Within the division’s second draw for the week of March 11, IRCC issued 975 Invites to Apply (ITAs) in a category-based draw for Categorical Entry candidates with work expertise in Transport occupations. All candidates who acquired an ITA on this draw had a minimal Complete Rating System (CRS) rating of 430.
Right now’s draw follows a normal Categorical Entry draw performed by IRCC yesterday (March 12, 2024), the place the division issued 2,850 ITAs to Categorical Entry candidates with a minimal CRS rating of 525.
Categorical Entry
Categorical Entry is the software administration system utilized by the federal authorities in Canada to handle purposes made to a few economic-class everlasting residence (PR) packages: the Federal Expert Employee Program (FSWP), the Federal Expert Trades Program (FSTP) and the Canadian Expertise Class (CEC).
Starting in June of final 12 months, IRCC has performed three sorts of Categorical Entry attracts, normal attracts, program-specific attracts, and category-based attracts.
Common and Program-specific Categorical Entry Attracts
Each normal and program-specific Categorical Entry attracts concentrate on the CRS scores of eligible candidates.
CRS scores are numerical values assigned to all candidates primarily based on varied human capital elements corresponding to age, schooling and work expertise acquired in Canada. Since candidates will need to have a CRS rating above the cut-off for a given draw to obtain an ITA, CRS scores are the deciding issue that determines if a candidate will obtain an ITA throughout a given Categorical Entry draw.
The next 4 steps have to be taken by an Categorical Entry candidate for them to be thought-about for an ITA by means of these two sorts of Categorical Entry attracts:
- The candidate should first affirm they’re eligible for at the least one in every of IRCC’s three Categorical Entry-managed packages: the FSTP, the FSWP and the CEC
- If eligible, candidates can then create an internet profile with IRCC, which is able to enter them into the Categorical Entry candidate “pool”
- Right now, all candidates contained in the “pool” will obtain their CRS rating
- The candidate should now anticipate IRCC to conduct its subsequent Categorical Entry draw, at which period they’ll see if they’ve met the standards to obtain an ITA for Canadian PR
Notice: ITAs are the one approach that Categorical Entry candidates can apply for PR in Canada by means of Categorical Entry
Class-Primarily based Categorical Entry Attracts
Class-based attracts had been applied to provide IRCC a strategy to higher concentrate on welcoming overseas expert employees with in-demand work expertise/proficiencies. Final 12 months, Canada’s immigration division selected the next six classes – 5 occupational classes and one language proficiency – as areas of focus for category-based attracts:
- Candidates with work expertise in Healthcare
- Candidates with work expertise in Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Arithmetic (STEM)
- Candidates with work expertise in Trades
- Candidates with work expertise in Transport
- Candidates with work expertise in Agriculture and Agri-Meals
- Candidates with sturdy French language proficiency (outlined as a “minimal rating of seven in all 4 language skills on the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens” (NCLC)).
Notice: On February 12, IRCC confirmed that it will proceed with the identical Categorical Entry classes for 2024.
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