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- Second time Express Entry category draw. First of all you must register in the pool. Express Entry is a representative permanent residency program in Canada that anyone who prepares for permanent residency in Canada has heard of at least once, and it has the advantage of being faster to proceed and update than other immigration programs because everything from Pool registration to filing. Based on the applicant's age, educational background, experience, language score, spouse score, LMIA or PNP possession, the system automatically translates scores into Pool and automatically selects EE every two weeks from the time they are registered in Pool. Once registered, I will continue to participate in the selection for a year, and when my score was higher than the starting score, I will be issued an invitation card called Invitation and wait for permanent residency approval after receiving the document. However, if you enter your conditions as mentioned before, your score will be automatically calculated and registered in the pool, but if you lack the score, it may be difficult to issue invitations or invitations for permanent residency. For example, on January 7, 2021, the starting score was 461 points, and all applicants who maintained higher scores received invitation, but applicants who scored lower than 461 had no choice but to commit to the next selection. From last year to this year, the starting score is usually fluctuating from 430 to 470. In order to be selected every other week, it would be possible to proceed only if you satisfied enough points, but there are many applicants who wonder if it would be meaningful to register for Express Entry even if they do not have enough points. To answer first, of course, I recommend registering with Express Entry first. The first reason is that once you register Express Entry, you can continue to change to a new English score and update additional career and academic scores. Because of this, the first registration doesn't stop there, but you can keep updating and increasing your score. Through this, you can see at a glance what areas you are currently lacking in and how much you need to raise. Secondly, there was a situation last year, and the starting score, which exceeded the average of 470 points last year, dropped sharply in the summer and fell to the 430s. As a result, applicants who registered first and waited were able to proceed with permanent residency immediately after receiving a sudden invitation. Like this, Express Entry selection scores are not fixed, but can change rapidly at any time, so we strongly recommend that you register in advance. In addition, one program of expression, Federal Skilled Trade (FST), is selected only once or twice a year, and if you are preparing for FST, you must register it in advance and prepare it for a sudden selection. Finally, the tie breaking rule, that is, the same score as the starting score. For example, if I was registered as 461 points on January 7th, I would not give invitation to all 461 points, but give a chance to the person who registered first among 461 points. For example, there are a total of 100 applicants registered with 461 points, and if only 60 of them are selected, 40 people who later registered cannot receive invitation even if they have 461 points. That's why you need to register in advance to prepare for this kind of situation. For this reason, even if I don't have a score to register EE, it's important to register and update it regularly once you meet the conditions to register and look at future immigration trends. Recently, with good news, it has announced that it will accept more immigrants from 2021 to 2023, so it is predicted that the selection score of Express Entry could be lowered in the future. It seems that there will be very favorable ways for applicants over the next three years, so don't miss this opportunity and get permanent residency well. 2021-01-20 Read more >
- You will be able to re-apply for PGWP. On January 8, the Canadian Immigration Office announced a special temporary policy of re-applying the Post-Gradiation Work Permit (PGWP) for Canadian students studying abroad. Post-Gradiation Work Permit (PGWP) is an open work permit that can be received for up to three years when you graduate from or complete a program designated by the Canadian Immigration Service. The purpose of the PGWP is to help students who have completed their studies in Canada return to their native countries or even obtain permanent residency through the opportunity to work with various employers in Canada. From January to December 2020, as about 30,000 PGWP holders have already become permanent residents or are waiting for approval after receiving permanent residency, PGWP is helping to obtain permanent residency. In principle, this PGWP is a limit that can only be received once in life, and if it has already been approved, it cannot be applied again. However, this Covid-19 has greatly reduced the opportunity for many PGWP holders to get the experience they need to apply for permanent residency and also reduced the opportunity for PGWP holders to contribute to the Canadian economy. In order to overcome these difficult times well, the Canadian Immigration Service has decided to provide special opportunities to international students who have or have PGWP once again. All four conditions must be met as below under the conditions of the applicant who can re-apply for this PGWP. First, the PGWP must expire on or after January 30, 2020 or within the next four months. Second, you have to live in Canada now. Thirdly, you must either have a Permit to live in Canada or apply for a Restore if you do not. Lastly, you have to apply between January 27, 2021 and July 27, 2021. The special opportunity is estimated to benefit 52,000 graduates with PGWP, which will provide an additional 18 months of open work permitt. Canada's Immigration Service says it will continue to announce these special policies to address not only the opportunity for many people to build a future in Canada, but also the labor shortage in Canada. 2021-01-13 Read more >
