Express Entry: All-program draws set to resume July 6 says Immigration Minister
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Express Entry: All-program draws set to resume July 6 says Immigration Minister
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced last week that Canada is set to resume FSWP and CEC draws in early July.
Minister Fraser sat down with CIC News in Toronto this week to discuss the future of Canadian immigration. CIC News is releasing a special series on the interview over the coming weeks. In Part 1, we discuss the likely return to all-program draws next month.
In an interview with CIC News, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Canada aims to resume all-program Express Entry draws on Wednesday July 6.
Special interview series with Minister Fraser
CIC News sat down with the minister in Toronto on June 21, 2022 to discuss the future of Canadian immigration.
Over the coming weeks, CIC News is releasing a special series of articles elaborating on the interview with Minister Fraser on topics including:
Minister Fraser was in Toronto to speak at Collision, one of the world’s largest technology conferences.
Recent Express Entry developments
Prior to the pandemic, IRCC usually considered all candidates in its bi-weekly Express Entry draws. This meant IRCC would invite the candidates with the highest Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores, irrespective of their program of eligibility.
IRCC temporarily shifted its approach during the pandemic. The pause in FSWP and FSTP draws were justified on the grounds that it made strategic sense to prioritize economic class immigration candidates in Canada while the country had international travel restrictions in place. For much of last year, IRCC prioritized CEC candidates so it could achieve its goal of landing 401,000 new permanent residents by the end of 2021.
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However, this, along with other developments resulted in a significant growth of applications in IRCC’s inventory. In order to get its inventory under control and to improve its Express Entry service standard, IRCC decided to also pause Express Entry invitations to CEC candidates in September 2021. Meanwhile, Express Entry invitations to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates have continued throughout the pandemic as IRCC has sought to help advance the economic development of provinces and territories across the country.
How the all-program draws will affect Express Entry candidates
The return to all-program draws will be welcome for FSWP, FSTP, and CEC candidates alike.
From its inception in 1967 until the start of the pandemic, the FSWP was the main pathway for economic class immigrants to come to Canada. Pre-pandemic, it accounted for some 45 per cent of all those invited for permanent residence via Express Entry.
Research by World Education Services (WES), one of the Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) providers designated by IRCC, suggests that there remains strong demand for FSWP candidates to go ahead with the Canadian immigration process despite what has transpired over the pandemic.
The Time to Migrate is Now!
The past two years marked by the pandemic, have created great challenges for prospective immigrants seeking to come to Canada through the Express Entry system.
Now, the borders have finally reopened, Canada’s main immigration pathway is only months away from a full resumption, and the country is expected to see an increase in the number of newcomers over the next few years.
This means that potential immigrants can finally approach their immigration plans with a great deal of optimism.
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