On April 29, 6,000 Express Entry candidates received invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residency from Canada.
Candidates from the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) received ITAs from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) if they had Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores of at least 400 points, the second-lowest score for a CEC-focused draw in Express Entry history.
This Express Entry draw was held merely a day after the previous one, a PNP-targeted draw held on April 28. In total, Canada was able to invite 6,381 candidates in the last few days of the month of April.
The IRCC implemented a tie-break rule for this draw. Candidates were only able to receive an ITA if they had a minimum CRS score of 400 points and were able to register a profile to the federal Express Entry system before April 24, 2021 at 15:24:49 UTC.
As of this draw, Canada has issued a total of 61,771 invitations to apply for permanent residency, four months into 2021.
The country continues to focus on inviting Express Entry candidates who are more likely to have settled in Canada, as they continue on the path to achieving their goal of welcoming 401,100 new permanent residents into their borders this 2021.
They have also created six new pathways for essential workers, international graduates, and French-speaking candidates who are currently in Canada on a temporary visa in order to help them obtain permanent residency.
About the Express Entry System
Canada developed the federal Express Entry system in 1995 in order to manage the growing numbers of economic immigration candidates. Applicants who are interested in qualifying for permanent residency can choose to apply to any of the following economic-class migration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP); the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP); and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
Once an applicant has been able to successfully register a profile in the system, they are then given a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score, a ranking that awards them a number of points based on factors such as age, education, work experience, language skills, and more.
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