Canada Express Entry New Invitation 385 PNP , Provincial Nominee Program candidates receive ITA Express Entry candidates who had provincial nominations were invited to apply for permanent residence in Canada the May 27 draw.
Provincial Nominee Program candidates in the Express Entry pool are awarded an additional 600 points on top of their original human capital score. This is why the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score requirement was 757 for this draw. Without the extra points from the provincial nomination, invited candidates would have had a person's capital score of 157.
This is the number 6 Provincial Nominee Program only draw from the federal Express Entry system since special coronavirus measures went into place on March 18. Canada has been alternating between holding Express Entry draws targeting Provincial Nominee Program and Canadian Experience Class candidates.
Draws targeting CEC candidates typically have a way lower CRS cutoff. The last CEC-only draw invited candidates with CRS many a minimum of 447, rock bottom requirement for these candidates since January 2019.
At this draw tie-break rule applied . All candidates with a CRS score of a minimum of 757 who submitted their profile before April 27, 2020 at 10:19:01 UTC, received an ITA during this round.
Draws dates have also become more unpredictable. Earlier in the year, all-program draws that covered Federal Skilled Worker Program , Federal Skilled Trades Program, and CEC candidates, happened every two weeks. Now the Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is holding targeted draws, they may happen days or hours apart.
So far immigration targets are on track to exceed last year’s levels. Even with travel restrictions in situ , there have still been more ITAs issued this year than at an equivalent time in 2019. As May 27 2020, a total of 38,585 Express Entry candidates have been invited to apply for permanent residence.
- The Canadian immigration programs is managed by the federal government.
- The Express Entry is the government’s system for managing immigration applications for three economic-class programs:
• Federal Skilled Worker
• Federal Skilled Trades
• Canadian Experience Class.
The persons who are eligible for one of any these programs submit their profile into the Express Entry pool, where they're given a score supported their human capital factors.