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Express Entry Rounds of Invitations: Category-Based Selection
May 31, 2023
Today, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that Canada is introducing category-based rounds of invitations for Express Entry. The Government will invite candidates who are eligible for a specific category established by the Minister to meet an identified economic goal. Candidates will be invited to apply for permanent residence based on criteria such as
- ability to communicate in a specific official language
- work experience in a specific Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) category of the National Occupational Classification (NOC)
- education
Category-based selection will allow Canada to issue invitations to apply to prospective permanent residents with specific skills, training or language ability and will add to general and program-specific rounds by inviting top-ranking candidates who can help Canada meet specific economic goals. Further details on the timing of invitations for individual categories and how to apply will be announced in the coming weeks and the chosen categories will be announced in advance.
Categories chosen for 2023
For 2023, the Government of Canada chose these categories:
- French-language proficiency
- Healthcare occupations
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations
- Trade occupations
- Transport occupations
- Agriculture and agri-food occupations
Who is eligible
To be eligible for an invitation through a category-based round, the applicant must meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round.
When the Government holds a category-based round of invitations, they will
- rank candidates in the pool who meet the category requirements and
- invite top-ranking candidates to apply for permanent residence
A. Eligibility for the French-language proficiency category
To be eligible, you must
- have French-language test results that show a minimum score of 7 in all 4 language abilities on the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
B. Eligibility for the healthcare occupations category
To be eligible, you must
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of continuous work experience (in Canada or abroad) in a single occupation listed in the table below
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
Full eligibility details will be available in the instructions for each round.
| Audiologists and speech language pathologists |
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| Chiropractors |
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| Dentists |
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| Dieticians and nutritionists |
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| Education counsellors |
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| General practitioners and family physicians |
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| Instructors of persons with disabilities |
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| Kinesiologists and other professional occupation in therapy and assessment |
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| Licensed practical nurses |
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| Massage therapists |
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| Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations |
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| Medical laboratory technologists |
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| Medical radiation technologists |
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| Medical sonographers |
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| Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates |
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| Nurse practitioners |
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| Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors |
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| Occupational therapists |
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| Optometrists |
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| Other assisting occupations in support of health services |
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| Other practitioners of natural healing |
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| Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating |
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| Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment |
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| Paramedical occupations |
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| Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants |
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| Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals |
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| Physiotherapists |
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| Psychologists |
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| Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses |
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| Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists |
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| Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine |
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| Specialists in surgery |
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| Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies |
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| Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists |
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| Veterinarians |
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C. Eligibility for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) occupations category
To be eligible, you must
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of continuous work experience (in Canada or abroad) in a single occupation listed in the table below
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
Full eligibility details will be available in the instructions for each round.
| Architects |
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| Architecture and science managers |
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| Business systems specialists |
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| Civil Engineers |
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| Computer and information systems managers |
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| Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) |
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| Computer systems developers and programmers |
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| Cybersecurity specialists |
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| Data scientists |
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| Database analysts and data administrators |
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| Electrical and electronics engineers |
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| Engineering managers |
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| Industrial and manufacturing engineers |
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| Information systems specialists |
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| Land surveyors |
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| Landscape Architects |
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| Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries |
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| Metallurgical and materials engineers |
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| Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers |
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| Software developers and programmers |
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| Software engineers and designers |
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| Urban and land use planners |
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| Web designers |
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| Web developers and programmers |
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D. Eligibility for the trade occupations category
To be eligible, you must
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of continuous work experience (in Canada or abroad) in a single occupation listed in the table below
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
Full eligibility details will be available in the instructions for each round.
| Residential and commercial installers and servicers |
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| Elevator constructors and mechanics |
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| Machine fitters |
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| Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics |
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| Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics |
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| Carpenters |
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| Plumbers |
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| Electricians (except industrial and power system) |
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| Welders and related machine operators |
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| Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers |
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E. Eligibility for the transport occupations category
To be eligible, you must
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of continuous work experience (in Canada or abroad) in a single occupation listed in the table below
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
Full eligibility details will be available in the instructions for each round.
| Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors |
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| Transport truck drivers |
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| Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators |
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| Engineer officers, water transport |
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| Deck officers, water transport |
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| Air traffic controllers and related occupations |
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| Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors |
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| Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors |
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| Railway carmen/women |
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| Managers in transportation |
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F. Eligibility for the agriculture and agri-food occupations category
To be eligible, you must
- have accumulated, within the past 3 years, at least 6 months of continuous work experience (in Canada or abroad) in a single occupation listed in the table below
- meet all of the requirements in the instructions for that round
Full eligibility details will be available in the instructions for each round.
| Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services |
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| Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors |
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| Butchers- retail and wholesale |
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Ontario Removes Canadian Work Experience Requirement for Licensing of Foreign-Trained Engineers
May 24, 2023
There is good news for foreign-trained engineers who wish to immigrate to Canada with Ontario as their province of intended destination. They will no longer be required to have Canadian work experience to become licensed in Ontario. The province is adopting a new law to remove the barriers keeping skilled immigrants from working in their former professions.
On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) became the first professional regulatory body to remove the requirement from their application criteria. By doing so, PEO has made it easier for foreign-trained engineers to earn professional designations in Ontario and enter the workforce as licensed engineers quicker. There are roughly 7,000 vacant engineering positions in Ontario that need to be filled.
