Canada invited 27,332 foreigners with 1 year of Canadian Experience
In the unprecedented invitation round #176, on February 13, 2021, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 27,332 candidates who qualified via the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Program. Such an enormous number of invitations dropped the CRS score to 75 points only. The tie-breaking rule for this round was September 12, 2020, at 15:31:40 UTC. In 2021, Canada already issued 37,986 invitations to apply in six draws of Express Entry. Unfortunately, it is hard to predict now what policy will Canada adopt for the next rounds. Most candidates remaining in the pool are Federal Skilled Worker candidates, whose ability to travel to Canada is limited by the COVID-19. In the press release, IRCC stated, that 90% of those who were invited, are already living in Canada and therefore, they will be affected by current travel restrictions. IRCC earlier stated that his department is going to help foreign workers and international students to obtain a PR in Canada, but no one expected this approach.
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