Express Entry CRS drops to 417 as IRCC invites 6,000 candidates

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  • April 17, 2021

IRCC held another Express Entry  for Canadian Experience Class on April 16 issuing 6000 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to the candidates with the cut-off Comprehensive Ranking (CRS) score 417 points.

The tie breaking rule was implemented in this draw for the profiles that were submitted before March 1, 2021 at 19:53:46 UTC. Means the candidates who have minimum score of 417 points would have received the invitation provided they have submitted their profile before the given time.

IRCC had held the CEC and PNP program-specific draws back to back. In later 2020, IRCC started holding all-program draw again inviting the highest number of invitations in one draw where the CRS score cut-off declined gradually. The end of the previous year hit 100,000 plus invitations for the year.

Express Entry is a system that the federal government uses to manage applications for Canada’s three main economic-class programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). In addition to that, the most provinces also have immigration streams that are aligned with the Express Entry system.

In the Express Entry system, candidates are ranked based on their CRS score that considers multiple factors including their age, work experience, education and proficiency in French or English. In some cases, the date and time at which the Express Entry profile was created is also a ranking factor.

All-program invitation round that is for the entire EE pool may have higher cut-off score as the numbers of invitations to be issued in one go is limited while number of candidates is huge. In the program-specific draw, the smaller pool of candidates usually keeps the cut-off score low compared to the all program draw.

If you are a client of Winny, contact your concerned case officer to receive the details regarding this and further process.

If you are not a client and wish to go for an inquiry about Express Entry and PNP programs and to apply for the same, you may contact us at inquiry@winnyimmigration.com or call us at 1800-419-3242

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