Canada invited 681 Candidates under Express Entry Draw

On October 13, Canada held another Express Entry draw for candidates who had provincial nominations to apply for permanent residence. IRCC issued 681 invitations to candidates who had scores of at least 720. All invited candidates had received an automatic 600 points by virtue of holding a nomination from a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Without the nomination, the lowest-scoring candidates would only have scores of 120. In the previous PNP draw, IRCC invited 761 candidates with scores of at least 742. This draw is smaller than the previous draw, with a lower CRS requirement, suggesting there were fewer PNP candidates with higher scores in the pool.

Throughout the year, IRCC has been holding bi-weekly Express Entry draws, inviting only PNP and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada implemented travel restrictions, which impeded outland immigrants from completing their permanent residency landing. As part of a commitment to the provincial and territorial immigration strategies, IRCC continued holding PNP draws even though these candidates are not necessarily in the country. CEC candidates are most likely already in Canada, since they need to have at least one year of Canadian work experience in a skilled occupation.

It has been an unprecedented year for the Express Entry system. By this point last year, IRCC had started holding all-program draws, which included Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) candidates. IRCC has not held an all-program Express Entry draw since December 2020.

That being said, IRCC has issued a record number of invitations to PNP and CEC candidates this year. Last year had been a record-breaking year for Express Entry, when IRCC issued a total of 107,350. This year, the total number of Express Entry invitations is already at 110,377 with three months left to go.

Since the start of 2021, IRCC has only held PNP and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Express Entry draws. This is now the 18th PNP-specific draw of the year. The minimum score requirements have been up and down due to the nature of CEC- and PNP-only draws.

The Express Entry sub-category is an enhanced PNP, meaning it is linked to the federal Express Entry system.

Express Entry manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s main economic-class immigration programs:

 Candidates with Express Entry profiles must also create EOI profiles for Saskatchewan in order to be considered for an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination.

Candidates with Express Entry profiles must also create EOI profiles for Saskatchewan in order to be considered for an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination.

Express Entry candidates who receive a provincial nomination from the province of Saskatchewan are awarded an additional 600 points toward their Comprehensive Ranking System score at the federal level and are effectively guaranteed an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

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