On May 6, 2021, IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) launched six new permanent residence (PR) streams for essential workers and international graduates.
Status of the applications after a month
- After one month, while the English-speaking International Graduate stream has touched its share of 40,000 applications, IRCC plans to adjust the shares for other categories within a day.
- Over 11,000 applications have been received for the two English-speaking essential worker streams, and the available share for both streams together is 50,000 applications.
- The response so far is the lowest for the three French-speaking streams, and the applications will be accepted till November 6, 2021.
