Indians see 200% increase in Canadian PR invites
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According to the recent data released by Canada's point-based immigration programme, Express Entry Year-end Report 2017, there is a drastic boost in the number of Indian immigrants to Canada. The Express Entry Year-end Report, 2017 highlights that out of 86,022 invites 42% of the invitations were sent to Indian citizens, which comes out to be roughly 36,310. While the Canadian government’s immigration division pushed out 86,022 invites and admitted 65,401, the total number of applications they received were a little over one lakh. These numbers were actually double than the previous year of 33,782 invitations. In 2016, 11,037 invites were sent to those possessing Indian citizenship showing an increase by more than 200% a year later.
Amidst last year’s applicants, the ones who were admitted as permanent residents along with job offer, the top vocations were software engineers and designers, computer programmers, information system analysts and university lecturers, to name few. The reports support the fact that hassled by the tireless waiting and backlog for a Green Card in the US, a majority of the H-1B visa holders are opting for a Permanent Residency in Canada. Hence, nowadays, Indians appear zealous about Canada’s Express Entry programme that invites a top-ranked candidate for permanent residency in the country.
At the moment, nearly three lakh H-1B visa holders in the US are waiting for a green card clearance (a green card grants permanent residency on American soil). According to the CATO Institute–a Washington-based think tank– is of the opinion that owing to the backlog of US green card, for Indians with an advanced degree (EB-2 category) the waiting period can well be extended to 151 years.
The Buzz about Express Entry Programme
Like most of the first-world countries, Canada implies a point-based immigration system. The Express Entry Programme entails completion of an online profile of the candidate and based on it, a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score is provided to the candidate. Thereafter, they are then placed in the Express Entry pool and ranked relatively based on their CRS scores. The Express Entry pool is ever-dynamic and the candidate’s rank can fluctuate as more candidates join and/or leave the pool, or when the ranking criteria are adjusted pertaining to ministerial instructions. The candidate can also get his CRS score revised on various grounds, for instance, if he or she obtains more qualifications or gain new skills. However, only top-ranked candidates are invited to apply for permanent residence.
The CRS score is further divided into two segments. It is a score out of 1,200 used to benchmark federal economic applicants against one another where each segment is divided into 600 points maximum. The core score is based on the candidate’s educations, language proficiency, age, work experience and so on. The second segment concentrates on whether a candidate meets certain kind of policies or other objectives such as possessing a provincial nomination, a qualifying offer of employment, having Canadian educational credentials, their French-language proficiency and having a sibling in Canada.
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The Express Entry draws are held periodically, mainly on a fortnightly basis. The most recent was held on June 13 having a CRS cut-off threshold of 451 points and the rank required to be invited was stated as 3,750 or above, implying that these numbers of candidates will be invited for permanent residency. A majority of the rank holders has a score of 442, a tie-break in being applied in which candidates whose profiles have been in the pool longer will be prioritized. Specifically, eligible candidates with 442 points and having their profile before January 28, 2018, will have an upper hand.
Last year, a total of 86,022 invitations were sent to the Express Entry Draw qualifiers. Out of this, 38,932 (or 45%) were sent to candidates who scored between 451 and 500. The remaining 33,252 (or 39%) were received by those who scored between 401-450. Thus, it is evident that the cut-off has been on a decline since past year and is indeed, a good news for Indian aspirants wishing to move to Canada and for H-1B Indian visa holders who are tired of the long wait for the green card.
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