{"id":4555,"date":"2023-10-03T12:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2023-10-03T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:52:53","slug":"ircc-invites-candidates-in-first-ever-category-based-express-entry-draw-for-agriculture-and-agri-food-occupations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/ircc-invites-candidates-in-first-ever-category-based-express-entry-draw-for-agriculture-and-agri-food-occupations\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCC invites candidates in first ever category-based Express Entry draw for agriculture and agri-food occupations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada<\/a>\u00a0(IRCC) has issued 600\u00a0invitations to apply<\/a>\u00a0(ITAs) in the first ever category-based\u00a0Express Entry<\/a>\u00a0draw for agriculture and agri-food occupations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Candidates required a minimum\u00a0Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>\u00a0(CRS) score of 354.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IRCC says focusing on candidates with experience in the agriculture and agri-food sector\u2014including agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors, and retail and wholesale butchers\u2014will help the sector attract the skilled talent it needs across the country.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s agriculture and agri-food industry exported nearly $92.8 billion in agriculture and food products globally in 2022.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s draw is the third Express Entry draw of the week. Yesterday, September 27, saw 500 candidates with a minimum CRS of 472 invited from the French-speaking proficiency category.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 26, 3,000 candidates were invited in an all-program draw with a minimum CRS of 504.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Get a Free Express Entry Assessment<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Summary of Express Entry draw results since June 2023<\/h2>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nDraw Type<\/th>\nNumber of ITAs<\/th>\nMinimum CRS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sept 28<\/td>\nAgriculture and agri-food occupations<\/td>\n600<\/td>\n354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept 27<\/td>\nFrench language proficiency<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept. 26<\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n3,000<\/td>\n504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept 20<\/a><\/td>\nTransport occupations<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept 19<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n3,200<\/td>\n531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 15<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n4,300<\/td>\n496<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 3<\/a><\/td>\nTrade occupations<\/td>\n1,500<\/td>\n388<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 2<\/a><\/td>\nFrench language proficiency<\/td>\n800<\/td>\n435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 1<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n2,000<\/td>\n517<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 12<\/a><\/td>\nFrench language proficiency<\/td>\n3,800<\/td>\n375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 11<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n800<\/td>\n505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 7<\/a><\/td>\nFrench language proficiency<\/td>\n2,300<\/td>\n439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 6<\/a><\/td>\nHealthcare occupations<\/td>\n1500<\/td>\n463<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 5<\/a><\/td>\nSTEM occupations<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 4<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n700<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 28<\/a><\/td>\nHealthcare occupations<\/td>\n500<\/td>\n476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 27<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n4,300<\/td>\n486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 8<\/a><\/td>\nAll-program<\/td>\n4,800<\/td>\n486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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What is category-based selection<\/h2>\n

In May this year, IRCC announced that it would begin holding some\u00a0draws for Express Entry candidates based on one specific attribute<\/a>\u00a0rather than their overall CRS score.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

The introduction of categories was expected to take place this year following a change to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) in 2022 that gives the immigration minister the authority to select Express Entry candidates who are likely to help Canada meet its mandate to strengthen the economy and promote the French language outside of\u00a0Quebec<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To that end, six new categories were created for in-demand occupations and newcomers with strong French-language abilities. The five occupation-based categories are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Healthcare;
\n\u2022 STEM professions;
\n\u2022 Trades;
\n\u2022 Transport; and
\n\u2022 Agriculture and agri-food<\/p>\n

Since the\u00a0first category-based draw for healthcare workers on June 28<\/a>, IRCC has held draws in each of these categories except for Agriculture and agri-food. The highest number of category based ITAs (6,900) have been issued to candidates with strong abilities in French.<\/p>\n

Those who wish to immigrate to Canada through category-based selection must be in the Express Entry pool and meet a minimum CRS score.<\/p>\n

What is Express Entry?<\/h2>\n

Express Entry is an application management system for economic immigration candidates in the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Program<\/a>\u00a0(FSWP), the\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Program<\/a>\u00a0(FSTP) and the\u00a0Canadian Experience Class<\/a>\u00a0(CEC).<\/p>\n

Each of these programs uses the Comprehensive Ranking System to evaluate and rank candidates according to specific human capital factors such as work experience, occupation, education, age, and language ability. Each attribute has a specific point value and the candidates who obtain the highest overall scores are the most likely to receive an invitation to apply in an upcoming Express Entry draw.<\/p>\n

Eligibility for Express Entry depends on the program. For example, the FSWP and the FSTP program have different minimum\u00a0Canadian Language Benchmark<\/a>\u00a0requires and while the FSTP and FSWP require a minimum amount of settlement funds, the CEC does not require that candidates have them.<\/p>\n

ref: CICNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada\u00a0(IRCC) has issued 600\u00a0invitations to apply\u00a0(ITAs) in the first ever category-based\u00a0Express Entry\u00a0draw for agriculture and agri-food occupations.\u00a0\u00a0 Candidates required a minimum\u00a0Comprehensive Ranking [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4556,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions\/4556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadaii.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}