On August 18, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held a new Express Entry draw #361.
The Government of Canada issued 192 Invitations to Apply (ITA) for the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates in this draw.
This round’s cut-off score was 800 points, 61 points more than the previous PNP-targeted draw. The tie-breaking rule for this round was February 11, 2025, at 19:17:09 UTC.
As of August 17, 2025, 254,113 profiles were registered in the Express Entry pool. In 2025, the Government of Canada invited 53,320 Express Entry candidates, including 6,470 PNP candidates.
#express_entry, #ircc, #ita #immigration_to_canada, #pnp
August 19, 2025
On August 18, 2025, the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Francisation et Integration (MIFI) published the results of the 77th invitation round in Quebec’s online system Arrima.
On August 14, 2025, MIFI invited 277 candidates under Stream 3 of the Quebec Skilled Worker Selection Program.
Candidates invited in this round had a minimum score of 766.
Additionally, Quebec issued two supplementary invitations for permanent selection under special provisions of the Quebec Immigration Act.
This year, MIFI invited 801 candidates under Arrima. Since the launch of Arrima in July 2019, the Government of Quebec has invited 56,638 foreign nationals in 77 draws to apply for immigration to Quebec.
#mifi, #quebec, #arrima, #qsw, #pstq
August 19, 2025
On August 13, 2025, Alberta released the results of the recent Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP) immigration draws. On August 7 and 11, 2025, the province invited 63 Express Entry candidates and 39 non-Express Entry candidates under the Dedicated Health Care Pathway, respectively.
Additionally, on August 12, Alberta invited 581 candidates under the Alberta Opportunity stream.
The cut-off scores of these draws were 56, 53, and 70, respectively. So far, Alberta has invited 2,756 candidates through the AAIP streams this year.
#alberta, #aaip, #pnp, #ita, #nomination_certificate, #express_entry, #aos
August 15, 2025
On August 13, 2025, Newfoundland and Labrador held its seventh round of selections through the Enhanced Expression of Interest (EOI) system, issuing a total of 231 invitations.
Of these, 180 were sent to candidates under the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP), while 51 went to applicants through the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP).
As of February 19, 2025, all applicants to the NLPNP and AIP must submit their applications through the new Immigration Accelerator platform. So far, the province has invited 2,049 candidates in 2025.
#newfoundland_and_labrador, #provincial_nomination_program, #atlantic_immigration_program, #aip, #express_entry, #nlpnp
August 14, 2025