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October 11, 2023

Canada commences New PR Pathway for Americas in Fall 2023

By EUIC Admin News, Provincial nomination

In Fall 2023, Canada will be welcoming about 11,000 applicants from Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela in a new Humanitarian Permanent Residence Pathway. This announcement was made on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 by Canada’s Immigration Minister, Marc Miller following Canada’s commitment to welcoming 15,000 migrants on a humanitarian basis from the Western Hemisphere during Joe Biden’s visit to Canada in March 2023.

Only eligible applicants who have extended families in Canada will be qualified for this pathway. The applicant must have a relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident either by being a child, grandchild, parent, grand-parent, sibling or spouse.

Canada plans to provide pre-arrival services to applicants which includes employment skills assessment and a reference to a settlement provider organization in their selected community.

This is a step in the right direction and we look forward to the commencement of this program by IRCC.

Need help creating a provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

October 11, 2023

3,725 Candidates invited for PR in Latest Express Entry Draw

By EUIC Admin Express Entry, News

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the latest Express Entry Draw sent 3,725 invitations to apply for permanent residency in no program specified round of invitations.

See below latest Express Entry CRS Score Distribution

CRS score range	Total Number of candidates as of October 10	Total Number of candidates as of September 26	Net Change
601-1200	1,210	544	666
501-600	2,237	2,923	-686
451-500	59,674	58,645	1,029
491-500	4,508	3,727	781
481-490	9,121	8,544	577
471-480	18,794	19,143	-349
461-470	15,016	15,048	-32
451-460	12,235	12,183	52
401-450	54,162	54,225	-63
441-450	11,163	11,205	-42
431-440	11,580	11,590	-10
421-430	9,844	9,810	34
411-420	10,484	10,478	6
401-410	11,091	11,142	-51
351-400	60,078	60,843	-765
301-350	30,996	31,532	-536
0-300	5,235	5,288	-53
Total	107,400	108,805	-1,405

The CRS cutoff score dropped by 4 points to 500 in this round. We are hopeful that the CRS score continues to drop in future rounds. However, profiles with CRS scores less than 500 can gain more experience and qualification thereby increasing their chances.

See below CRS Score Pattern in 2023

Immigration Program	Total Invitations	Average CRS Score	Lowest CRS Score	Highest CRS Score
Trades Targeted Draw	1,500	388	388	388
Targeted Draw for French Speakers	8,100	416	375	472
STEM Targeted Draw	500	486	486	486
Healthcare Targeted Draw	2,000	469	463	476
No Program Specified	70,625	496	481	531
Provincial Nominee Program	2,848	740	691	791
Federal Skilled Worker	3,300	489	489	489
Canadian Experience Class	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

There is also an option of PNP for eligible applicants whose occupation do not appear on the list of targeted categories.

Need help creating an express entry or provincial nomination profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

October 10, 2023

IRCC sends PR invitations for Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship

By EUIC Admin News

Dear Future Neighbour,

Commencing today, October 10, 2023 till the next two weeks, IRCC will be sending out invitations for Permanent Residency (PR) to sponsors who submitted their interest to apply for the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship in the year 2020.

IRCC plans to send a total of 24,200 invitations this year with the hope of receiving 15,000 completed applications.

See below PGP income requirement for 2023

Family Size	2022	2021	2020
2 people	$43,082	$32,898	$32,270
3 people	$52,965	$40,444	$39,672
4 people	$64,306	$49,106	$48,167
5 people	$72,935	$55,694	$54,630
6 people	$82,259	$62,814	$61,613
7 people	$91,582	$69,934	$68,598
For each additional person	$9,324	$7,120	$6,985

It is important to note that sponsors are responsible for the upkeep of their parents/grandparents once they become permanent residents of Canada.

We advise that you check the email used to apply in 2020 so that you do not miss the invite. However, if you do not have access to the email used or cannot find your confirmation number, IRCC will be posting a link on their official website on Monday, October 23, 2023. On receiving the invitation to apply, sponsors are expected to submit two applications which includes Sponsorship and Permanent Residence application.

