932 Express Entry candidates were invited on 8 June 2022 to apply for Canada PR.
In the latest Express Entry draw, IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) exclusively invited 932 candidates from the PNP (Provincial Nominee Program). However, the cutoff required to be invited to this draw was measured at 796. The cutoff was relatively high because of the extra 600 Comprehensive Ranking System points PNP candidates get.
Since Canada accepted 1,047 PNP candidates on March 2, the next invitation round is the biggest. IRCC invited 589 PNP applicants with a minimum score of 741 in the last Express Entry lottery. The results of the most recent draw came with the great news that from November, 16 onwards, new job occupations will be included in the Express Entry program. For the candidates who are eligible for the Express Entry, a total of 16 new jobs are now available.
Express Entry is the fastest pathway to permanent residency in Canada for the applicants who are applying as skilled workers. it is the very first program that simplified the immigration process.
National Occupational Classification (NOC) will be expanded to include the following 16 jobs:
- Medical Industry:
- Dental assistants
- Dental laboratory assistants
- Nurse aides, orderlies,
- Patient service associates
- Pharmacy technical assistants
- Pharmacy assistants
- Law and Order:
- Sheriffs and bailiffs
- Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
- Correctional service officers
- By-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
- Transportation Industry:
- Transport truck drivers
- Bus drivers, subway operators, and other transport operators;
- Heavy equipment operators
- Technical industry:
- Estheticians, electrologists, and related occupations
- Installers and servicers for the residential and commercial
- Other repairer’s services
- Pest controllers and fumigators
- Payroll administrators
- Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
- Medical Industry:
There will also be three occupations that National Occupational Classification (NOC) will exclude:
- Other performers;
- Sports, and fitness program leaders and instructors in recreation
- Tailors, dressmakers, furriers, and milliners.
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