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- The future prospects of Express Entry There were two Express Entry PNP and CEC announcements this Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10. These two selections were only PNP and CEC selections, which had the largest number of applicants in Canada, just like last time for Express Entry, and this trend allowed us to look at future immigration trends in Canada. Since early 2021, the Canadian Immigration Service has selected only Express Entry CEC and PNP selections for candidates who may already be in Canada. This policy seems to be aimed at achieving Canada's immigration goals throughout the year, as well as minimizing travel restrictions and impact on international candidates due to Corona. In other words, FSW and FST programs, which can be accepted after receiving permanent residency from abroad, have not been selected this year, and it is difficult to predict exactly when they will be selected again. But what's certain is that if the spread of COVID-19 decreases significantly with the spread of COVID-19, FSW and FST programs will be selected again. If you look at the Express Entry PNP selection, which was selected this time, the selection was selected with 711 points and the invitation was issued with a starting score that was two points lower than the last selection. The reason why the score was further lowered in this selection is that 940 people were selected, about twice as many as 500 invitation issuers of the last selection. Express Entry PNP has a relatively higher selection score than other Express Entry because state-approved nominees apply for PNPs and automatically add 600 points to Express Entry. In other words, in order to be selected from EEPNP at 711 points, the applicant who had previously registered Express Entry as 111 points and received 600 PNP additional points could receive invitation. If you look at the Express Entry CEC on June 10, the selection was 368, down 12 points from the last selection. If you look at the latest scores, the score continues to fall to 417 on April 16, 400 on April 29, 401 on May 13, 397 on May 20, and 380 on May 31. CEC is a program that can be carried out by anyone with more than a year of full-time experience in Canada and an English score of CLB 5 or higher in the past three years, so most experience immigration permanent residency is conducted through this program. As the CEC score has been lowered, it is giving a lot of hope to applicants who had given up on the process due to a lack of permanent residency scores last year or before. Recently, the influx of people into Canada has decreased, and the number of applicants who have already entered Canada and are preparing for permanent residency has decreased, and EE selection is also increasing. If this continues, the Express Entry selection score will likely be lower. In addition, Canada sent more invitation compared to the same time in 2020, thanks to 27,332 major applicants selected at the time of the selection with 75 points on February 13. With the recent selection, Canada's immigration office is doing well on its promise to increase the number of immigration prisoners by 2023, and the prospects for permanent residency for the next two years are bright. If you are preparing for permanent residency now, or if you are planning to, don't wait any longer and try harder to prepare for permanent residency so that you don't miss this opportunity. 2021-06-16 Read more >
- BCPNP "Techpilot Program" Extended indefinitely The Techpilot program, popular as one of the most important programs for BCPNP state immigration, has been extended indefinitely and adopted as a formal program. According to a May 28 announcement by the BCPNP State Government, the Techpilot program, which was previously temporary, was supposed to run until June 30, 2021, but after June 30, it has been changed to a formal program and can be supported permanently supported. This is good news for applicants who were urgently preparing and accepting Techpilot by June 30 this year or those who couldn't apply due to lack of time. Techpolit was introduced temporarily in May 2017, with applicants working in 29 NOC Technology Sectors in the BC state. The reason why the BC state is implementing the Tech Pilot Immigration Program for only 29 sectors is that they are a major economic growth factor in BC, while the demand for Tech jobs is growing faster than supply. In other words, demand continues, but there is not enough labor to fill the vacancy, so it is to promote economic growth along with the promotion of the workforce. However, the shortage of talent in related fields has not been fully resolved despite the Techpilot progress from 2017 to 2021, so we decided to extend it permanently and implement it as a formal program for growth in certain areas and economic growth in provincial areas. Techpilot has continued despite COVID-19, and 1,855 people have applied for permanent residency in 2020, up 23% from 2019.The reason why Techpilot continues to gain popularity and proceed a lot is because of the advantages of this program. The first advantage is that unlike other BCPNP programs, they are selected every week and issued Invitation. That's why applicants in 29 major technology professions at Techpilot can get invitation faster. Of course, in order to register for BCPNP Techpilot Pool, you must register after meeting the qualification criteria for applying for the four BCPNP programs, such as for ordinary BCPNP applicants. The four BCPNP programs described here are Skilled Worker, International Graduate, International Post-Graduate, Healthcare Professional, and you can apply for BCPNP after meeting one or more of the basic application conditions. You must also earn enough Invitation draw points to receive Invitation. The second advantage is that the processing period of the application is very short. Applicants who apply through Tech Pilot have been announced that BCPNP will review and give results before other cases, and BCPNP nominee, or primary state approval, 24 hours at the earliest, or 1-2 weeks at the latest. It's a very fast procedure compared to the average three months for BCPNP applicants. Finally, the score selected for the Tech Pilot draw is lower than the BCPNP draw every other week. For example, the BCPNP score selected on May 25, 2021 was approximately 90-94 but the Techpilot score selected on June 1, 2019 was 80. Since BC state is a human resource that it wants to supply urgently, even the score to receive Invitation is being measured lower. As the Techpilot program, which has additional advantages over the basic BCPNP, has been adopted as a formal program, applicants in related jobs will be able to prepare for permanent residency thoroughly in the future. If you thought it was due in June this year and tried to give up your Techpilot job, please check again if you are included in the Techpilot job and get permanent residency. 2021-06-09 Read more >
