Canada Express Entry: Over 60,000 immigrants received PR invites in first half of 2022. What to expect next

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In a bid to address labour shortage crisis, Canada earlier this year announced to dramatically increased the immigrants' entry. According to the Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025, the country aims to welcome 465,000 new immigrants in 2023. Then in 2024, the target is to invite 485,000 new immigrants and 500,000 new immigrants in 2025.

That is, almost 1.5 million new immigrants coming to the country over the next three years. So far this years, it has managed to issue invites to nearly 60,000 candidates only through Express Entry draws.  In 2022, Canada took in 405,000 permanent residents, the highest-ever count. In the second half of the year, Canada is likely to invite even higher number of immigrants.

The IRCC has already started its category based draws this month and apart from that, the immigration ministry recently unveiled its tech talent strategy. These initiatives are planned so that right kind of talents are invited to the country to match the labour shortage needs.  Moreover, Canada had earlier noted that it is likely to invite one million immigrants through PNP route this year.  January In January, Canada held two Express Entry draws - one on January 11 and the second one on January 18. A total 11,000 ITAs were issued during the first two draws.

Eligible candidates were invited from the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP). All are programs that operate under the Express Entry system. The CRS scores for the two draws were 507 and 491.  February In the February draw, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 3,300 candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 489.