Express Entry: Round of invitations
Canada’s “Express Entry Program” ends the year on a style. The last draw of 2020 is out now by making the year extremely significant.
Fourth time in a row, the Canadian government continues the highest numbers of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) like 5,000. This latest draw held on December 23, 2020, creates a history where the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued this year reaches 107,350, a record-high number of invitations.
Details of latest “Express Entry” round of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #170 – December 23, 2020.
- Number of invitations issued: 5,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above
- Date and time of round: December 23, 2020, at 14:40:08 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 468 (less than last time’s CRS score)
- Tie-breaking rule: June 4, 2020, at 13:39:44 UTC (If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.)
CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of December 21, 2020
| CRS score range | Number of candidates |
| 601-1200 | 479 |
| 501-600 | 390 |
| 451-500 | 25,187 |
| 491-500 | 255 |
| 481-490 | 532 |
| 471-480 | 1,336 |
| 461-470 | 11,274 |
| 451-460 | 11,790 |
| 401-450 | 45,281 |
| 441-450 | 10,657 |
| 431-440 | 10,605 |
| 421-430 | 7,477 |
| 411-420 | 7,790 |
| 401-410 | 8,752 |
| 351-400 | 47,897 |
| 301-350 | 24,945 |
| 0-300 | 3,308 |
| Total | 147,487 |
CRS Score Cut
The Canadian government issues 5,000 more invitations to apply to express entry candidates. The candidates had to score 468 one point less than last time. This is called a comprehensive ranking system. Points are awarded to candidates based on human capital such as age, education, work experience, and proficiency in English or French – these programs score candidates as well as some Provincial Nominated Programs (PNPs) based on CRS. The CRS cut score has come down less than 470 third time during more than the last 9 ITA draws for “Express Entry”.
Express entry programs
The following are Canada’s immigration application management system for federal economic-class programs through the Express Entry system.
- Federal Skilled Trades Program
- Canadian Experience Class
- Federal skilled Worker Program
What is CRS?
“The Comprehensive Rating System (CRS) is used by the Express Entry System to score candidates who apply through the federal government’s Skilled Worker Programs. These programs include the Federal Skilled Workers Program, the Federal Skilled Trade Program, and the Canada Experience Class.”
Invitation to Apply (ITA)
The standard procedure used to issue ITA is the Comprehensive Ranking System Score. Express entry is a competitive immigration selection system and the CRS score is a points system used to rank candidates against each other. Only the most competitive candidates get ITA.
What is a tie-breaking rule?
If there comes a tie between candidates in terms of gained score, IRCC applies the tie-breaking rule. For example, candidates who had a CRS score of 478 or more, need to have submitted their Express Entry profile before October 27 at 06:18:11 UTC in order to receive an invitation.
Canada travel restrictions
Canada has announced for the 5th time in a row the new travel restrictions. The country will have a travel ban until January 21. Canada has issued a new order to the council stating that travel restrictions that have been in place since March are being extended.
Canada immigration overview from last year
More than 190,000 immigrants arrived in Canada in 2019 under the economic class. Of these immigrants, only just over 90,000 arrived by express entry. Canada welcomes about 60% of its permanent residents in economic class. This will be the case as well under the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan. The PNP program also contributed to the main immigration stream. Almost 71% of immigrants made it through Ontario. The ratio has been 8% for Alberta whereas 17% for British Columbia. There were 68,647 people selected through the Provincial Nominee Program in 2019, the highest number since the program’s launch.
Read here the complete report for Canada visa stats.
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