Canada Immigration Update: IRCC held its latest Express Entry (EE) draw targeting applicants with a PNP nomination. Where the ITAs fall for PNP applicants in new Express Entry draw. Besides, on Feb 15, 2023, Express Entry draw issued 699 ITAs. Also, to qualify the applicants needed to match or exceed the draw cut-off of 791.
In addition, the tie-breaker rule for this draw is set at February 08, 2023, at 18:09:01 UTC.
If you wish to get an ITA to submit a Canada PR visa application then you must meet terms such as:
Further, applicants who get a PNP nomination against their EE profile are awarded an additional 600 CRS points in the EE pool. As a result, their chances of getting an ITA for a PR visa for Canada go up.
Since Canada started conducting Express Entry (EE) draws for this year, we are seeing a mixed review across all EE categories. In the current case, when we compare the current EE PNP draw with the last such draw of Feb 01, 2023, EE draw then we can see the following updates:
Further, a fine example of Canada upgrading its immigration strategies is the new Feb 02, 2023, Express Entry draw targeting applicants from the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) category. Such an update, with the 2022 announcements on the CRS cut-off no longer being the base criteria for the selection of applicants for a Canada PR visa, we should expect positive changes afoot.
A little update on the latter statement states that Canada can soon begin targeted draws based on occupations in demand, and high skills such as education level, work experience, language proficiency etc.
So, it will be intriguing to watch the effect of these updates on the following aspects:
| Date | Draw Category | Invitations | CRS score |
| Jan-11-2023 | General | 5500 | 507 |
| Jan-18-2023 | General | 5500 | 490 |
| Feb-01-2023 | PNP | 893 | 733 |
| Feb-02-2023 | FSW | 3300 | 489 |
| Feb-15-2023 | PNP | 699 | 791 |
Looking at the above draws we can see the following updates:
As per the above details, it would be wise to apply to the Express Entry (EE) System for a PR Visa now. In the future, updates will majorly favour a higher selection of applicants. This is because Canada urgently needs foreign skilled workers to meet its labour market and economic needs.
So, even if ITAs Fall for PNP Applicants in New Express Entry Draw, we should expect the soon-to-rise in upcoming draws.
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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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