Express Entry | Canada Selects 3,500 Applicants

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The draw on April 26 was an all-program draw, meaning, candidates were considered from all the 3 Federal Express Entry aligned programs, viz., the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). Apart from this, the provincial immigration programs (PNPs) that are managed by the respective provincial governments through Express Entry. The FSWP is the pathway to PR for skilled workers who have at least one year of work experience in a skilled occupation. FSTP is to serve skilled tradespeople who have at least two years of work experience in a skilled trade. The CEC is for skilled workers who have gained at least one year of work experience in Canada.

The IRCC has been conducting regular Express Entry draws recently. The Express Entry system was introduced on 1 January 2015 to streamline the immigration process and attract skilled workers to Canada by speeding up their application processing time. Over time, Express Entry has become the main pathway for economic immigration to Canada.

With this special draw, the IRCC has once again demonstrated its commitment to welcoming 1.5 million skilled immigrants by 2025. This is new multi-year immigration target set by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for 2023-25.

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If there is a tie between candidates, the cut-off will be based on the date and time their Express Entry profiles were created. To learn more on this topic, visit this section on our website. In this draw, candidates from all Express Entry aligned Federal Programs were eligible. That is the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC), Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC), Canadian Experience Class (CEC), and provincial nominee programs (PNPs) managed through Express Entry.

The below chart shows the CRS Cut-off scores for the last 10 EE draws:

As can see seen in the chart, he recent trend in the Express Entry draws conducted by the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is met with enthusiasm. The cut-off score for the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) has seen a consistent decline over the past few draws, which has led to an increase in the number of invitations to apply (ITA) issued to eligible candidates. This has been done to ensure that the IRCC meets its multi-year immigration target set for 2023-25, which aims to welcome over 500,000 new immigrants by the end of 2023.

The new draw trend, combined with the new changes effected to Express Entry, greatly increase prospects for aspirants, when compared to the scenario before 16 November 2022 – when the new NOC [Version 2021] was not in place.

What is Express Entry (EE) and how does it work?

Express Entry is an electronic selection system used by the Federal as well as Provincial governments of Canada [to select], as well as designated Canadian employers [to nominate] candidates for Canadian permanent residence under three of its popular economic [skilled] immigration programs:

Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC),

Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC),

Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

Candidates eligible for any of the above programs are given a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in the Express Entry Pool. It is based on their Core/Human capital factors such as age, work experience, education, and language ability in English and/or French, etc. And, based on scores, candidates are periodically invited (or nominated) for permanent residence.