In the second Express Entry Draw announced this week on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, IRCC sent 1,500 invitations to apply for PR in a category-based selection draw for French language proficiency.
Profiles with minimum CRS score of 388 were invited in this round of invitation.
See below summary of Express Entry Draws in 2024
Date
Draw Type
Number of ITAs
Minimum CRS
March 26
French language proficiency
1,500
388
March 25
General
1,980
524
March 13
Transport occupations
975
430
March 12
General
2,850
525
February 29
French language proficiency
2,500
336
February 28
General
1,470
534
February 16
Agriculture and agri-food occupations
150
437
February 14
Healthcare occupations
3,500
422
February 13
General
1,490
535
February 1
French language proficiency
7,000
365
January 31
General
730
541
January 23
General
1,040
543
January 10
General
1,510
546
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In the latest Express Entry Draw announced on Monday, March 25, 2024, a total of 1,980 invitations to apply were sent in a general round of invitation.
Profiles with CRS score of 524 and above were considered in this round of invitation.
See below summary of Express Entry Draws in March
Description
March 25, 2024
March 13, 2024
March 12, 2024
Draw type
General or all program draws
Targeted draw for 10 transport occupations
General or all program draws
Invitations
1,980
975
2,850
CRS Cutoff
524
430
525
Tie-breaking rule
February 25, 2024
July 31, 2023
March 12, 2024
See below Express Entry CRS Score distribution
CRS score range
Number of candidates
601-1200
987
501-600
10,573
451-500
60,108
491-500
8,065
481-490
10,499
471-480
17,083
461-470
13,275
451-460
11,186
401-450
50,569
441-450
10,174
431-440
10,410
421-430
9,186
411-420
10,414
401-410
10,385
351-400
55,099
301-350
28,536
0-300
5,348
Total
211,220
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In the latest PEI PNP Draw announced on Thursday, March 21, 2024, invitations to apply for permanent residency were sent to 83 candidates under the Labour and Express Entry category.
Profiles in the healthcare, construction, and manufacturing sectors were considered in this round of invitations. Also, 2 invitations were sent under the Business Work Permit Entrepreneur category.
See below summary of 2024 PEI PNP Draw 2024
Invitation Date
Business Work Permit
Entrepreneur Invitations
Minimum Point Thresholdfor Business Invitations
Labour & Express Entry Invitations
Total Invitations
Selection Attributes
2/29/2024
–
–
24
24
Invitations were issued to individuals working in the healthcare and construction sectors.
2/15/2024
1
105
121
122
Critical Worker, Skilled Worker, and Express Entry invitations were issued to individuals working for a PEI employer with a minimum EOI score of 65.
2/1/2024
–
–
78
78
Invitations were issued to individuals working in the healthcare, construction, manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, and early childhood education sectors.
1/18/2024
2
80
134
136
Invitations under the PEI Express Entry, Skilled Worker, and Critical Worker Streams were issued to individuals working for a PEI employer with a minimum point score of 65.
See below the expected PEI PNP draw schedule for 2024:
April 4, 2024
April 18, 2024
May 2, 2024
May 16, 2024
May 30, 2024
June 20, 2024
July 4, 2024
July 18, 2024
August 1, 2024
August 15, 2024
August 29, 2024
Sept 19, 2024
October 3, 2024
October 17, 2024
October 31, 2024
November 21, 2024
December 5, 2024
December 19, 2024
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In an Express Entry Draw announced on Thursday, March 21, 2024 by Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, 2,281 candidates were invited to apply for provincial nomination.
Express Entry profiles with a primary occupation in one of the below-listed tech occupations created between March 21, 2023 and March 21, 2024 with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score ranging from 468 to 480 received invitations.
