Canada held its latest Express Entry draw on November 18. A total of 5000 invitations went to Express Entry candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement of 472.
Most French-speaking candidates are eligible for more CRS points in this draw. Recently, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that French-speaking candidates now get 25 additional points for their language skills, up from 15, and bilingual candidates will now get 50 points, up from 30.
IRCC holds Express Entry draws every two weeks. Canada issued 5000 invitations in this draw.
Express Entry is Canada’s immigration application management system for three federal economic-class programs: Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.
Candidates in these programs, as well as some Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), are given a score based on the CRS. Points are awarded depending on a candidate’s human capital factors such as age, education, work experience, and language ability in English or French.
The highest scoring candidates receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence in an Express Entry invitation round. In this draw, Canada invited the top 5000 candidates to apply for permanent residence.
In case of a tie between candidates, IRCC applies the tie-breaking rule. So, for this draw, candidates who had a CRS score of 472 or more, needed to have submitted their Express Entry profile before October 27, 2020 at 06:18:11 UTC in order to receive an invitation.
Who is invited?
The following are hypothetical examples of people who may have been invited in today’s invitation round.
Oliver is 28 and a quality engineer. His wife, Emma, is 26 and a IT analyst. Oliver has a bachelor’s degree and Emma has a master’s. Oliver has high intermediate proficiency in English (CLB 7) and Emma has lower advanced proficiency (CLB 9). Oliver has seven years of work experience and Emma has four years of experience. Emma has received an offer of employment, in Canada, in her field. Emma enters the Express Entry pool as the principal applicant, gaining them a score of 488, sufficient to qualify for today’s draw.
Sophia is 26 and not married. She is a driller by training and holds a two-year trade certificate from a college in her country of origin. She worked for three years there, and then came to Quebec, where she has spent the last two years working at a factory. Sophia tested at level CLB 6 for English in all four levels. Sophia, who holds a provincial certification in her occupation, recently received a provincial nomination from Quebec under its Express Entry stream. Sophia’s initial score is 422, not enough to qualify for today’s draw, but with the provincial nomination she gains 600 points and her score rises 1022, easily allowing her to get an ITA.
