06/02/2022
Who got the chance?
The following is a hypothetical example of someone who may have received an ITA in the new Express Entry draw.
Mr Mahtab is 39, holds a bachelor’s degree and has been working as a construction manager for six years. Mahtab has an advanced English language proficiency and has never worked or studied in Canada. He entered the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 386. He recently received a provincial nomination through Alberta’s Express Entry stream. His new CRS score of 986 would have been high enough to get an ITA in the new Express Entry draw.
Canada invited 1,070 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian immigration on February 2.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement was 674. PNP candidates get an automatic 600 points added to their score when they receive their nomination, which is why the score is significantly higher than a typical all-program draw. Without the nomination, the lowest-scoring candidate would have needed just 74 base CRS points.
The new draw takes the record for the biggest PNP-only draw, beating out the January 19 draw when 1,036 PNP candidates were invited.
Details: https://www.cicnews.com/2022/02/express-entry-canada-invites-1070-pnp-candidates-a-new-record-0221611.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-20220131 .nxy7q3
