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Dear Future neighbour,

Did you know you could get 50 extra CRS points by getting a Certificate of Qualification in a Canadian province?

On Friday, September 8, 2023, IRCC officially updated the list of trade occupations eligible for Express Entry certificates of qualification.

The only thing needed is to get a certificate of qualification for one of the 101 occupations listed below; previous work experience in any of the occupations is not a necessity.

If you are currently residing in Canada with a valid Express Entry profile or are planning on creating one, you can enrol in one of these skilled trades programs. Once you have completed training in one of these trades, you can then write an examination to get a certificate of qualification from one of the Canadian provinces.

See below full List of 101 Occupations eligible for Express Entry Certificate of Qualification

1. Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists – 22114
2. Drafting technologists and technicians – 22212
3. Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) – 22311
4. Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics – 22312
5. Chefs – 62200
6. Cooks – 63200
7. Butchers – retail and wholesale – 63201
8. Bakers- 63202
9. Hairstylists and Barbers – 63210
10. Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations – 72010
11. Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations – 72011
12. Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades – 72012
13. Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades – 72013
14. Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers – 72014
15. Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades – 72020
16. Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews – 72021
17. Supervisors, printing and related occupations – 72022
18. Supervisors, railway transport operations – 72023
19. Supervisors, motor transport and other ground transit operators – 72024
20. Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations – 72025
21. Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors – 72100
22. Tool and die makers – 72101
23. Sheet metal workers – 72102
24. Boilermakers – 72103
25. Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters – 72104
26. Ironworkers – 72105
27. Welders and related machine operators – 72106
28. Electricians (except industrial and power system) – 72200
29. Industrial electricians – 72201
30. Power system electricians – 72202
31. Electrical power line and cable workers – 72203
32. Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers – 72204
33. Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians – 72205
34. Plumbers – 72300
35. Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers – 72301
36. Gas fitters – 72302
37. Carpenters – 72310
38. Cabinetmakers – 72311
39. Bricklayers – 72320
40. Insulators – 72321
41. Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics – 72400
42. Heavy-duty equipment mechanics – 72401
43. Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics – 72402
44. Railway carmen/women – 72403
45. Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors – 72404
46. Machine fitters – 72405
47. Elevator constructors and mechanics – 72406
48. Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers – 72410
49. Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators – 72411
50. Oil and solid fuel heating mechanics – 72420
51. Appliance servicers and repairers – 72421
52. Electrical mechanics – 72422
53. Motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle and other related mechanics – 72423
54. Other small engine and small equipment repairers – 72429
55. Crane operators – 72500
56. Water well drillers – 72501
57. Other technical trades and related occupations – 72999
58. Concrete finishers – 73100
59. Tilesetters – 73101
60. Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers – 73102
61. Roofers and shinglers – 73110
62. Glaziers – 73111
63. Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) – 73112
64. Floor covering installers – 73113
65. Residential and commercial installers and servicers – 73200
66. General building maintenance workers and building superintendents – 73201
67. Pest controllers and fumigators – 73202
68. Other repairers and servicers – 73209
69. Transport truck drivers – 73300
70. Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators – 73301
71. Railway and yard locomotive engineers – 73310
72. Railway conductors and brakemen/women – 73311
73. Heavy equipment operators – 73400
74. Printing press operators – 73401
75. Drillers and blasters – surface mining, quarrying and construction – 73402
76. Supervisors, logging and forestry – 82010
77. Supervisors, mining and quarrying – 82020
78. Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services – 82021
79. Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors – 82030
80. Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services – 82031
81. Underground production and development miners – 83100
82. Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers – 83101
83. Logging machinery operators – 83110
84. Fishing masters and officers – 83120
85. Fishermen/women – 83121
86. Supervisors, mineral and metal processing – 92010
87. Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities – 92011
88. Supervisors, food and beverage processing – 92012
89. Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing – 92013
90. Supervisors, forest products processing – 92014
91. Supervisors, textile, fabric, fur and leather products processing and manufacturing – 92015
92. Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling – 92020
93. Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing – 92021
94. Supervisors, furniture and fixtures manufacturing – 92022
95. Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing – 92023
96. Supervisors, other products manufacturing and assembly – 92024
97. Power engineers and power systems operators – 92100
98. Water and waste treatment plant operators – 92101
99. Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing – 93100
100. Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing – 93101
101. Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators – 93102

The certificate must be issued by a province or territory’s governing body for trades.

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Ontario issued 300 Notifications of Interest (NOIs) for provincial nomination in the new Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) Express Entry draw.

Express Entry profiles created between September 7, 2022, and September 7, 2023, with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score ranging from 308 to 434 were targeted in this draw.

Being able to speak French helps you get a quick Canadian Permanent Residency as only those profiles meeting the eligibility requirements for Ontario’s French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream were invited to apply.

French speaking candidates have a high chance of being selected in new Express Entry targeted rounds of invitations being announced by IRCC.

OINP French Speaking Skilled Worker stream eligibility

You must have valid Express Entry profile under Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) or Canadian Experience Class (CEC) to be eligible for consideration in OINP French Speaking Skilled Worker draws.

Also, you must have an education level equivalent to Canadian bachelor’s degree or above.

Additionally, you must have Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7 or higher in French language proficiency test (TCF/TEF Canada) PLUS Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 6 in English language proficiency test (IELTS/CELPIP).

