Canada recently held an Express Entry draw, sending out 940 invitations to apply for permanent residency to Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates.
This is Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) biggest PNP-focused draw in the history of the Express Entry program. PNP draws don’t tend to have big draw numbers due to the higher score requirements needed to receive an invitation to apply (ITA).
For example, the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score was at least 711 points. The reason for the high requirement is that Express Entry candidates who have successfully obtained a provincial nomination are automatically awarded 600 additional points to their total score. Prior to receiving a provincial nomination, the lowest-scoring candidates of this draw likely had a total CRS score of only 111 points.
A cut-off time was established for this draw. In order to receive an ITA, candidates needed to submit their profile to the federal Express Entry system before February 16, 2021 at 09:06:30 UTC.
As of this draw, the IRCC has issued a total of 75,713 ITAs for permanent residency. This is largely due to larger draw sizes set by IRCC, in particular the historic draw that invited over 27,000 candidates. According to the IRCC, about 87 percent of those candidates were able to send in their applications for permanent residency within the 90-day period.
Canada continues to be on track to achieving their goal of welcoming 108,500 new immigrants through economic immigration programs this 2021.
About the Express Entry System
Canada established the federal Express Entry system in 1995, in order to manage the influx of economic immigration candidates interested in applying for permanent residency. Those interested in registering can befin by applying to any of three economic immigration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP); the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP); and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
Once an applicant submits a completed profile into the federal system, they are awarded a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score. The CRS score is based on a points system that ranks candidates based on a number of human capital factors such as age, education, work experience, language skills, and more.
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