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Manitoba fondly called as the Keystone province is one of the provinces that has been showing extraordinary growth the past few years and immigration being a major factor for the same. Manitoba in its recent draw held on the 25^th of April nominated candidates to apply for a provincial nomination.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is one of the most favoured Canadian Provincial Nominee Programs which has been taking in immigrants to meet the demands of the province. In the draw held on the 25^th of April, Manitoba issued 299 invitations to candidates. The streams were Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education & Skilled Workers Overseas Streams Draw.

Below mentioned are the number of invitations issued to each stream:

• Skilled Workers in Manitoba – 208
• International Education Stream – 25
• Skills Workers Overseas – 66

An individual to be considered eligible for Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program should first have submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI). The candidate’s profile will be assessed based on several factors like age, education, work experience, language proficiency & more.,

Once when the assessment is done, the profiles which are being considered eligible are being put into the relevant pool and profiles with higher scores are being sent a Letter of Advice to Apply. The lowest scores for the April 25^th draw were 510 for Skilled Worker in Manitoba, 632 for Skilled Worker Overseas Candidates.

Candidates who were working in a regulated occupation and are fully licensed were issued invitations in the 25^th April draw. Taking into consideration the recent draw, the number of invitations issued by Manitoba this year was 3,901.

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The Canadian Government has been making continuous efforts for reuniting the families and at the same time to meet its immigration goals for the year. One of the multiple things that the Canadian Government has planned is to have a target of 20,000 complete applications under the Parents and Grandparents Program.

The Canadian Parents and Grandparents program allows citizens of Canada and Canadian Permanent Residents who have been aged above 18 years to sponsor their parents and grandparents and migrate to Canada. IRCC for this year has a target of reaching 20,000 complete applications for the year 2019.

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada stated that the invitations are issued to interested sponsors in the same order they received the Interest to Sponsor Forms (forms that were received on the 18^th of January). The first round of invitations was issued on the 24^th of April and IRCC has stated that it may take another few days for the sponsors to receive their Invitations. IRCC has also stated that it might be conducting another round of invitations if it falls short to meet the target set for the year 2019. An interested sponsor who has received an invitation will only have 60 days to submit a complete sponsorship application.

An individual who has received an invitation should be submitting two complete applications at the same time (one is the sponsor application and the other is from the parents & grandparents) and IRCC has notified that sponsors should make use of all latest forms and read the instruction guide carefully before attempting to fill the form.

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British Columbia has been quite active in helping immigrants migrate to Canada. As of this year, BC has issued a considerable number of invitations to candidates who look forward to immigrating to that province. The latest tech pilot draw held on the 16^th of April issued 71 invitations to candidates and the most important thing of all is that the minimum scores have been dropped to 90!

British Columbia’s Tech Pilot Draw is one of the unique programs of British Columbia. Launched during the year 2017, the British Columbia Tech Pilot Program aims to take in talents to improve the technology sector and help grow it further.

The draw held on the 16^th of April issued 71 invitations to candidates. The minimum scores that were needed for all the four featured streams were 90. The four featured streams were Express Entry for international graduates & skilled workers, provincial streams international graduates & skilled workers.

It should be noted that the previous British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program Tech Pilot draw had scores as high as 100 and the previous draw held on the 23^rd of January issued 45 invitations. The scores of the 16^th April Draw are being mentioned below:

• Express Entry British Columbia Skilled Worker – 90
• Express Entry British Columbia International Graduate – 90
• Skills Immigration – Skilled Worker – 90
• Skills Immigration – International Graduate – 90

Requirements that Should be Met to Get Invited Under BC PNP Tech Pilot Draw: –

• The candidate should be having a job offer under one of the 29 targeted occupations.
• The job offer must be for at least a minimum of one-year duration.
• The job offer must be valid for a minimum of 120 days at the time of the application.

 29 Targeted Occupations Under the BC PNP Tech Pilot Program

• Technical Sales Specialists
• Graphic Designers & Illustrators
• Telecommunication Carriers Managers
• Computer & Information System Managers
• Other Technical Occupations & Co-ordinating Occupations
• Managers – Publishing Motion Pictures, Broadcasting & Performing Arts
• Civil Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Audio & Video Recording Technicians
• Broadcast Technicians
• Translators, Terminologists & Interpreters
• Computer Network Technicians & more.,

Get in touch with us to know the entire occupations in-demand list

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The Canadian Government in its 115^th Express Entry Draw issued 3.350 Invitations to Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. The draw was held on the 17^th of April and the minimum cut – off scores for this particular draw was 451.