You need help with the application process or have further questions on this? Please send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

October 9, 2023

IEC invites 2,850 Candidates in Working Holiday Visa Rounds

By EUIC Admin Business Visa, News

A total of 2,850 candidates were invited by International Experience Canada (IEC) to apply for work permits as at October 6, 2023.

Under the 3 categories of IEC, 15,719 spots are still available. Since the beginning of the year 2023, IEC has sent a total of 124,447 work permit invitations across all 3 categories; Young professional category, International Co-op (internship) category and Working Holiday Visa Category.

See below the breakdown of IEC invitations so far in the 3 categories:

Young Professional Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent in Week Ending Oct 6	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite next week
Australia	8	201	4	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	14	0	7	10	Excellent
Chile	19	559	9	68	130	Excellent
Costa Rica	7	228	4	6	98	Excellent
Croatia	0	15	0	14	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	5	301	2	2	145	Excellent
Estonia	2	19	0	1	10	Excellent
France	68	3,690	34	414	2,550	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	5	554	73	102	600	Excellent
Germany	19	595	8	58	350	Excellent
Greece	3	167	1	31	120	Excellent
Ireland	3	152	2	124	150	Excellent
Italy	6	209	2	54	130	Excellent
Latvia	1	11	0	5	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	25	2	3	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	8	10	Excellent
Netherlands	3	181	1	18	120	Excellent
Norway	1	12	1	8	15	Excellent
Poland	2	93	0	72	110	Excellent
Portugal	1	45	0	186	200	Excellent
Slovakia	2	63	0	0	25	Excellent
Slovenia	0	15	1	7	15	Excellent
Spain	9	201	3	58	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	0	43	50	Excellent
Sweden	0	43	2	84	100	Excellent
Switzerland	1	289	1	2	200	Excellent
Taiwan	2	174	1	10	73	Excellent
Total	167	7,869	151	1,385	5,402

Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent in Week Ending Oct 6	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite next week
Andorra	0	26	1	14	25	Excellent
Australia	186	10,391	117	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	2	279	43	0	168	Very Low
Belgium	31	1,499	118	14	950	Very Low
Chile	938	5,652	6,952	836	4,118	Very Low
Costa Rica	9	2,069	1,104	1	1,150	Very Low
Croatia	4	182	0	165	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	26	1,235	17	263	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	6	456	3	28	350	Excellent
Estonia	5	149	0	23	110	Excellent
France	0	16,885	15,700	89	12,700	Very Low
Germany	100	5,876	65	678	4,490	Excellent
Greece	17	445	6	89	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	7	481	193	3	200	Very Low
Ireland	152	8,353	81	5,757	10,500	Excellent
Italy	95	3,134	51	235	1,855	Excellent
Japan	15	8,349	594	9	6,500	Very Low
Korea Republic	140	13,328	120	895	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	0	79	38	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	3	401	90	1	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	3	56	0	39	80	Excellent
Netherlands	25	1,336	12	28	880	Excellent
New Zealand	47	3,018	23	512	2,500	Excellent
Norway	7	184	4	27	130	Excellent
Poland	19	1,059	10	73	635	Excellent
Portugal	31	1,375	16	870	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	5	560	41	3	323	Very Low
Slovenia	5	71	0	49	80	Excellent
Spain	72	2,783	45	381	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	6	557	5	296	580	Excellent
Taiwan	339	6,608	1,290	309	3,425	Very Low
United Kingdom	323	15,261	224	1,916	10,000	Excellent
Total	2,618	112,141	26,963	13,625	75,747

