Canada holds first all-program Express Entry draw since 2020
06-July-2022
Canada resumed all-program Express Entry draws on July 6 and is now issuing invitations to apply to Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) candidates and Canadian Experience Class candidates.
Canada’s first all-program Express Entry draw since December 2020 has issued 1,500 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residence.
Candidates needed a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of at least 557 to be invited in the July 6 invitation round.
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada has temporarily paused draws for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) since December 2020. Draws for Canadian Experience Class (CEC) were put on hold in September 2021.
Invitation rounds for all programs were put on hold due to a backlog of permanent resident status applications caused by border closures and restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the 226th draw since the 2015 launch of Express Entry and brings the total number of ITAs issued this year to 12,289.
This draw’s minimum score of 557 is much higher than the previous round of invitations for all programs, held in 2020, where scores were around 470.
The higher CRS cutoff was due to the fact that FSWP candidates again received ITAs. Given the length of time since the last draw for FSWP candidates, the pool had a larger number of candidates with a high CRS score
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