NOC 20012 – Computer and information systems managers
NOC 21211 – Data Scientists
NOC 21220 – Cybersecurity specialists
NOC 21221 – Business systems specialists
NOC 21222 – Information systems specialists
NOC 21223 – Database analysts and data administrators
NOC 21230 – Computer systems developers and programmers
NOC 21231 – Software engineers and designers
NOC 21232 – Software developers and programmers
NOC 21233 – Web designers
NOC 21234 – Web developers and programmers
NOC 21311 – Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
NOC 22220 – Computer network technicians
NOC 22221 – User support technicians
NOC 22222 – Information systems testing technicians
Candidates have a duration of forty-five days to secure their provincial nominations by submitting a complete application.
These profiles will receive 600 points after receiving an OINP nomination, raising their CRS score to between 1068 and 1,080 which will ensure their inclusion in the future general Express Entry draw.
See below all Ontario Express Entry draws of 2024
14,708 invites for permanent residence have been issued as a result of the 7 OINP Express Entry draws held so far in 2024.
OINP Express
Entry Stream
Invitations
CRS Score
Range
Human Capital Priorities stream
8,589
350-480
French-Speaking Skilled Worker stream
984
317-469
Skilled Trades stream
5,135
350-424
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On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the Immigration Minister, Marc Miller and Employment Minister, Randy Boissonnault announced an update on Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) as well as other reforms IRCC plans on implementing.
Canada’s temporary resident population has increased, reaching up to 2.5 million (6.2% of the overall Canadian population in 2023). IRCC aims to reduce the temporary resident population to 5% over the next three years.
See below Temporary Residents according to Province as of September, 2023
Ontario, the largest province, has the most of all the categories, followed by Quebec and British Columbia.
Province
Total Temporary Residents
Asylum Claimants
Work Permit Holders
Study Permit Holders
Both Work and Study Permit Holders
Others (mainly refers to family members living with permit holders)
Ontario
986,863
90,793
419,475
284,739
159,806
32,050
Quebec
470,976
146,723
200,522
63,799
38,858
21,074
British Columbia
400,964
11,384
196,259
138,434
38,848
16,039
Alberta
150,320
5,766
89,575
36,576
11,013
7,390
Manitoba
60,615
1,434
32,608
18,068
6,652
1,853
Nova Scotia
45,794
325
20,712
13,619
9,056
2,082
Saskatchewan
30,704
236
15,512
10,512
2,957
1,487
New Brunswick
27,458
188
13,864
7,476
4,626
1,304
Newfoundland and Labrador
12,911
73
6,063
5,017
1,186
572
Prince Edward Island
9,953
26
5,192
3,702
745
288
Yukon
1,446
0
1,120
217
80
29
Northwest Territories
567
7
490
38
20
12
Nunavut
108
3
87
4
3
11
Canada has set an annual target for all economic immigration programs of 266,210 for 2023, with a goal of exceeding 301,000 by 2025.
In order to put a cap on the number of temporary foreign workers allowed into Canada as the gap between unemployment and job vacancies is gradually closing up. The validity of the LMIA program was extended to 12 months during the pandemic to help ease labour market conditions. However, from May 1, 2024, the validity period for LMIA will return to 6 months. This change will not affect employers part of the Recognised Employer Pilot program.
All the employers identified in the 2022 workforce solution roadmap will have a reduction from 30% to 20% of their workforce coming through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program under the low wage stream of TFWP.
The healthcare and construction sectors are exempted from the above-mentioned new TFWP measure until August 31, 2024. Employers in the agriculture sector are also not affected by the new TFWP measures.
Currently, the number of Canadian Permanent Residency spots available through economic immigration is limited compared to the Temporary Residents in Canada. Canadian immigration is now very competitive as it targets people with expertise in occupations with labour shortage, Francophones and those with 3-4 years of experience with a high level of education.
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In a bid to improve the level of education, experience, and language abilities required for employment success in the province, come January, 2025, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program will be creating three new streams for international students.
These streams would replace the current BC PNP International Graduate and International Post-Graduate streams.
Please see below the new BC PNP Streams that would take effect from January, 2025
1. Bachelor’s Stream
The bachelor’s stream will be open to recent graduates with bachelor’s degrees from qualifying post-secondary institutions. Graduates with an undetermined full-time employment offer will be eligible to register in this stream.
