Before the pandemic, the aim of the government of Canada had to process most of the applications for Express Entry within six months but because of the pandemic applicants had to wait a long time.
Non-CEC (Canadian Experience Class) are waiting over 20 months for the decision of IRCC on their applications.
Fortunately, it has been announced by Canada that it will soon be processing Express Entry applications within 6 months. It will be affected when IRCC starts their Express Entry invitations again for CEC (Canadian Experience Class), FSTP (Federal Skilled Trade Workers), and FSWP (Federal Skilled Workers Programs) in July.
The normalization of Express Entry in July became major news due to a number of reasons. The Express Entry is the main pathway of immigration through which the IRCC welcomes Skilled workers. Since December the invitations of permanent residence for FSWP candidates were paused while CEC applications were paused since September 2021, but it will no longer happen in July. The FSWP has become the main means of immigration between 1967 and the start of the pandemic, while 405,000 immigrants landed in Canada in 2021 through CEC which is accounted as one of the third record-breaking news.
This announcement also comes when the latest data revealed by Canada that it has over 800,000 job Vacancies in Canada and its lowest unemployment rate on record. To help address the shortage of workers in the job market in Canada, Employers need more talented immigrants. Express Entry is returning to normal, which means it will be a crucial support to the economic recovery of Canada.
Getting processing time back is also beneficial for the immigrants and again it becomes the quickest way to get permanent residence in Canada for skilled workers. Therefore, you can prepare your express entry profile in time for the program which returns in July. However, you should keep in mind that it takes time to create and upload a profile on the website of IRCC. So, you should start the process now to obtain the benefit. Additionally, you need time to prepare for the language test and gather other documents, so you should be proactive if you want to avoid delays.
There are also some major benefits if you enter the express entry pool in July. As IRCC holds Express Entry draw weekly for PNP Candidates. If your profile is in the pool, you will get a chance to be invited by their territory and province and if you are then you get an ITA from IRCC. And the second important benefit is that IRCC needs to use the tie-breaker rule when the minimum CRS score of the multiple candidates is the same, IRCC gives preference to those candidates who uploaded their profile at an earlier date.
At the beginning of 2024, the aim of IRCC is welcome over 110,000 immigrants through Express Entry per year in Canada. By starting the process as soon as possible, You can be one of many immigrants who will get benefit from Express Entry and its quicker processing time.
