Canada is regarded as the most favorite destination for immigrants, welcoming a large number of people from abroad nations such as India, China, philippines etc.
The high quality of life, strong economy, health facilities, education, job opportunities, huge urbanisation and accepting nature are some of the reasons why immigrants are attracted to canada.
Thousands of skilled people from India are applying each year for Canada’s Permanent Residency, the most sought-after visa.
Coming to the latest news, the Express Entry draw that was held on November 18, 2020 is the largest Express Entry draw so far, a total of 5,000 invitations were issued to candidates in this draw.
The newest 5,000 invitations pushed the total ITA numbers to 92,350 this year 2020, this is a record breaking feat as the number is highest till date.
Means, more than 92,000 candidates are one step closer to obtaining Canada PR.
We can expect even more big figures from Next Year, as Canada is aiming to welcome over 400,000 new immigrants every year, for three consecutive years 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Express Entry is a high demand Immigration Application Management System of Canada, designed to offer fast immigration to Canada for candidates belonging to any one of the three economic-class programs such as Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.
Candidates of the federal government's skilled worker programs are allotted scores through Comprehensive Ranking System depending on the candidate's human capital factors such as age, education qualifications, work experience, and language ability (English or French) etc.
CRS score would be taken into account to assess and rank the profile in the Express Entry pool.
ITAs are issued to the highest scoring (CRS score) candidates in an Express Entry invitation round, apply for Canadian permanent residence
The CRS requirement is more than 470 for all program draws this year 2020.
ITA full form is Invitation to Apply, this is an invitation issued by IRCC to the eligible candidates to apply for permanent residence in Canada. The invitation allows some people who submitted their profile to Express Entry to apply for PR.
The accepted application will be processed in 6 months or less
High ranked candidates will get the invitation, means the candidate must possess highly-ranked Express Entry profile
Candidates are required a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 472
Candidates must have a valid job offer (or) get nominated by a province or territory