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<\/p>\nApril 6th 2016 – Canadian Immigration authorities conducted the 8th round of invitations under Express Entry in 2016, inviting 954 applicants for permanent residence.\u00a0 The lowest Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score has remained at 470.\u00a0\u00a0 It was the lowest number of invitations issued to-date, under the Express Entry system.<\/p>\n
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Express Entry is an immigration system implemented by Canadian immigration authorities (\u00ab\u00a0CIC\u00a0\u00bb) on January 1, 2015 which manages skilled worker applications under Federal Economic programs. This includes the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Program<\/a>, the\u00a0Skilled Trades Program<\/a>, the\u00a0Canada Experience Class<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Provincial Nominee Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n Immigration authorities recently confirmed stakeholders can\u00a0expect to see more frequent draws and\u00a0future CRS scores well below\u00a0500\u00a0this year, to enable Canadian immigration authorities to meet targeted\u00a0annual immigration levels for 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is expected that the majority of applicants to be issued (ITA\u2019s) under Canada\u2019s Express Entry Immigration system in 2016 will require a CRS score of well below 500 points, enabling a growing number of applicants to receive permanent admission to Canada without a job offer or nomination under a provincial immigration program.<\/p>\n Find out whether you qualify to Canada by completing our\u00a0free on-line evaluation.<\/a>\u00a0We will provide you with your evaluation results within 1-2 business days.<\/p>\n Employers are encouraged to consider securing an LMIA or nomination under provincial nomination programs (PNP\u2019s) to ensure long term retention of employees.<\/p>\n We provide Canadian employers with unparalleled immigration legal services and recruitment of foreign nationals through our in-house enterprise SkilledWorker (www.skilledworker.com<\/a>). We bring approved candidates to Canada in the shortest time possible. Employers in a wide range of industries can directly benefit from our unique position as one of Canada\u2019s leading online immigration firms in the industry to meet both their recruitment and immigration requirements.<\/p>\n Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Immigration.ca News Articles<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A daily news source outlining the latest developments in immigration, employment and the economy with commentaries by Attorney Colin Singer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n At\u00a0SkilledWorker<\/a>\u00a0we are dedicated to developing long-term strategic alliances with client companies and candidates alike. \u00a0We strictly adhere to our guiding principles of honesty, integrity and confidentiality.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Colin R. Singer is immigration counsel for\u00a0www.immigration.ca<\/a>\u00a0and Managing Partner of SkilledWorker. He is one\u00a0of Canada’s foremost senior corporate immigration attorneys. Colin is internationally recognized as an experienced and recommended authority on Canadian immigration and foreign recruitment. In addition to being licensed human resources professional, he is a licensed Canadian lawyer in good standing with the Quebec Law Society for more than 25 years and is authorized by the Canadian government in all immigration matters.<\/p>\n Read our 2015 Express Entry Year-End report,\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested employers:<\/strong>\u00a0Kindly\u00a0contact us<\/a>\u00a0here to receive further information.<\/p>\n Interested candidates:\u00a0<\/strong>Find out whether you qualify to Canada by completing our\u00a0free on-line evaluation<\/a>. We will provide you with our evaluation within 1-2 business days.<\/p>\n Recent News Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat this means for candidates<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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