Today’s Express Entry draw has resulted in invitations for 3,508 immigration candidates and their families to apply for Canadian permanent residence.
Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residence were issued to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) program candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores as low as 431.
This was the lowest CRS for CEC candidates since Canada’s May 31, 2017 draw that had a CRS of just 413.
Today’s draw follows the 392 ITAs issued to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates yesterday, bringing the total of ITAs issued over the past two days to 3,900.
Canada’s Express Entry system manages the profiles of candidates for three of Canada’s main economic-class immigration programs — the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSW), Federal Skilled Trades Class (FST) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been targeting CEC and PNP candidates over the past three months because they are most likely to already be in Canada and are less likely to be affected by the current restrictions in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.
CRS cut-off scores for CEC candidates have declined in every single CEC draw since the introduction of travel restrictions.
The draw today saw the tie-breaking rule implemented on April 3, 2020 at 12:56:32 UTC. This means that all candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 431 who submitted their profile before this date and time received an ITA in this invitation round.
Today’s draw cut-off score of 431 was 6 points lower than the cut-off score in the last CEC Express Entry draw, which was 437.
