On December 10, Canada staged a new Express Entry draw.
A total of 1,032 people were given the opportunity to apply for permanent residency. Candidates that were invited had already received a nomination through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which increased their base human capital score by 600 points. As a result, the draw's minimum cut-off was 698.
Only 38 PNP-only draws have been held by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) since the start of Express Entry in 2015. With the exception of this draw and the one on June 23, when 1,002 people were invited, they rarely send out more than a thousand invites.
The policy was designed to allow IRCC to concentrate on admitting immigrants who were already in the country.
Candidates applying for Canadian immigration from outside the country were not allowed to cross the border until June to activate their permanent resident status.
However, according to an IRCC briefing note, focusing on inland candidates and constructing the TR to PR pathway resulted in a significant backlog of applicants.
The backlog for Express Entry-linked programs was over 138,000 as of October 27.
The PNP processing wait was approximately 38,000 people long, while the CEC was around 48,000.
Since the pandemic, Canada has conducted 34 PNP-specific Express Entry drawings, in which 18,817 people have been invited to apply for permanent residency.
During the same time period, Canada had 27 CEC draws, resulting in 133,868 invitations.
Only 11 draws have been held, with candidates from all programs, including the FSWP, being invited.
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