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On March 24, 2022, Manitoba held a new invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In round #141, MPNP issued 102 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream. The minimum score to get the LAA in this category was 769 points, 12 points fewer compared to the previous draw. In the Skilled…

On March 22, 2022, British Columbia held a new draw in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Tech Program (BC PNP Tech). In this draw, the province invited 132 candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration - Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration - International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia - Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia - International Graduate. The lowest score…

On March 17, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that starting from April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers are not required to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada. Until that date, all fully vaccinated travellers are subjected to mandatory random testing. All unvaccinated or partially-vaccinated travellers 5 years of age or older who are currently allowed to…

On March 15, 2022, Alberta published the update of the inventory of the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP). There were around 500 Alberta Opportunity Stream applications and 850 Expressions of Interest in the Alberta Express Entry pool. In addition, on March 8, 2022, Alberta held a new round in the Alberta Express Entry Stream and issued 350 Notifications of Interest…

On March 16, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued 924 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to candidates under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) in the new PNP-targeted draw. In round #218, the cut-off score was 754 points, 7 points fewer compared to the previous PNP draw. The tie-breaking rule for this round was February 10, 2022 at 14:35:27 UTC.…

Over the last week, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From March 7 to March 13, Canada invited 5,973 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of March 11, there are 22,893 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round,…

On March 10, 2022, Manitoba held a new invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In round #139, MPNP issued 50 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) in the Skilled Workers in Manitoba stream. The minimum score to get the LAA in this category was 781 points, 169 points more compared to the previous draw. In the Skilled…

Despite many Americans thinking that the US must have its immigration system merit-based as in Canada and not accept “illiterate” or “non-skilled” immigrants, Canada admits about three times more non-college-educated immigrant workers per capita than the United States. According to Statistics Canada’s reports, from 2015 to 2019, Canada admitted 244,800 non‐​college-educated immigrants over the age of 25 (0.65 percent of…

On March 4, 2022, Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) released the results of the new draw under the Entrepreneur Stream. On March 3, the province invited 21 business candidates. The minimum score of this round was 152, five points more compared to the October 28 draw. The OINP noted that those whose Expressions of Interest were scored by February 17,…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has stopped the Canadian Experience Class draws last year. In the online event streamed on the Canadian Club Toronto website on February 16, 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser stated that CEC draws may resume “in the near term.” Despite the immigration minister clarifying that there was no announcement on when CEC draws would resume,…