The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program held its second Expression of Interest draw of 2019 on January 31 for candidates in its Skilled Worker Overseas, Skilled Worker in Manitoba and International Education immigration streams.   The program, known as the MPNP, issued 456 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence to candidates across the three streams.   The MPNP’s Skilled Worker in Manitoba, Skilled Worker Overseas and International Education streams employ an Expression of Interest (EOI) system to select candidates.   The Go...

Invitations to Appeal were announced to 3,900 applicants overall programs, with a least Comprehensive Ranking System score of 443. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have presently announced a record number of 3,900 I.T.As in 09 back-to-back draws.   I.R.C.C has announced 7,800 I.T.As in the initial two draws of the year 2019, related to 5,500 in the initial two draws of the year 2018, showing how the invitations rate is significantly higher than previous years.   Canada has an immigration intake target for high-skilled professionals is 81,400 for the ye...

IRCC starts 2019 with 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence The Government of Canada kicked off the new Express Entry year in impressive style Thursday, issuing 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to candidates with scores as low as 449.   This was the highest number of invitations issued in a first draw of the year in Express Entry’s five-year history, marking the start of a 12-month cycle that is expected to see Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) break last year’s Express Entry record of 89,800 Inv...

Canada set a new Express Entry invitation record Wednesday in a draw featuring the lowest minimum score of 2018.   The December 19 draw issued 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates with scores as low as 439.   Express Entry manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration programs : the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class.   Eligible candidates are given a score under Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)...

Regular invitation rounds through Ontario’s Express Entry-linked French Speaking Skilled Worker Stream continue this month, with 13 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence issued on December 13.   The invitations followed 45 that were issued December 6 and bring the month-to-date total to 58 invitations through the French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream in December.   It’s been an active 2018 for the stream, which has now issued 1,609 invitations or Notifications Of Interest (NOIs) over the course of the year through near weekly draws....

The Government of Canada has issued 3,900 Express Entry candidates an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held October 29. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in this latest draw was 442.   The federal Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three main economic immigration program - the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class.

The immigration authorities of British Columbia, on September 19th conducted its largest draw, for the year. The aim is to attract international graduates and skilled workers.   409 candidates received the invitations. Moreover, this was the fourth time that the province crossed the 400 benchmark in 2018. The requirement for minimum points was 82 for skilled workers n the E.E and also for direct provincial streams. Additionally, for the International graduates of these streams the point’s requirement was 91. Finally, the semi-skilled and entry level applications needed 65 poi...

On September 20th Immigration authorities in Prince Edward Island conducted final draw for their Direct Permanent Residence Streams in the Business Impact Category.   This draw had a point threshold of 152 and eight invitations were issued. After this the controversial 100% Ownership and Partial Ownership streams will be closed. The status of Business Impact Category Streams is as follows:   100% Owner Stream and Partial Ownership Stream (PERMANENTLY CLOSED). The Work Permit Stream is open. This development has happened after two investigations...

The immigration authorities in Canada, on September 19th, conducted a fresh Express Entry draw, and issued 3,500 Invitations to Apply to the aspiring candidates. The minimum CRS score was 441. This was the 19th invitation round for the year and 99th overall.   Sending 3,500 I.T.A.s, makes it a big draw, but it is lower than 3,900 of the last week. For now, the least C.R.S. score has stayed in a range of two points. I.R.C.C. has adopted the practice of setting an exact number of invitations to issue, when the number of candidates having the lowest score exceeds the number of i...