Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada(IRCC) has issued invitations to apply (ITAs) in the third Express Entry draw this week.
The department issued 1.800 ITAs in a category-based selection draw for candidates with French language proficiency.
Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 400 to be considered.
Today’s minimum CRS score represent’s the one of the lowest scores of the year for any Express Entry draw. Yesterday’s program-specific draw for 6,300 Canadian Experience Class candidates also had the lowest score of any non-category based selection draw at 515.
Earlier this week IRCC also invited 1,391 candidates in a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)-only draw with a minimum CRS of 670. Before that, IRCC most recently invited 3,200 candidates in a category-based selected draw for French proficiency on July 8.
CRS scores for PNP-only Express Entry draws tend to be higher than average because Express Entry candidates who have been successfully nominated for the PNP automatically receive an additional 600 CRS points on top of their existing score. For example, an Express Entry candidate with a score of 300 that is successfully nominated will then have an overall CRS of 900.
So far this month IRCC has issued 19,161 ITAs over seven seperate draws. This has been the busiest month for Express Entry this year.
