The next month will hold announcements for the Parents and Grandparents Program, Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025, Statistics Canada census data and more Next month will be a busy one for Canada's immigration sector. Over the next few weeks, we can expect some year-end developments that will set the stage for immigration goals and trends for the next year and beyond. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will announce the PGP 2022 process at the end of October and the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan on November 1. In addition, Statistics Canada will release 2021 immigration census data for the first time in five years. Additionally, Express Entry Draw's composite ranking system (CRS) minimum score may continue to drop below 500 in the recently relaunched program, similar to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic standards.

1. October is set to be a major month
for Canadian immigration
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2. Next month will be a busy
one for Canada's
immigration sector. Over the
next few weeks, we can
expect some year-end
developments that will set
the stage for immigration
goals and trends for the next
year and beyond.
Parents and Grandparents Program, Immigration
Levels Plan 2023-2025

3.  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
will announce the PGP 2022 process at the end of
October and the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
on November 1. In addition, Statistics Canada will
release 2021 immigration census data for the first time
in five years.
 Additionally, Express Entry Draw's composite ranking
system (CRS) minimum score may continue to drop
below 500 in the recently relaunched program, similar
to the pre-COVID-19 pandemic standards.

4. Parents and Grandparents Program 2022
 Applications for the Parents and Grandparents
Program (PGP) will open in the coming weeks, IRCC
told CIC News in an email on Sept. 6.
 This program allows applicants to sponsor their
parents or grandparents to immigrate to Canada. In
recent years, IRCC has drawn lots to determine
which parents and grandparents are eligible for
visas. However, it remains to be confirmed whether
this will also be the case this year, and IRCC will
clarify the process in its announcement.

5.  Sponsors must be able to demonstrate that they are
Canadian citizens or permanent residents over the age of
18 and have more than the sponsor's required minimum
income. You must also sign a pledge to support your
parents or grandparents for 20 years (10 years if the
sponsor lives in Quebec).
 In 2021, IRCC will host the PGP lottery, inviting 30,000
Canadians to apply for sponsorship. Last year's numbers
were higher to make up for lower numbers in 2020. With
the start of the pandemic, IRCC is only allowing 10,000
sponsors to apply for the 2020 PGP.

6. 2021 Census Report
 Statistics Canada releases detailed immigration data
every five years. The last immigration census data
was released in October 2017.
 Statistics Canada collects data on all Canadians every
year to better understand Canadian lives. For
example, factors such as income level, number of
people living together, language spoken, etc. The
government uses this data to better assess the real
life situation of Canadians and better predict their
needs.

7.  New census data shows how many immigrants live in
Canada, where they choose to settle, what languages
they speak at home and how many people they live
with. This will help shape the outlook for
immigration initiatives such as future immigration
levels planning.
 Data will be released in the last week of October.

8. Express Entry CRS score may drop below 500
 After a hiatus of more than 18 months, IRCC resumed its
program-wide Fast Track draw last July. In the first
round of draws on July 6, 1,500 candidates were invited
to apply for permanent residency with a minimum score
of 557 in the overall ranking system.
 Since July 6th, the minimum CRS has been steadily
decreasing with each draw. The first five draws have
dropped 8 or 9 points, and the last two draws on
September 14 and 28 have only dropped 6 points each.
The latest score on September 28 was 504. If this trend
continues, the score for all programming draws since the
Dec. 23, 2020 draw with a express entry CRS score of
468 could soon drop below 500.

9.  Scores are slowly falling, but 504 is still significantly
higher compared to the pre-pandemic relationship.
The common draw CRS score before the pandemic
was between 450 and 500.
 As CRS scores continue to decline, so does the
number of ITAs per draw. Likewise, the first few
draws added 250 ITAs per draw, and the last three
draws added 500 ITAs per draw. Before the
pandemic, 3,400 to 4,500 candidates were invited to
each draw for all programs in 2020.

10. Immigration Levels Plan 2023-2025
 IRCC publishes an immigration level plan every year as a
guide to the number of immigrants who can enter
Canada each year. Includes immigration breakdowns for
economy, family and humanitarian class plans for the
next three years.
 This year IRCC seems poised to set more record goals.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser told CIC News in June
that the target of up to 500,000 new permanent
residents could be achieved over the next few years, but
did not specify when that would happen. Given Canada's
current labour shortage and large number of job
openings, the target is unlikely to be lowered.

11.  Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
(IRPA), IRCC has set a Nov. 1 deadline to announce the
new plan, but Congress will be sitting for four
consecutive weeks after Thanksgiving in Canada, so the
plan will be delayed a few Sundays. It may arrive early.
IRPA is the primary law regulating immigration to
Canada.
 IRCC will work with other government departments and
stakeholders to develop an immigration stratification
plan to balance how permanent resident places are
allocated within each immigration category, and plan
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