Canada has now invited 75,300 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent Residence in 2019.
The Government of Canada invited 3,600 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in a new draw held November 13.
Today’s draw brings the total number of invitations to apply (ITAs) issued so far this year through Canada’s Express Entry system to 75,300.
The minimum required Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in today’s draw was 472. This is a three-point decrease from the previous draw, which was held October 30 and had a cut-off score of 475.
The 3,600 ITAs issued in today’s draw bring Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to within 14,500 ITAs of tying 2018’s invitation record of 89,800 with six weeks left in the year.
It was expected that IRCC could exceed its 2018 ITA record this year given its higher admissions targets for the three Express Entry-managed economic immigration categories and Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program for both 2019 and 2020.
The November 13 draw puts IRCC 1,100 ITAs ahead of last year’s record-setting pace.
The fact the minimum score dropped in today’s draw may be attributed to IRCC maintaining a two-week interval between this latest invitation round and its previous Express Entry draw on October 30.
The tie-break used in the November 13 draw was October 8, 2019, at 10:46:01 UTC. This means that all candidates with a CRS score above 472 received an ITA, as did those with a score of 472 whose Express Entry profiles were created before the tie-break date and time.
The first step to being considered for a provincial nomination through one of these streams is to enter a profile in the Express Entry pool.
The following is a hypothetical example of a candidate who would have obtained an ITA in today’s draw:
Charles and Joelle are married and are 35 and 29 years old, respectively. They each hold bachelor’s degrees and have been working as software developers for three years and both have advanced French language proficiencies. While they have never worked or studied in Canada, Charles does have a brother who is a Canadian permanent resident living in Ottawa.
They entered the pool with Joelle as the principal applicant. Joelle’s CRS score of 473 would have been high enough to obtain an ITA during the November 13 draw.
“IRCC has now issued more than 75,000 invitations to apply through its Express Entry system this year — each one representative of a new beginning for a candidate and their family here in Canada,” said David Cohen, senior partner with the Campbell, Cohen Canadian immigration law firm in Montreal.
“It’s also important to note that some of Canada’s more popular Express Entry-linked provincial nominee streams have had a busy few weeks and that is more good news for Express Entry candidates — especially those with CRS scores under the cut-off in today’s draw.”
