Canada Declares the Second Express Entry Draw of the Month, Invited 829 PNP Candidates

On 27th April 2022, the Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has declared the latest Express Entry draw. The draw has invited 829 express entry candidates from the Provincial Nomination Program category. The cut-off of the CRS score of the lowest-ranked candidate invited remain 772 points. Just after the announcement of Canadian immigration minister, the draw has held and as per the announcement, the FSWP and CEC draw are expected to resume from the early July 2022. Yet again PNP draw has held and invited candidates who already have received the provincial nomination from any of the province. Here are some of the glimpse of the latest express entry draw.

Latest Express Entry Draw #221

• This is consecutively ninth draw of the PNP for the year 2022 and second draw of the April month.
• 829 skilled workers have received their final ITA (Invitation to Apply), where the cut-off of the CRS score of the lowest-ranked candidate invited remain 772 points.
• All the invited candidates have a valid Express Entry profile and now they have 60 days to submit their final application and pay the new update visa fees.
  • Candidates who can submit their file before 30th April have a chance to pay the less amount has from 30th April, 2022 the IRCC’s PR visa fees, RPRF Fees, and other fees are going to increase
  • Read More for increasing visa fees – Canada Increases Permanent Residency Fees from April 30, 2022
• The invited have credited actual score is 172 and they have received 600 CRS points in their express entry profile based on the provincial nomination.
• The Tie-breaking rule for the latest draw has decided March 24,2022 at 8:00:50 UTC.
• That means those candidates who have submitted their profile after 24th March 2022, 08L00:50 UTC will be not nominated even they reach the cut-off.
• As per the previous speculations, we had a strong belief that the conditions will get normal soon and the FSWP & CEC draws will resume soon, and see, just a few days back we have received the news regarding the same.

Read more on FWP & CEC draws will resume in earlier July 2022

Conclusion

As the world is recovering fast from the detrimental effect of the Wuhan Virus, it has also affected to the immigration industry across the world. There some of the significant changes we have seen in the last couple of weeks or so. For instance, three major countries of the world, which currently in trend for the Permanent Residency and Student Visa are Australia, Canada and the UK. All of these countries have announced that they need migrants for the economic and they all believe India will play an important role to boost up their economy in-terms of providing a good number of skilled workers as well as international students. As a result, recently Australia has signed-up a historical Free Trade Agreement with India, and open bag packer visa (Holiday Visa) for Indians. On the other end, the UK Prime Minister were on two-day visit of India that leads to a positive immigration as well as, yet another FTA with UK. In the context, last week Canada has announced FSWP & CEC Draws update and the authority has also given the visa extension to all the PSPW & Study visa holders.