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Dear Future neighbour,

The latest ‘French Language Proficiency’ Express Entry draw sent out 800 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) today, August 2, 2023.

The CRS cutoff score jumped by 60 points to 435 as compared to the last ‘French Language proficiency’ Express Entry draw which took place on July 12.

See below the full details of latest Express Entry draw as well as all the draws in 2023.

• Date and time of round: August 02, 2023 at 09:57:30 UTC
• Draw category: ‘French Language Proficiency‘
• Number of invitations issued: 800
• Rank required to be invited to apply: 800 or above
• CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 435 (Up ⬆ 60 points)
• Tie-breaking rule: July 31, 2023 at 09:57:30 UTC

If you need help creating an express entry profile, or preparing your application after receiving an invitation to apply, or even just reviewing an application you already prepared, send us an email on eseumohimmigration@gmail.com

Dear future neighbour, I have good news and bad news.

The good news first.

IRCC  is hosting a virtual(online) Destination Canada Mobility Forum and it is now open for registration between February 17, 2023, and March 5, 2023. You can register by filling out a form, identifying your occupation’s NOC code, uploading your CV in Canadian format, and filming a short video presentation.

The interviews will take place between February 20th and March 31st, 2023. They will also host information forums virtually on March 14th for Information and Communications Technology and March 20th and 21st for Tourism-Hospitality-Culinary.

Now the bad news – not so bad really but these jobs are targeting francophone and bilingual ( English/ French) candidates in 54 occupations.

Here are the targeted occupations:

Tourism-Hospitality-Culinary Occupations

1. 12103 — Conference and event planners
2. 32201 — Massothérapeutes
3. 50012 — Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors
4. 54100 — Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
5. 60030 — Restaurant and food service managers
6. 60031 — Accommodation service managers
7. 62020 — Food service supervisors
8. 62021 — Executive housekeepers
9. 62022 — Accommodation, travel, tourism and related services supervisors
10. 62024 — Cleaning supervisors
11. 62029 — Other services supervisors
12. 62200 — Chefs
13. 63200 — Cooks
14. 63202 — Bakers
15. 63211 — Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
16. 64300 — Maîtres d’hôtel and hosts/hostesses
17. 64301 — Bartenders
18. 64310 — Travel counsellors
19. 64312 — Airline ticket and service agents
20. 64313 — Ground and water transport ticket agents, cargo service representatives and related clerks
21. 64314 — Hotel front desk clerks
22. 64320 — Tour and travel guides
23. 64321 — Casino workers
24. 64322 — Outdoor sport and recreational guides
25. 64409 — Other customer and information services representatives
26. 65200 — Food and beverage servers
27. 65201 — Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
28. 65210 — Support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services
29. 65310 — Light duty cleaners
30. 82031 — Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services
31. 85121 — Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Occupations

1. 1. 10030 – Telecommunication carriers managers
   2. 12111 – Health information management occupations
   3. 20010 – Engineering managers
   4. 20012 – Computer and information systems managers
   5. 21211 – Data scientists
   6. 21220 – Cybersecurity specialists
   7. 21221 – Business systems specialists
   8. 21222 – Information systems specialists
   9. 21223 – Database analysts and data administrators
   10. 21230 – Computer systems developers and programmers
   11. 21231 – Software engineers and designers
   12. 21232 – Software developers and programmers
   13. 21233 – Web designers
   14. 21234 – Web developers and programmers
   15. 21310 – Electrical and electronics engineers
   16. 21311 – Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
   17. 22220 – Computer network and web technicians
   18. 22221 – User support technicians
   19. 22222 – Information systems testing technicians
   20. 22310 – Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
   21. 22312 – Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
   22. 52111 – Graphic arts technicians
   23. 52120 – Graphic designers and illustrators

To register for the forum please use this link.

Good luck future neighbour and be sure to tell me how it goes.

Kind regards,

Ese Umoh, RCIC