In IRCC’s second Specific Entry attract as many days, the division has issued 3,000 Invites to Apply (ITAs) at this time. At present’s program-specific draw noticed the division concern ITAs to candidates with a minimal Complete Rating System (CRS) rating of 522.
This draw follows one other program-specific draw yesterday (Might 30, 2024), which noticed IRCC concern 2,985 ITAs to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates with a minimal CRS rating of 676.
Specific Entry
Specific Entry is the title given to IRCC’s software administration system for the next three economic-class immigration applications: the Federal Expert Employee Program (FSWP), the Federal Expert Trades Program (FSTP) and the Canadian Expertise Class (CEC).
As of June 2023, IRCC now conducts three varieties of Specific Entry attracts: normal, program-specific, and category-based.
Normal and Program-specific attracts
These two Specific Entry draw sorts are recognized for merely prioritizing eligible candidates primarily based on who has the very best CRS rating.
CRS scores are the values that IRCC assigns to Specific-Entry eligible candidates, that are primarily based on a wide range of human capital components. These components embrace things like age, schooling, and work expertise.
As soon as a person confirms their eligibility for not less than one of many three Specific Entry-managed applications, the candidate can create a web based IRCC profile and obtain their CRS rating.
Right now, candidates for normal and program-specific attracts should look forward to the division to conduct its subsequent Specific Entry draw. That is when the candidate will see whether or not they are going to obtain an ITA.
You will need to notice that profitable ITA recipients throughout any Specific Entry draw are solely these whose CRS rating is above the division’s cut-off (assigned uniquely for every draw).
Be aware: ITAs are the one means an Specific Entry candidate might be permitted to submit their digital Utility for Everlasting Residence (eAPR) to IRCC.
Class-Primarily based attracts
First performed in June 2023, category-based attracts had been applied to supply IRCC with a technique to particularly entice Canadian immigration candidates primarily based on Canada’s most urgent labour market gaps and demographic wants. In different phrases, these attracts goal candidates with particular work expertise and proficiencies, permitting the division to higher deal with individuals they deem to have “in-demand” attributes.
Earlier than starting to conduct category-based attracts final 12 months, IRCC determined that individuals with the next attributes could be the main focus of category-based attracts:
- Work expertise in Healthcare
- Work expertise in Science, Know-how, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM)
- Work expertise in Trades
- Work expertise in Transport
- Work expertise in Agriculture and Agri-Meals
- Robust French language proficiency (minimal rating of seven in all 4 language skills on the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens” (NCLC)
Be aware: IRCC has since confirmed that, for 2024, the division will proceed with the identical focus classes for such a Specific Entry draw.
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