- What if the employer changes after receiving LMIA? In fact, we can see that there are often instances where employers change after receiving work permits through LMIA. Usually, if an existing company is merged with another company, or if a new company purchases the current company, the current employer may change. In this case, many work permit holders will have many concerns, such as whether they should get LMIA again, whether they can have more experience, or whether permanent residency support is no longer available. However, even if the employer's company that supported LMIA is merged with another company or changed to another company, if you maintain the following two conditions, you can work without getting a new work permit. Of course, in this case, you can accumulate experience for permanent residency and apply for permanent residency. The first condition is that the new company must maintain the same business as the existing company. For example, if it is a restaurant company, it should be maintained as it is, and if it is a trading company, it should be maintained as a trading company. For example, even if you change from a restaurant to a production company and your position remains the same as before, you may need to get a work permit again because your business sector has changed. For your information, there is no provision that even the name of the company should be kept intact, but if you keep the name of the company, it can be easy to prove that it is the same field, so it is advantageous to maintain it as possible. The second condition is to keep the employee employed on the same terms as when the new company approved the existing LMIA. The conditions here are salary, position, and place of work. In other words, if the type of business changes or the wage, position, job, or company address changes, a new work permit must be issued. If the above changes are required to obtain a new work permit, you will not be able to start working for a new company until you receive a new permit. In order to get a new work permit, most cases have to start over with LMIA, so if the employer and conditions are going to change, they should be prepared in advance so that they can work immediately after the company changes. For example, if the employer does not change but moves to a position or other place within the company, LMIA and work permit may be required again. In this case, contact the person in charge of Service Canada who approved the LMIA to obtain approval for the change and maintain the work permit, but this may vary depending on the examiner. This change of employer does not necessarily require a new LMIA or work permit, but it can be maintained depending on the circumstances. Therefore, if there is a similar situation, we must consult with Service Canada, immigration or experts to check and proceed accurately. 2021-06-02 Read more >
- Canadian immigration trends in 2021 As we enter June 2021, the first half of 2021 is almost over and we are facing the second half. The first half of 2021 gave applicants preparing for permanent residency a lot of hopeful news and opportunities, and showed that the prospects for permanent residency in Canada will be bright in the future. Like this, in the second half of 2021, permanent residency in Canada seems positive, but certain situations can affect immigration to Canada, so we need to know and prepare in advance what situations can affect. Immigration to Canada in the remaining 2021 is likely to be affected by two major factors. First, the end of COVID-19 and secondly, the Canadian general election. The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic has had a positive impact on immigration to Canada as well as the global economic downturn, as everyone feels. In the months since March 2020, when COVID-19 Pandemic began, all immigration programs in Canada were temporarily suspended, but then again Canadian immigration continued and introduced a number of policy changes and new programs to meet immigration targets. As the COVID-19 situation gradually improved, there was also a massive immigration selection and program announcement in February and May this year. On the other hand, some of Express Entry's programs, FST and FSW, have been temporarily suspended since March 2020, and some PNP state immigration has been delayed. Due to COVID-19, all parts of the immigration office have not been normalized yet. Canada currently has more than 40% of its population in the first round of vaccinations, with Canada being among the top five most vaccinated countries along with Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States and Chile. In addition, an additional 20 million people are expected to receive vaccinations by the end of June this year, which will normalize not only immigration but also all activities in the future. Like this, Canada is trying to normalize the immigration process by ending COVID-19 and re-progressing the immigration program, which had been suspended for a while, and immigration process. Secondly, the start of the general election in Canada is also expected to affect immigration to Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly considering making a decision to proceed with the general election in the second half of 2021. Generally, the big program of immigration, Express Entry or PNP state immigration, is not significantly affected by elections. However, new immigration and temporary programs may be affected by the time of the election, as new policies and improvements to existing immigration issues are limited until the election is over. The aforementioned end of COVID-19 and the timing of the general election are expected to affect the progress of permanent residency in Canada for the rest of 2021. The sooner the COVID-19 ends, the faster the normalization of all immigration programs will be, and when the new immigration programs will be implemented depending on the timing of the general elections. I don't know the exact timing of both issues, but I'm preparing to emigrate to Canada as they have a big impact, so I hope you always watch these two issues carefully. 2021-05-26 Read more >
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