CANADIAN EXPRESS ENTRY REVIEW 2018
The half yearly draw of the Canadian Express Entry selections that ended in June 2018 stand out in the number of Invitation To Apply (ITA’s) issued. This is the substantially high when we compare the data of the Federal Program since its inception in 2015. In the running second quarter of the year, two rounds of Express Entry draws were conducted and 7,500 Invitation To Apply (ITA’s) were issued to candidates for the Canadian permanent residence application in the month of June. The figure of June 2018 has crumbled all the records of the preceding years.
The Express Entry system allows economic immigrants to get settled in Canada. An Express Entry is the application system that manages the pool of eligible candidates for the three main economic immigration classes namely the Federal Skilled Worker Class, the Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class. The highest-ranked candidates in the Express Entry pool are issued “Invitation To Apply” (ITA’s) in regular invitation rounds.
The frequency and as well as the larger rounds of invitation draws has positively lowered the Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS), thereby increasing the number of invitations send in June. More importantly, the recent draw on June 25th saw a CRS cut-off score of 442.
The number of Invitation To Apply (ITA’s) issued in each program draw of 2018 has gradually increased over the course of the year. If IRCC maintains this invitation round schedule with large rounds of draws every two weeks heading through the summer, it could result in a further reduction of the Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS).
60 CALENDAR DAY APPLICATION DEADLINE
The highlight in the month of June was IRCC’s announcement on reducing the application deadline to 60-calender days post receiving an Invitation To Apply (ITA’s) for permanent residence. This change is effective from June 26, 2018. If a candidate misses the 60-day timeframe, the Invitation to Apply for permanent residence that was issued remains invalid. The candidate would be required to re-enter the Express Entry pool.
ENHANCING YOUR COMPREHENSIVE RANKING SCORES (CRS) TO GET AN INVITATION TO APPLY (ITA)
Creating an Express Entry profile with accuracy is the first step, towards increasing the CRS score. Thereafter proactively tracking the developments and finding potential ways to upgrade the scores will lead the way to successfully achieving an Invitation to Apply for permanent residence. The final step with an in- hand Invitation To Apply completely lies upon the prospective applicants in ensuring that their documents and forms are prepared and reviewed thoroughly before submission.
With the 60-calendar day deadline to submit an application for Permanent residence, Scarborough Immigration Services Private Limited can be your one stop solution for such scenarios. Our expertise with the Canadian Express Entry will help you get down to the nitty–gritty of applying for the Express Entry program. Kindly give us a call at +91-989-559-8755 or drop us a line at info@scarborough.co.in.
Read More‘Canada needs more immigrants to fill jobs’
The Canada economy is growing by leaps and bounds and immigrants have a key role in helping it grow further, says Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz. In a lecture at Queen’s University, Poloz said that along with increased participation in the workforce, immigrants act as a source of untapped potential economic growth.
The head of Canada’s central bank further added that immigration is critical in keeping the inflation low. “The more people available to work, and the more productive they are, the greater the contribution that labour makes to supply,” he said. In every economy, demographic forces and immigration determine the available workforce.
A Statistics Canada data show that job vacancies are quickly rising, reaching a record 47,000 in 2017. Many of these vacancies are going unfilled because of the shortage of skilled workers. To have companies looking for so many skilled workers is a sign of strong economy. To help solve this shortage, Poloz said, Canada needs to speed up the integration of recent migrants into the workforce. “This would allow their important contribution to the workforce to increase more rapidly over time,” he said.
The participation of prime-age women is the need of the hour, and this could add almost 300,00 people to Canada’s workforce.
If all these factors are put together, Canada’s labour force could expand by half a million workers. This could increase the country’s potential output by as much as 1.5 percent, or about $30 billion per year. That is equal to a permanent increase in output of almost $1,000 per Canadian every year.
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Canada slashes minors’ processing fee for citizenship
After the Canadian government removed the legal barrier for minor immigrants under the age of 18 applying for citizenship on their own on June 19, 2017, the Government has announced a cut on the processing fee for minors. Now, a minor immigrant applying under subsection 5(1) of the Citizenship Act needs to pay only $100, a cut from the previous hefty fee of $530. The new move is expected to see more minor immigrants applying for citizenship without their parents.
The amendment ensures that there is no difference in the fee paid by citizenship grant applicants who are minors, regardless of whether they have a Canadian parent, are applying with a permanent resident parent or are applying on their own behalf.
Anyone who already paid the $530 fee for a minor applying under this subsection on or after June 19, 2017, will be reimbursed the difference of $430. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will contact these applicants directly to outline the process for receiving a refund.
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Read MoreDon’t be a victim of a disappearing act- Choose your immigration representative carefully
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Read MoreAn Insight to Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
The Provincial Nominee Program or PNP intends for Permanent Residency in Canada. The programs are under the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC, which is formerly the CIC). The Provincial Nominee program develops the economy of the Provinces which nominates applicants who are ready to settle there for positively contributing to the economy.
Under this category, the different Canadian provinces and territories selects the applicants who “Express an Interest” in relocating and settling in a particular Canadian province or territory.
Only few provinces participate in the programs. The provinces which currently offer Provincial Nominations are as below:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
Advantage of Provincial Nomination:
Provincial Nomination reduces the application processing time for a “Canadian Immigration Visa”, apart from the Federal Skilled Worker Category of application. The qualifying process of Permanent Residency is through natural selection from a pool of applicants with the highest scores. The scoring factors include education canadian experience etc.
Criteria of an Application:
The criteria for the selection process are:
- Employment offer in the province
- International or Canadian education
- International or Canadian Work experience in critical industries
- English and/or French language skills
- Siblings (Close blood relations) in that province and
- Adaptability to the Province.
***Provinces and territories may add any additional criteria for their own immigration streams at any point of time.
How it works
The Provincial Nominations primarily submitted to the appropriate provincial government office, before applying for a Canada Immigration Visa.
The nomination by the Province/Territory gives no guarantee on the approval of Canadian Immigration Visa. The approval of “Canada Immigration Visa” depends on the decision of IRCC on satisfying it with regard to the Provincial Applicant’s health, genuinity of documents etc.
29-11-2017
Read MoreUSCIS to Resume H-1B Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Petitions
WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will resume premium processing for certain cap-exempt H-1B petitions effective immediately. The H-1B visa has an annual cap of 65,000 visas each fiscal year. Additionally, there is an annual “master’s cap” of 20,000 petitions filed for beneficiaries with a U.S. master’s degree or higher.
Premium processing will resume for petitions that may be exempt from the cap if the H-1B petitioner is:
* An institution of higher education;
* A nonprofit related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education; or
* A nonprofit research or governmental research organization.</p>
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