The First 2024 Transport Category Draw Invited 975 Candidates

IRCC held the first 2024 Transport category draw, which invited 975 candidates. This was also the second Express Entry draw of this week. IRCC considered candidates Skilled in transport occupations in this draw. Candidates must have the lowest cut-off score of 440 to receive an invitation to apply.

The first 2024 transport category draw that invited 975 candidates: the result of other recent draws.

IRCC conducted this week’s first draw on March 12 to invite potential candidates. It was a general draw that sent 2850 ITAs to candidates with the lowest CRS score of 525.

Under express entry, a general draws target candidates from all three express entry programs. Candidates are examined based on their CRS score as major eligibility criteria.

In February this year, IRCC held six Express Entry draws and invited a total of 16,110 candidates.

The month of February began and concluded with a category-based draw targeting candidates skilled in the French language.

The first draw occurred on February 1, and 7000 ITAs were sent to candidates with a CRS score of 365. The other invited 2500 candidates on February 29 who had a minimum CRS score of 336.

Among the four remaining draws, two more draws targeted specific categories. One occurred on February 14 for healthcare professionals, and 3,500 candidates received an invitation to apply. The needed CRS score for this draw was 422.

The other category-based selection draw occurred on February 16 for candidates in the agriculture and agri-food sectors. Around 150 candidates received ITA who had a minimum CRS score of 437.

The other two draws were general draws under Express Entry. The February 13 draw invited 1,490 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 535. The February 28 draw considered 1,470 candidates with a CRS score of 534.

Canada’s Express Entry System

The Express Entry in Canada is an application administration system that manages candidate’s applications from three economic immigration programs, i.e., FSWP, FSTP, and CEC.

Candidates can submit their profiles to the Express Entry pool and acquire a CRS score based on different factors, such as age, education, work experience, and more.

Then, candidates are ranked against other candidates in the pool, depending on their scores. Candidates with high scores have a high chance of getting an ITA for permanent residence.

Considering urgent gaps and labor market shortages, IRCC introduced category-based selections. Under these, the department selected six categories.

These draws are different from the general draws as they do not consider the CRS score only. Category-based draws target candidates skilled in specific in-demand attributes,

The selected categories include: