasing power of immigrant families and also improves social integration among immigrant women.

Affordable daycare programs for children are already in place in Quebec and over the years of its introduction, it has increased the labour force participation rate of women in Quebec.

As average Canadians are ageing and the country is experiencing low population growth, Canada is sustaining its human capital by encouraging more foreign skilled immigration. This opens a favourable window for skilled aspirants looking to work & settle abroad.

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Canada Extends Travel Ban In Response To Omicron Variant

The world is on close watch as a new COVID-19 variant named Omicron has surfaced. Two days following the discovery of the new variant, the Canadian government on November 26h announced fresh border restrictions for travellers from select African countries including South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia.

The early afternoon of November 30 saw Canada add more countries: Nigeria, Egypt, and Malawi, subject to stricter border measures.

All air travellers (except those coming from the U.S.), irrespective of their Canadian immigration and vaccination status, will need to undergo testing at the airport in which they land in Canada. They will need to self isolate until a negative test has been confirmed.

This is in addition to the PCR tests that they need to get within 72 hours of travel to Canada.

These new measures apply to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, even those that are fully vaccinated. Canadian citizens and permanent residents that have been in any of these ten countries over the last 14 days will need to receive a negative PCR test before being allowed to travel to Canada.

Upon arriving in Canada, they will face more testing and quarantine measures.

The World Health Organization describes the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as “very high risk” globally and the likelihood of it spreading around the world as significant.

As of today, five cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been confirmed in Canada and several other possible cases are under investigation.

Canadian Immigration Continues Strong

Immigration to Canada is not affected yet. The Canadian government continues to accept immigration visas, issue study and work permits to eligible foreign candidates.

In a recent interview, the new Canadian immigration minister, Sean Fraser, opened up on the opportunities and challenges in his new role in politics. The minister is confident and prepared to increase Canada’s immigration levels if it is necessary to address labour shortages.

Fraser sought support from local businesses and communities to increase the immigration levels. He is “very much open to” even higher levels to accommodate more foreign migrants in Canada.

The government is currently pursuing an immigration target of welcoming more than 1.2 million new immigrants by 2023. Canada is dependent on the immigration of economic-class candidates to overcome dual demographic shocks: low population growth and ageing population. A new IImmigrations Levels Plan 2022-2024 is due to be announced next year, and we can expect the intakes to only increase further.

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Alberta PNP Invites 200 Express Entry Candidates with CRS 343 For Provincial Nomination

Immigration candidates registered in the federal Express Entry pool were targeted in the latest round of invitations from the Alberta Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) held on November 09.

The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) issued a new round of invitations to nominate 200 Express Entry candidates for provincial nominations.

The province targeted Express Entry candidates with an increased Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 343 points. The previous draw had a qualifying score of 300.

All the invited candidates are now one step closer to applying for permanent residence (PR) in Canada through the federal Express Entry system.

During the start of the year, the federal government allocated 6,250 nomination certificates to Alberta PNP in 2021. With the latest provincial draws, the province has invited 6,359 Express Entry candidates, overachieving the annual targets.

Canada PR Through AINP Express Entry Stream

The federal Express Entry system is an application management database to streamline federal immigration programs for permanent residency to foreign applicants. It manages applicants under four federal programs – the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).

Alberta is attracting Chemical Engineers, Metallurgical & Material Engineers, Petroleum Engineers for Canada PR through Canada PNP.

There are two significant advantages of receiving a provincial nomination under AlNP:

Qualifying CRS score remains as low as 300, unlike any other provincial draws,
Those who receive the provincial nomination will automatically get an additional 600 CRS points added to their overall score.

All the registered profiles receive a score based on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). Candidates get points for factors including their age, education, work experience, language ability in English or French, and others. The varying degree of scores will help the government determine a prospective immigrant to succeed in Canada’s labour market.

It means that candidates are effectively guaranteed an invitation to apply for permanent residence in the upcoming federal Express Entry draw. As a matter of fact, the previous Express Entry draw targeted 613 candidates with prior provincial nominations to apply for permanent residency.

Major requirements to receive provincial nominations under this stream include strong ties to Alberta. It includes family ties or graduation from any University or College in Alberta, or those who can support the government’s economic development and diversification priorities.

Candidates are also required to have adequate work experience in an eligible occupation. The AINP only provides a list of occupations that are ineligible for the stream’s requirements.

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Saskatchewan Announces New Immigration Program to Address Increasing Demand in Key Sectors

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan announced a new immigration program on November 25 to address increasing labor market demand in key sectors.

The province named its new immigration program, Hard-to-Fill Skills Pilot that will be an employer-driven program. It is targeted to fulfil vacancies in entry-level positions that may require on-the-job training across key sectors like

Health,
Manufacturing,
Agriculture,
Construction,
Hospitality, and Retail.

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The pilot is scheduled to launch in December 2021.

Saskatchewan Yet to Specify Eligible Occupations

The media release is yet to specify which occupations are eligible, the minimum education requirement, or the exact language proficiency level required.