The Canadian Express Entry System is what manages the three most important economic immigration programs of Canada – the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class Program.

The 115^th draw had candidates invited with CRS Scores as low as 451. The tie-break rule for this particular draw was set as to April 2^nd, 2019 at 15:01:49 UTC which means that candidates who have a CRS Score of 451 and above and who have created an Express Entry Profile before the specified date received an ITA in this draw.

Candidates applying to create an Express Entry Profile will be assessed based on his/her age, work experience, educational qualification, language proficiency and be given points based out of 1200. On receiving an Invitation to Apply, the individual will have with him/her 60 days to submit a complete permanent resident application package.

The Canadian Government this year as of now has issued a total of 27,900 Invitations to Apply to Express Entry Candidates and the individual draws and the number of ITAs issued are being mentioned along with their CRS Scores:

• 115^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 451
• 114^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 451
• 113^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 452
• 112^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 454
• 111^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 457
• 110^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,350 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 438
• 109^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,900 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 443
• 108^th Express Entry Draw issued 3,900 ITAs with minimum CRS Score as 449

With the immigration targets increased for the next three years, the Canadian government is taking continuous steps to bring immigrants to the country through various immigration pathways and the frequently held Express Entry Draw is one solid proof! If you are looking forward to immigrate to Canada, get in touch with our experts and check your eligibility to create an Express Entry Profile for free!

Prince Edward Island, fondly called as the Million Acre Farm issued invitations to Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in its 18^th April draw. A total of 130 invitations were issued to candidates under the Express Entry, Labour Impact & Business Impact Streams.

Prince Edward Island is known for conducting monthly draws and inviting candidates who have submitted an Expression of Interest to its provincial nominee program. The draw that happened on the 18^th of April issued 130 invitations to candidates and the total number of invitations issued by Prince Edward Island through its provincial nominee programs for this year has become 570.

The split up of the 130 issued invitations were 113 to Express Entry and Labour Impact candidates and the remaining 17 were issued to entrepreneur candidates belonging to the Business Impact: Work Permit Stream category.

A Brief Note on Express Entry, Labour Market Impact Invitations

Prince Edward Island’s Express Entry Category works along with the Canadian Federal Express Entry System. The Express Entry System is responsible for managing Canada’s three most economic immigration programs which are the Federal Skilled Worker Class program, the Federal Skilled Trades Class Program and the Canadian Experience Class Program. Candidates on receiving a provincial nomination certificate from Prince Edward Island will be receiving 600 additional CRS Scores to his/her total.

Prince Edward Island’s Labour Impact Category is divided into three Expression of Interest based streams:

• Skilled Workers
• International Graduates
• Critical Workers

It should be noted that Labour Impact Category is not aligned with the Express Entry System and candidates applying for these streams should either be working in PEI or should be having an eligible full-time employment offer from an employer.

Entrepreneur Invitations

Foreign Entrepreneurs who look forward to run or invest in one of the businesses in PEI should be pursuing the Business Impact: Work Permit Stream. The lowest ranking candidate on the April 18^th draw has a score of 107 and this stream operates only on an Expression of Interest Basis.

Prince Edward Island has been inviting candidates consistently to meet the demands of the province this particular year. If you are looking forward to immigrate to Canada, get in touch with our team of experts and check your eligibility to immigrate for free!

Ontario, one of the Canadian provinces which always comes up with some innovative plans to meet the needs of the provinces this time will be creating a new immigration stream for tech workers and a new immigration pilot program that will be focusing on attracting skilled immigrants to smaller communities which surround the province. This was announced by the Government of Ontario in its 2019 budget on the 11^th of April.

This is one among the four priorities with regards to immigration in the province’s $163.4 billion budget. This is seen as the province responding to the needs of the employers of Ontario by taking initiatives to attract skilled workers through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program.

A New Stream Completely Dedicated for Tech Workers

Ontario has been witnessing a tech sector that has been booming for the past few years. Cities like Waterloo, Toronto & Ottawa have faced significant development in the tech sector and has been inviting more skilled professionals from all parts of the world. The about to be introduced stream for Tech Workers will help the tech sector of Ontario to attract highly skilled employees.

New Immigration Pilot Program for Smaller Communities

The budget introduced on the 11^th of April also proposes to introduce a new immigration pilot program aimed to bring in highly skilled immigrants to smaller communities and thereby spread the immigration benefits to those communities.

