Ray of Hope - 179th Draw (CEC)

[13nitinsharma]

Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #179 – March 18, 2021

Canadian Experience Class

See full text of Ministerial Instruction

Number of invitations issued: 5,000

Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above

Date and time of round: March 18, 2021 at 11:30:56 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 449

Tie-breaking rule: February 19, 2021 at 15:59:57 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.

Footnotes

Candidates from the Canadian Experience Class were eligible for this round of invitations.

 

[13nitinsharma]

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of March 15th, 2021

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	155
501-600	1,714
451-500	29,648
491-500	995
481-490	2,493
471-480	6,208
461-470	9,837
451-460	10,115
401-450	43,293
441-450	8,970
431-440	9,379
421-430	7,148
411-420	8,272
401-410	9,524
351-400	54,345
301-350	28,336
0-300	4,629
Total	162,120

 

[scylla]

Interesting... Congrats to those selected.

 

[a16107]

481-490	2,493
471-480	6,208
461-470	9,837

490 CRS will soon become a norm in general draw

 

[undeadPanda]

Im pretty confused about how invites are issued. If the lowest score is 449 and there are 5000 people that are invited, do they just skip over thousands whose rank is higher than 449 according to the distribution table? Another question, I made my profile on the 15th of March, is there any possibility I may have made it for this draw on time? My CRS is 474. Would greatly appreciate if anyone could answer.

 

[RavRishi]

Yes you are eligible for this draw as your scores are higher the draw. you will surely get invitation today or tomorrow as it takes 24 hrs.

 

[undeadPanda]

you are not eligible for this draw as your scores are less the draw.

Am I missing something? The lowest cutoff score according to OP and IRCC is 449, my score is 474. Could you please elaborate?

 

[RavRishi]

no you are good to go. you will surely get invitation. don't worry

 

[undeadPanda]

no you are good to go. you will surely get invitation. don't worry

Alrighty, fingers crossed I guess!

 

[AMC1985]

Received the ITA about half an hour back. My CRS score was 479. Congratulations to all who received their ITA today.

 

[undeadPanda]

Received the ITA about half an hour back. My CRS score was 479. Congratulations to all who received their ITA today.

Congrats! When did you make your profile if you don't mind me asking?

 

[AMC1985]

Congrats! When did you make your profile if you don't mind me asking?

I had created my profile last year in April. At that time my score was 449 and I was hoping that I may get an ITA someday if and when the cutoff score falls. But, in this March I completed 1 year of work ex in Canada (I am here on a WP) and gained 35 points (lost 5 last year in Aug on my birthday). And thus, got the ITA under CEC today. Hope that helps.

 

[undeadPanda]

I had created my profile last year in April. At that time my score was 449 and I was hoping that I may get an ITA someday if and when the cutoff score falls. But, in this March I completed 1 year of work ex in Canada (I am here on a WP) and gained 35 points (lost 5 last year in Aug on my birthday). And thus, got the ITA under CEC today. Hope that helps.

Gotcha! Thanks for the in-depth response. I hope my profile entry wasn't super late for IRCC to have considered for this draw.

 

[cycy_304]

Im pretty confused about how invites are issued. If the lowest score is 449 and there are 5000 people that are invited, do they just skip over thousands whose rank is higher than 449 according to the distribution table? Another question, I made my profile on the 15th of March, is there any possibility I may have made it for this draw on time? My CRS is 474. Would greatly appreciate if anyone could answer.

Not all are eligible for CEC, those thousands are FSW or PNP candidates. And yes, u will receive ITA from this draw, tie-breaker date only apply to people with 449 points

 

[undeadPanda]

Same score and got invite do you qualify for CEC

Ah yes, my bad should've specified, I do qualify under CEC.

Also, thanks everyone for your helpful responses, and sorry OP for hijacking your post.