On March 29, 2023, the City of Greater Sudbury held a new round of invitations in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP).
In this round, Sudbury considered 27 candidates.
The lowest score of these draws was 270 points, 25 points more than in the previous draw.
Five of these candidates were drawn through the Francophone Stream. Last year, in total, 154 applicants were invited.
Sudbury has recommended at least 276 individuals under the RNIP since the program's launch. So far, the city has considered 76 candidates in 2023. #Sudbury, #RNIP, #Ontario, #community_recommendation, #rural_immigration
https://investsudbury.ca/why-sudbury/newcomers/rnip-application/
March 30, 2023
On March 29, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued another 7,000 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to candidates under Express Entry.
In this draw, IRCC continued inviting candidates under all immigration programs. In round #245, the cut-off score was 481 points, three points fewer than in the previous all-program draw.
It was the lowest all-program CRS score since December 2020. The tie-breaking rule for this round was February 14, 2023, at 07:35:00 UTC.
As of March 29, 2023, there are 234,947 profiles registered in the Express Entry pool, 5,199 fewer than the previous update. In 2023, Canada issued 37,559 ITAs through Express Entry. . #Express_Entry, #IRCC, #ITA
March 30, 2023
On March 23, 2023, Manitoba held a new invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).
In round #173, the MPNP held a new occupation-specific candidate selection under the Skilled Workers in Manitoba (SWM) stream and invited 266 applicants who scored 612 points and above.
Manitoba also issued 200 LAAs in the regular SWM draw.
The minimum score for the LAA in this category was 672 points, 3 points fewer than the previous draw.
In the Skilled Workers Overseas stream, MPNP issued 48 LAAs to candidates invited under the Strategic Recruitment Initiative.
The lowest score in the SWO category was 708 points, 42 points more than in the previous draw. In addition, 52 invitations were issued in the International Education Stream.
Manitoba has issued LAAs to 566 candidates, including 82 Express Entry candidates for this round.
In 2023, MPNP invited 2,780 candidates, and 359 of them received invitations in the Express Entry. . #Manitoba, #MPNP, #International_students, #PNP, #SWO, #SWM
March 27, 2023
On March 21, 2023, the Government of British Columbia issued new invitations under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) and invited qualified Skills Immigration candidates.
In the general draw, the province invited 202 candidates. The minimum score for candidates invited in this draw was 85-106 points.
The province issued 34 ITAs to candidates under the childcare-targeted draw for early childhood educators (NOC 42202).
In the Healthcare-targeted draw, BC invited 17 candidates who scored 60 points.
Furthermore, the province invited fewer than five applicants working in other priority occupations (s 31103, 32104). In total, the province issued up to 258 ITAs in this draw.
This year, British Columbia has already invited 2,798 candidates.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #EEBC, #Skills_Immigration, #PNP, #ECE
https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/Invitations-to-Apply
March 27, 2023