Canada resumes all-program Express Entry draws

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  • July 7, 2022

This was Canada’s first all-program Express Entry draw since December 2020, issuing 1,500 invitations to apply. The July 6 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 557 points.

For this draw, the tie-breaking rule was set for November 13, 2021 at 02:20:46 UTC.  Candidates who had the lowest-eligible score were only invited if they had submitted their profiles to the Express Entry pool before this date.

This was the 14th round of invitations under Express Entry in 2022 and 226th overall.

Canada has so far issued 10,865 invitations in 2022.

IRCC issued a record 114,431 ITAs in 2021, all to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and PNP candidates. It beat the previous record of 107,350 set in 2020.

 

All-program Express Entry draw in 2020

There were 5,000 ITAs issued in the previous all-program draw on December 23, 2020, with a minimum of 468 points.

IRCC stopped conducting all-program and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draws after allowing a huge backlog of applications to build up.

With the backlog of high-skilled applications significantly reduced, all-program draws are being conducted once again. New applications following these latest invitations will be processed in six months. Candidates have a 60-day window to submit their applications

Sean Fraser, the Immigration Minister, announced the federal high-skilled backlog that was decreased by half, from nearly 112,000 in September 2021 to 48,000 in March 2022. The backlog has dropped further since then.

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