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Canada held an Express Entry draw on October 2, issuing a total of 3,900 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence.
Candidates in the Express Entry pool needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 464 and above to be selected in this round.
Today鈥檚 draw was an increase of 300聽 (ITAs) over the previous draw on September 18. The last time Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence was on January 23, 2019.
罢丑别听 is Canada鈥檚 main source of skilled foreign workers. Eligible candidates enter the Express Entry pool and are issued a (CRS) score based on their age, education, skilled work experience and proficiency in English or French, among other factors.
A job offer is not required to enter or be selected from the Express Entry pool.
The highest-ranked candidates are invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence during regular draws from the pool.
In order to enter the Express Entry pool, candidates must first meet the eligibility requirements for one of Canada鈥檚 three Federal High Skilled economic-class immigration categories 鈥攖he聽,听, and聽.
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) applied a聽tie break rule in the October 2 draw; candidates had to have submitted their profiles before September 20, 2019, at 15:05:04 UTC. This means that all candidates with CRS scores above 464, as well as those with scores of 464 who entered their profile in the Express Entry pool before this date and time, received an ITA.
The 3,900 ITAs issued in today鈥檚 draw brought the total number of invitations issued in 2019 to 67,300.
If maintained over the final quarter of 2019, the increased draw size could help IRCC surpass its single-year ITA record of 89,800 invitations that was set last year.
It is possible that IRCC will break this record given Canada鈥檚 higher admissions targets for Express Entry in 2019 and 2020.
Draws are typically held two weeks apart and this round was no exception.
In the past, scores have gone up after a long pause between draws, while draws held at shorter intervals, like today鈥檚 draw, have helped to reduce the CRS cut-off score.
This year has been a busy and innovative year for Canada鈥檚 provincial nominee programs.
The higher cut-off score in today鈥檚 draw may reflect a larger number of Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination, which rewards candidates with an additional 600 CRS points.
Since the last Express Entry draw on September 18, there have been a number of provincial selection rounds that targeted Express Entry candidates.
British Columbia鈥檚 latest draw invited 402 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on October 1; 109 invitations of those were sent to people with Express Entry profiles.
Saskatchewan invited 404 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on September 26.
Manitoba also held a draw inviting 15 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination on September 25.
Alberta held a draw aligned with Express Entry on September 18, inviting candidates with CRS scores of 350 and up. Earlier this month, on September 11, Alberta issued invitations to candidates with scores as low as 302.
Nova Scotia selected 22 carpenters out of the Express Entry pool through the Nova Scotia Labour Market Priorities Stream.
Prince Edward Island issued 122 invitations through its Express Entry aligned program, as well as its Labour Impact and Business Work Permit streams. The province did not provide a breakdown of how many were Express Entry, nor what the score requirement was.
The first step towards pursuing many of Canada鈥檚 Express Entry aligned provincial nomination streams is to submit an Express Entry profile.
The following are hypothetical examples of candidates who would have obtained an ITA in the October 2 draw:
Aretha is 32, has a master鈥檚 degree and has been working as a teacher for four years. She has an advanced English language proficiency and has never worked or studied in Canada. Her CRS score of 465 would have been high enough to obtain an ITA during the October 2 Express Entry draw.
Amal and Lena are 31 and 30 respectively and each holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree and is working as IT analysts for four years. Amal has an advanced English language proficiency and an intermediate French language proficiency. Lena speaks English at an intermediate level. They entered the pool with Amal as the principal applicant. Their CRS score of 467 would have been high enough to obtain an ITA during the October 2 Express Entry draw.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always good to see IRCC increase the draw size and 3,900 ITAs is impressive,鈥� said David Cohen, senior partner with the Campbell, Cohen Canadian immigration law firm in Montreal.
鈥淲hile it didn鈥檛 have the effect of lowering the CRS cut-off in this draw, it could still in later draws this quarter if IRCC maintains draws of this magnitude at regular intervals.鈥�
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