International Co-op (Internship) Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent This Week	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates in pool	Available spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite next week
Australia	0	1	0	Unlimited	Unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	2	0	0	2	Excellent
Chile	0	7	0	1	2	Excellent
Costa Rica	-2	0	0	5	2	Excellent
Croatia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Czech Republic	0	1	0	4	5	Excellent
Estonia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
France	62	4,150	28	428	3,150	Excellent
Germany	1	123	1	99	160	Excellent
Greece	0	1	0	2	2	Excellent
Ireland	0	18	0	38	50	Excellent
Italy	3	30	2	4	15	Excellent
Latvia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Lithuania	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9	10	Excellent
Norway	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Poland	0	2	0	3	5	Excellent
Portugal	0	3	0	49	50	Excellent
Slovakia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Slovenia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Spain	0	5	0	3	5	Excellent
Sweden	0	16	0	19	20	Excellent
Switzerland	1	56	0	17	50	Excellent
Taiwan	0	19	0	2	2	Excellent
Total	65	4,437	31	709	3,556

According to an update from IRCC, IEC processing timeframe is now 7 weeks.

Need help creating a work permit profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on eseumohimmigration@gmail.com

October 5, 2023

British Columbia invites over 186 Candidates to apply for Provincial nomination

By EUIC Admin Express Entry, News, Provincial nomination 1

Hello Future Neighbour,

The BC PNP latest draw invited over 186 candidates to apply for Permanent Residency (PR) in general and targeted draws on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The cutoff score increased in all categories. Invitations were sent to Early Child Educators, Tech occupations and Healthcare-related occupations.

Please see below latest BC PNP Draw

Draw type	Stream	Invitations	Cutoff Score
General (including 35 tech occupations)	Skilled Worker	110	111
	Skilled Worker – EEBC option		111
	International Graduate		113
	International Graduate – EEBC option		113
	Entry Level and Semi-Skilled		91
Childcare: Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)	Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option)	51	60
Targeted for 39 Healthcare occupations		25	60
Targeted draw for Veterinarians (31103) and Animal health technologists (32104)		<5	60

The BC PNP Draw is announced on Tuesdays or Wednesdays every week in different targeted rounds of invitation.

If you have received an invitation to apply and need help with preparing your application, or reviewing an application you already prepared; do not hesitate to send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration@gmail.com

October 5, 2023

Upfront Medical Exam not needed for New Express Entry Applicants

By EUIC Admin Express Entry, News

IRCC no longer needs an Immigration Medical Exam (IME) from Express Entry Applicants that have received invitations to apply. This change took effect on Sunday, October 1, 2023.

Previously, applicants were expected to attach a copy of their upfront medical exam in their profile builder while submitting their application as part of the requirements to be medically allowed into Canada. The upfront medical exam usually lasted for a duration of 12 months and if applicants do not get into Canada during this period, it is considered invalid.

This update is also extended to the family members of Express Entry Applicants.

Need help creating an express entry profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on eseumohimmigration@gmail.com

October 3, 2023

Minimum Wage increased in 6 Provinces in Canada

By EUIC Admin News

Dear Future Neighbour,

As previously announced, the increase in minimum wage of six provinces in Canada took effect on Sunday, October 1, 2023, these provinces include Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edwards Island.

This is a rather exciting news as it positively affects several workers in various fields of employment as well as students. Students below the age of 18 who work during summer vacation for at least 28 hours per week will be getting an increase of $1 per hour, that is $14.60 to $15.60.

See below Minimum Wage according to Provinces and Estimated Increase for Next Year

Location	Minimum Wage as of October 1, 2023	Next Raise Date	Next Raise Estimate
Ontario	$16.55	October 1, 2024	$17.65
Manitoba	$15.30	October 1, 2024	$16.00
Nova Scotia	$15.00	October 1, 2024	$15.50
Saskatchewan	$14.00	October 1, 2024	$15.00
Newfoundland & Labrador	$15.00	October 1, 2024	$15.50
Prince Edward Island	$15.00	October 1, 2024	$15.50
Canada (Federally regulated private sectors)	$16.65	April 1, 2024	$17.75
New Brunswick	$14.75	April 1, 2024 (Expected)	$15.50
Alberta	$15.00	To Be Decided (TBD)	TBD
British Columbia	$16.75	June 1, 2024	$17.75
Quebec	$15.25	May 1, 2024	$16.25
Nunavut	$16.00	April 1, 2024	TBD
Northwest Territories	$16.05	September 1, 2024	$17.00
Yukon	$16.77	April 1, 2024	$17.50

Employers are expected to fall in line with this changes to better the lives of their employees in order to help them meet up with basic needs.