It should also be noted that Canada recently came up with a Northern and Rural Immigration Pilot Program which is similar to AIP, helping small isolated communities (those outside Atlantic Canada) to recruit foreign workers.

Plans to Expand Eligible In-Demand Occupations

Ontario is also planning to include truck drivers & personal support workers under Ontario’s In-Demand Skills Stream. It should also be noted that this stream allows Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program to nominate foreign workers who have with them a permanent and a full-time job offer from an Ontario employer in one of the in-demand occupations.

Migrate as an Entrepreneur

Ontario has also made proposals to make changes to investment & basic net worth values for Ontario’s Entrepreneur Stream. The government of Ontario said that doing this will make Ontario compete better with other Canadian provinces.

Allocation for Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program every year receives an allocation from the Canadian Government which allows Ontario to nominate applicants for a provincial nomination from the Express Entry Pool. As of the year 2019, the allocation for Ontario is 6,900.

Ontario by modernizing its Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program along with other measures will be able to take in some of the most highly skilled workers for the province. If you are interested to immigrate to Ontario, get in touch with our experts and check your eligibility to immigrate for free!

British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, one of the highly active provincial nominee programs amongst all invited 142 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. The draw held on the 9^th of April invited candidates who have already registered with the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program’s Skills Immigration Registration System (a points-based application management system).

British Columbia with its Skills Immigration and Express Entry British Columbia Streams has been inviting a considerable number of candidates this year. The draw held on the 9^th of April invited 142 candidates in the express entry pool to apply for a provincial nomination. Individuals to be considered eligible to receive an application should have first created a BC PNP Online profile and should have registered either under the Skills Immigration or Express Entry British Columbia Streams. Candidates should also have an active Express Entry Profile in the Express Entry System.

The Canadian Express Entry System is Canada’s largest economic immigration program taking care of the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class Program.

The profile of the candidate will be assessed by the Skills Immigration Registration System based on factors like work experience, age, education, language proficiency & more. On receiving a provincial nomination from British Columbia, the candidate will be receiving 600 additional CRS Scores which will increase the candidate’s chance to receive an Invitation to Apply during the Express Entry Draws.

Below mentioned are the minimum score the candidates had during the 9^th April Draw:

Express Entry British Columbia Skilled Worker – 105

Express Entry British Columbia International Graduate – 105

Skills Immigration Skilled Worker – 95

Skills Immigration International Graduate – 105

Skills Immigration Entry Level and Semi-Skilled – 75

If you are looking forward to immigrating to British Columbia and you want to check your eligibility, get in touch with our experts and get it done for free!

Canada has been welcoming immigrants actively during the year 2019 which has made things better both for the immigrants and the Canadian economy. The relentless efforts of the Canadian government all focused and set to take in more immigrants and meet the immigration targets seems to go well, not to mention the Provincial Nominee Programs that has brought new opportunities for immigrants this year.

Provincial Nominee Programs are the immigration programs that every province has for itself which allows the province to nominate immigrants from the Express Entry Pool to obtain a Canadian PR. Out of the multiple provincial nominee programs Canada has, this article focuses on four key Provincial Nominee Programs and their developments this particular year:

• Saskatchewan revising its in-demand skilled occupations list on the 4^th of April.
• Ontario creating a record nomination allocation this year.
• Nova Scotia targeting financial auditors & accountants in its Labour Market Priorities Draw.
• Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program’s ongoing renewal.

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan in its five draws conducted this year issued a total of 817 invitations. Saskatchewan revised its in-demand occupations list within the province, resulting in adding 13 new occupations, moving it from 20 to 24 (and nine occupations were removed).

It should be noted that Saskatchewan’s in-demand occupations list will be modified regularly according to the needs of the labour market. The revised occupation list will be applicable to Saskatchewan’s about to come Expression of Interest draws (both Express Entry & Occupation In-Demand sub-categories) which will be conducted by the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program.

Ontario

The streams of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program – the Human Capital Priorities Stream, French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream and Skilled Trades Stream are all linked to the Canadian Express Entry System allowing the province to nominate candidates from the Express Entry Pool. What’s more beneficial is that a job offer is not mandatory to be eligible under any of these streams.

During the month of March 2019, Ontario revealed that it will be able to nominate 6,900 candidates for a Canadian Permanent Residence which is actually an increase of 300 over the previous year.

Also, Ontario’s popular Master’s Graduate Stream opened on the 5^th of March to 1000 new registrations but was unfortunate and crashed due to a technical problem, allowing only 333 submissions to take place.

