An Express Entry draw took place on Tuesday, August 20, where a total of 3,600 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence were issued to candidates with ranking scores of 457 and above.The Express Entry system is Canada’s main source of skilled foreign workers.
Eligible candidates enter the Express Entry pool and are issued a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score based on their age, education, skilled work experience and proficiency in English or French, among other factors.
The highest-ranked candidates are issued Invitations to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence during regular draws from the pool.This rare Tuesday draw saw the lowest minimum CRS score requirement since May 1.
Also, there hasn’t been a draw on a Tuesday since September 8, 2015.In order to enter the Express Entry pool, candidates must first meet the eligibility requirements for one of Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic-class immigration categories.Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) applied a tie break rule in the August 20 draw; candidates had to have submitted their profiles before March 24, 2019, at 15:32:42 UTC.
This means that all candidates with CRS scores above 457, as well as those with scores of 457 who entered their profile in the Express Entry pool before this date and time, received an ITA.The 3,600 ITAs issued in today’s draw have brought the total number of invitations issued in 2019 to 56,200.IRCC has been issuing 3,600 ITAs at a time since July 10.
Between January 30 and June 26, IRCC was issuing 3,350 ITAs per all-program Express Entry draw, meaning the past four draws have yielded 250 more ITAs than most of the draws held this year.These expanded draw sizes could help IRCC exceed its single-year ITA record of 89,800 invitations that was set last year.It is also not very often that draws are held so close to each other.