Despite the removal of the Canadian experience requirement, licensing applicants to the engineering profession are still required to have 48-months of professional experience in engineering and pass a national professional practice exam that includes ethics, professional practice, engineering, law and professional liability.
Canada Sets Immigration Record in 2022 and Seeks More Immigrants
January 4, 2023
In 2022, Canada welcomed more than 431,000 new permanent residents. This marked the largest annual increase in Canadian Immigration history, as the Government of Canada seeks to ease the country’s labour shortages.
Canada has set a target of 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023 and plans to raise that target to 500,000 in 2025.
Immigration accounts for nearly all of Canada’s labour-force growth and about 75% of the nation’s population growth. During the 2021 Census, nearly one in four people counted were a landed immigrant or permanent resident of Canada (or had been at one time). Among the Group of Seven economies, Canada has the largest proportion of immigrants.
By 2036, immigrants will represent almost a third of Canada’s population.
16 New Occupations Now Eligible for Permanent Residence under Express Entry
November 17, 2022
On Wednesday, November 16, 2022, The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced the implementation of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 for Immigration programs managed under the Express Entry system.
The NOC is the national reference for occupations in Canada. It provides a systematic classification structure that categorizes the entire range of occupational activity in Canada. IRCC uses the NOC to determine and assess the occupational eligibility criteria under its temporary and permanent residency programs.
With the implementation of the 2021 NOC, foreign nationals with work experience in the following sixteen (16) occupations are now eligible to apply through Express Entry:
- payroll administrators
- dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
- nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
- elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
- sheriffs and bailiffs
- correctional service officers
- by-law enforcement and other regulatory officers
- estheticians, electrologists and related occupations
- residential and commercial installers and servicers
- pest controllers and fumigators
- other repairers and servicers
- transport truck drivers
- bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators
- heavy equipment operators
- aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors
By making these occupations eligible under Express Entry, the Government of Canada is working to welcome newcomers who bring the skills the Canadian economy needs to help address acute labour shortages across the country.
If you have work experience in any of these occupations and would like to have your eligibility to immigrate to Canada assessed or reassessed by Abrams & Krochak, please visit https://www.akcanada.com/assessment1.php and you will receive your eligibility assessment, via e-mail, within one (1) business day.
Government Of Canada Announces 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
November 1, 2022
The Government of Canada is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada, with a goal of seeing 500,000 people arrive each year by 2025.
Today, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, released Canada’s 2023–2025 Immigration Levels Plan. The plan puts an emphasis on increasing the number immigrants who will be admitted to Canada based on their work skills or experience over the next three years. The ultimate goal is to help Canadian businesses find workers and to attract the skills required in key sectors—including health care, skilled trades, manufacturing and technology.
The Government of Canada is setting targets in the new levels plan of 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025. The plan has a long-term focus on economic growth, with just over 60% of admissions in the economic class by 2025. The number of economic immigrants to be admitted to Canada from 2023 to 2025 is projected to be as follows:
2023: 266,210
2023: 281,135
2024: 301,250
The plan comes on the heels of a report from Statistics Canada that a record 23 per cent of people in Canada are landed immigrants or permanent residents.
Canada to Resume Express Entry Draws in July 2022 to Address Canada’s Labour Shortage – 6 Month Processing Times
April 22, 2022
As Canada continues to recover from COVID-19, there are hundreds of thousands of vacant positions in all sectors across the country that employers are looking to fill. The Government of Canada recognizes that Immigration has become increasingly more important to fuel the Canadian economy. Canada’s strong economic growth is outpacing the country’s ability to find and keep workers.
For these reasons, on April 22, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced that Express Entry draws will soon resume and that invitations for candidates to apply for permanent residence will begin in early July 2022. This includes candidates in the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class.
Travel restrictions throughout most of 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 delayed the processing of overseas applications, which led to an increase in the size of the processing inventory. To manage this inventory, IRCC temporarily paused invitations to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the Canadian Experience Class. Minister Fraser announced that when invitations to apply resume in early July 2022, the vast majority of new applications will be processed within the 6-month service standard.
What does this mean?
If you are an existing client of Abrams & Krochak and have been delaying proceeding with your Express Entry Application, now is the perfect time to resume the processing of your Application so that your Express Entry Online Profile can be created and uploaded to the IRCC website prior to draws resuming in July 2022. If you have any questions pertaining to your file and the status of your Application, please send an e-mail to info@akcanada.com.
If you are not yet a client of Abrams & Krochak but had your eligibility to immigrate to Canada under Express Entry favourably assessed by the firm and wish to proceed with your proposed Canadian Immigration plans, please follow the instructions that were previously provided to you in our “Favourable Eligibility Assessment”. If you no longer have those instructions, please send an e-mail to askus@akcanada.com and we will be pleased to provide them to you, again.
If you have not had your eligibility to immigrate to Canada under Express Entry assessed by Abrams & Krochak OR you wish to have your eligibility to immigrate to Canada under Express Entry reassessed by the firm, please complete our Express Entry Online Eligibility Assessment Questionnaire at https://www.akcanada.com/assessment1.php.