Canadian immigration department IRCC starts the summer sessions with new invitations round. On May 11, the latest provincial nominee program draw has been released. This helped 545 candidates to apply for permanent residency in Canada. Since these successful candidates have nominations from the respected provinces, they got 600 extra points. Overall CRS observes as 753. This is the least CRS score after the last 5 draws.
Provincial Nominee Program
- Number of invitations issued: 545
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 545th or above
- Date and time of round: May 11, 2022, at 14:08:07 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 753
- Tie-breaking rule: December 15, 2021, at 20:32:57 UTC
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 602 |
| 501-600 | 6,972 |
| 451-500 | 51,541 |
| 491-500 | 3,639 |
| 481-490 | 7,015 |
| 471-480 | 15,760 |
| 461-470 | 14,167 |
| 451-460 | 10,960 |
| 401-450 | 49,886 |
| 441-450 | 10,230 |
| 431-440 | 10,837 |
| 421-430 | 8,176 |
| 411-420 | 9,765 |
| 401-410 | 10,878 |
| 351-400 | 61,089 |
| 301-350 | 31,833 |
| 0-300 | 4,803 |
| Total | 206,726 |
Express Entry Round of invitations in 2022
| # | Date | Immigration program | Invitations issued | CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited |
| 222 | May 11, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 545 | 753 |
| 221 | April 27, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 829 | 772 |
| 220 | April 13, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 787 | 782 |
| 219 | March 30, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 919 | 785 |
| 218 | March 16, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 924 | 754 |
| 217 | March 2, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 1047 | 761 |
| 216 | February 16, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 1082 | 710 |
| 215 | February 2, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 1070 | 674 |
| 214 | January 19, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 1036 | 745 |
| 213 | January 5, 2022 | Provincial Nominee Program | 392 | 808 |
Canada has recently announced the most important news of 2022. Canadian immigration department IRCC has updated the proof of funds requirements. These new requirements will be implemented from June 9, 2022. The changes have been made to the “Federal Skilled Worker Program” and “Federal Skilled Trades Program”. The candidates who have already applied should update these changes by 8 June 2022.
The good news is finally out as in July, the IRCC will begin FSWP and CEC draw system (invitations). The announcement was made by Canada’s immigration minister, Sean Fraser. Minister Sean Fraser. He also further confirmed that Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) applicants will be eligible for an open work permit renewal of up to 18 months from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).