3,264 Candidates Invited on August 2 Express Entry Draw

WWICS : The August 2^nd Express Entry draw has happened after a gap of three weeks. A total of 3,264 candidates were picked up from the pool and were sent the Invitation to Apply (ITA). These people will now be in a position to apply for permanent residency of Canada.

The cut-off for the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score stood at 441 points. The invited candidates have now moved a step closer to become the permanent resident of Canada, along with their spouse or common-law-partner as well as dependent children.

It is expected that complete applications that are submitted will be processed by IRCC within the next six months.

The difference in CRS cut-off threshold between August 2^nd and the previous draw that took place on July 12^th is just of 1 point. The latest Express Entry draw closing at one point higher than the previous one.

It is worth noting here that the gap of three weeks between these two draws has been longer than on numerous occasions previously.

This gave longer than usual time to candidates who are already in the pool to update their profile and increase their points total and more candidates entered the Express Entry pool than before.

This gap surely must have created an upward pressure on the cut-off threshold of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).

When the gap between two Express Entry draws decreases, there is also a decrease in the cut-off threshold of the CRS.

The lowest cut-off threshold on CRS till now has been at 413 points.

The total number of ITAs that have been issued till now since the Express Entry system was first launched has reached to 122,596. Nearly, half of these ITAs have been issued in the current year 2017.

The reason for this increase is that Express Entry has become the main component for economic immigration to Canada.

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Bill C-6 Becomes Law, Path to Citizenship Made Easy for New Immigrants

At a recent press conference in Toronto, Canada's immigration minister Ahmed Hussen wants all permanent residents to become citizens of Canada. This process of becoming citizen has become simpler and faster for the immigrants of the country.

The Bill C-6 has made many things simpler, and among them is the reduction of the time required to become eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship. This bill has finally received the Royal assent.

This new law will benefit thousands of immigrants and their families. It should, however, be noted here that many of the measures listed in this new law will not become effective till later this year or early 2018.

Some of the measures in the act will come into force immediately.

Changes that are Immediately Effective

Changes that have come into force from June 19^th are:

1.      Dual Citizens living in Canada who are convicted of spying, treason and terrorism offences, will face the Canadian justice system, just like any other Canadian citizen who breaks the law.

2.      Applicants are no longer required to intend to live in Canada once they have been granted the citizenship. This will provide flexibility to Canadian who want to live outside due to work and other requirements.

3.      Minors can also apply for Canadian citizenship without a parent, as the requirement for age has been removed as per subsection 5(1).

4.      Individuals who are serving conditional sentence will not be given citizenship or will be allowed to take oath of citizenship. This time spent by them will not be counted towards their physical presence in the country

5.      Statelessness has been added as a stand-alone ground that can be considered for a discretionary grant of citizenship.

6.      The new citizenship act now includes consideration to accommodate the requirement of disabled person who apply for citizenship.

Changes that will be effective from Early 2018:

1.      The Federal court will make all the decisions in case of revocations, unless a request has been made by an individual that decision be taken by a minister.

2.      Citizenship officers have the full authority to seize suspected fraudulent or fraudulent documents that are provided as per the citizenship act.

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A Brief Overview of Future Express Entry Draws

The Express Entry draws that have taken place in the recent months have shown a consistent trend. The first thing to notice here is that they have happened after every two weeks and that on Wednesday morning.

Looking at the past trend, candidates in the Express Entry pool might have expected another draw to happen on June 14^th, 2017, as the last draw happened on May 31^st, 2017.

Till the time of writing this article, no such draw had taken place. The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has given an explanation for the delay in the Express Entry draw and candidates in the pool will encouraged to hear it.

IRCC made further improvements in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) on June 6^th, 2017. It was announced that additional point will be given to candidates in the Express Entry pool who have a sibling in Canada, and also for candidates who have proficiency in French language.

At the time of making these changes, it was announced by IRCC that the CRS points scored by all the candidates in the pool will be updated automatically as per the new changes and before the next round of Express Entry draw takes place. This can take up to two weeks.

It is because of this reason there has been some delay in the Express Entry draw this time, as the CRS points of all the candidates are being updated in the pool. Candidates who are sure that their CRS points will increase as a result of the June 5 change, will have a better chance of being picked up in the next Express Entry draw.

Furthermore, it should be noted here that the recent changes that have taken place on June 6^th, has not effected negatively any candidate that is there in the Express Entry pool.

It has been confirmed by IRCC that the profiles of candidates will be updated automatically that are already entered in the pool. In case a candidates has not disclosed the he or she has a sibling in Canada, or the results of a recognized French test, they are being encouraged to update their information so as to receive the additional points.