2. Master’s Stream
The Master’s stream will be open to recent graduates with master’s degrees from approved postsecondary institutions in any field of study. Graduates with a minimum one-year full-time work offer in a skilled occupation will be able to benefit from this stream.
3. Doctorate Stream
The doctorate stream will be open to graduates and candidates for doctoral-level studies at qualified postsecondary institutions. Graduates and PhD candidates may apply directly to this track.
Students who complete diploma or certificate programs in Canada (who are not qualified for these new graduate streams) can still qualify for other BC Provincial Nominee Program streams.
This update is part of the new measures being put in place by the province to protect international students from fraudulent institutions and organizations as the province aims to improve the eligibility conditions for Canadian permanent residency candidacy through the BC provincial nominee program.. The changes made by BC PNP includes:
a new three-stream system for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral graduates,
Enhanced language requirements, and
Priority of in-demand employment that assists the economy in British Columbia
The new graduate streams will require at least a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 8 proficiency.
The B.C. PNP aims to identify people who will boost B.C.’s economy by prioritizing workers in health care, construction, early childhood education, and other in-demand jobs. More information on this update will be announced later this year.
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In the latest BC PNP Draw announced on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, over 166 invitations to apply for permanent residency were sent out in general and targeted round of invitations for 35 tech occupations, early childhood educators, 25 Construction occupations, and 39 Healthcare occupations.
See below latest BC PNP Draw
Latest BC PNP Draw: March 19
Date
Draw type
Stream
Minimum
Score
Number of invitations
March 19, 2024
General
Skilled Worker
125
88
Skilled Worker
– EEBC option
125
International Graduate
125
International Graduate – EEBC option
125
Entry Level and
Semi-Skilled
98
Childcare: Early childhood educators and assistants (NOC 42202)
Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option)
80
27
Targeting 25 Construction occupations
85
21
Targeting 39 Healthcare occupations
80
30
Veterinary care
80
<5
The processing timeframe for BC PNP Skills Immigration and Post-nomination requests is three months respectively. Applications are only processed when completed and submitted.
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Ontario sent out 1,474 invitations to apply for permanent residency under the OINP Masters Graduate Stream and PHD Graduate Stream.
A total of 1,370 Expression of Interest profiles under the Masters Graduate Stream with score of 52 and above received invitations to apply in this round of invitation. Also, 104 EOI profiles under the PHD Graduate Stream with a score of 42 and above were considered in this round of invitation.
See below details of latest OINP Draw
OINP Stream
Number of invitations issued
Date profiles created
Score range
Notes
Masters Graduate stream
1,370
March 19, 2023 – Mar 19, 2024
52 and above
General Draw
PhD Graduate stream
104
March 19, 2023 – Mar 19, 2024
42 and above
General Draw
See below all OINP Draws of 2024
OINP Streams
2024 Invitations
2023 Invitations
Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream
3,128
4,032
Employer Job Offer: International Student stream
5,073
2,963
Employer Job Offer: In-Demand Skills stream
0
807
Masters Graduate stream
2,714
5,734
PhD Graduate stream
229
486
The latest OINP Draw was opened to Expression of Interest (EOI) profiles created within March 19, 2023 and March 19, 2024. Invited candidates have a duration of 14 days to submit an application supporting the details in their Expression of Interest profile.
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IRCC updated Spousal Open Work Permit (SOWP) today, March 19, 2024.
Spouses or common-law partners whose sponsors are enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program in a university or polytechnic in Canada are eligible for SOWP.
Spouses of undergraduate students studying any of the professional degrees listed below at a university in Canada are also eligible for a SOWP:
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS, DMD)
Bachelor of Law or Juris Doctor (LLB, JD, BCL)
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Doctor of Optometry (OD)
Pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, BPharm)
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN, BSN, BNSc)
Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.)
Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng., BE, BASc)
Spouses and partners applying for Spousal Open Work Permit must provide the documents below. A document that shows relationship to the student and proof of their partner’s enrollment in a degree-granting program of study.
a valid Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from a Designated Learning Institution (DLI)
a proof of enrolment letter from their spouse or partner’s DLI
transcripts from their spouse or partner’s current program
IRCC states that those who applied for a SOWP before March 19 are still eligible if their partner:
Has a valid study permit.
Is eligible for a post-graduation work permit(PGWP).
Is a full-time student at one of these types of schools:
a public post-secondary school, such as a college or university, or CEGEP in Quebec
a private college-level school in Quebec
a Canadian private school that can legally award degrees under provincial law (for example, a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree)
These requirements are the same for current SOWP holders who apply to extend their existing permit.
A Spousal Open Work Permit Holder can work for almost any employer in Canada.
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IRCC announces the second Express Entry Draw this week and the first category based draw targeted at transport occupations on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
A total of 975 candidates with a CRS score of 430 or above and a minimum of six months experience in any of the 10 transport occupations were considered in this round of invitation.
See Below the 10 Eligible Transport Occupations
93200: Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
Example titles: Aircraft assembler
Aircraft assembly inspector
Airframe assembler
Bench and structural assembler
Bench fitter mechanic – aircraft assembly
Rigger – aircraft assembly
Wing tank mechanic – aircraft assembly
73300: Transport truck drivers
Example titles: Bulk goods truck driver
Dump truck driver
Flatbed truck driver
Heavy truck driver
Logging truck driver
Long haul truck driver
Moving van driver
Shunt truck driver
Tow truck driver
Tractor-trailer truck driver
Transport driver
Truck driver
72604: Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators
Example titles: Chief rail traffic controller
Marine traffic regulator
Rail traffic controller
Train operator
72603: Engineer officers, water transport
Example titles: Chief engineer – water transport
Engineer officer – water transport
Fourth engineer – water transport
Marine engineer officer
Second engineer
Third engineer – water transport
Tugboat engineer
72602: Deck officers, water transport
Example titles: Coast Guard vessel first watchkeeping officer
Coast Guard vessel navigation officer
Coast Guard vessel watchkeeping officer
Deck officer – water transport
Ferryboat master
Master mariner
Ship first mate
Ship pilot
Ship second mate
Ship third mate
Ship’s captain
Ship’s mate
Tugboat captain
72601: Air traffic controllers and related occupations
Example titles: Air traffic controller (ATC)
Airport air traffic controller
Enroute air traffic controller
Flight dispatcher
Flight service specialist (FSS)
Instrument flight rules air traffic controller
Terminal air traffic controller
Visual flight rules air traffic controller
72600: Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors
Example titles: Air pilot
Captain – air transport
Check pilot
Chief flying instructor
Chief pilot
Co-pilot
Flight engineer
Flying instructor
Helicopter pilot
Pilot instructor
Relief pilot
Second officer – air transport
Test pilot
72404: Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
Example titles: Aircraft gas turbine engine technician
This invitation is coming after the general draw announced by IRCC on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 were 2,850 candidates were invited to apply for permanent residency.
See below summary of Express Entry Draws in March 2024
Description
March 13, 2024
March 12, 2024
Draw type
Targeted draw for 10 transport occupations
General or all program draws
Invitations
975
2,850
CRS Cutoff
430
525
Tie-breaking rule
July 31, 2023
March 12, 2024
See below latest Express Eentry CRS Score Distribution
CRS score range
Number of candidates
601-1200
987
501-600
10,573
451-500
60,108
491-500
8,065
481-490
10,499
471-480
17,083
461-470
13,275
451-460
11,186
401-450
50,569
441-450
10,174
431-440
10,410
421-430
9,186
411-420
10,414
401-410
10,385
351-400
55,099
301-350
28,536
0-300
5,348
Total
211,220
Candidates are expected to submit completed application within 60 days from the date they received invitations to apply.
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