- Required PCR results when entering Canada Finally, with the start of COVID-19 vaccinations in some countries, COVID-19 is expected to decrease in the future. However, since the vaccine will have to wait and see for some time to be used worldwide, additional measures have been taken to prevent further COVID-19 proliferation in both countries and Canada. In the future, all travelers arriving in Canada must submit the COVID-19 verification certificate they received three days before their arrival. Not all COVID-19 tests are accepted, but we have decided to acknowledge the negative results through PCR tests, which are currently considered the most effective tests. Although the exact time of implementation has not been announced yet, we decided to announce the details by early January 2021. Even after submitting this COVID-19 voice inspection confirmation certificate, we decided to keep the previous 14 days of self-isolation. In other words, every traveler arriving in Canada must have a voice-check and 14 days of quarantine, and plan how to stay indoors for 14 days to get food, food and medicine. It has repeatedly announced that breaking these quarantine rules could result in a six-month prison term or a maximum fine of $750,000 as before. Of course, 14 days of self-isolation can be excluded if approved by the Canadian government before entering Canada. In general, you can exclude 14 days of self-isolation to watch your deathbed or to attend a funeral. To summarize, to enter Canada, you have to check the following three parts in advance. First, travelers must have a PCR voice test for COVID-19 three days before entering Canada. Second, travelers must have 14 day quarantine plans. There must be a plan and method to obtain quarantine and essential items such as food, foodstuffs or medicines Third, you must install the ArriveCAN mobile application to provide your personal information and flight information before traveling to Canada. The just-started COVID-19 vaccine is expected to take some time to end COVID-19, but as COVID-19 ends, it is expected that some closed immigration or reduced specific immigration will be reopened. prepare for permanent residenceIf you've been waiting for COVID-19, we recommend you start preparing for permanent residency again and prepare for the Canadian permanent residency that will begin again. 2021-01-06 Read more >
- 2020 Canadian immigration trends and prospects for future immigration The eventful year of 2020 is gone and 2021 is coming. I think 2020 has been a year of change for everyone to feel like it has passed faster than any other year. COVID-19 has been influenced by immigration to Canada as well as many prepared plans, and it is expected to continue until 2021. Earlier this year, the WHO made a Pandemic announcement and this worldwide Pandemic forced Canada to make extensive changes to its policy on border control, travel and immigration. From March 16 this year, Canada announced that it would restrict entry to most people except Canadian citizens, permanent residents, immediate family members and certain professions, and pushed for 14 days of self-isolation for anyone who enters from abroad. In addition, special policies were implemented for each business to prevent further proliferation, which resulted in many businesses shutting down and reducing working hours or losing jobs for millions of workers. The Canadian government had no choice but to take such extreme measures, but despite these measures, there have been many infections in Canada as well. This resulted in Canada receiving only 4,000 new immigrants in April, the lowest monthly immigration figure in 40 years. However, Canada has announced many temporary policies as below to actively attract immigrants next time. First, I was able to apply for PGWP within 180 days of graduating from PGWP, or Canadian public schools, and then applying for PGWP within 180 days of graduating from a program that would give confidence and enhancement to students who could earn an open work permit. In addition, considering that many students are not allowed to attend classes after March, if they do not attend classes for a certain period of time or if they have completed classes online, they are allowed to apply for the PGWP if they have attended and graduated in personally. It was extended until April 2021. The reason why Canada benefits from such a special policy is that more than 17% of new immigrants were Canadian students in 2019, and that they could have a great impact on the Canadian economy in the future. Second, brothers, sisters, and grandparents who were not directly Canadian or permanent residents' families were allowed to enter Canada if they applied in advance and received permission. This applied to individuals in a dating relationship, and this was a special measure to help them get back together with their loved ones in a family-oriented Canada. Thirdly, despite COVID-19, the Canadian federal government began normalizing LMIA again in June, continuing to approve additional work permitt (employment permit), Study Permit (visitor permit) and more if it actively supported local employers in Canada who needed to supplement. Of course, this process has often been delayed than the average check-in period, but it's still going on. Lastly, we will proceed with permanent residency. Despite the current situation, the Federal Immigration Program Express Entry and the State Immigration PNP continue to be selected, and permanent residency approval continues. In addition, in the middle of this year, the lowest Express Entry score of the year was lowered to the 430 mark. Also, this year was the year when Express Entry was issued the most invitation. Of course, some immigration programs have fluctuated and experienced some delays, but most immigration programs are still ongoing. As above, the biggest reason why Canada continues to open the door to immigration is for economic recovery and growth in Canada. Everyone knows that Canada is currently suffering from economic difficulties due to unprecedented events. In order to recover this, we need to increase the number of workers who can revive the economy, but Canada is expecting a lot from new immigrants again this time as it has been working to solve the problem and grow its economic power through immigrants. To support this, on October 30, the Minister of Immigration, Marco Mendicino, raised the number of new immigrants from 2021 to 2023 from 350,000 to 400,000 each year. It plans to welcome more than 1.2 million new immigrants over the next three years. Given this situation, the prospect of future immigration to Canada is on the horizon, and if you are considering immigration to Canada due to COVID-19, you will see more benefits. If you are immigrating to Canada, it's time to start now, so please prepare thoroughly and proceed. 2020-12-30 Read more >
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