I meant we don't really know your situation, so giving advice is rather difficult. If your CRS is indeed 471, then you have a good chance at getting an ITA. There is at least 1 CRS draw every month, and sometimes there are 2 or 3, but nobody knows when the next draw is going to be so you sort of need to keep an eye on it every week. Even if your CRS is higher than the actual draw, there is no guarantee that you will receive an invitation due to the tie-break rules (you can read about this on the link in my previous post). I know someone who had to wait 2 draws before they got an invitation due to the tie-break rules e.g. they submitted EE prior to Nov 15 with a CRS of 453. On Nov 15 the CRS was 439, so technically they should have received an ITA in that round, however in the Nov 15 draw CIC only considered applications that had been submitted before Oct 19, so they stayed in the EE pool without an ITA, and had to wait for the next draw. Finally, they got ITA on Dec 6th where the min. CRS was 452.
You certainly have to have a valid IELTS report and an ECA at the time of submitting your express entry profile.
I hope this helps.