• Moreover, you must demonstrate enough settlement funds with one or combination of the following:
  • funds as demonstrated by the balance listed in bank statements, or statements of accounts showing other investments such as non-locked in, fixed term deposits, mutual funds, etc.
  • annual earnings from ongoing employment in Ontario
  • a job offer in Ontario

MPNP draw (Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program) of 2023, on Thursday August 31, 2023, invited 288 candidates for Permanent Residency (PR) in a first-of-its-kind region-specific draw for Skilled Workers in Manitoba.

A total of 127 invited candidates in this MPNP draw had a valid Express Entry profile as well as a job seeker validation code.

Candidates with MPNP Expression of Interest Profile and current employment in Manitoba who indicated interest in residing in a community outside of the city of Winnipeg were considered in this unique draw.

The invitation was sent to MPNP EOI profiles with a score of 600 or above.

Prior to this Draw, on August 24, 623 applicants were invited for permanent residency under all categories.

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

The all program Express Entry draw sent out 4,300 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) on August 15, 2023

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cutoff score drops by 21 points to 496.

Below are the full details of the latest Express Entry draws, as well as all the draws in 2023

• Express Entry Program: No Program Specified
• Number of invitations issued: 4,300
• Rank required to be invited to apply: 4,300 or above
• Date and time of round: August 15, 2023 at 14:23:51 UTC
• CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 496
• Tie-breaking rule: August 01, 2023 at 12:59:52 UTC

The CRS cutoff score jumped in the August 1 ‘no program specified’ Express Entry draw because IRCC held this draw after 3 weeks and there was a significant increase in new profiles, but it has now dropped drastically because of the increase in the number of invitations in the August 15 draw.

In the month of August 2023, IRCC sent a total of 8,600 invitations to apply.

The IRCC also introduced its first-ever skilled trades draw this month, targeted at 10 select occupations with the lowest cutoff score of 388.

Latest Express Entry CRS Score distribution

CRS Score Trend In 2023

CRS Score Trend In 2023

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

In a new IRCC Backlog Update on Thursday August 24, 2023, Canada has been processing a record number of immigration and visa applications which include those for visitor visas, work permits, and study permits with a total application inventory of 2.3 million as of July 31, 2023.

Since the pandemic, the files have been heaping up and IRCC processing involves extensive assessment of applicants on a case-by-case basis, which takes up a great deal of time.

Backlog increases by 4.27% for temporary residency applications, with overall processing inventory mounting to 1,346,200 as compared to the previous backlog update.

The backlog reduces by 5.69% for citizenship and by 4.13% for permanent residency applications, with the overall inventory for these applications reducing by nearly 2%.

Although the backlogs are expected to reduce monthly but there is a high possibility that it will run into 2024.

New IRCC Backlog Update 2023

IRCC Overall Processing Inventory

IRCC Backlog data as of July 31, 2023

The Canadian government is facing backlash for welcoming a staggering increase in the record number of permanent and temporary residents every year amid the housing crisis.

2023 IRCC Monthly Backlog Data

Canadian Immigration Backlog in 2023

See below the IRCC’s official backlog projections for various application types by the end of September 2023

• 20% backlog for Federal High Skilled and Provincial Nominee Program (PNP via Express Entry)
• 24–26% backlog for Citizenship and spousal sponsorship applications.
• 17-20% for study permits and work permits.
• 36% for temporary resident visas or visitor visas.

Anything equal to or below 20% means IRCC is meeting the service standard for that business line.

Canada is still on course to welcome a total number of 465,000 applicants this year.

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

A total of 623 applicants were invited for permanent residency under all categories in the latest Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program of August 24, 2023.

178 invited candidates in this MPNP draw had a valid Express Entry profile as well as a job seeker validation code.

See below full details of MPNP Draw August 24

Skilled Workers in Manitoba – Occupation Targeted Draw

• Number of Invitations: 256
• Cutoff Score: 612

According to data by Statistics Canada, MPNP targeted profiles with their current employment based on high labour needs.

This Manitoba PNP targets occupations below major NOC classifications.

• 73: General trades
• 74: Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers
• 75: Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers

Skilled Workers in Manitoba: All occupations

MPNP profiles with all the occupations that were not selected in the above targeted draw were considered in this category.

• Number of Invitations: 250
• Cutoff Score: 646

International Education Stream: International students were also not left out as 63 Invitations were sent out to students graduating from designated Manitoba colleges or universities.

Skilled Worker Overseas

Profiles that declared being directly invited by the MPNP under a Strategic Recruitment Initiative.

• Number of Letters of Advice to Apply issued: 54
• Ranking score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 724

Need help creating a provincial 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

Alberta has sent out a total of 403 Notification of Interest (NOI) letters between August 15-22, 2023 offering provincial nomination in three new Express Entry draws , these draws declared CRS cutoff scores of 303, 408, and 326, meeting specific requirements.

On Tuesday August 22, the latest Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) draw invited 89 profiles in construction occupations with Alberta job offers having a CRS score of 303 or above.

On August 16, the AAIP draw sent out 300 invitations to profiles in Tourism and hospitality occupations, with Alberta job offers having a CRS score of 408 or above.

The AAIP draw sent out on August 15 were just 14 invites to profiles via the dedicated Healthcare Pathway with an Alberta job offer and a CRS score of 326 or above.

A total of 6,921 nomination certificates have been issued by Alberta in all the categories so far this year. Alberta has a total quota of 9,750 for 2023; out of which 4,875 are set aside for Express Entry profiles.

However, out of this number stated above, it is key to note that not all invited Express Entry candidates accept the nomination and not everyone arrives Canada at the same time as the processing time for PNPs differ.