IRCC Issued 3000 ITAs in Express Entry All-Program Draw
After a month’s pause, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has resumed holding Express Entry draws, and this is the third Express Entry Draw within the past ten days.
Yesterday, on September 26, IRCC conducted the latest Express Entry round of invitations and sent ITAs to potential candidates.
This was an all-program draw in which IRCC invited a total of 3,000 Express Entry candidates. Applicants needed the minimum qualifying CRS score of 504 to be eligible for this draw.
EE draws this month before the Latest EE All-Program Draw.
The draw took place after the draws of the past week. On September 19, IRCC held an all-program draw and invited 3,200 eligible candidates. The consecutive day, on September 20, IRCC held the first Category-based Express Entry draw for Transport occupations. In this draw, IRCC issued 1,000 invitations to apply to potential candidates.
A Recap of the Express Entry draw results since June 2023.
This section provides a recap of the Express Entry draw results announced by IRCC between September 26, 2023, and June 8, 2023, including the Latest EE All-Program Draw.
September 26
Total number of ITAs: 3000
Draw Type: All-program Express Entry draw
CRS Score requirement: 504
September 20
Total number of ITAs: 1000
Draw Type: Transport Occupations
CRS Score requirement: 435
September 19
Total number of ITAs: 3200
Draw Type: All-program Express Entry draw
CRS Score requirement: 531
August 15
Total number of ITAs: 4300
Draw Type: All-program Express Entry draw
CRS Score requirement: 496
August 3
Total number of ITAs: 1500
Draw Type: Trade Occupations
CRS Score requirement: 388
August 2
Total number of ITAs: 800
Draw Type: French Language Proficiency
CRS Score requirement: 435
August 1
Total number of ITAs: 2000
Draw Type: All-program Express Entry draw
CRS Score requirement: 517
July 12
Total number of invitations issued by IRCC: 3,800
Type of draw: French-speaking category-based draw
CRS Score requirement: 375
July 11
Total number of ITAs: 800
Draw Type: All-program draw
CRS Score requirement: 505
July 7
Total number of ITAs: 2,300
Draw Type: First-ever French-speaking category-based draw
CRS Score requirement: 439
July 6
Total number of ITAs: 1500
Draw Type: Healthcare category-based selection draw
CRS Score requirement: 463
July 5
Total number of ITAs: 500
Draw Type: First-ever STEM category-based selection draw
CRS Score requirement: 486
July 4
Total number of ITAs: 700
Draw Type: Unexpected all-program draw
CRS Score requirement: 511
June 28
Total number of ITAs: 500
Draw Type: First-ever Healthcare category-based selection draw
CRS Score requirement: 476
June 27
Total number of ITAs: 4,300
Draw Type: All-program draw
CRS Score requirement: 486
June 8
Total number of ITAs: 4,800
Draw Type: All-program draw
CRS Score requirement: 486
Express Entry: A Quick Brief.
Express Entry is a popular immigration pathway managed by the Canadian government, enabling potential candidates to move and settle in Canada.
It’s a point-based system that manages applications of candidates who can contribute to Canada’s economy. The following three popular pathways fall under the Express Entry System:
- The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)- This pathway is for skilled workers with foreign work experience.
- The Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)- This pathway is for skilled workers with work experience in skilled professions.
- The Canadian Experience Class (CEC)- This pathway is for skilled workers with Canadian work experience.
Programs under Express Entry assess candidates using the Comprehensive Ranking System, which uses various factors, including age, work experience, qualification, profession, language ability, and more. These factors have a specified point value, and candidates are assigned an overall CRS score based on these attributes.
To obtain an invitation to apply (ITA) through Express Entry in the upcoming draw, Candidates have to obtain a high Comprehensive Ranking System score (CRS score).
The qualification requirements for each Express Entry pathway differ from one another. For example, For both FSWP and FSTP, the minimum Canadian Language Benchmark requirement is different. Also, both FSWP and FSTP require a candidate to have minimum settlement funds, but not under CEC.
New Express Entry Category-based Draws.
New category-based draws were launched by IRCC this year in May under Express Entry. These categories consider specific attributes of the candidates instead of focusing on their CRS scores.
These draws were anticipated this year as, in 2022, the government revised the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Following those modifications, the Canadian Immigration minister gained the authority to choose potential Express Entry candidates who can help the country elevate the economy as well as encourage the French language in areas other than Quebec.
IRCC selected the six new categories for the new draw under EE, among which five are occupation-based and one is non-occupational.
The following are the six new Express Entry categories:
- Healthcare;
- Transport;
- STEM professions;
- Trades;
- Agriculture and agri-food and
- French Language Proficiency
Since the launch of the new category-based draws, the department of IRCC has held draws for each one of these categories, excluding the Agriculture and agri-food categories. Until now, French language proficiency is the category under which IRCC issued the highest number of ITAs (6,900) in category-based draws.
It’s notable that candidates must be in the Express Entry pool and have scored above the cut-off in order to receive an invitation to apply (ITA) and immigrate to Canada.
