The number of immigrants through Express Entry may decrease
There is a possibility that Canada will not resume selections for the three immigration programs.
Last week, a Department of Immigration and Citizenship Canada document was released that caused confusion and a lot of rumours about what will happen to the Express Entry system in 2022. The document includes information on why Canada is not screening under the federal program for skilled professionals and working professionals starting in December 2020, and for specialists with Canadian work experience starting in September 2021. The document also expresses the intention to further postpone these draws.
As of January 2022, Express Entry selections are only for participants in provincial immigration programs.
The document is incomplete, so it is difficult to draw any conclusions from it, but it states that the lack of immigration selections is due to the long processing of applications. At the end of 2021, Express Entry had a backlog of 1.8 million people who were invited in selections and were waiting for their documents to be processed. The Department of Immigration is trying to shorten the waiting list, as well as the processing time to 6 months, as it used to be.
As noted in the document, the number of unprocessed applications increased because of previous travel restrictions, as well as the Ministry's desire to grant permanent residency first to those already in Canada in order to meet the immigration plan for 2021. As a result, applicants who applied to Express Entry from abroad were affected.
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