{"id":163608,"date":"2018-05-14T00:19:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163608"},"modified":"2018-05-14T00:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T04:19:34","slug":"manitoba-invites-626-immigration-candidates-in-new-expression-of-interest-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/14\/manitoba-invites-626-immigration-candidates-in-new-expression-of-interest-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba invites 626 immigration candidates in new Expression of Interest draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8083\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canada-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8083\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canada-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Manitoba has issued 626 Letters of Advice to Apply for a provincial nomination in a new Expression of Interest draw conducted May 11, including 151 candidates in the federal Express Entry pool. (ShutterStock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canada-flag.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/canada-flag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manitoba has issued 626 Letters of Advice to Apply for a provincial nomination in a new Expression of Interest draw conducted May 11, including 151 candidates in the federal Express Entry pool. (ShutterStock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Manitoba has issued 626 Letters of Advice to Apply for a provincial nomination in a new Expression of Interest draw conducted May 11, including 151 candidates in the federal Express Entry pool.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba\u2019s Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) said the Express Entry candidates invited through its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/manitoba-express-entry-pathway.html\">Express Entry-linked Skilled Workers Overseas sub-stream<\/a>\u00a0had to have a job seeker validation code and at least six months of recent experience in an occupation on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/manitoba-skilled-worker-immigration-stream.html#indemand\">MPNP\u2019s In-Demand Occupations List.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lowest-ranked Express Entry candidate invited had a ranking score under Manitoba\u2019s Expression of Interest (EOI) system of 562.<\/p>\n<p>Express Entry candidates whose application for provincial nomination is successful receive an additional 600 points toward their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry-comprehensive-ranking-system.html\">Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>\u00a0score.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 267 candidates in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/manitoba-skilled-worker-immigration-stream.html#SkilledWorkerinManitobaCategory\">Skilled Workers in Manitoba Stream<\/a>\u00a0were also issued Letters of Advice to Apply, or LAAs, with the lowest-ranked candidate having an EOI ranking score of 500.<\/p>\n<p>A further 109 LAAs were issued candidates in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/manitoba-skilled-worker-immigration-stream.html#SkilledWorkerOverseasCategory\">Skilled Workers Overseas Stream<\/a>. The lowest-ranked candidate in this group had an EOI ranking score of 602.<\/p>\n<p>These candidates had to have the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A close relative residing in Manitoba or past education or work experience in Manitoba;<\/li>\n<li>Declared a regional destination;<\/li>\n<li>At least six months of recent experience in an occupation on Manitoba\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.immigratemanitoba.com\/immigrate-to-manitoba\/in-demand-occupations\/\">In-demand Occupations list<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li>A minimum language proficiency of CLB 5 unless\u00a0work experience is primarily in a regulated occupation (minimum 7) or a compulsory trade\u00a0(CLB 6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The draw also issued 99 LAAs were under a Strategic Recruitment Initiative through the Skilled Workers Overseas Stream, with the lowest-ranked candidate having a score 706.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic Recruitment Initiatives include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recruitment missions. These overseas employment\/immigration fairs involve\u00a0MPNP representatives interviewing foreign skilled workers and subsequently inviting them to apply after they have made a formal Expression of Interest (EOI) to the MPNP.<\/li>\n<li>Exploratory visits. The MPNP may invite people who have undertaken a pre-approved Exploratory Visit and passed an interview with a program official.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manitoba has issued 626 Letters of Advice to Apply for a provincial nomination in a new Expression of Interest draw &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[50873,50872,3804],"class_list":["post-163608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","tag-expression-of-interest","tag-immigration-candidates","tag-manitoba","mauthors-stephen-smith","mauthors-cic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}