It is expected that the next Express Entry draw will happen anytime soon, as and when the update of all profiles has been completed by the IRCC.

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Global Skills Strategy Launched by the Government of Canada

Companies in Canada will be able to create new jobs only when they are able to thrive and grow. The new Global Skills strategy from the Government of Canada will enable employers to use a faster and more predictable process to attract talent from across the globe. It will also allow to create more middle-class jobs and boost the economic growth in turn.

According to the announcement made by Ahmed Hussen, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister, Navdeep Bains (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister) and Rodger Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), the Global Skills Strategy will benefit all the highly-skilled workers from across the globe.

Some of the key elements of this strategy include the four pillars, highly-skilled workers that are coming on a temporary basis to Canada will be able to benefit from the two-week period for processing the application for granting the work permit. As and when required study permits for dependants and open work permits for spouses will also be processed within a period of two weeks time.

The new Global Talent Stream and the new dedicated service channel from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will benefit the employers. This will enable them to access highly-skilled, temporary, global talent, expand or scale up their knowledge of specialized skills so that they can build their expertise or be more innovative.

Two new exemptions to work permit have also been brought into effect today. A work permit will not be required researchers who are taking part in the research projects for short-duration being conducted in Canada and highly-skilled workers who will come to Canada for a very short term assignment.

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Canada Wants to Hire Specialized Foreign Talent, Launches a New Visa Program

Canadian innovation organizations are welcome another government plan for procuring remote ability with open arms – and mindful confidence.

The Canadian government's worldwide aptitudes visa program – part of its Global Skills Strategy – authoritatively opens for business June 12. The $7.8-million, 24-month test case program is intended to permit high-development firms to get universal ability inside two weeks, as opposed to up to a year, which is to what extent it now takes.

"What organizations have let us know is that, if it's a truly long process, they lose that chance to contract that individual," government Labor Minister Patty Hajdu disclosed to The Globe and Mail.

Vancouver tech firm Unbounce knows the procedure great. "There have been a few events at Unbounce in which we've met talented designers anxious to move to Canada and work for our group, just to hold up six months or longer with no indication of a visa," said Sascha Williams, the organization's head working officer. By and large, the applicant couldn't bear to sit tight and started searching for work somewhere else.

However, given the political atmosphere in the United States and Canada's notoriety for good personal satisfaction, it's maybe never been simpler to convince these gifted people – some of whom are among a modest bunch of individuals on the planet with those desired abilities – to come to Canada.

"The world is getting a whole lot littler, and to enable Canada to contend, we have to open our ways to the best and the brightest, and enable Canadian business to get the best individual for the position," said Shoshana Green, accomplice at Toronto movement law office Green and Spiegel LLP.

Ms. Green has worked with various quickly developing Canadian firms hoping to import remote ability, just to come up against a cumbersome bureaucratic migration prepare that relied on demonstrating both that nobody else in Canada could carry out the occupation, and that the Canadian economy would profit by that outside contract's nearness. Those two components together made noteworthy slacks all the while, Ms. Green said. "Organizations need to know [quickly]: Can I acquire this individual or would I be able to not?"

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Immigrant Candidates Call to Save Canadian Values

To Kellie Leitch, one of more than twelve applicants competing to lead Canada's Conservative Party, the most problem that needs to be addressed today is something that some of her pundits consider un-Canadian: the need to safeguard what she calls "Canadian esteems" through a more prohibitive migration strategy.

Regardless of whether she wins the race or not — the position is to be declared on Saturday — she has set off a level headed discussion that is not prone to leave.

Ms. Leitch has proposed screening would-be workers to weed out the individuals who do not have the qualities she says portray Canadian culture — in her words, "correspondence of men and ladies, opportunity of religion, and balance of all under the law."

While different hopefuls in the race have additionally embraced varieties or bits of the possibility that movement controls should be fixed, Ms. Leitch's perspectives have — reasonably or not — attracted correlations with those of Donald J. Trump and Marine Le Pen, in France.

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"Individuals who don't concur with these qualities won't be permitted into the nation," Ms. Leitch said in a current meeting. "A few people will be dismissed."

Ms. Leitch says that "at the center, it's about country building." But commentators say it is in regards to electrifying hostile to settler sentiments, and they have blamed her for utilizing "pooch shriek" legislative issues to do as such.

"We have to manufacture a current and comprehensive Conservative Party that spotlights solidly on wallet issues that matter to Canadians, and not on issues that set one Canadian against another," said Michael Chong, one of her adversaries in the Conservative race, in an announcement a year ago censuring Ms. Leitch's Canadian esteems crusade.

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Turkish Community on Edge as Canadian Government Crackdown Continues

Not long after the endeavored overthrow last July against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration, Inan Korkmaz discovered from an online government announce that his administration grant had been wiped out.

