IRCC finally invited FSW candidates in the Express Entry!
On July 4, 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) finally held the full Express Entry invitation round. In round #155, Canada issued 3,900 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence to candidates in all three federal programs and nominees of the Express Entry aligned provincial programs. As predicted, the Comprehensive Ranking System cut-off score in this draw has significantly increased to 478 points, 57 points more than in round #154. The tie-breaking rule for this round was February 11, 2020 at 03:17:13 UTC. As of July 6, 2020, there are 143,268 profiles registered in the pool, 632 more compared to the previous round. The number of candidates in the pool started to grow after three months of reduction. In total, Canada issued ITAs to 53,800 candidates in 22 Express Entry draws in 2020.
#Express_Entry, #IRCC, #ITA
Alberta invited 187 candidates in the AINP
On July 8, 2020, Alberta published an update of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) inventory. As of July 7, the province has 1,175 applications waiting for the eligibility assessment under the Alberta Opportunity Stream (AOS). In addition, AINP has about 325 Expression of Interest applications in the Alberta Express Entry pool. Applications in the Alberta Opportunity Stream were received before April 7, 2020. The AINP also announced the results of the new Alberta Express Entry Stream draw. On June 17, 2020, the province issued 187 Notifications of Interest (NOI) and the lowest score of the round was 303 points. In total, Alberta already invited 1,933 Express Entry candidates to apply for a nomination in 2020.
#Alberta, #AINP, #PNP, #ITA, #Nomination_certificate
Canada needs more healthcare workers and farmworkers
Canada is in urgent need of healthcare workers and farmworkers. The need for healthcare workers has surged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are about 1.6 million healthcare workers in Canada. About 500,000 of these workers are older than 55 years of age. The majority of new immigrants are in the healthcare and pharmaceutical professions. Canadian farms require about 60,000 farmworkers. Most farmworkers come to Canada from Mexico and South America. However, farmworkers also come from the Philippines, Ukraine and Vietnam.
#healthcare, #farmworkers, #foreign_workers, #work_in_Canada
