A More Competitive Selection Process
Young, with professional work experience, Canadian education and work experience, fluent in French and or English, and well-educated candidates succeed in the Canadian labor market after receiving a higher CRS score. Thanks to the shift to a more competitive selection for skilled settlers, such candidates are more likely to obtain a permanent Canadian residence. Canada’s federal government, territories, and provinces have recently shifted their selection employment conditions to account for human capital factors that research has demonstrated to have more substantial economic effects on newcomers.
Selection of More Immigrants from Within Canada
The increasing number of permanent inhabitants picked from within Canada is another shift. During the pre-pandemic period, the report tells us that newcomers overseas constituted around 70 percent of the immigrants who came into the country under the Express Entry. Still, that figure fell to some 30 percent in 2021. You could see the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship depending more on in-Canada candidates to attain its immigration targets amid travel restrictions and other pandemic-related disruptions.
From the mandate letter of Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, you can see more need to identify more immigration pathways for in-Canada candidates. Meanwhile, we have seen the Provincial Nominee Program and other streams helping territories, and provinces increasingly choose more in-Canada candidates.
The Canadian government research also backs the in-Canada selection trend, showing that temporary foreign employees and former international students enjoy the Canadian labor market due to their Canadian experience after gaining permanent residence.
