385 PNP Candidates Received ITAs in Latest Express Entry Draw

Express entry candidates with provincial nominations were selected to apply for permanent residency in federal Express Entry draw on May 27.

In the last Express Entry draw Canada only invited candidates with provincial nomination.

In the May 27 draw, a total of 385 ITAs (Invitation to Apply) were issued to express entry candidates.

If someone is nominated from any province in Canada, he is awarded an additional 600 points on top of his original human capital score in federal express entry system. Therefore, the minimum required CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) score was 757 in this draw. Without the additional 600 points from the provincial nomination, invited candidates’ score would have been 157 only.

Since Coronavirus outbreak and its measures put in place on March 18, this is the sixth PNP only draw by the government of Canada. In stead of skilled workers, Canada has been targeting PNP and Canada Experience Class (CEC) applicants.

The last draw in which skilled worker candidates were invited was held on March 4, 2020. On this draw total of 3900 candidates were invited. Total of 11 draws have been held since and only PNP and CEC applicants were invited.

Some of the reasons why skilled workers have not been selected since March 4, was due to coronavirus outbreak and its measures put in place. When selected, candidates may not have medical examinations and could not get police certificates on time to comlete their applications as invited candidates received ITAs are expected to complete their permanent residence applications within 60

Draw dates have also become more unpredictable. Regularly draws happened every two weeks covering federal skilled worker program (FSWP), federal skilled trades program (FSTC) and CEC candidates. As Canadian immigration ministry’s (IRCC) is holding targeted draws they may happen days apart.

As of today, a total of 38,585 candidates have been invoted to apply for immigration visa in 2020.

Serving as Canada’s main source of skilled foreign workers, the federal Express Entry system manages the three economic immigration categories namely the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC), Federal Skilled Trade Class (FSTC) and Canada Experience Class (CEC).

Candidates who want to immigrate to Canada are entered into the Express Entry pool where they are ranked based on their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores.

CRS score is based on factors including age, education, skilled work experience and proficiency in English and French Language among others.

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