“1,070 Express Entry candidates for invited by the Canadian government to apply for permanent residency on February 2.”
Only Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates were invited in this first row of February. This year score requirement was 674 points. Candidates are automatically awarded 600 points to the final CRS score if they manage to receive a provincial nomination. This effectively guarantees permanent residency in Canada.
This February draw is the biggest PNP only draw for the year 2022- surpassing the previous highest invited January 19 draw – which invited 1,036 candidates.
Candidates who received an invitation to apply, now have 60 days to apply for Canadian permanent residency.
Express Entry For The Year 2022
For the time being, the Canadian government stated that it will only conduct PNP only draws. We can expect that Canada would resume draw for its popular Express Entry streams such as Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Worker Program, and Federal Skilled Trades Program.
In the previous year 2021, before the pandemic, the FSWP stream received most invitations. Also, more CEC candidates were invited to apply in comparison to any other program. Owning to the pandemic, there are no more than 1.8 million people waiting for the Canadian government to make a decision on their immigration application.
Until half of these 1.8 million applications have been processed, Canada is expected to hold express entry draws for Federal Skilled Worker Program and Canadian Experience Class candidates. The IRCC aims to bring back the processing times to the standard duration of six months.
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