Boon for the skilled workers as Canada Express Entry draws to resume soon!!!

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·         CEC Draws

·         Discussion on changes in Canada Express Entry

·         What is Canada Express Entry

An insight on Immigration Ministers Sean Fraser’s deliberation on Canada Express Entry.

Immigration Minister Claims to resume Canada Experience Class Draws for skilled workers, also they are working to make the Canada Express Entry process more flexible for the aspiring immigrants.

Canada Club, Toronto website on February 16^th, 2022 streamed a deliberation between President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada and Fraser in regards with Immigration to Canada.

·        No announcements have been made to resume the draw yet, but definitely in near future.

·      CIC will restore the entire Canada Immigration back on track as per the immigration plan and number of Federal Skilled Workers along with the Canada Experience Class will be welcomed to Canada as the most successful immigration.

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Fraser also stated that he would want to see the Express Entry system become more flexible. Express Entry, he suggested, could be used to meet short-term needs such as welcoming people into smaller communities, high-demand sectors, and "people who are coming from a particular region that has the kind of educational institutions that will train the workers we need in strategically important sectors."

"I'm personally digging into building this flexibility into the Canada Express Entry system right now because I think it'll help us to adapt in a more fluid way when we see the rate of transition only rising over time," Fraser said.

In a discussion with Canadian immigration lawyers, Fraser hinted that occupation-specific Express Entry Draw could be a possibility in the future.

One of Fraser's priorities outlined in his ministerial mandate letter is expanding Express Entry options to permanent residency of Canada for international students and temporary foreign employees. Furthermore, he oversees the expansion of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot and moving forward with the Municipal Nominee Program to address the needs of small towns. In addition to making the Atlantic Immigration Pilot permanent, one of his other objectives was to make it a permanent program.

What is the procedure for Canada Express Entry?

Canada Express Entry was intended to handle immigration applications for employees who qualify for one of three programmes: the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), or the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP). If nominated by a participating Canadian province or territory, candidates would also be eligible for the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).

In general, a candidate's eligibility for Canada Express Entry-managed programs is determined by their prior work experience in "skilled" occupations. If a candidate meets the requirements for an Express Entry-managed program, they can earn points based on human capital indicators such as age, education, job experience, and proficiency in an official language. Candidates with the highest scores are asked to apply for Canadian immigration.

As per the recent Canada Express Entry Survey:

Canada has only been encouraging PNP candidates to apply through the Canada Express Entry route since September 2021. The halt in CEC, FSWP, and FSTP draws is temporary, according to Fraser, while Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) handles with the pandemic-related backlog of immigration petitions.

About 64,890 FSWP and CEC candidates awaited results on their immigration applications as of February 1. There will be fewer Express Entry, Immigrants to Canada this year than there are in the backlog, according to the immigration levels plan for 2022-2024. Without taking into account the number of PNP candidates, Canada is expecting to admit 55,900 immigrants through Express Entry in 2022. Canada expects to entertain 75,750 Express Entry immigrants the upcoming year.

Through Express Entry, Canada expects to receive a record number of 111,500 immigrants by 2024. In the fall of this year, Fraser will present the second immigration levels strategy for 2023-2025. The target set for 2023 and beyond might be subjected to change.

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