IRCC Announced To Open New Trades-Targeted Express Entry Draw This Week

IRCC Announced To Open New Trades-Targeted Express Entry Draw This Week: Marc Miller announced the launch of a new Trades-Targeted Express Entry Draw this week. This draw aims to address the country’s shortage of skilled trades workers and will specifically target ten different trades occupations. 

The move is a powerful step towards welcoming more talented individuals, like plumbers, carpenters, and welders, to contribute their expertise and skills to Canada’s construction sector. In this article, we will discuss IRCC announced to open new trades-targeted Express Entry draw this week. 

IRCC Announced To Open New Trades-Targeted Express Entry Draw This Week

Today, The New Immigration Minister of Canada, Marc Miller, announced that the new and first draw of Express Entry which targets ten different trades occupations will open this week. 

This latest news will emphasize many students with expertise in skilled trades, like plumbing, carpentry, and welding.

The more interesting thing is to see the cutoff score of CRS for these latest trades occupations. 

He confirmed that category-specific selection rounds will take place throughout the year besides the regular invitation rounds. More information regarding this will be provided in the upcoming weeks.

The New Honourable Minister of Canada Immigration and Citizenship, Marc Miller, said it is most important to highlight the lack of talented and professional trades workers in our country, and the solution is to help the construction sector find and maintain all the employees it needs. 

He added that I am happy to announce that skilled trades workers have been identified as essential in our category-based selection process. I am excited to welcome more talented individuals from this field to Canada.

On 2 August 2023, a total of 800 invitations were issued to apply for permanent residency (PR) through the latest Express Entry draw, which was especially for profiles with a French proficiency level of 7 or higher.

Also, the cutoff of this latest Express Entry draw of the CRS score was increased by 60 points to 435 scores. 

Earlier, on 1 August, ‘no program specified’ and the Express Entry draw issued around 2000 PR (Permanent Residence) application invitations. 

The draw of 1 August considered all the valid profiles within the Express Entry system under the Federal Skilled Trades Program, Federal Skilled Worker Program, and Canadian Experience Class.

Also, any Express Entry profiles with a provincial nomination under one of the earlier categories are considered for the “no program specified” Express Entry draw.

Here is the summary of the Express Entry draws

Summary of the Express Entry draw today – August 2

• Date of round: August 02, 2023 

• Draw category: Targeted for French Speakers proficiency level 7

• Number of invitations issued: 800

• Rank required to apply: 800 or above

• lowest-ranked candidate invited with a CRS score: 435

Summary of August 1 – Express Entry Draw

• Date of round: August 01, 2023

• Draw category: ‘No Program Specified‘

• Number of invitations issued: 2,000

• Rank required to apply: 2,000 or above

• lowest-ranked candidate invited with a CRS score: 517

After knowing IRCC announced to open new trades-targeted Express Entry draw this week, you must know the CRS score range of 1 August.

CRS Score distribution Of Latest Express Entry – August 1, 2023

So, it is all about IRCC announced to open new trades-targeted Express Entry draw this week. 

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Source:-immigrationnewscanada.ca