{"id":185896,"date":"2018-10-17T04:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T08:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185896"},"modified":"2018-10-17T04:09:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T08:09:06","slug":"minimum-score-decreases-five-points-latest-express-entry-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/17\/minimum-score-decreases-five-points-latest-express-entry-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum score decreases by five points in latest Express Entry draw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) used its\u00a0tie-break\u00a0rule in this draw and the date and time used was September 18, 2018, at 11:06:29 UTC. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Government of Canada has invited 3,900 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held Monday, October 15. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score for this invitation round returned to 440, which is the lowest score drawn this year.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s minimum score is five points less than the minimum\u00a0Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>\u00a0 (CRS) score of 445 in the\u00a0previous Express Entry draw on October 3<\/a>. which also issued 3,900\u00a0Invitation to Apply<\/a>\u00a0(ITAs).<\/p>\n

This marks the fifth time in 2018 that the minimum score for an all-program Express Entry draw was 440.<\/p>\n

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) used its\u00a0tie-break<\/a>\u00a0rule in this draw and the date and time used was September 18, 2018, at 11:06:29 UTC. This means that all candidates with a CRS score above 440, as well as those candidates with scores of 440 who submitted their profile\u00a0before this specified date and time, received an ITA in this invitation round.<\/p>\n

The fact today\u2019s draw took place less than two weeks after the October 3 invitation round might have helped the minimum score drop by five points.<\/p>\n

Such a reduction can result when large draws are held in quick succession.\u00a0Express Entry draws are typically held every two weeks, but only 12 days elapsed between the October 3 draw and today\u2019s invitation round.<\/p>\n

Less time between draws means less time for the\u00a0Express Entry pool<\/a>\u00a0to replenish, which can help push the CRS minimum score down.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Express Entry system<\/a>\u00a0manages the profiles of candidates in Canada\u2019s three main federal economic immigration categories \u2014 the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Class<\/a>, the\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Class<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Canadian Experience Class<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Candidates are ranked according to their\u00a0CRS score, which awards points based on factors including work experience, education, age and proficiency in English or French, Canada\u2019s two official languages.<\/p>\n

The highest-ranked candidates are issued an ITA through regular invitation rounds.<\/p>\n

IRCC has now issued a total of 70,300 ITAs over 22 draws in 2018. IRCC had issued 72,221 ITAs by the same point in October last year and went on to issue a 2017 total of\u00a086,023.<\/p>\n

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Under its\u00a0Multi-Year Immigration Levels Plan<\/a>, the Government of Canada has a target of 74,900 new admissions for 2018 and 81,400 for 2019 through the\u00a0Federal Skilled Worker Class, the\u00a0Federal Skilled Trades Class\u00a0and the\u00a0Canadian Experience Class.<\/p>\n

The following is a hypothetical example of candidates who would have obtained an ITA in today\u2019s draw:<\/p>\n

Diana<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rahul<\/strong>\u00a0are married and are 29-years-old and 34-years-old, respectively. Each holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree and has been working as an a database analyst for more than three years. They also each wrote the IELTS and obtained a score of 8 in each category. They entered the Express Entry pool with Diana as the principal applicant. While Diana and Rahul have never worked or studied in Canada, their CRS score of 440 would have been sufficient to obtain an ITA in the October 15 Express Entry draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cA reduction in the CRS minimum of five points between draws is a good reminder of what can happen when IRCC holds large draws in quick order,\u201d said David Cohen, senior partner with the Campbell Cohen Canadian immigration law firm in Montreal. \u201cWe\u2019re still slightly behind 2017\u2019s record-breaking ITA total, but large draws like ones we\u2019ve been seeing recently could help us meet and maybe even exceed it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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