On February 27, 2025, Canada made a significant decision to update the Express Entry category occupations. One such change occurred in the earlier healthcare occupations, now referred to as healthcare and social services occupations. As per the latest Canadian immigration updates, the 1st Healthcare and Social Services Express Entry draw issues 500 ITAs.
Canada’s demand for healthcare professionals is soaring again. Since the start of these draws on June 28, 2023, 7 IRCC healthcare targeted draws have been conducted (including the 1st combined healthcare and social worker occupations draw). They selected a total of 16,350 PR applicants, including professionals from the healthcare and social services Express Entry categories.
Besides, the details of the 1st Healthcare and Social Services Express Entry draw are:
Looking at the above details, we see a promising start to the new Healthcare and Social Services occupations category based on EE draws. However, it will be interesting to see if IRCC will issue higher ITAs. Also, the changes in the CRS cut-off to get an ITA for a Canada PR visa?
If you have an ITA in the May 2 2025, EE category-based draw, then it is because you:
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Mr. Kalyan Paul, President & CEO is the founder of GVI, an MBA in Finance and also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Canada. Mr. Paul has more than 18 years of experience in immigration consulting that made him one of the preferred & valued immigration consultants in the immigration industry. He is a licensed member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) [Previously known as Immigration Consultants Of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)] (Membership ID: R417119) which is a professional body of licensed immigration consultants recognized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
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