Get ready for Canada PR: 4,200 Express Entry Candidates Invited

Canada has cleared the apprehensions surrounding the Express Entry Draw by conducting the latest all-program draw again.  The department of IRCC has held the previous all-program Express Entry Draw on September 2. It was expected that Canada might hold a program-specific draw this time. However, Canada has now carried out another all-program draw in two weeks. The all-program draw is a piece of good news for new immigrants as it indicates that Canada is going back to the normal trend of Express Entry Draws. 

Express Entry 163rd Draw

A total of 4,200 candidates from all programs – Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades, and Federal Skilled Worker were issued invitations in this draw. The same number of invitations were issued in the September 2 draw as well. The highlight of this express entry draw is the requirement of the lowest CRS score. The cut-off Comprehensive Ranking System score was fixed at 472. This score was three points down as compared to the score of the previous express entry draw.  CRS score depends on a number of factors such as age, education, work experience, Canadian certificate of education, and language proficiency. In addition to this, a job offer from a Canadian employer is not a mandatory requirement in the Express Entry process. However, it does give an advantage of extra points to the candidate.

Tie-break Rule

The IRCC has issued invitations to only those candidates who have entered the express entry pool on or before March 9, 2020, at 13:03:40 UTC. The tie-break date and time are always used in each express entry round of invitation to rank candidates with the same CRS score.

Express Entry: Best Immigration Program For Skilled Workers

Express Entry System is the most well-known migration framework offering Canadian Permanent Residence to immigrants.  Skilled workers can move to Canada through the following three economy class programs:

• Federal Skilled Trades
• Canadian Experience Class

• Federal Skilled Worker

Lately, Canada has been issuing a large number of invitations in the express entry draws. This signifies that the Government of Canada is dedicated to achieving the immigration targets set in the 2020-22 plan. Including the results of this 30th draw of 2020, Canada has invited 74,150 express entry candidates so far. 

Good news for candidates with lower CRS score

Canada has set higher targets of granting permanent residence to newcomers through the Express Entry Immigration system. This is in line with the government’s multi-year immigration levels plan. Furthermore, if estimates are to be believed, this might result in larger express entry draws. Thus, it can be assumed that the minimum CRS score required to get an ITA for permanent residence will not go higher. And therefore, interested candidates should be fully prepared with their profiles. Find out if you are eligible for any Canadian immigration programs