IRCC conducts Express Entry draw, invites 635 Express Entry candidates

IRCC conducts Express Entry draw, invites 635 Express Entry candidates September 2, 2021 Y-Axis Canada Add comment Canada started September 2021 with an Express Entry draw to invite 635 provincially nominated candidates to apply for a Canada PR visa. IRCC set the minimum CRS cut-off score at 764. The big number is owing to the 600 extra CRS points the selected candidates had received when they were provincially nominated. As it happens with Express Entry draws, this one too had a tie-break rule applied. As the name suggests, the rule sets a timestamp that suggests the date and time before which a candidate must have submitted a profile with the Express Entry. The rule is applied to choose a candidate when there’s a tie in the minimum CRS score among Express Entry candidate profiles. Nevertheless, it’s now also a mandatory feature of Express Entry draws. In this draw, the timestamp set was April 12, 2021, at 12:21:45 UTC. Candidates who were invited had 60 days to file an application for Canada PR. Express Entry – Better performance, more invitations IRCC has come close to doubling the number of ITAs it issues on an annual basis. Up till now in 2021, 106,414 invitations have been issued to Express Entry candidates. It seems inevitable now that IRCC will realize its target of 108,500 new immigrants via the Express Entry system in 2021.