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A new Express Entry draw held August 8 has issued a total of 3,750 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System score of at least 440.
The minimum score in today鈥檚 draw marks the second time this year that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has reduced the minimum cut-off score to 440 鈥� the lowest score for an all-program draw so far in 2018.
罢丑别听tie-break聽date and time used in this draw was January 31, 2018, at 00:06:40 UTC. This means that all candidates with a CRS score above 440, as well as those candidates with scores of 440 who submitted their profile聽before this specified date and time, received an ITA in this invitation round.
*The May 30 draws were program-specific.
Today鈥檚 draw continues the pattern of issuing 3,750 that began on June 13.聽This is the current high point of a trend established this year that has seen draw sizes聽gradually increased by increments of 250 or 500.聽The year began with two draws of 2,750 ITAs each in January, followed by four draws of 3,000 ITAs each in February and March and four draws of 3,500 ITAs each in April and May.
IRCC has now issued a total of 50,950 ITAs in 2018, which means it is now only 335 ITAs behind 2017鈥檚 ITA total of 51,285 at this same point. A total of 86,023 ITAs were issued in 2017, an record that more than doubled the ITA totals of 2015 and 2016 combined.
With Canada鈥檚 increased聽聽it is possible that IRCC could surpass the number of ITA鈥檚 issued in 2017.
Whether draw sizes will increase above 3,750 remains to be seen.聽If IRCC does resort to larger draws, or more frequent draws, this could also result in a further reduction of the cut-off CRS score.
鈥淚t鈥檚 great news to see the CRS return to its lowest point so far in 2018,鈥� said David Cohen, senior partner with the Campbell Cohen Canadian immigration law firm in Montreal. 鈥淭he combination of large draws, a 440 starting point and higher admissions targets could produce even more interesting results in the draws to come.鈥�
聽is the application system that manages the pool of candidates for Canada鈥檚 three main economic immigration classes 鈥� the聽, the聽聽and the聽.
The highest-ranked candidates in聽the Express Entry pool are issued ITAs in regular invitation rounds.
The following hypothetical example illustrates candidates who would have obtained an ITA in today鈥檚 draw:
Ram and Elizabeth are married and are 34 and 29 years old, respectively. They each hold Bachelor鈥檚 degrees and have been working as software developers for more than three years. They also each wrote the IELTS language test, and scored an 8 in each category. Neither has ever worked or studied in Canada. They entered the Express Entry pool with Elizabeth as the principal applicant. Their CRS score of 440 would have been sufficient to obtain an ITA during this most recent Express Entry draw.
Nadia is 36 years old, has a Master鈥檚 degree and has been working as a professor for six years. She has never worked or studied in Canada. Nadia wrote the IELTS language test and scored an 8 in each category. Her CRS of 440 would have been sufficient to obtain an ITA in today鈥檚 draw.
The CRS Calculator
罢丑别听聽allows you to find out what your score would be under the CRS.
Tips for improving your CRS score
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