EXPRESS ENTRY

Canada Tops 71,000 ITAs For 2019 With New Express Entry Draw

2019-10-30 – Canada immigration authorities have passed 71,000 Invitations to Applyfor Express Entry in 2019 with a new draw issuing ITAs to 3,900 candidates.

The October 30 draw saw a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 475, 11 points higher than the previous all-program draw.

The increased CRS score is a result of it being four weeks since the previous all-program draw, which took place on October 2.

The program-specific Federal Skilled Trades draw that took place on October 16 saw lower-scoring profiles drawn from the pool.

Higher-scoring profiles have therefore built up over four weeks, resulting in a higher minimum score.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has now invited 71,700 candidates in 2019, against a high-skilled immigration admission target of 81,400.

IRCC broke the record for annual Express Entry ITAs in 2018 with 89,800.

The draw saw the tie-breaking rule implemented on August 29, 2019, at 3.50 am UTC, which is August 28 at 11.50 pm EST. If more than one candidate had the minimum CRS score, only those who submitted their Express Entry profiles before this date and time received invitations.

This was the 22^nd round of invitations under Express Entry in 2019 and 129^th overall.

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What is the Express Entry?

Express Entry is an immigration system implemented by Canadian immigration authorities (IRCC) on January 1, 2015, which manages skilled worker applications under Federal Economic programs. This includes the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program the Canada Experience Class and parts of the Provincial Nomination Programs.

Stakeholders expect to see near 30 draws and more than 80,000 invitations issued in 2019, with a majority of draws featuring CRS scores below 460 to enable Canadian immigration authorities to meet targeted annual immigration levels for 2019.