Latest Express Entry draw invited 5000 candidates

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  • December 24, 2020

Express Entry held another draw and issued Invitation to Apply 5000 candidates on December 23 where cutoff score decreased little more. The cut-off Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for the draw was 468 points. The huge number of invitations makes the total number of invitations reach at 107,350 for the year.

This draw was fourth consecutive draw to issue 5000 ITAs to applicants for Canadian Permanent Residence with the consistent increase in the number of ITAs issued in all-program Express Entry draws since September 2.

IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) has applied the tie breaking rule in this draw for the applications that have minimum CRS score of 468 points and submitted their EE profile before June 4, 2020 at 13:39:44 UTC in order to receive an invitation.

This draw continued a trend that has seen the cut-off CRS score decrease in each of the last four draws which may be explained by considering the recent draws IRCC has held and maintained since September with high numbers of ITAs issued to the Express Entry candidates.

In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic and amidst the most stringent travel restrictions, IRCC only conducted program-specific draws. Since then, and despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada has taken steps to facilitate immigration processes for most of its programs and to ensure the continued selection of skilled workers for permanent residence.

Express Entry is Canada’s immigration application management system for three federal economic-class programs: Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.

Candidates in these programs, as well as some Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), are given a score based on the CRS. Points are awarded depending on a candidate’s human capital factors such as age, education, work experience, and language ability in English or French.

The highest-scoring candidates receive an ITA, which they can then use to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

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