First Express Entry Draw in 2018

Canada has invited 2,750 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place January 10, 2018.

The cut-off Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for this draw was 446. Today’s score of 446 is the same cut-off CRS score as the previous draw that took place on December 20. It represents the lowest CRS cut-off for a first draw of the year since the Express Entry system came into effect in January 2015.

Not only did it post the lowest cut-off CRS scores to date, but 2017 saw 30 draws take place and a record total of 86,023 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued. That number represents 56 percent of the 153,618 ITAs issued since Canada’s Express Entry system came into effect in January 2015

10-1-2018 CRS

With IRCC’s higher ITA targets for 2018, it’s expected that this will translate into larger or more frequent draws from Express Entry pool in the coming year, or possibly even both. That could mean even lower cut-off CRS scores in the weeks and months to come

10-1-2018 ITA

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