Canada invites 3,350 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence

the CanadaVisa Team - 06 March, 2019

Canada invited 3,350 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence in a new draw that took place March 6.

Candidates with scores as low as 454 were issued Invitations to Apply for permanent residence (ITAs) in this round.

IRCC applied the tie-break rule and the time published was February 11, 2019, at 17:21:27 UTC. This means that all candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 454 and above who created an Express Entry profile before the posted date and time received an ITA in the March 6 draw.

The Express Entry system manages the pool of Canadian immigration candidates for three of Canada's federal economic immigration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Class, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Class.

Candidate profiles are assigned a score based on the CRS, which considers factors such as age, education, work experience and language abilities in one or both of Canada's official languages (English and French).

A candidate's CRS score is dynamic and may be improved.

After obtaining an ITA, candidates have 60 days to submit a complete permanent residence application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

For further details on the March 6 draw, please read the latest article on CIC News.com.

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Express Entry quick facts, from January 1, 2015, to March 6, 2018

• Launch date: January 1, 2015
• First draw from the pool: January 31, 2015
• Most recent draw from the pool: March 6, 2019
• Minimum CRS points required for selection in the Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC): 199 (May 26, 2017)
• Minimum CRS points required for selection in the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC): 413 (May 31, 2017)
• Minimum CRS points required for selection in the Canadian Experience Class (CEC): 413 (May 31, 2017)
• Largest number of invitations to apply issued in any one draw: 3,923 (April 12, 2017)
• Fewest invitations to apply issued in any one draw: 143 (May 26, 2017. Note: This draw invited candidates with a provincial nomination only.)
• Largest decrease in CRS points required between two consecutive draws: 273 (from May 22, 2015, to June 12, 2015, draws)
• Smallest decrease in CRS points required between two consecutive draws: 0 (on three occasions)
• Longest gap between dates of two consecutive draws: 35 days (from April 17, 2015, to May 22, 2015, draws)
• Shortest gap between dates of two consecutive draws: 5 days (from May 26 to May 31, 2017)
• Total number of ITAs issued in 2015: 31,063
• Total number of ITAs issued in 2016: 33,782
• Total number of ITAs issued in 2017: 86,023
• Total number of ITAs issued in 2018: 89,800
• Total number of ITAs issued in 2019 (to date): 17,850
• Total number of ITAs issued since system was launched: 258,518

Draws From The Express Entry Pool

Express Entry Draws: 2019

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