Ray of Hope - 176th Draw (CEC) - BIGGEST DRAW EVER IN CIC's HISTORY!!!!

[13nitinsharma]

Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #176 – February 13, 2021

Canadian Experience Class

Number of invitations issued: 27,332

Rank required to be invited to apply: 27,332th or above

Date and time of round: February 13, 2021 at 11:56:56 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 75

Tie-breaking rule: September 12, 2020 at 15:31:40 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.

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 February 8, 2021

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	603
501-600	1,027
451-500	26,177
491-500	603
481-490	1,555
471-480	3,823
461-470	9,047
451-460	11,149
401-450	47,731
441-450	11,371
431-440	11,352
421-430	7,818
411-420	8,079
401-410	9,111
351-400	48,585
301-350	25,297
0-300	3,294
Total	152,714

 

[shomaro]

Surprise 1: IRCC is still working on Saturday.
Surprise 2: CEC requires English tests (IELTS/CELPIP) with CLB 6 for all four items. Is Age points + English test minimum test exceeding 75?

 

[Smithens]

Anyone has recieved their ita?

 

[scylla]

There's already a thread here:

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ray-of-hope-176th-draw-cec.721627/page-2

 

[sponsort]

Thousands of skilled workers in Canada invited to stay permanently

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/skilled-workers-in-canada.html

 

[Zozulia]

Need advice on working experience:
- 1st job - September 14,2018 - September 13,2019
- 2nd job - from October 21,3019 to current

so I claimed 2 years of work experience. Now I’m worried that my 1st job is not covering 1 day...will this be an issue and it won’t be counted as full year? (I received ITA in January, so if IRCC will count just 1 year experience, I won’t meet the minimum score as of January draw)... please advise!

 

[sponsort]

Need advice on working experience:
- 1st job - September 14,2018 - September 13,2019
- 2nd job - from October 21,3019 to current

so I claimed 2 years of work experience. Now I’m worried that my 1st job is not covering 1 day...will this be an issue and it won’t be counted as full year? (I received ITA in January, so if IRCC will count just 1 year experience, I won’t meet the minimum score as of January draw)... please advise!

It doesnt matter. Both together give you 2 years

 

[MakeoLondon]

Anyone has recieved their ita?

no yet
panicking

 

[Afroza khanom]

Everything is quite uncertain now

 

[ahm756]

Everything is quite uncertain now

Agreed. Let's hope for the best!

 

[casualpunx]

Are the invitations sent to our emails registered to CIC or through our cic account guys??

 

[DhanuIND777]

I will be eligible to apply in June. What is the effect of this draw on future CRS cut-off scores? Will IRCC continue to give priority to CEC applicants?

I'm afraid that the CRS score may go very high in upcoming draws as a large number of CEC applicants have been invited which now means that FSW applications with high scores will dominate the EE pool.

Hi, Could you help me to understand, how the FSW applications will be with high scores ? you mean these 27k applications will still stick in the pool? I guess they are already out from the pool and now they will proceed with AOR steps , then how upcoming FSWs will have higher scores ?

 

[DhanuIND777]

Yes IRCC is quite unpredictable nowadays, but as per ysday draw it makes clear thoughts :

1. they might hold (skip) the draws for sometime
2. or they continue the draws with FSWs no choice as there will be less CEC applicants for sure, clear choice is FSW draws ..

Any other thoughts ?

 

[YouGotMeHere]

Surprise 1: IRCC is still working on Saturday.
Surprise 2: CEC requires English tests (IELTS/CELPIP) with CLB 6 for all four items. Is Age points + English test minimum test exceeding 75?

AFAIK, there are no age points under CEC. Only Canadian Work Exp and IELTS matters. Simmilarly, there are no Education requirments for CEC