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The Minister of Canada made it known while announcing that the\u00a0Atlantic Immigration Pilot would become a permanent program in 2022<\/a>, Fraser said Canada would get back to admitting a mix of immigrants from both in Canada and abroad. \u201cI anticipate as we go forward we are going to have a healthy mix of people who are here with some experience in Canada now and other employees who may not yet be here that will come to Canada through a program such as the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, as the public health situation allows,\u201d Fraser told reporters…<\/p>\n

The Minister of Canada made it known while announcing that the\u00a0Atlantic Immigration Pilot would become a permanent program in 2022, Fraser said Canada would get back to admitting a mix of immigrants from both in Canada and abroad. \u201cI anticipate as we go forward we are going to have a healthy mix of people who are here with some experience in Canada now and other employees who may not yet be here that will come to Canada through a program such as the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, as the public health situation allows,\u201d Fraser told reporters.
\nHis Speech Implications
\nThis means that those Temporary Residency applicants who have study or work permits and those of us who have been in the Express Entry pool for so long in the post-covid19 era can now get selected to move ourselves and family to Canada at last. To show us IRCC\u2019s seriousness in relation to the minister\u2019s statement, there have been some hints to let us know their next moves towards immigration for all. Just get ready to pack your luggage to Canada.
\nRatio of FSWP and other Program Candidates in the Pool
\nBefore I even mention them, do you know that FSWP candidates have the highest amount of candidates right now in the pool? In fact, nearly 80% of Express Entry candidates fall under FSWP. As at January the 4th 2022, out of nearly 194,000 candidates, more than 154,000 were FSWP candidates, about 38,000 were CEC candidates, 577 were\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Program\u00a0(FSTP) candidates, and the remaining 344 PNP candidates were\u00a0invited to apply\u00a0for\u00a0permanent residence\u00a0the following day. IRCC has not invited FSWP candidates to apply for permanent residence since the last all-program draw in\u00a0December, 2020.
\nPandemic Impact on Immigration
\nOnce the pandemic hit in March 2020, Canada only invited CEC and PNP candidates for a few months, then returned to all-program draws that summer. But in 2021, Canada only invited CEC and PNP candidates. The reason for inviting high numbers of CEC candidates was because the federal government had promised to admit\u00a0401,000 newcomers last year, and the strategy was to focus on candidates who were already in Canada. The overwhelming majority of CEC candidates are based in Canada. For the first six months of the year, Canada\u2019s travel restrictions barred non-exempt\u00a0permanent residents who had been approved outside of Canada\u00a0after March 2020 from entering the country. The more candidates they invited overseas, the more would be stuck in immigration limbo, unable to complete the landing process and become permanent residents.Adamant PNP & CEC Draws
\nEven after restrictions lifted, the PNP and CEC draws continued. In\u00a0September however,\u00a0IRCC stopped holding draws for CEC candidates, and instead only invited PNP candidates every two weeks.An\u00a0internal memo\u00a0from the same month suggests that IRCC paused CEC draws to help reduce application backlogs and get Express Entry processing back down to six months. In 2020, the average processing time was up to\u00a0nine months. As a result of the pause in CEC draws, the number of CEC-eligible candidates has grown to nearly 20% of the pool. Compare that to June, when CEC candidates made up 6% of the pool. At that time, IRCC had been holding CEC and PNP draws on the regular. In fact, that month they were drawing 6,000 CEC candidates\u00a0at a time.\u00a0It would have been a record had it not been for the\u00a0February 13 draw\u00a0when IRCC emptied the\u00a0pool of CEC candidates.
\nOur Optimism for 2022
\nThis year, we are expecting Canada to increase immigration levels targets. In the previous Immigration Levels Plan, Canada expected to admit 411,000 newcomers in 2022.\u00a0Immigration Minister Sean Fraser\u00a0has to announce the new targets by February 10. IRCC has said in a\u00a0September internal memo\u00a0that it wants to cut the Express Entry backlog in half in order to meet the processing standard of six months before resuming draws for categories other than the PNP. As of December, the Express Entry backlog was down to about 119,000 people waiting for decisions, compared to October when it was at nearly 138,000.
\nWhat More to Expect
\nThe decline was driven by CEC applications, which were down to nearly 25,000 applications in December compared to more than 48,000 in October. The FSWP backlog increased to about 55,000 in December, compared to October when it was at nearly 51,000. In recent months, IRCC has been ramping up processing. Toward the end of 2021 IRCC was finalizing more than 45,000 applications in a month. Senior IRCC officials met with high-ranking civil servants in November to discuss the Express Entry intake strategy for the months leading into early 2022. We will know what was discussed in this meeting when the information becomes publicly available. To rap up, it is not known when IRCC will resume FSWP or CEC draws, but we can get clues from how fast IRCC is processing applications, and the briefing notes from the November 2021 meeting. The updated immigration levels plan will also be telling.
\nYour Own Expected Responses
\nPreparation is key. You cannot just keep your hands crossed and wait whilst you still have the opportunity to get your processing started, calculate\/increase your CRS scores and even get your documentations ready for the selection. For those of us, who do not have our test scores perfect already, we can get that sorted out by applying for an online course at least and preparing alongside other candidates or on a private coaching with the tutor. Also, if you have not sent your credentials to Canada for assessment, now is the time to do so. In general, if you would want an agent to help you put all your documents and application in order for you whilst you rest yourself and expect to be chosen to be a permanent resident of Canada, you can as well request the assistance of an immigration agent or expert now! At A.O.S Migration Agency for instance, the first process to starting your immigration processing is to get to undergo the pre-evaluation process quickly. It is never too early to start the preparation for your intending migration to Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Canada made it known while announcing that the\u00a0Atlantic Immigration Pilot would become a permanent program in 2022<\/a>, Fraser said Canada would get back to admitting a mix of immigrants from both in Canada and abroad. \u201cI anticipate as we go forward we are going to have a healthy mix of people who are here with some experience in Canada now and other employees who may not yet be here that will come to Canada through a program such as the Atlantic Immigration Pilot, as the public health situation allows,\u201d Fraser told reporters…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backup.aosacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}