Ottawa: Under Canada's point-based Express Entry system, the total number of immigrants invited to apply for permanent residency fell to 46,539 in 2022. This represents a startling 59% decrease from the statistic of 114,000 invitations from the prior year. However, as they did for several years, Indians remained at the top of the lists. As many as 20,769 Indian citizens were invited to be permanent residents during 2022, which constitute nearly 45% of the total invites that were issued in this particular period. Next in line were citizens from Nigeria who obtained 2,909 (6% of the invites) and Chinese who bagged 2,456 invites (5% of the invites).
The immigration division of the Canadian government, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has published the "Express Entry Report-2022," which offers data by nation. According to specialists in immigration, the temporary suspension of draws for "Federal Skilled" immigrant programmes from September 2021 to July 2022 is to blame for the decreased number of draws in 2022. The Express Entry system consists of three core programmes, typically the Federal Skilled Worker Program is the most significant in contributing to the permanent resident intake.
A total of 65,565 Indians, or 57%, received invitations to apply for permanent residence in 2021's 114,000 Express Entry draws, which were conducted by the IRCC. The most prevalent professions in 2022 were primarily tied to the technology sphere and included information systems specialists, computer system developers, and programmers.