On January 30, 2024, the Government of Manitoba held the 22nd draw for Ukrainian candidates. In this draw, the province invited 117 candidates through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).
To be eligible, applicants must be Ukrainian citizens, have a minimum of CLB 4 in each language band, have connections to the province (close relative, community ties, previous employment, or studies in Manitoba), and score at least 60 points in the EOI registration points-grid, and possess a valid language test in one of the official languages
. The province invited 815 candidates in 2024, including 117 Ukrainian nationals.
#Manitoba, #MPNP, #Ukrainian_nationals, #Ukraine
February 5, 2024
On January 25, 2024, Manitoba held a new invitation round in the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP).
In round #208, the MPNP invited 156 applicants under the Completed post-secondary study in Manitoba selection with a minimum score of 772.
In the Skilled Workers Overseas stream, MPNP issued 41 LAAs to candidates invited under the Strategic Recruitment Initiative.
The lowest score in the SWO category was 713 points, 74 points more than in the previous draw. In addition, 78 invitations were issued in the International Education Stream.
In this round, Manitoba has issued LAAs to 275 candidates, including 29 Express Entry candidates. In 2024, MPNP invited 698 candidates, and 102 of them received invitations in the Express Entry.
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February 5, 2024
On January 24, 2024, the Government of Ontario invited candidates through three Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) streams.
The province issued 1,344 invitations to apply (ITAs) for the Masters Graduate stream and 125 ITAs for the PhD Graduate Stream. The minimum scores for these draws were 50 points and 45 points, respectively.
In addition, the province invited 12 candidates in the targeted draw for the federal Economic Mobility Pathways Project under the OINP’s Foreign Worker stream.
So far, Ontario has issued invitations to 8,122 candidates under all streams in 2024.
#Ontario, #OINP, #PNP, #international_students, #Foreign_worker_stream, #skilled_workers, #Masters_graduates, #PhD_graduates, #EMPP
https://www.ontario.ca/page/2023-ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-updates
January 25, 2024
On January 23, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held the second Express Entry draw of 2024 and issued 1,040 Invitations to Apply (ITA).
In this draw, IRCC continued inviting candidates under all immigration programs.
In round #280, the cut-off score was 543 points, three points fewer than the previous draw.
The tie-breaking rule for this round was January 21, 2024, at 07:43:47 UTC. As of January 23, 2024, there were 213,526 profiles registered in the Express Entry pool.
This year, Canada issued 2,550 ITAs through Express Entry.
#Express_Entry, #IRCC, #ITA #PR, #Immigration_to_Canada
January 24, 2024