Ray of Hope - 176th Draw (CEC)

[Jraci]

Rounds of invitations

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

Canadian Experience Class

See full text of Ministerial Instruction

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.

 

[Deleted member 994371]

God help the IRCC agents processing the applications.

 

[calgal90]

But why do such a massive bulk draw? They could have continued with CEC only applications for the next few months, issuing a smaller number of invitations each time. They have created a massive workload in one go. I don't understand the logic.

 

[Deleted member 994371]

I think it's time to drop the "Express" from Express Entry Immigration. Good luck to us all. We should get our PRs in a few years.

 

[shreekm1]

OMG. Such a massive draw. Looks they invited every CEC candidates in this draw. Wish it should not be a glitch so it helps thousands of candidates who are inside Canada. Also from next draws it will be FSW's.

 

[upon]

OMG. Such a massive draw. Looks they invited every CEC candidates in this draw. Wish it should not be a glitch so it helps thousands of candidates who are inside Canada. Also from next draws it will be FSW's.

There is no point to process FSW now. They can’t travel to Canada and very likely the travel ban will be there the whole 2021.
It is pointless to get COPR for FSW-it just gets expired and then you need to be processed again with extensions etc.

 

[EscoBlades]

OMG. Such a massive draw. Looks they invited every CEC candidates in this draw. Wish it should not be a glitch so it helps thousands of candidates who are inside Canada. Also from next draws it will be FSW's.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/skilled-workers-in-canada.html?fbclid=IwAR08eQOBR6J8jJWSuo7MlbH5x6r_-EwQKVDP0E9e5LUv8t-9MhbKNw7IqXo

 

[matteosc]

There is no point to process FSW now. They can’t travel to Canada and very likely the travel ban will be there the whole 2021.
It is pointless to get COPR for FSW-it just gets expired and then you need to be processed again with extensions etc.

I'm FSW. I'm 2 hours by car from the border and about to get vaccinated. How is this fair in any possible way?

 

[willapp]

I'm FSW. I'm 2 hours by car from the border and about to get vaccinated. How is this fair in any possible way?

i don’t understand why they don’t process us applications.

 

[casualpunx]

Worth waiting lol omg!!!! Good news tho

 

[matteosc]

Worth waiting lol omg!!!! Good news tho

If you are not in the last draw, this is not good news. They are essentially set for months.

 

[willapp]

If you are not in the last draw, this is not good news. They are essentially set for months.

I think they will take every cec from now on. That would still be below the total quota.

 

[matteosc]

I think they will take every cec from now on. That would still be below the total quota.

How can they process these many applications at once? They still have limited capacity because of COVID restrictions.

 

[Smily Pathak]

Well, it's good news but I'm still in shock seeing cut off score and number of invitations. If there wil be no invite for me today, then I'm screwed. Future is even more unpredicatable now.

 

[Smily Pathak]

Is there anyone who got invite yet?