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia with its Express Entry linked Labour Market Priorities Stream invited financial auditors or accountants in the first quarter of 2019. The draw held on the 24^th of January selected candidates who had CRS Scores between 400 and 450.

The Labour Market Priorities Stream Draw allows Nova Scotia to nominate candidates who match the required criteria from the Express Entry Pool. Candidates to date have not been asked for a job offer from an employer in Nova Scotia. It should be noted that the Early Childhood Educators were also invited under the Nova Scotia Labour Market Priorities Stream Draw.

Manitoba

Manitoba had two new pathways added to the Skilled Workers in Manitoba and Skilled Workers Overseas. This is actually a part of the renewal program. The renewed Skilled Worker Overseas: Human Capital Pathway criteria was planned for the month of February but have not come into effect yet. Manitoba’s Human Capital Pathway is for foreign skilled workers with previous years of work experience in a highly demanded occupation by Manitoba.

The Canadian Provincial Nominee Programs are playing quite an important role in helping the Canadian Government meet its set immigration goals for the year 2019. If you are looking forward to immigrating to Canada and want to know your immigration possibilities with the Provincial Nominee Programs, reach out to our experts and get a free eligibility assessment & counselling now!

Express Entry candidates were invited by Manitoba in the draw held on the 11^th of April. The candidates were invited to Manitoba under the Skilled Workers Overseas Stream and is expected to continue the trend of inviting candidates during the upcoming days.

The Skilled Workers Overseas Stream is one of the key components of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is a program through which the province can nominate candidates from the Express Entry Pool who meet the skilled labour requirements of the province.

The draw held on the 11^th of April issued 352 invitations to candidates belonging to two groups and who belong to the Canadian Federal Express Entry System. The Express Entry System is Canada’s major economic immigration system which is responsible for inviting candidates under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class.

Candidates to be considered eligible for a provincial nomination from Manitoba should have first submitted an Expression of Interest Profile with the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. Expression of Interest profiles are evaluated based upon one’s age, education, work experience, language proficiency & more.,

Candidates invited during the 11^th April draw were to have an Express Entry Profile (a valid one) and a job seeker validation code. Six months of work experience in one of Manitoba’s in-demand occupations were also considered mandatory.

Candidates belonging to the other group had to meet the below-mentioned criteria:

• Should have had at least six months of recent work experience in Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list.
• Should have a close relative who is residing in Manitoba or should have past work experience or education in Manitoba.
• The applicant should have minimum language proficiency in English or French of CLB/NCLC 5.

Taking candidates from the two groups, the lowest ranking candidates had a score of 561.

Strategic Recruitment Initiative: –

It should be noted that on the 11^th April Draw, 51 invitations were also sent to candidates via one of Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program’s Strategic Recruitment Initiatives and these comprised overseas recruitment missions which are generally conducted by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program in accordance with businesses in Manitoba. The lowest ranking candidate through this had a score of 695.

Manitoba seems to continue its efforts to take in skilled immigrants who could contribute to the growth of the province. If you are looking forward to immigrating to Manitoba, get in touch with our team of experts and check your eligibility to immigrate for free!

Ontario, one of the unique Canadian provinces in its recent draw issued 22 candidates under the Ontario Entrepreneur Stream. The draw held on the 5^th of April invited candidates with scores as low as 112 points.

Ontario Entrepreneur Stream, falling under the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is for entrepreneurs who live in countries other than Canada and are interested in buying a new business or running an existing business in Ontario. The Ontario Entrepreneur Stream is one of the two business immigration streams and the other stream is the Ontario Corporate Stream.

Ontario in its recent draw, issued 22 invitations to candidates and the minimum score required was only 112. It should be noted that Ontario last year invited 149 candidates under the Ontario Entrepreneur Stream in just 10 draws. As of now, for the year 2019, Ontario conducted two draws, one on the 17^th of January, issuing 13 invitations and other on the 5^th of April, issuing 22 invitations (which is by far the largest).

Ontario invites candidate based on an Expression of Interest System. The Expression of Interest System meaning that the applicant should first be submitting an Expression of Interest profile and will be assessed based on their age, work experience, language proficiency & more. The candidate will receive a temporary work permit visa to conduct business activities in Ontario. On fulfilling the job creation requirements and the performance agreement terms, he/she will be nominated for a Canadian Permanent Residence.

The Ontario Entrepreneur Stream is an ideal opportunity for individuals who wish to immigrate to Canada and carry out entrepreneurship activities. If you are looking forward to immigrating to Canada, get in touch with our team of experts and check your eligibility to migrate for free today!