EE & Provincial Draws

Alberta held a new AINP draw

On July 6, 2021, Alberta published a new update of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP). The province conducted a new draw in the Alberta Express Entry Stream and issued 148 Notifications of Interest (NOI). The lowest score in this round was 302, two points more compared to June 16 draw. In 2021, AINP already invited 2,432 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in the Alberta Express Entry. As of July 6, 2021, Alberta received 1,500 applications in the Alberta Opportunity Stream and 325 Expressions of Interest (EOI) in the Alberta Express Entry Stream. These applications are waiting for the eligibility assessment. IRCC will announce the 2021 quota for AINP in the coming months. #Alberta, #AINP, #PNP, #ITA, #Nomination_certificate, #Express_Entry, #Alberta_Opportunity_Stream   https://www.alberta.ca/ainp-processing-times-inventory.aspx

July 7, 2021

Manitoba conducted an extensive MPNP draw #120

On June 28, 2021, Manitoba conducted a new draw in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP). In round #120, MPNP issued 1,017 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA) in the Skilled Workers Overseas (SWO) stream. The minimum score to get the LAA in this category was 565 points. In draw #119, Manitoba issued only 24 LAAs through the SWO stream with a minimum score of 703. All invited candidates had a valid Express Entry ID and job seeker validation code. MPNP has invited 4,722 candidates in 2021, and 2,040 of them in the Express Entry. #Manitoba, #MPNP, #Skilled_workers_ove http://www.immigratemanitoba.com/2021/06/

June 30, 2021

52 candidates invited under the BCPNP Tech

On June 29, 2021, British Columbia held a new draw in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Tech Program (BC PNP Tech). In this draw, the province invited 52 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 in all categories traditionally was 80 points. In 2021, British Columbia invited 1,040 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in the BCPNP Tech. In total, BCPNP issued 5,782 ITAs to date. #British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP, #BCPNP_Tech   https://www.welcomebc.ca/Immigrate-to-B-C/B-C-Provincial-Nominee-Program/Invitations-to-Apply

June 30, 2021

Canada invited 649 candidates under the International Experience Canada

Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new rounds of invitations in the pools of the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. From June 21 to June 25 Canada invited 649 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of June 25, there are 18,127 candidates registered in the pool, waiting for the invitation. In this round, there were 36 ITAs for Australia, 2 ITAs for Belgium, 16 ITAs for Chile, 8 ITAs for Costa Rica, 12 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 6 ITAs for Denmark, 177 ITAs for France, 129 ITAs for Germany, 4 ITAs for Greece, 5 ITAs for Hong Kong, 64 ITAs for Ireland, 1 ITA for Italy, 18 ITAs for Japan, 40 ITAs for South Korea, 13 ITAs for the Netherlands, 9 ITAs for New Zealand, 1 ITA for Norway, 5 ITAs for Portugal, 7 ITAs for Slovakia, 11 ITAs for Spain, 5 ITAs for Sweden, 2 ITAs for Switzerland, 16 ITAs for Taiwan, and 62 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In total, Canada issued 12,013 ITAs under the IEC in 2021. #IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada   https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/iec/about.html

June 29, 2021