Express Entry draw invites 3,000 candidates to apply for Canada PR

 

On August 5, 2021, Canada held a round of invitations. In this event, 3,000 Express Entry candidates were invited to apply for Canada PR.

The candidates who were invited had to be eligible for the CEC. They had to have a minimum score of 404.

The score required in this Express Entry draw was higher than the previous CEC draw. In that draw, Express Entry candidates required a score of 357. This score stipulation was the same as the all-time second-lowest for the CEC class of Canada immigration draws.

The lowest score ever prescribed to date was in the draw held on February 13, 2021. Each candidate eligible for CEC was issued an invitation. The lowest score in the Express Entry pool was 75 points.

The tie break rule

The tie-break rule is implemented not only to solve the issue of more than one candidate having the optimal score but also as an administrative requirement.

Only those candidates with the minimum score got included in the invitation list who had submitted their profiles before the timestamp given as the tiebreaker. For this draw, it was August 3, 2021, at 05:39:26 UTC.

The trend of CEC-only draws

From the beginning of the year 2021, IRCC has been following the practice of conducting only Express Entry draws specific to PNP and CEC programs. The major reason for this was that the candidates in these programs are found residing in Canada already. If not so, at least they have some ties in Canada. Read More