Latest Express Entry draw on September 18 sends 3,600 invitations for permanent residence 

The Canadian government held another Express Entry draw this past Wednesday, September 18. As a result, 3,600 invitations were drawn and sent to candidates for Canadian permanent residence. 

A limited number of the highest-ranking candidates are drawn from pools managed by Express Entry. These pools consist of profiles from Canada’s skilled worker’s economic immigration classes: the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Trades Class, and the Federal Skilled Worker Class. The draws are usually bi-weekly, taking place at least twice a month.

This week, Express Entry drew candidates with a minimum score of 462 on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The CRS awards points based on a candidate’s skilled work and education experience, age, and language proficiency in French or English. Incidentally, the minimum requirements for the last draw on September 4th was one point higher at 463.

Canda has sent a total of 63,400 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) this year, surpassing the numbers achieved this time last year of 58,600. The federal government’s goal for 2019 is to send 81,400 ITAs through the Federal High Skilled class. However, the end of 2018 saw a record-breaking total of 89,800 ITAs sent, and it is possible that more than that will be sent by the end of this year. 

This latest Express Entry draw also used the tie-break procedure. This meant that any candidates who had a score above 462 that created Express Entry profiles before the designated cut off time (August 29, 2019, at 07:57:13 UTC) received an ITA.

For anyone with CRS scores that are too low for Express Entry, there are numerous Provincial Nominiee Programs (PNPS) to help increase CRS scores. PNPs require much lower CRS scores to apply and they award 600 points to the selected applicants. Some provinces do not even consider CRS scores at all when looking at applicants.