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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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    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,…

  • Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan Targets Express Entry, Occupation In-Demand Candidates With Specific Work Experience In New Draw

    A new draw from Saskatchewan’s International Skilled Worker pool held June 20 resulted in 479 invitations to immigration candidates with work experience in one of five targeted occupations.  The International Skilled Worker category is part of the  Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP), which allows the province to nominate foreign workers for Canadian permanent residence. The invitations went to candidates in Saskatchewan’s Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories, both of which require work experience in an occupation listed as in-demand in the province. Candidates with work experience in five occupations were targeted in the June 20: Accounting technicians Architectural technologists and technicians Bakers Paramedical occupations Medical laboratory technologists. A total of 268 invitations went to candidates with a…

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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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    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…

  • Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island Issues A Hundred Thirty Invites In April 18 Draw.

    Prince Edward Island, or pei, holds monthly draws for immigration applicants who have submitted an expression of interest to its immigrant nominee program, the PEI PNP. A complete of one hundred thirty invitations had been issued to applicants in pei’s express entry, labour effect and commercial enterprise impact immigration categories within the april 18 draw, bringing the wide variety of invitations issued to this point this 12 months by using the PEI PNP to 570. The 113 express access and labour effect candidates who received an invite in today’s draw can now apply to pei’s provincial nominee program, the pei pnp, for a nomination for canadian permanent residence. the 17…

  • Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan Attracts Candidates With Specific Work Expertise, Revises In-Demand Occupations List

    Three of 4 occupations centered were delivered to the province’s in-call for occupations list, April 4. The immigrant nominee program broke new floor april 17 with its first expression of interest draw for immigration candidates with work revel in in specific in-call for occupations. three of the 4 occupations focused had been new additions to Saskatchewan’s in-demand occupations listing, which the Saskatchewan immigrant nominee program (sinp) up to date on april four. Work enjoy in an career at the list is a requirement for each the sinp’s specific entry and career in-demand sub-categories. A Job offer, however, isn’t required for either sub-category. The SINP is a part of Canada’s provincial…

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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…