Breaking News: Express Entry reopen to the skilled immigrants overseas for the first time since 2020
After two years pandemic, Canada invited the Federal Skilled Workers overseas on July 6, 2022. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Sean Fraser said: “Today, I am pleased announce that Express Entry draws have officially resumed and applications will be processed at our 6-month processing standard. I want to thank the candidates from around the world for their patience, as we worked to reduce the backlog before resuming Express Entry draws. I look forward to welcoming skilled workers who will are essential in addressing Canada’s labour shortages.”
In the July 6, 2022 draw:
No program specified
Number of invitations issued: 1,500*
Rank required to be invited to apply: 1,500th or above
Date and time of round: July 6, 2022 at 14:34:34 UTC
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 557
*Candidates from all Express Entry programs were eligible for this round of invitations.
As of July 6, 2022, there are over 226,000 candidates in the pool. About 50% of these candidates has a score 460 and above. The table below is the CRS score distribution of Candidates in the pool.
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