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Ontario among Canadian provinces vying for additional skilled immigrants in 2019 Immigration to Canada is on the rise, despite Quebec's move this week to cut back

December 6, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem and Noah Turner

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Immigration to Canada remains on the rise at both the provincial and federal level, despite a move this week by the province of Quebec to reduce the number of newcomers it will welcome next year. [Read more…]

New Express Entry draw has Canada on track to breaking 2017 invitation record Minimum score drops 4 points in November 28 draw

November 28, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem, Lauralee Beaurieux and Noah Turner

A new Express Entry draw held November 28 has now pushed Canada ahead of the number of invitations issued at this same point in 2017 — a year that set the current Express Entry invitation record of 86,023. [Read more…]

Express Entry PNPs use different approaches to selecting candidates — here are 3 from the past week At 600 points, a provincial nomination is the most valuable factor under Express Entry's Comprehensive Ranking System

November 21, 2018 by Stephen Smith and Noah Turner

Canada’s provinces employ a variety of approaches to selecting the Express Entry candidates they invite to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence, and the past week saw examples of three of them in action in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario. [Read more…]

Rare Thursday draw issues 3,900 invitations to Express Entry candidates New draw leaves IRCC less than 8,000 invitations away from beating 2017 Express Entry record

November 15, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem, Lauralee Beaurieux and Noah Turner

The Government of Canada has issued 3,900 new invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates in a draw held November 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this extremely rare Thursday draw was 449. [Read more…]

Canada maintains 2018 high of 3,900 invitations in latest Express Entry draw Minimum CRS score in October 29 draw was 442

October 29, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem, Lauralee Beaurieux and Noah Turner

The Government of Canada has issued 3,900 Express Entry candidates an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held October 29. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in this latest draw was 442. [Read more…]

Minimum score decreases by five points in latest Express Entry draw Government of Canada issues 3,900 invitations to apply for permanent residence in rare Monday draw

October 15, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem and Noah Turner

The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held Monday, October 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this invitation round returned to 440, which is the lowest score drawn this year. [Read more…]

3,900 Express Entry candidates invited to apply for permanent residence in new draw Minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score was 445

October 3, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem, Noah Turner and Lauralee Beaurieux

The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a new draw held October 3. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this draw was 445. [Read more…]

Saskatchewan invites Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates at lowest ever points requirement Candidates in most recent Expression of Interest draw needed to score at least 65 points to be invited

September 28, 2018 by Eman Katem, Noah Turner and Lauralee Beaurieux

A total of 438 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination were issued to Saskatchewan immigration candidates in the latest Expression of Interest system invitation round that took place on September 27. [Read more…]

Express Entry: How Canada’s main economic immigration system has evolved over 100 draws Express Entry is now the main source of permanent residence applications for economic immigration to Canada

September 27, 2018 by Stephen Smith, Eman Katem and Noah Turner

Canada’s Express Entry economic immigration selection system has come a long way since its introduction in January 2015.

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