Express Entry Draws Got Green Signal from the Immigration Minister to Resume from Wednesday

As per the latest tweet of Honourable Immigration Minister Mr Sean Fraser, all the Express Entry draws for all the programs have received a green signal and it will be resumed from this 6 July, Wednesday. According to the announcement, candidates will start getting the invitations again. With the latest tweet, Mr Fraser has put full-point on all the speculations that was running like anything.

The tweet has elaborated that all the programs like Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades, and Canadian Experience Class are ready to invite the qualified candidates for Canadian permanent residency from 6th July 2022.

🔔Important update on Express Entry

Starting July 6th, 2022, qualified candidates will be invited to apply for permanent residency from the following programs:

1.Federal Skilled Worker program
2.Federal Skilled Trades program
3.Canadian Experience Class pic.twitter.com/kzemWB4P0b

— Sean Fraser (@SeanFraserMP) July 4, 2022

Prepare for Express Entry Profile

If you are a candidate, who is looking to migrate to Canada on PR then you have to be prepared in the precise manner

• First and foremost, you should have to check whether you are qualified for the express entry’s minimum eligibility criteria of 67 points or not.
• Secondly, be ready with your ECA (Educational Credential Assessment) and
• Third, this is the most important and crucial stage because the language score is one of the decisive points of your Canada PR. You should be prepared with your latest English language IELTS or CELPIP test score or French language TEF or TCF test score.

Fees Change

If you are preparing for the Canadian permanent residency then you should also be aware with the latest fees changes as well. In the first week of April month, the IRCC has announced the Canada PR visa fees changes and that has been effective from 30th April 2022. The increment of the fees is applicable on

• Economic Class,
• Permit Holders
• Family Class
• Humanitarian Class

Fund Requirement Updated

Along with the fee increment, the IRCC has also updated the fund requirement for the Express Entry candidates. The latest fund requirement has effective from 11th May 2022. However, the IRCC has given the deadline to update the fund’s details in the existing express entry profiles until 8th June 2022. Here are the updated fund details.

Upcoming NOC Changes

As per the latest information, things are finalized about the upcoming express entry draws. In the hierarchy, the NOC update is also about to come. As per further planning by, Canada immigration department, the latest changes in the NOC segment are expected to be launched from November 2022. The Canadian government is planning to change the existing NOC system into TEER (Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities) system for the upcoming newcomers. The new TEER system is about to update as per below.