459 PNP candidates invited by Manitoba

On October 21st a new round of draw was held by the province of Manitoba, which invited a total of 459 immigrants across various Provincial Nominee Programs. The following is the resulting list of draws:

International Skilled Workers– The total number of invitations were 29 with a minimum score of 716;
Skilled Workers in Manitoba– 388 invitations with a score with a minimum point of 375;
International Education Stream– the number of invitations resulted to 37 with no least requirement.

Among them, a total of 94 immigration candidates went through the Express Entry System.

What is Express Entry System?

The Express Entry System formulates the three main federal immigration programs developed for high-skilled laborers. The three programs are known as, Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class, and the Federal Skilled Trades program. The candidates who desire to immigrate to Canada, choose any one of these pathways and find out whether they are eligible or not. For this, they are first required to submit their profile online and fill an application form that contains all their details for the Express Entry System. These profiles are then ranked based on the provided information and past experience to be awarded a CRS score known as the Comprehensive Ranking System. The CRS score evaluates factors such as the candidates’ skills, past industry experience, age, schooling, and graduation among many other things. The candidates whose factors match the criteria level, receive high scores and thus are invited to Canada as permanent residents. The gateway of receiving a PR Visa in this way is possible through the Express Entry draws that are held continuously. However, you can skip the whole process of applying for a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and apply straight away via Express Entry. But take note that if you are nominated by a province, you will be credited 600 CRS points spontaneously. That will make you eligible to receive an Invitation to Apply in the next Express Entry draw.

About the immigration program of Manitoba

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is the source by which the province of Manitoba regulates its immigration programs applications that go to the Federal government. The provinces of Canada do not possess the power to grant a PR status to a candidate but they surely vouch for a candidate by issuing them a certificate for a provincial nomination. In order to receive Manitoba’s provincial nomination, you must register an Expression of Interest (EOI) with the provincial nomination program. After which you will get an LAA via Skilled Workers in Manitoba and Skilled Workers Overseas. The province of Manitoba then carefully filters out the candidates according to their factors and the relations they have in the province and ranks the candidates in a total of 1,000 points. These two streams are specifically made that the candidates would meet the labor market need of the province. Although, it is important that the candidate show that they have relations in the province of Manitoba for example- a close family tie, or an experience of being in the province earlier in any one of the strategic Manitoba’s recruitment initiatives. It is not necessary that you are residing in Manitoba at the time of filling the application. As a skilled worker in the Manitoba Skilled Worker category, you must have full-time valid job offers in the province as the eligibility criteria require that. Even the international scholars who study in the province of Manitoba are eligible to receive an invitation to the International Education Stream they have the required skills that are in demand in the province.