However, basic eligibility criteria for candidates remain the same, including:

Full-time, permanent offer of employment and SINP job approval letter for an eligible occupation from a registered Saskatchewan employer;
Minimum Canadian official language proficiency level; and
Minimum educational and at least one year of work experience in same occupation requirements

Addressing the media, Hospitality Saskatchewan President and CEO Jim Bence said, “This pilot project is designed to attract talent and a great program for all sectors currently experiencing labour recruitment challenges in the province. While we always work hard to exhaust every opportunity to hire locally, we have to be creative to ensure we have the right labour supply to help our business and communities grow and thrive in Saskatchewan, something this very unique program will be especially helpful with post-COVID.”

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Express Entry: Canada To Resume FSWP & CEC Invitations After Clearing Backlogs

As reported in CIC News, the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are looking to clear previous Express Entry backlogs before resuming fresh invitations to apply for permanent residence to candidates qualifying under Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and Canada Experience Class (CEC) immigration programs.

In the light of public health emergency, Canada stopped new invitations for Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) candidates in December 2020 to pursue a strategy of “aggressively” inviting Canadian Experience Class (CEC) & Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates to support its 2021 immigration targets.

IRCC’s backlog stood at 1.8 million applications as of October 2021. This includes permanent residence, temporary residence, and Canadian citizenship applications. The internal memos from IRCC note that some progress is being made on reducing Express Entry application backlogs. Currently, there were 99,968 Express Entry permanent residence applications awaiting processing as of October 27, 2021, down from about 8,500 applications over the period between September 3rd and October 27 of this year.

IRCC notes in its memo that it will need to cut the Express Entry backlog by “more than half” in order to achieve its Express Entry processing standard of six months or less.

A Shift in Canada’s Immigration Strategy?

IRCC also confirmed that there were almost 165,000 FSWP, eligible candidates, in the Express Entry pool as of October 25, 2021, representing over 85 per cent of Express Entry candidates currently in the pool.

However, throughout 2021, IRCC has held 33 PNP-specific draws, inviting 17,785 candidates in all. Meanwhile, there have been 27 CEC-specific draws, resulting in 133,868 invitations for Canada PR.

FSWP remained to be the largest source of foreign skilled workers migrating to Canada on a permanent resident visa until the last decade. Canada is now showing more inclination towards a two-step immigration process, where preference for permanent residence is given to candidates with prior work or study experience in Canada.

Two programs, CEC & PNP are being favoured the most. CEC requires candidates to have at least one year of work experience in Canada to qualify for Canada PR. This is more popular among international students who get to gain work experience in Canada after graduation. PNP allows selected candidates with in-demand skills to apply for provincial nominations.

Canada is seen inviting more candidates on temporary residence visas to apply for permanent residence. As per a recent estimate, the share of immigrants admitted through the FSWP had been decreasing from an average of 29% over the 2010 to 2014 period to 22% over the 2015 to 2018 period. At the same time, the share of those landing via CEC increased from 8% to 19%. The share of those admitted within the provincial programs (PNP and QSWP together) remained at 46%. This trend only accelerated in the light of public health emergencies and strict border closures.

FSWP candidates have been most negatively impacted by the above temporary policy change. However, the country may soon look to invite foreign skilled workers qualifying under FSWP. Such candidates do not require any prior work experience in Canada or a job offer to apply for permanent residence.

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Manitoba PNP Invites 428 Candidates To Apply for Provincial Nominations

The Canadian province of Manitoba held a new round of nomination draw on November 18.

The provincial nomination draw resulted in a total of 428 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to eligible candidates. With this, the province reached a magical figure of 9,999 total invitations for provincial nominations in 2021.

All the invited immigration applicants are now one step closer to obtaining permanent residency from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

Here are the results from the latest draw:

Skilled Workers in Manitoba – 376 invitations with a minimum EOI score of 464;
Skilled Workers Overseas – 22 invitations with a minimum EOI score of 726; and
International Education Stream – 30 invitations with no EOI score requirement.
Additionally, about 68 invitations went to Express Entry candidates.

Manitoba invited eligible immigrants to apply through one of the following three Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams: Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, and Skilled Workers Overseas.

The province also picked eligible candidates directly from the federal pool.

With an annual target of about 401,000 new immigrants for the next three years, the time is now ripe to start your Canadian immigration process.

Labour Market in Manitoba & How to Immigrate

Manitoba is one of the western provinces of Canada that is booming with new economic activities. The demography of the province is ageing and the workforce is now more dependent on foreign skilled immigration due to a lack of native talents.

Manitoba is expected to see a rising demand for Civil Engineers (NOC 2131) in the coming years.

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Interested applicants are required to register their Expression of Interest (EOI) with the province. Further, the registered profile is evaluated and ranked out of 1,000 points for their human capital factors such as age, education, work experience, language proficiency, as well as their connections to the province.

This will potentially qualify them for receiving LAAs through the Skilled Workers in Manitoba and Skilled Workers Overseas streams.

