Quick Guide to Express Entry
Express Entry
by Deanne Acres-Lans
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February 22, 2015
- Express Entry is a new electronic management system which Citizenship and Immigration Canada is now using to manage applications for Permanent Residency
- Express Entry only applies to the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, Provincial Nominee Program s and the Canadian Experience Class
- You must qualify in one of the above four categories to be entered into the pool
- There are a total of 122,000 available spots in the above four categories for 2015
- You do not have to have a job offer to be entered into the Express Entry pool
- Roughly 10,000 people applied for the inaugural draw and only 3,000 were entered into the pool (http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/02/13/critics-call-for-fine-tuning-of-federal-skilled-immigration-program.html)
- There have been two Express Entry draws to date
- The lowest accepted score to date has been 818
- 1,558 people have received invitations as of February 7th, 2015
- 120,442 spots remain
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Quick Guide to Express Entry
by Deanne Acres-Lans
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February 22, 2015
Deanne Acres-Lans is 100% Canadian. She was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada and previously lived in South Africa for 8 years. Eventually, the call of Canada was too strong to ignore, and Deanne is now based in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. Deanne has over twelve years of immigration experience, both working for the Canadian Government and in her own private practice.