Canada Express Entry Draw - Latest Figures 2020
The first Express Entry draw of 2020 have issued 3,400 ITAs for Canadian permanent residence as the minimum CRS cut-off score increased slightly to 473.
January 8, 2020In the first Express Entry draw of 2020 released on January 8 for immigration to Canada, a total of 3,400 of potential candidates will be issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA). The cut-off threshold of the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for this draw was 473 points. This is an all-program draw and therefore candidates across all Express Entry associated immigration programs are eligible.
In the previous draw, which took place on December 19, 2019, the CRS score cut-off score was 4 points less than the current one and was equivalent to 469 points.
The tie-breaking rule will be applied for the January 8 draw by the Immigration, refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which implies that not all the eligible candidates who scored 473 points will be issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA). As multiple candidates would be having 473 points, therefore those who have submitted their Express Entry profile in the pool prior to December 27, 2019 at 13:35:09 UTC will be given more priority.
What is the procedure for selecting candidates in the Canada Express Entry System?
The Express Entry System is Government of Canada’s primary source of inviting skilled foreign workers. It was first introduced in the year 2015 with the purpose of managing pool of skilled and talented candidates for Canada’s three federal high-skilled immigration streams. This includes – the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class.
Eligible candidates under each of these immigration programs are given a score using the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) of Express Entry System which awards points to the candidates on the basis of human capital factors such as age, skilled work experience, education and English or French proficiency.
While a job offer is a major requirement in order to become eligible for the Express Entry System, the CRS does not award any additional points to those candidates that have one.
A set of candidates with highest-score are issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA) to apply for the permanent residency of Canada through the regular Express Entry draws from the pool, which generally takes place in every two weeks.
The Government of Canada has a standard processing time of six months for applications submitted towards the permanent residence visa grant and are filed through the Express Entry system.
What is the reason behind the slight increase in the CRS cut-off score?
The January 8 Express Entry draw was slightly higher than the previous round of invitation which held on December 19, 2019, which distributed 3,200 ITAs. The minimum CRS cut-off score was also high as compared to the December 19 draw, which had a CRS cut-off score equivalent to 469.
The reason behind the minimum score in January 8 draw could be because of 20 days gap between the previous and the current Express Entry invitation round. Therefore, when more than two weeks pass by between draws, the minimum CRS score tends to slightly increase from the normal trend.
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Canada has higher invitation targets for the year 2020 and 2021 for the various immigration programs that are directly managed by its Express Entry System.
The target for admissions of new permanent residents under all three federal high-skilled immigration streams has been projected to rise from 85,800 for the year 2020 to 88,800 in 2021.
In addition to this, the target for the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), a significant part of which is also managed directly by the Express Entry immigration scheme, will increase from 67,800 in the year 2020 to 71,300 in 2021.
Nine provinces and two territories in Canada have what are referred as “enhanced” PNP streams that are associated with the Express Entry System.
These PNP stream – majority of which have lower or even co requirement of the CRS score – enables the participating provinces and territories in Canada to select candidates from the Express Entry Pool and finally invite them to apply for the provincial nomination for permanent residence of Canada.
Express Entry candidates that receive a provincial nomination are awarded an additional 600 points in their CRS score and therefore are effectively guaranteed an Invitation to Apply (ITA).
Who will be invited?
Some of the hypothetical examples of eligible candidates who will receive their ITA from the Canadian Government in the January 8 Express Entry draw:
Siddharth is aged 30 years-old and holds a master’s degree and has been working on the position of an IT specialist for three years now. He appeared for IELTS exam and scored 8 in all of the four components. While Siddharth has never studies or worked in Canada, still his CRS cut-off score of 473 would be considered as high enough to obtain an Invitation to Apply (ITA) in the Express Entry Draw which held on January 8, 2020.
Ranjan and Smita are married to each other for 5 years now and are 33 ad 29-years-old respectively. Both of them hold bachelor’s degrees and speak French at an advanced level and have been working as accountants for three years. While neither of them has worked or studies before in Canada, Smita has a real brother who is a Canadian permanent resident residing in Alberta. They entered in the Express Entry Pool with Smita being the primary applicant and her CRS score of 473 would be high enough to obtain an Invitation to Apply (ITA) from the federal government of Canada in the January 8 draw.
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