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CIC News Express Entry: Canada invites 1,070 PNP candidates, a new record Canada invited 1,070 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian immigration on February 2. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement was 674. PNP candidates get an automatic 600 points added to…
CIC News BC PNP Tech draw: 126 immigration invitations issued British Columbia invited 126 tech workers to apply for a provincial nomination on February 1. The invitations were issued through the BC PNP Tech, which is a stream under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP). The BC PNP is an economic immigration pathway used by…
CIC News Quebec issues 322 invitations in new Arrima draw Quebec invited 322 skilled workers to apply for permanent selection on January 27. The Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) invited these immigration candidates to apply under the Quebec Regular Skilled Worker Program (QSWP). Candidates had to have profiles in the…
CIC News Alberta releases new January PNP draw results Alberta invited 350 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on January 18, its second draw of the year. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) invited candidates who had Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores of at least 346. Invited candidates may be eligible for a provincial nomination…
CIC News Québec lance 322 nouvelles invitations via Arrima Québec a invité 322 personnes candidates à présenter une demande de sélection permanente le 27 janvier. Il s’agit de la deuxieme ronde d’invitations de l’année dans le cadre du Programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés du Québec (PRTQ). Le ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de…
CIC News Canada announces measures to improve immigration processing times Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has brought forth Canada’s plans to get the immigration system back on track. In the 2021 Budget, Canada allocated $85 million to reduce processing times across all IRCC lines of business. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also called on Fraser to reduce…
CIC News Interest in Canadian immigration remains high: study A new survey of over 13,000 prospective immigrants shows that interest to move to Canada remains strong. The survey was conducted by World Education Services (WES) Canada, a designated provider of Educational Credential Assessments (ECA) for Canadian immigration. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration…
CIC News Canadian immigration minister talks backlogs, international students and PGP in TV interview Canada’s minister of immigration, Sean Fraser, sat down to talk about Canadian immigration with Prime Asia TV business head, Deepinder Singh. The interview covered a number of topics relating to challenges brought on by the pandemic and possible solutions for the…
CIC News Manitoba PNP invites 315 immigration candidates Manitoba released details of a new immigration draw held on January 27. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) invited candidates across three Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Here are the number of invitations issued for each program as well as the minimum score cut-off according to the province’s Expression of…
CIC News Future Canadian immigrants fear having to leave jobs as IRCC deals with backlog Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)’s pause on Express Entry invitations to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates since September is forcing some to quit their jobs and even leave Canada. These candidates have at least one year of Canadian work experience…