In order to be considered under the Skilled Workers Overseas stream, candidates must demonstrate their connections to Manitoba such as close family ties, previous experience in the province, or an invitation through one of Manitoba’s Strategic Recruitment Initiatives. A full-time job offer from any employer situated in the province is mandatory.

International students who graduated from any institute in Manitoba can apply for provincial nomination under MPNP’s International Education Stream.

Express Entry is a direct entry program to obtain permanent residence without the need for provincial nominations. However, having a successful provincial nomination will guarantee an invitation to apply for Canada PR by virtue of 600 additional CRS points.

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Express Entry Draw invites PNP candidates

Express Entry: Canada Targets PNP Class in Latest Draw for Canada PR

Canada held its sixth PNP-specific Express Entry draw targeting domestic temporary workers or skilled foreign workers with prior provincial nominations.

The 23rd PNP-only Express Entry draws in 2021 resulted in a total of 613 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canadian Permanent Residence (PR). Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC) also lowered the qualifying CRS score to just 737 points, marking the 210th Express Entry draw.

IRCC had already invited a total of 112,653 candidates to apply for permanent residence in 2021. Since the start of the year, Canada has been inviting PNP-only Express Entry candidates alongside CEC-only candidates that target temporary skilled workers or recent international graduates with a minimum of one year of work experience in Canada.

OVERVIEW OF 210th EXPRESS ENTRY DRAWS
Decreased Draw Size	613 ITAs for permanent residence which is about 162 ITAs less than the previous PNP-only draws.
Higher CRS Qualifying Score	Invited candidates had a minimum CRS of points which is points 124 points higher than the previous qualifying score of 613 points.
Tie-break rule applied?	IRCC applies the tie-break rule to avoid disputes in the rankings in case two or more candidates in the pool end up with the same CRS score. Details on the tie-break rule for this draw were not released.

All the invited candidates in this Express Entry draw have already demonstrated their connection to a province or territory and experience to succeed in the labour market by securing a provincial nomination. With the qualifying score falling down to 685 points, the lowest-scoring candidate would have had just 85 points by virtue of securing a provincial nomination and 600 additional points.

They may now qualify to receive invitations for permanent residency through the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, or Canadian Experience Class.

Any prospective candidate who seeks to register their profile for consideration under the Express Entry system shall be assessed and ranked based on a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).

Such profiles are evaluated on a total of 1200 points and consider human capital factors like age, education, work experience outside Canada, language proficiency in English/French, spouse adaptability, Canadian study experience, etc.

Qualify for Canada PR with Provincial Nomination

IRCC is giving undue preference to PNP candidates to support and realize the immigration goals of the provinces and territories that otherwise would have failed.

Shreya is a working health professional with more than 6 years of experience. She entered the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of just 200 and also submitted a profile to the Canadian province of Manitoba. She has never worked or studied in Canada.

Shreya was soon invited for provincial nominations, raising her CRS score to 800.

This is sufficient to receive ITA in this Express Entry draw.

Many immigration aspirants are known to choose Canada because of its direct permanent residence pathway. A PR invitation through the provincial nomination route is not a direct pathway, however, can guarantee your permanent residency through the addition of 600 points towards their Express Entry profile CRS score.

Applicants are asked to submit their biometrics or attend an interview or submit more supporting documents after receiving an ITA for Canada PR. The invited Express Entry candidates now have 60 days to apply for permanent residence. Upon completion, IRCC issues a Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR).

Applicants with COPR can now plan their travel to Canada.

In a response to the access to information request by CIC News, all CEC invitations issued after July would most likely not be processed before the year’s end. Also with uncertainty over nomination draws for Federal Skills Worker Program candidates, many aspirants are still uncertain about planning for their Canadian immigration.

However, experts believe that Canada is aiming to admit more than 110,500 Express Entry candidates in 2022. This target could only increase once the official immigration targets are out.

Click here to get a quick review of nomination draws in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October 2021.

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Manitoba Issues 438 invitations to Apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program

Manitoba Issued 10,437 Invitations to Apply for Canada PR via Provincial Nominee Program so far in 2021

Canada PR Express Entry through Provincial Nominations

Canada Added Record 154,000 jobs in November Yet Labor Shortage Persists

Labor Shortage in Healthcare, Hospitality & Retail Sectors

Canada is Open to Travel

Year-End Review: Express Entry Nominations Favoured More CEC Candidates for Canada PR

IRCC Currently Prioritizing Express Entry Applications

Better Prospects for FSWP Express Entry Candidates in 2022

New $10-per-day Child Care Policy To Positively Impact Canada’s immigrants

Canada Extends Travel Ban In Response To Omicron Variant

Alberta PNP Invites 200 Express Entry Candidates with CRS 343 For Provincial Nomination

Canada PR Through AINP Express Entry Stream

Saskatchewan Announces New Immigration Program to Address Increasing Demand in Key Sectors

Express Entry: Canada To Resume FSWP & CEC Invitations After Clearing Backlogs

Manitoba PNP Invites 428 Candidates To Apply for Provincial Nominations

Labour Market in Manitoba & How to Immigrate

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