Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has now conducted its first-ever Express Entry draw for transport occupations. Here are the results from that round of invitations, which took place on September 20, 2023.
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Today, IRCC issued 1,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to more Canadian immigration candidates, this time exclusively for those who were eligible under the "transport occupations" category in line with the Express Entry category-based draws introduced earlier this year. This draw invited eligible candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 435.
Below, this article will recap every Express Entry draw results between the most recent draw prior to today (September 19th, 2023) and June 27, the last time IRCC conducted an all-program draw before the first-ever category-based Express Entry draw took place on June 28, 2023.
September 19
The latest Express Entry draw before today's round of invitations took place on September 19, when IRCC issued 3,200 ITAs to candidates with a minimum CRS score of 531. This was part of an all-program draw.
August 15
IRCC issued 4,300 ITAs in an all-program Express Entry draw. The minimum CRS score for this draw was 496.
August 1-3
August 3: The latest Express Entry draw before today's round of invitations took place on August 3rd, when IRCC issued 1,500 ITAs to immigration candidates in a category-based draw for those with work experience in the trades. The minimum CRS score for this draw was 388.
August 2: IRCC held a category-based draw for candidates with French-language proficiency, issuing 800 ITAs to candidates with a minimum CRS score of 435.
August 1: IRCC held an all-program Express Entry draw, inviting 2,000 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 517. This draw considered immigration candidates from all three programs contained within the Express Entry application management system - the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC).
July 4-12
July 12: IRCC invited 3,800 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 375 to apply for immigration to Canada in a French language category-based draw.
July 11: IRCC conducted an all-program draw, issuing 800 ITAs to those with a minimum CRS score of 505.
July 7: 2,300 ITAs were issued to candidates with a CRS score of at least 439 in a French language category-based draw.
July 6: 1,500 ITAs were issued to candidates with a minimum CRS score of 463 in a category-based draw for people in healthcare occupations.
July 5: 500 ITAs were issued to candidates with a CRS score of at least 486 in a STEM occupation category-based draw.
July 4: 700 ITAs were issued to candidates with a minimum CRS score of 511 in an all-program draw.
June 27 and 28
June 28: IRCC conducts the first-ever category-based Express Entry draw, inviting 500 immigration candidates to immigrate to Canada. These candidates all had experience in healthcare occupations and a minimum CRS score of 476.
June 27: IRCC issued 4,300 ITAs to candidates with a CRS score of at least 486 in a standard all-program draw.
Express Entry
Express Entry is Canada's application management system for three economic immigration programs - the FSWP, the FSTP and the CEC.
In a standard draw, candidates are assessed based on their human capital factors and assigned CRS score. This score is used to rank them against the other candidates in the Express Entry pool. When IRCC conducted an Express Entry draw, those with a CRS score above the cut-off score for a particular round of invitations would receive an ITA during that draw.
Since June 28 this year, IRCC has conducted Express Entry draws focused on attracting immigration candidates with specific attributes that with the country's most in-demand skills. These are called category-based Express Entry draws. The following lists the six new categories chosen as priorities by IRCC in 2023, meaning that Canada has chosen to prioritize immigration candidates with work experience or proficiency in these areas:
• Healthcare
• STEM professions
• Trades
• Transport
• Agriculture and agri-food
• French-language proficiency
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