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    Alberta Issues Invitations To Candidates With CRS As Low As 300

    ALBERTA | CANADA IMMIGRATION | EXPRESS ENTRY DRAW Alberta invited 401 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in its last two selection rounds, the province’s immigrant nominee program has revealed.  A selection round held October 24 invited 372 candidates with a profile in the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration categories — the  Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class. Alberta is one of nine Canadian provinces with a nominee program that allows them to select a set number of economic immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence each year. …

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    Manitoba Issues Invitations To Skilled Workers, International Graduates In An Expression Of Interest Draw Held On June 20

    Manitoba invited 450 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in an Expression of Interest draw held June 20.  The invitations, known as Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs), went to candidates in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba, Skilled Workers Overseas and International Education streams. All three streams are part of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP), which allows the province to nominate immigration candidates with skills required by local employers and the ability to settle quickly and establish themselves economically. LAAs issued in the June 20 draw broke down as follows: Skilled Workers Overseas: 323 Skilled Workers in Manitoba: 101 International Education Stream: 26 This latest draw…

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    CRS Drops By Three Points In New Express Entry Draw

    Government of Canada invited 3,350 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a new draw held June 26.  The cut-off score in today’s draw was 462, which is three points lower than the previous draw held June 12. This was the second consecutive draw to see the cut-off score decrease since May 29, when it reached 470. The Express Entry system is Canada’s main source of skilled foreign workers. It manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main economic-class immigration categories – the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class. Eligible candidates under these categories are entered into the Express Entry pool, where they are ranked based…

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    Prince Edward Island Welcomes Express Entry Candidates In Latest Draw On June 20

    113 Solicitations Issued In June 20 Welcome Round. The territory of Prince Edward Island welcomed 113 competitors in its Express Entry, Labor Impact and Business Impact migration classes in another draw held June 20. Prince Edward Island, or PEI, holds month to month welcome rounds for movement applicants who meet work market needs in the territory. Hopefuls who get a welcome through PEI’s Express Entry or Labor Impact classes can apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian Permanent Residence. Most by far of solicitations issued on June 20 — 106 — went to hopefuls in these two classifications. PEI’s Express Entry Stream is connected to the government Express Entry framework,…

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    Admissions Through Provincial Nominee Programs Set To Rise Over Next Three Years

    The recent passage of controversial immigration reforms in Quebec stand in stark contrast to news from Canada’s other provinces, which are slated to welcome an increasing number of newcomers over the next three years through the Provincial Nominee Program. Known as the PNP, the program allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a specified number of foreign workers for Canadian permanent residence each year. Canada has a 2019 target of 61,000 immigration candidates for the PNP, which is set to increase to 67,800 in 2020 and 71,300 in 2021. These increases contrast the news out of Quebec this week, where thousands of pending applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program were dismissed under new…

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    Latest Express Entry Draw Sees Cut-Off Score Decrease By 5 Points

    EXPRESS ENTRY DRAW #119 A new Express Entry draw held June 12 invited 3,350 candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The cut-off score in today’s draw was 465, a five-point decrease from the previous draw’s minimum score of 470. IRCC has now issued 38,450 ITAs to Express Entry candidates in 2019. This is 6,250 more than it had issued at this same point in 2018, a year that saw the current ITA record of 89,800 established. To know more contact, First Notch Immigration Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. To find out if you qualify for any Canadian Immigration Program🇨🇦, contact First Notch Immigration. If you have any questions or would…

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    Canada Saw Biggest Employment Gain On Record In April

    Canada had a flag April with regards to work, posting the biggest one month gain in net employments on record. Employment ascended by 107,000 in April, with striking increases in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Prince Edward Island. The unforeseen bounce in work far outperformed a broadly anticipated increment of 10,000 net employments and helped push Canada’s joblessness rate to 5.7 percent, down marginally from 5.8 in March. Of the net new employments in April, 73,000 were full-time and most of the increases — 84,000 — happened in the private segment. On a year-over-year premise, business developed by 426,000, of which 248,000 was full-time. Measurements Canada detailed that business ascended for…

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    New OINP Tech Flow, Smaller Communities Immigration Pilot Mirror ‘Instant Labour Needs,’ Ontario Says

    The advent of a dedicated Ontario immigrant nominee software move for era people responds to “on the spot labour desires” that need to be crammed, the Ontario government says. The government’s new budget announced 4 principal updates to the Ontario immigrant nominee program (OINP) that consist of the new tech worker stream, a new pilot designed to convey exceptionally skilled immigrants to smaller groups and revisions to the eligibility criteria for its entrepreneur and employer process offer: in-call for abilities circulation. The OINP allows Ontario to nominate a set number of monetary immigration candidates for Canadian Permanent house every year. A spokesperson for the government ministry that oversees the OINP…

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    Manitoba Issued 403 Invitations To Immigration Candidates In A Draw Held On April 11

    Manitoba issued 403 invitations to immigration candidates in a draw held April 11 through its Skilled Workers Overseas stream.  The Skilled Workers Overseas stream is a key component of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP), which allows the province to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence each year. The April 11 draw issued 352 invitations to two groups of candidates, including an unspecified number with a profile in the federal Express Entry system. The Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main economic immigration categories — the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class. Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination from Manitoba…

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    Saskatchewan Updates In-Demand Occupations List With 13 New Positions

    Computer programmers and interactive media developers are among 13 professions that have been added to Saskatchewan’s In-Demand Occupations List.  Work experience in an occupation on the province’s In-Demand Occupations List is a requirement for both the Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). A job offer, however, is not required for either sub-category. The SINP is part of Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program, which allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates for Canadian permanent residence. Candidates in the federal Express Entry pool who obtain a provincial nomination through the SINP’s Express Entry sub-category are awarded an additional 600 points toward their ranking score, effectively guaranteeing an…