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Your options to overcome inadmissibility to Canada

Canada welcomes millions of tourists, visitors, immigrants, foreign workers, and students each year. However, before coming to Canada, whatever the reason, it’s important to know that a past criminal record can make you inadmissible.
If you have been convicted of a crime in the past, your admissibility to Canada is calculated based on the equivalency of the foreign criminal offence into Canadian law.

Most popular ways to immigrate to Canada from Pakistan

In 2023, Canada aims to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents. By 2025, this target is increased to 500,000. Pakistan is one of the top source countries of new immigrants to Canada, which is currently home to over 300,000 Pakistani people. The largest share of Pakistani people live in Ontario, especially in Toronto, Mississauga and Milton.

Agriculture and agri-food occupations for category-based Express Entry draws

On May 31st, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) was launching category-based selection draws for Express Entry candidates.
IRCC will give preference to Express Entry candidates who have a strong French language proficiency or work experience in the following fields:
Healthcare, Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions, Trades, such as carpenters, plumbers, and contractors, Transport, Agriculture and agri-food

BREAKING: IRCC holds fourth Express Entry draw this week

Canada has held an Express Entry draw for the fourth day in a row this week. IRCC has held its first-ever French category-based Express Entry draw, inviting 2,300 candidates with strong French-speaking abilities. Candidates required a minimum CRS score of 439, which is the lowest CRS score of 2023. This is the sixth round of invitations issued in two weeks and brings the total number of candidates invited through Express Entry over this period to 9,800.