Should Canada Eliminate Category-Based Draws?

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is reportedly querying how effective the category-based draws are, recently published documents reveal.

ATIP notes, obtained by Mandeep Lidher of Caneast Immigration Services, reveal internal discussions at IRCC highlighting that the category-based draws aren't working as expected or as the immigration department had hoped. In this post, we dig into what's driving the concerns about how the category-based draws are functioning, and whether IRCC will eliminate them.

Key Takeaways

• Internal IRCC documents reveal that the category-based draws aren't working as expected or hoped.

• Future solutions may include 'caps' for overall numbers of invitations going to certain occupations within a category.