How Does Express Entry Tie Breaking Rule Impact Canada PR? The Express Entry program is backbone of Canada Immigration system. It is designed to choose skilled workers for permanent residency. With the different components of the Express Entry program, Tie-Breaking Rule is a useful component because it resolves the score-based applicant ties. You must understand how this role works, increase the chances of getting ITAs. Let us talk more about it.
3,300 Job Cuts announced by IRCC Canada for next 3 years: IRCC has announced the plans to cuts the 3300 job positions over next 3 years. This decision has been confirmed on 20 January 2025, and criticized as a “devastating blow” to public services, that is important for Canadian businesses, families and communities. IRCC Canada has state that they do this reductions, and impact every sector and branch of organization, both nationally and internationally.
The job reductions affects employees at all levels, include executive jobs. IRCC has confirmed that they will reduce the jobs till next 3 years. It impact various degrees across different sectors and branch in HQ and other areas.
New Ontario REDI Pilot Pathway 2025 for Canada PR: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) has introduce the new initiative, called as New Pilot Pathway. It is launch under the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot program. This program is designed to attract workers to specific areas in Ontario. The Ontario REDI Pilot Pathway in Ontario will run from 2 January to 31 December 2025. Let us tell you more about the New Pilot Pathway program ( REDI), its objectives, focus regions, eligibility, etc
IRCC Limit Canada Family Open Work Permits From January 2025: The Canada Government has announce the major changes in Family Open Work Permit (OWP) policies. The aim behind these changes is to tightening eligibility for foreign workers and international students. These measures will be effective on 21 January 2025 and make a shift in immigration strategy. The shift in strategies are important because of the increasing housing and affordability challenges. Let us read more and know about changes in Family Open Work Permits.
Canadian Experience Class invites 1350 candidates for PR: Canada has announce the new CEC Update, and invites the skilled foreign workers to apply for permanent residency. This Canadian Experience Class marks the eligibility, application process, and advantages of a streamlined immigration pathway that assists foreign workers and graduates to get PR successfully.
Earlier, Canada is considered as destination for people, who wants to improve their life quality and looking for new opportunities. For those, who wants to get permanent residency in Canada, must get the Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) status first. The best pathway to obtain this is the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which allow you to live and work in Canada provinces or territories.
IRCC Announces 2025 Express Entry Draw to Invite 471 Candidates: IRCC has conducts the new Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) Express Entry draw, and issues the 471 invitations to candidates to apply. There are total 471 ITAs has sent to candidate, with the minimum CRS score of 793. It marks the first Express Entry draw of 2025 year, followed by the French language proficiency draw in December and other two PNP draws. The Canada Immigration Department has issued 2,561 ITAs last month. IRCC has focus on inviting candidates from CEC, PNP and French-language proficiency categories for 2024 year. This trend will continue in 2025.
Candidates in PNP and CEC, and candidates applied for 2025 Express Entry Draw programs, are fall under “In-Canada Focus” category. These categories are expected to fall in the majority of IRCC’s planned admissions, or 124,680 landings under the first express entry draw in 2025. Let us look at the express entry latest draw of 7 January 2025, below
Immigration Update 2025: Canada Halts Parent Grandparent Sponsorships: Canada has stopped accepting new applications for Parents and Grandparents sponsorships under the Family Class stream. This Immigration Update 2025 focuses on family reunification and prioritizes the applications submitted in previous years. As per the Immigration Minister Marc Miller statement, this pause is aligns with reunification and immigration goals, because country decide to work on existing backlog.
This halt will remain effective until further notice. Also, the announcement specify that starting January 1, 2025, no sponsorship or PR applications for parents and grandparents will processed.
Four Provinces Invite Candidates for Provincial Immigration in Latest Draws: Four Provinces in Canada select the candidates in the latest PNP draws. These provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island. The economic immigration stream invites candidates for Provincial Immigration on the basis of their education, professional experience, current employment, and other factors.
4 New Canada PR Pathways to be launched in 2025: Canada will prepare to make transformative shift in immigration system, by launch 4 new PR pathways in 2025. IRCC has designed these pathways, and cause reduction in annual immigration targets. The new programs will aim to address the labor shortages, meet the caregiving and economic needs of Canada’s communities, and support linguistic diversity. Learn more about 4 New Canada PR Pathways 2025 by reading this
British Columbia Expands PNP Invitations; Manitoba Ends Open Work Permit Policy: British Columbia expands the more PNP Invitations to candidates this week. The invitations are expands under two skills immigration pathways under PNP Program. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) also concludes the open work permit policy for some candidates in the coming days. For getting more detailed info on this news, read more.