The Queen's University PC building understudy additionally took in his instructive qualifications would not be perceived in Turkey since he was "associated" with the FETO — another way to say "Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organization," which is the way the Turkish government alludes to the development it cases was behind the July 15 overthrow.

With his postgraduate reviews and status in Canada in risk, Korkmaz went to the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa for help. Rather, authorities there grabbed his visa, as per his refuge assert recorded in January.

"The legislature closed down my financial balance and my family couldn't send cash to help me," said Korkmaz, 29, who came to ponder in Canada in 2011 on the grant and was conceded shelter in March.

"They said my name was given by the knowledge benefit in Turkey. Tragically, they couldn't do anything for me and must take away my travel permit," he said. "I'm not political or hostile to government. I'm pure. Everybody is so anxious of this administration. I am so stressed for my family in Turkey."

In the fallout of the fizzled upset — and the ensuing cleanse of thousands of laborers blamed for being protesters — Canada has seen a spike in haven claims from Turkey. The 55,000-in number Turkish-Canadian people group has likewise turned out to be progressively energized, with doubt and allegations of witch chases against anybody esteemed to be a sympathizer and supporter of the purported Gulen Movement.

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Eligible Bulgarians, Brazilians, Romanians Can Travel to Canada without Visa

Certain citizens of Bulgaria, Brazil and Romania will now be able to travel to Canada without obtaining a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV, which is also known by the name 'visitor visa'). A quicker and cheaper process has been put in place for the travel of these people.

These individuals will now have to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) before they can board a flight for Canada. This new change in rule will be effective from May 1^st and will be applicable to citizens of these three countries who have traveled to Canada in the past 10 years and who are having a valid non-immigration (visitor) visa of United States (US).

Individuals who are not fulfilling these requirements or are coming to Canada by bus, car, boat or train, will still need to have a TRV.

Another news update has come out that the visa requirements for all Bulgarian and Romanian citizens will be uplifted by Canada starting from December 1, 2017. The Government of Canada has not announced as to when and will the same policy be implemented for citizens of Brazil.

This new system was launched back in August 1, 2015 and till now more than 3.6 million eTAs have already been issued to travelers who are exempted for applying for visa. This system was made mandatory in November 2016 for visa-exempt travelers.

Before the introduction of eTA system, visa-exempt foreign national traveling to Canada were not screened systematically at the time of admission till the time they are already at the Canadian Port of Entry.

The change in rules will make it easy for eligible visitors who are coming to Canada and for transiting through a Canadian airport. This will also increase the number of visits made by them. Ahmed Hussen, Canada's Immigration Minister, stated that the change in rules will increase the travel and tourism and will be economically beneficial for Canadians.

The Government of Canada is making changes from all corners to make traveling to Canada easier, be it as a visitor or to live here permanently.

In the recent past, Canada has made changes in its different permanent residency visa program as well. In case you want to settle in Canada permanently than you can take assistance from world's leading immigration consultant WWICS.

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Increase in ITA sent to Candidates from Outside Canada

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has come out with its Express Entry report for the year 2016. the highlights of this reports included more number of candidates living outside of Canada were given the Invitation to Apply (ITA) to become the permanent resident of the country in the year 2016 as compared to 2015.

IRCC has also added that this trend will continue and diversity among the people living in the country will continue to increase in the year 2017 as the cut-off threshold for Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) goes down even further.

In the year 2015, 79% of the candidates who were sent the ITA were already residing in Canada. However, in the year 2016, this percentage has reduced to 69. in the year 2015 and 2016, among the invited candidates, Canada was the main country of residence. This is because there were large number of temporary workers in Canada with a job offer who wanted to settle permanently in Canada.

However, we should take into account the changes that were made by IRCC in the CRS in November last year. In total there were 27 draws that picked up candidates from the Express Entry pool, 24 of these draws were held before the changes were implemented. It is because of this reason, the finding in the 2016 report is based on the data collected before these changes.

According to IRCC, these changes helped in attracting top talent from across the world. The reports from IRCC shows the effect these changes had on the places of residence and the occupation of the new immigrants that are being invited to the country. Considering the fact that these changes were implemented late in 2016, that effect it really had on the immigration system will be seen in the later half of 2017.

It is worth noting here that in the first four months of 2017 there has been a considerable increase in the number of ITAs that have been issued. With this there has been a decrease in the Comprehensive Ranking System cut-off threshold and during the latest Express Entry draw it went down to 415 points.

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Nova Scotia Announces Reopening of Its PNP in the Coming Weeks

A famous immigration program of Nova Scotia, Canada will open again after a gap of nearly more than 2 years. The province of Nova Scotia has announced that the program will be opened for the first time since 2015 in the coming weeks.

The Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry immigration program forms part of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP). This is one of the two NSNP that is aligned with the Express Entry immigration selection system of the federal government.

The NSNP is one of those Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) in Canada that enable for quick settlement of aspiring immigrants provided they fulfill all the requirements of immigration.

The Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry immigration program is also available to candidates that are already there in the Express Entry pool and meet the eligibility criteria for this particular program. Applicants who are found eligible will get 600 more points in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). This will make them eligible for receiving the Invitation to Apply (ITA) to become the permanent resident of Canada in the draws that will held in the coming time.

The Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry system will become the first such program that will become active in the current year of 2017. In the past few months, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario have also been very active in bringing in new immigrants through their respective Provincial Nominee Program.

It has been planned by Canada that it will invite 51,000 new immigrants to the country in the year 2017 through its PNPs. This will be a seven percent increase as compared to last year. Most of these new immigrants will be welcomed to the country by way of enhanced Express Entry program.

It was also announced by Nova Scotia that this immigration program will be opened and closed periodically in this year till the time the annual target that is set by the federal government has been reached. This way all the immigration applications will be processed more efficiently.

Almost the same kind of program was started recently by Ontario for its own respective immigration program. The latest announcement from Nova Scotia will expedite the immigration process at the federal level.

Previously, the Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry immigration system worked on the first-come, first-serve basis. This means there was no requirement for registration or Expression of Interest.

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3 Options For Applying for Canada Visa

There is no limit on the number of people who want to immigrate to Canada. This country is considered safe and there are a number of business and jobs opportunities. A good portion of people coming to Canada choose the route of student visa. They acquire a higher education in a university or institute in Canada and ultimately apply for Canada immigration to get settled here.

As an aspiring immigrant you should be aware of all the options that are available to you to apply for immigration to Canada. Let us take a look at some of the options available. For complete details you can one of the offices of WWICS Group.

Business Immigration

Entrepreneurs, investors and businessperson can apply for immigration to Canada provided they are willing to invest in an existing business or want to start a new business there. In certain cases a two year work permit is granted to an investor. During this time the investor is required to show that a new business has been started successfully or an investment has been made.

After this two year period, the investor can apply for Canada immigration. The requirements to apply in each of the three cases including businessperson, investor and entrepreneur are different. For expert advice on how you can apply for immigration to Canada in any of the three categories can be had from WWICS Group.

Provincial Nominees Program

All provinces and territories have been given right by the government of Canada to nominate a person from their respective province or territory to apply for Canada immigration. Most of the requirements are almost the same for each province but they vary depending on the requirement and criteria.

You can apply for PNP immigration to Canada through an experience global resettlement service provider WWICS. You will be guided on what all documents that you are required to collect and your visa application file will be prepared by them on your behalf.

Family Sponsorship Visa

In case you have a family member who is settled in Canada, then the person can sponsor you for Canada immigration. It is a good way to join back with your family members who are settled abroad. To know about the technicalities of the project call a consultant at WWICS now.

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A Brief Look on Global Immigration in the Year Ahead

As we plan to make a successful year ahead, here is a quick look as to how your relocation plan will be affected by the changes that are taking place in different countries.

Brexit Move from UK

The formal process of exiting the EU will be formally started by the end of March. It will take years to untangle the complex exit process and to move UK out of EU. Businesses will be impacted not only in UK and European Union but also across the globe. We should not expect to see any immigration reforms motivated by Brexit.

Australia Sub Class 457 Visa in Play

Immigration in Australia, particularly the largest work permit visa known as Subclass 457 has become the most important issue to be discussed by politicians in Australia. Some bills were introduced in 2016 in the Parliament by the Labor Party which has expanded the requirement of sponsorship and made labor market testing tougher.

A report leaked in December showed that the Liberal Party in Australia is making plans to bring some strong changes in the immigration system and this includes reducing the eligible occupations in some of the visa programs.

Canada Shows Positive Signs on Mobility

The finance minister of Canada indicated in 2016 that corporate immigration is important for the economic vitality of the country. In the Fall Economic 2016 Statement the proposals promises to improve the mobility to Canada.

Plans are also being made to attract investment from foreign entrepreneurs and speed up the process of bringing in more talent by expediting the work permit process. Efforts are also being made to give exemptions to some of the professions that are in demand.

US under Trump Administration

Donald Trump will become the president of United States of America on 20^th January and it is expected that some major changes will come up that will impact not only US but also global immigration.

The US immigration policies will be affected by the coming policy shifts and it will have a wave effect, sending an impact on global immigration policies.

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