On December 22, another Express Entry draw was held that invited 746 applicants to obtain a potential Canadian permanent residency status.
The candidates who have been invited got nominated with the help of PNP (Provincial Nominee Program) that will automatically help in increasing the human capital score by 600 points. That is why the minimum score to be required was 720, which was easy to crack considering the additional CRS score.
PNP-oriented draws are being held by the immigration department of Canada since September. This has been recorded to be the eighth in the row. According to a news release by IRCC, CEC invitations have gone on a hiatus to clear its pending backlog. The release also announced that it will pause Express Entry draws too to clear the backlogs before it sends invitations to candidates from various programs as well.
In the last draw, the immigration department of Canada sent invitations to 1,032 applicants of PNP, which was the highest this year. The minimum cut-off score was 698 points in the draw.
No all-program draw in one year
It’s been a long time (almost a year) since Canada called for an Express Entry draw that included candidates from all programs. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada did not invite candidates from the FSTP and FSWP since last year December 23rd.
Department of immigration all-round the year had aimed for candidates in the Canadian Experience Class and Provincial Nominee Program, to send invitations.
Strategically planned, IRCC had aimed to only allow the candidates who were already within the territory of the country since the travel restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the applicants who were residing abroad were not permitted to travel to Canada in order to make their PR status active until June.
There was a briefing released by the immigration department of Canada, that stated that candidates who were already living in Canada were prioritized since TR to PR pathway had created a long list of candidates that had been backlogged.
It also stated that the AIP (Atlantic Immigration Program) would turn into a steady long-lasting program in the coming year that is 2022. Sean Fraser the minister of immigration Canada, stated that the maple country will engage in allowing immigrants from national and international borders and engage a mix.
“I anticipate as we go forward, we are going to have a healthy mix of people who are here with some experience in Canada now and other employees who may not yet be here that will come to Canada through a program such as the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, as the public health situation allows,” Fraser told reporters. (CIC news)
When the pandemic had initiated, 19,563 candidates had gotten ITAs for a Canadian PR in the 35 Provincial Nominee specific draw that was held. At about the same time, 27 CEC-specific draws were also held and 133,868 invites were sent. After this, since last year only eleven draws have been launched by the IRCC for candidates in the Express Entry Pool in all the programs, also including the Federal skilled Workers Program
Canada has invited more candidates from the Express Entry pool in the recent year than it had done last year. Another reason for this may be the draw that had taken place on the 13th of February when almost 27,332 candidates were called for in the Pool under the CEC category.
The minimum score requirements have remained moderately high as IRCC has just been holding PNP draws. Because of their high scores, PNP up-and-comers in the Express Entry pool are successfully ensured to at minimum get an encouragement to apply for Canadian PR.
What is Express Entry?
When it comes to defining the Express Entry, it is a system that oversees application for immigration for programs like FSWP, FSTP, and CEC. One noteworthy rule is that the Provincial Nominee Program candidate will have to be qualified under any of the above-mentioned programs in order to be eligible.
There is a point-based system for the Express Entry Pool candidates. The scoring system is named CRS (Comprehensive Ranking Score) that is used to analyze the profiles of the candidate and score them according to their capital factors. Only the candidates who score the highest get an ITA and will be allowed to apply for a Canadian PR status.
What follows next is the review by the immigration officials, it is upon them to make the decision about your immigration application. If your application is approved, you will have to produce your biometrics and give an interview along with some documents and paperwork.
Once the candidate receives an affirmation with the application, they get a COPR (confirmation of PR) from the immigration department IRCC and the candidates can go forward with their landing process in Canada. If an immigrant is from abroad, they can avail themselves of the pre-landing services that will help them immensely as soon as they complete their landing process in Canada.
