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Express Entry: Invitation To Apply For Permanent Residence

Your skills and potential can be your door to Canada through Express Entry System. You need to receive an Invitation to Apply (IAT) for getting the permanent residency of the Canada.

Invitation To Apply for Canadian Permanent Residence

The candidates with the highest scores in the express entry pool are short-listed and are considered for an ITA. It is a program of Canadian federal government through which IRCC draws out an application from the pool, select the candidate meeting the requirements, and send an ITA to facilitate his/her immigration to Canada.

It is not a job offer or any eligibility condition to enter the labor market of Canada. It is a letter to help candidates immigrate to Canada based on their skills.

The candidates must meet the minimum requirement of this federal economic immigration pathway to enter the Express Entry pool. These candidates are ranked according to CRS (out of 1,200 points) on the basis of the following factors-

core human capital factors;
accompanying spouse or common-law partner (their factors)
skill transferability factors; and
additional factors relating to a provincial nomination, having a sibling in Canada, job offer, previous study in Canada, or French ability

Documentation required to submit an e-application

All candidates who receive an Invitation To Apply are currently required to submit the following supporting documents along with their application, along with government processing fees to IRCC. It must be noted that a candidate has to submit the application within 60 days of the issuance of ITA. No extension would be granted.

Valid passport
Birth certificate
Language test results
Police clearance certificate(s)
Upfront medical receipt
Photographs of principal applicant and family members
Documentation attesting to work experience
Official transcripts of post-secondary education study program courses
Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)
Letter of attestation
Secondary education documents
job offer from a Canadian employer, if any
Proof of family relationship(s) in Canada, if any
Proof of settlement funds
Legal documents showing changes in name or date of birth, if valid
Marriage certificate(s) or attestation of Common-law relationship by a statutory authority
Divorce or annulment certificate(s)
Death certificates for former spouses, if any
Children’s birth certificates
Proof of full custody for children
Adoption papers
Travel documents (non-passport)
certificate of qualification in a skilled trade occupation issued by a Canadian provincial/territorial authority and its certified copy
Copies of work contracts and/or pay stubs
Documents relating to income taxes

Expiration of an Invitation To Apply

The invitation to apply needs to be responded on, within 60 days of its issuance. If the candidate doesn’t apply or decline an ITA, it will expire within 60 days. The candidates who still want to immigrate to Canada will have to re-submit their profile to the express entry pool, provided that they meet the minimum required criteria.

Misrepresentation

Any claims or information presented by the candidate, if found to be false, are considered as misrepresentation. These misrepresentation provisions ensure that no false claim is made by candidates, and truthful information is provided in all manner when they apply for immigration.
If a candidate has been found to provide false information, his application to the pool will automatically be rejected, and he would be barred to re-enter the pool for five years.
The consequences of misrepresentation may exceed to inadmissibility to Canada. The applicant is responsible for all the information he/she has provided in the express entry profile.
A few examples of misrepresentation are:

A criminal or criminally convicted person hiding his/her record.
The applicant asked an acquaintance to obtain his documents. Wrong documents are made, which is unknown to the applicant. Therefore, the documents and the information provided by the candidate mismatch, and he will be guilty of misrepresentation, intentionally or unintentionally.

Accepting an Invitation To Apply

Candidates have a time—span of 60 days when an ITA is issued to them. He/She has to submit an accurate application with all the supporting documentation. Once the application is submitted, it is taken as an implied acceptance. Once the candidate has uploaded and completed all the required documents and attestations, he/she can submit the application. An Acknowledgment of Receipt (AOR) will be issued once the application is submitted. IRCC within 60 days of the application, reviews it and approve it.

Declining an Invitation To Apply

Candidates who have denied an ITA would be placed back in the express entry pool. They would be considered for future invitations, as they have met the required criteria of the federal immigration program.
If a candidate has denied the ITA for a later date, there is no surety that he/she will receive it later. However, it would not affect if the candidate could be called in to apply on a later date.

The next steps

We are here to assist you with your immigration if you have received an Invitation to Apply. If not, we can assist you with your express entry profile.