Canada Express Entry- how it has improved

Canada Express Entry is an electronic system introduced by Citizenship & Immigration Canada in January 2015. The initiative behind the introduction of Express Entry was to bring about a system that eases the management of Canada Permanent Resident Visas through various programs. This system not only helped the Canadian government in bringing an organized selection system but also helped candidates interested in Canada immigration with a fair selection system. Canada Express Entry eradicated all the loopholes of the quota based system. Applicants who were merely being selected on luck or first come first serve basis in the quota system now enjoyed a fair selection system where their applications were merely picked based upon core human factors and adaptability skills. The introduction of Canada Express Entry System gave priority to highly skilled workers & endorsed them with deserving work opportunities in Canada.

Canada Express Entry in 2015 & now

 Immigration Target: Canada Express Entry opened in 2015 with a target of 172,100–186,700 applications in one year. The target was successfully within the first year. A huge number of professionals showed interest in Canada immigration through Canada Express Entry. Considering this growing interest and on the contracting the increasing requirement of skilled professionals in Canada, the country constantly kept increasing its target. The current year’s target is 280,000-320,000.

Points allotment & submission time: Canada Express Entry recently announced a change to its points allotment system. Now Canada Express Entry allots 600 points for PNP nomination. However, the points allotment for a valid job offer decreased from 600 points to 200 points & 50 points.

Initially, applicants who received an ITA were given a time of 60 days to submit their applications for PR & make the PR fee payments. This provision has now increased to 90 days.

CRS Score: When Canada Express Entry was introduced, the first Draw of Canada Express Entry had a cut-off score as high as 886. During this tenure, applicants though with good skills, experience and education were unable to migrate to Canada. This is because the job offer only was the requirement that could boost their score and help them with the ITA. Applicants who had a valid job offer from a Canadian employer were given highest preference for Canada Permanent residency.

By time, the tables turned down. Canada Express Entry experienced a gradual shift in its CRS requirements. It is stated that Canada has been focused more on inviting skilled workers based on core human factors for this year. According to the records of the most recent Draws of Canada Express Entry, Canada invited candidates who even had CRS as low as 423.

Number of Invitation to Apply: During the first draw of Express Entry, only 779 applicants were invited for Canada Permanent Residency. This number gradually increased by time. During the start of 2016, this number increased to 1463 applications being accepted and issued with an ITA. In the 2017, the number of ITAs issued to candidates had broke all the previous records and reached to a number like never before. According to the statistics of the recent Express Entry Draw, Canada successfully invited a total of 39,769 in 2017- in just a span of 4-5 initial months of 2017. This total number of ITAs nearly equals to the total number of applicants who landed in Canada during the first two years since this System came into operation.

Canada Express Entry’s Scope in 2017

 It is believed that Canada Express Entry will remain in favor of skilled workers for the year 2017. The CRS score may decrease gradually and more number of ITA’s will be issued to eligible candidates, based on core human factors. This will make it easy for applicants to migrate to Canada without any job offer in hand. Not just this but, as provinces of Canada are lacking skilled talent they will open the PNP programs on a frequent level.

These improvements in Canada Express Entry System will make it easy for applicants to apply for a PR visa for Canada in 2017. If you haven’t prepared your file till now, don’t worry. Our Canada Immigration Experts are just a click away for you to help you with the process.