Need help creating a work permit profile, a provincial nomination or an express entry profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on eseumohimmigration@gmail.com

October 3, 2023

IEC invites 2,281 Candidates for Open Work Permit in New Working Holiday Visa Draws

By EUIC Admin Business Visa, News, Temporary Visa

In the latest rounds of invitation sent out by International Experience Canada (IEC), a total of 2,281 candidates from 33 eligible countries were invited to apply for open work permits under the working holiday visa draw in the past two weeks.

See below Country-Wise Working Holiday Visa Invitations

Country	Invitations Sent in Last 2 Weeks	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite ths week

Andorra	0	26	0	14	25	Excellent
Australia	177	10,205	122	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	277	42	0	168	Very Low
Belgium	11	1,468	118	28	950	Very Low
Chile	24	4,714	7,705	1,471	4,118	Very Low
Costa Rica	6	2,060	1,041	6	1,150	Very Low
Croatia	1	178	3	168	275	Excellent
Czech Republic	38	1,209	20	277	1,000	Excellent
Denmark	12	450	4	31	350	Excellent
Estonia	3	144	5	25	110	Excellent
France	0	16,885	15,245	88	12,700	Very Low
Germany	126	5,776	59	727	4,490	Excellent
Greece	13	428	13	99	378	Excellent
Hong Kong	1	474	192	7	200	Very Low
Ireland	117	8,201	87	5,834	10,500	Excellent
Italy	97	3,039	71	268	1,855	Excellent
Japan	96	8,334	500	22	6,500	Very Low
Korea Republic	251	13,188	92	929	8,500	Excellent
Latvia	0	79	37	0	40	Very Low
Lithuania	0	398	90	2	185	Very Low
Luxembourg	3	53	1	40	80	Excellent
Netherlands	42	1,311	20	44	880	Excellent
New Zealand	93	2,971	37	532	2,500	Excellent
Norway	14	177	6	31	130	Excellent
Poland	36	1,040	10	80	635	Excellent
Portugal	62	1,344	17	882	1,750	Excellent
San Marino	0	4	0	22	25	Excellent
Slovakia	0	555	39	5	323	Low
Slovenia	6	66	1	51	80	Excellent
Spain	121	2,711	53	403	1,845	Excellent
Sweden	22	551	2	296	580	Excellent
Taiwan	318	6,269	1,480	462	3,425	Very Low
United Kingdom	591	14,938	238	1,989	10,000	Excellent
Total	2,281	109,523	27,350	14,833	75,747

See below Country-Wise International Co-op (Internships) invitations

Country	Invitations Issued In Last two weeks	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates in pool	Available spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite this week

Australia	0	1	0	Unlimited	Unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	2	0	0	2	Excellent
Chile	0	7	0	1	2	Excellent
Costa Rica	0	2	0	2	2	Excellent
Croatia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Czech Republic	0	1	0	4	5	Excellent
Estonia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
France	55	4,088	45	464	3,150	Excellent
Germany	2	122	1	100	160	Excellent
Greece	0	1	0	2	2	Excellent
Ireland	0	18	0	38	50	Excellent
Italy	0	27	0	7	15	Excellent
Latvia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Lithuania	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	9	10	Excellent
Norway	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Poland	0	2	0	3	5	Excellent
Portugal	0	3	0	49	50	Excellent
Slovakia	0	0	0	2	2	Excellent
Slovenia	0	0	0	5	5	Excellent
Spain	0	5	0	3	5	Excellent
Sweden	0	16	0	19	20	Excellent
Switzerland	2	55	0	16	50	Excellent
Taiwan	0	19	0	2	2	Excellent
Total	59	4,372	46	745	3,556

See below Country-Wise Young Professionals Invitations

Country	Invitations Issued In Last two weeks	Total Invitations in 2023	Candidates In Pool	Available Spots	IEC 2023 Quota	Chances of receiving an invite this week

