Federal Skill Worker draws are back in business. Canada conducted its fourth back to back FSW draw on October 14, 2020 and invited 4500 immigration candidates for PR on September 30, 2020.

Draw# 165 was an all program draw. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut off for this draw was the same as the previous FSW draw. The CRS cut off was 471.

IRCC applied the tie-breaking rule to this draw as well. The date and time were September 1, 2020, at 12:11:23 UTC, which means anyone meeting the cut-off would have received an invitation.

It is the first time since February 2020 that Canada has invited 4500 candidates. It looks like the trends have changed from CEC/PNP draws to FSW draws. Canada is looking to invite more candidates from the all program pool. 

With this draw, Canada has issued 82,850 ITA's in the current year. 

List of all FSW Draws in 2020

List of all Express Entry Draws in 2020

Y-o-Y comparison of ITA's issued under various categories:

Canada's government will announce immigration levels for 2021-2023 later this month, which will provide details on how many immigrants Canada plans to admit in the next two years.

Canada is re-opening border for International Students from October 20, 2020. Starting October 20, 2020, international students will be allowed to enter Canada in a phased manner.

To be eligible, these students must be attending a designated learning institution that has been identified by their provincial or territorial government as having a COVID‑19 readiness plan.

The concerned DLI must have a COVID-19 readiness plan in place validated by the respective province.

More details will be published on October 8. 2020. Canada.ca press release

While this is definitely positive news for students wanting to go to Canada to study, VACs across India remain closed as of writing.

 

Canada conducted its fourth Federal Skill Worker draw since August and invited 4200 immigration candidates for PR on September 30, 2020.

Draw# 164 was an all program draw - only the 6th since March and 9th since the start of the year. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cut off for this draw was 1 points lower than the previous FSW draw. The CRS cut off was 471.

The Tie-breaking rule was applied to this draw as well. The date and time was March 2, 2020 at 12:47:08 UTC, which means anyone meeting the cut-off would have received an invitation.

List of previous Federal Skill Worker draws and their Cut-offs:
#164 - Sep 30, 2020 (471)
#163 - Sep 16, 2020 (472)
#162 – Sep 2, 2020 (475)
#158 – Aug 5, 2020 (476)
#155 – Jul 8, 2020 (478)
#138 – Mar 4, 2020 (471)
#137 – Feb 19, 2020 (470)
#136 – Feb 5, 2020 (472)
#135 – Jan 22, 2020 (471)
#134 – Jan 8, 2020 (473)
List of previous Federal Skill Worker draw invitations:

#164 - Sep 30, 2020 (4200)
#163 - Sep 16, 2020 (4200)
#162 Sep 2, 2020 (4200)
#158 Aug 5, 2020 (3900)
#155 Jul 8, 2020 (3900)
#138 Mar 4, 2020 (3900)
#137 Feb 19, 2020 (4500)
#136 Feb 5, 2020 (3500)
#135 Jan 22, 2020 (3400)
#134 Jan 8, 2020 (3400)

Here is the Y-o-Y comparison of ITA's issued in each

NSNP (Nova Scotia PNP) invited candidates with automotive repair experience in the latest draw held on September 24, 2020.

NSNP invited candidates having experience in below NOC Codes:

NOC 7321 - Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers


NOC 7322 - Motor vehicle body repairers


Instructions for candidates who received this invitation:

Candidates must have a primary occupation of motor vehicle body repairers (NOC 7322) or automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers (NOC 7321)

Candidates must provide letters of reference from employers to demonstrate that they have two or more years of full-time or equivalent part-time experience in NOC 7321 or 7322. This experience must be within the preceding five years of application.

Have a Canadian Language Benchmark score of 5 or higher in English.

Have completed a program of two or more years at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institutes.

Candidates must include copies of language tests and proof of education with their application. For educational credential obtained outside of Canada, Proof of education must include an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report issued by an organization designated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. October 24, 2020.

SINP (Saskatchewan PNP) invited 535 candidates under "Occupation-in-Demand" and "Express Entry" categories of SINP. This draw was conducted on September 24, 2020 and candidates having experience in below NOC codes were invited:

0013, 0014, 0016, 0111, 0112, 0113,
0114, 0121, 0124, 0125, 0212, 0213,
0421, 0423, 0601, 0711, 0712, 0714,
0731, 0821, 0911, 1112, 1114, 1121,
1122, 1123, 1211, 1212, 1215, 1221,
1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1241, 1242,
1243, 1252, 1313, 2112, 2121, 2171,
2212, 2222, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234,
2241, 2242, 2243, 2251, 2254, 2262,
2263, 2264, 2281, 2282, 2283, 3219,
3237, 4033, 4161, 4162, 4163, 4164,
4165, 4166, 4169, 6221, 6235, 6313,
6316, 6342, 7305, 7311, 8222, 8241,
8252, 9212, 9213

Invited Candidates had Educational Credential Assessments.

Among those who selected the occupations listed below, the following candidates were invited to apply:

Occupations in Demand: 257 candidates were invited in Occupations in Demand category

• Those with 82 points or higher

Express Entry:  278 candidates were invited in Express Entry category

• Those with 82 points or higher

In the current year, Saskatchewan has invited 2,740 Occupations In-Demand candidates and 2,245 Express Entry candidates so far, bringing the total to 4,985 invitations in these two sub-categories. To be considered for the draw, candidates must have submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) profile to the SINP.

Check the SINP Excluded Occupation List