IRCC Shocks with 1,800 Express Entry ITAs in Third Draw This Week!
Canada invites 1,800 French-speaking candidates in latest Express Entry draw with CRS score of 400. This is the third draw this week, issuing over 19,000 ITAs in July.
Gurmeet Sharma
The department issued 1,800 ITAs in a category-based selection draw for candidates with French language proficiency.
Candidates required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 400 to be considered.
Today's minimum CRS score represents one of the lowest scores of the year for any Express Entry draw. Yesterday's program-specific draw for 6,300 Canadian Experience Class candidates also had the lowest score of any non-category based selection draw at 515.
Earlier this week, 1,391 candidates were invited in a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)-only draw with a minimum CRS of 670. Before that, 3,200 candidates were invited in a category-based selected draw for French proficiency on July 8.
CRS scores for PNP-only Express Entry draws tend to be higher than average because Express Entry candidates who have been successfully nominated for the PNP automatically receive an additional 600 CRS points on top of their existing score. For example, an Express Entry candidate with a score of 300 that is successfully nominated will then have an overall CRS of 900.
So far this month, 19,161 ITAs have been issued over seven separate draws. This has been the busiest month for Express Entry this year.