Australia	7	193	4	unlimited	unlimited	Excellent
Austria	0	14	0	7	10	Excellent
Chile	23	540	10	73	130	Excellent
Costa Rica	3	221	5	9	98	Excellent
Croatia	2	15	1	15	20	Excellent
Czech Republic	5	296	2	2	145	Excellent
Estonia	1	17	2	2	10	Excellent
France	77	3,622	56	449	2,550	Excellent
France via Volontariat international en entreprise (VIE)	15	549	68	107	600	Excellent
Germany	17	576	11	68	350	Excellent
Greece	3	164	3	34	120	Excellent
Ireland	2	149	0	124	150	Excellent
Italy	5	203	3	57	130	Excellent
Latvia	0	10	1	6	8	Excellent
Lithuania	0	25	0	2	13	Excellent
Luxembourg	0	3	0	8	10	Excellent
Netherlands	8	178	2	19	120	Excellent
Norway	0	11	1	9	15	Excellent
Poland	1	91	2	74	110	Excellent
Portugal	0	44	1	186	200	Excellent
Slovakia	2	61	2	2	25	Excellent
Slovenia	0	15	0	7	15	Excellent
Spain	4	192	5	61	150	Excellent
Spain via ICEX Vives	0	10	0	43	50	Excellent
Sweden	2	43	0	84	100	Excellent
Switzerland	1	288	0	3	200	Excellent
Taiwan	1	172	2	10	73	Excellent
Total	179	7,702	181	1,461	5,402

Young professionals from the 33 eligible countries still have a chance of getting into Canada under the working holiday visa open work permit as a total of 14,833 spots are still available for 2023 rounds.

Need help creating a work permit profile, a provincial nominaton or an express entry profile, preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply or even just reviewing an application you prepared yourself? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

September 29, 2023

Manitoba invites 1,072 Candidates to apply for provincial nomination in latest MPNP Draw

By EUIC Admin Express Entry, News

Dear Future Neighbour,

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Manitoba sent 1,072 invitations for PR to profiles under the Skilled Workers Overseas category.

Only profiles with a CRS score of 605 and above were selected in this round of invitation.

504 candidates from the total number invited had an Express Entry profile and a job seeker validation code.

September 29, 2023

Canada’s New Temporary Residents increase in 2023

By EUIC Admin News, Study Visa, Temporary Visa

In a report gathered by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, there has been an increase of almost 700,000 in the total number of temporary residents already in Canada on study permits, work permits, and asylum claimants as at the second quarter of the year 2023 in comparison with the second quarter of 2022.

See below details of Temporary Resident Type per quarter

Temporary Resident Type	Q2 2023	Q1 2023	Q4 2022	Q3 2022	Q2 2022
Total, asylum claimant	256,958	238,186	217,925	192,914	177,281
Work permit holders only	1,001,479	853,221	766,690	698,522	599,810
Study permit holders only	582,201	559,428	575,431	537,581	477,491
Work and study permit holders	273,850	240,653	227,937	213,758	189,862
Other (mainly refers to family members living with permit holders)	84,191	73,830	68,900	63,972	56,534
Total Temporary Residents	2,198,679	1,965,318	1,856,883	1,706,747	1,500,978

The probability of this Canadian Temporary Resident holders to get Canadian Permanent Residency is low as the ratio of Permanent Residency Spots to the number of Temporary Residents do not match.

This increase in number of temporary residents across Canada is based on the fact that there has been less conversion of TRs to PRs which has led TR holders to either enrol for study permit or apply for LMIA work permits to prolong their stay. The introduction of PGWP extension by the Canadian government also help graduates extend their stay for 18months after graduation.

There has however been more emphasis on issuing PR to specific skilled workers, francophones and educated individuals with experience of 3 years and above.

You need help with admission into one of Canada’s Universities, creating an express entry or provincial nominaton profile, preparing an application after invitation or reviewing an application already prepared? Send us an email on info@eseumohimmigration.com

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