Effective February 27th, 2018, applicants submitting a Permanent Residency application via the Express Entry system will only need to submit police clearances for “any country or territory, other than Canada, where the applicant has spent 6 months or more in a row within the last 10 years or since the age of 18.” This is a change from the previous […]
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511 Express Entry Applicants Receive Notification Of Interest from Ontario
On February 27th, 2018, the Province of Ontario handed out 511 Notifications of Interest under their Express Entry – Human Capital Priorities Stream. This round of Notifications of Interests included those with a Comprehensive Ranking System Score between 441 and 433. This program requires applicants to have a valid Express Entry profile with the ICCRC, a valid Job Seeker […]

Express Entry Score Holds Steady
On February 21st, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada handed out 3,000 Invitations to Apply through the Express Entry system. Those applicants with an active Express Entry Profile with a score of 442 or higher were issued with an Invitation to Apply. The profile needed to be active and eligible as of February 21st, 2018. The Tie-Breaker rule for […]

Latest Express Entry Draw Uses Tie-Breaker Rule
On February 7th, 2018, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada handed out 3,000 Invitations to Apply through the Express Entry system. Those with a score of 442 or higher were issued with an Invitation to Apply. The Tie-Breaker rule for this draw was May 29th, 2017. This draw included applicants classified as Federal Skilled Workers, Federal Skilled Tradespeople, members of the Canadian Experience […]

Express Entry Scores to Drop in 2016
A representative of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada stated that the Express Entry score will potentially drop below 400 points in September or October of this year and will continue to be low going forward. […]

Express Entry Draw June 1st, 2016
On June 1st, 2016 Citizenship and Immigration Canada did their 12th draw of 2016 under Express Entry and handed out 762 Invitations to Apply to immigrate to Canada. The minimum score for this round was 483. The Draws for 2016 have been as follows: January 6th, 2016 – 1463 invitations – Minimum score of 461 January 13th, 2016 […]

The Saskatchewan Express Entry Category Closes
On May 19th, 2016 the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program announced that the program has now closed again to new applications.
The program re-opened on several occasions in 2015. Those who are eligible to apply should still gather all of their required document ready and have them ready should the program re-open again in 2016. […]

Express Entry Draw for May 19th, 2016
On May 19th, 2016 Citizenship and Immigration Canada did their 11th draw of 2016 under Express Entry and handed out 763 Invitations to Apply to immigrate to Canada.
The minimum score for this round was…. […]

Saskatchewan Re-Opens Provincial Express Entry Sub-Category
On May 17th, 2016, Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program announced on their website that they have re-opened the International Skilled Worker – Saskatchewan Express Entry category for an additional 500 applications. This Provincial Program is for those who are already in the Express Entry Pool and meet the following criteria: Score a minimum of 60 points out of 100 on […]

BC Provincial Nominee Program Issues 152 Invitations to Apply
On May 12, 2016, the province of British Columbia issued 152 invitations to apply with the minimum required score being 120. […]