Canada invites 4,500 to apply for permanent residence

The latest Express Entry Draw #166 – held on November 5, 2020 at 12:17:58 UTC – had 4,500 immigration candidates being invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] score required was 478.

 

The previous Express Entry draw was held on October 14, 2020.

 

No program was specified by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] for the latest Express Entry draw.

 

As such, candidates from the following programs were eligible –

 

Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP]

Federal Skilled Trades People [FSTP]

Canadian Experience Class [CEC]

Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] Express Entry linked streams only

 

As per changes in CRS calculation announced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC], French-speaking Express Entry candidates were eligible for more points this time around.

 

Introduced on October 20, 2020, with the latest changes in the scoring system for Express Entry profiles, a candidate can “get additional points for good French skills”.

 

An NCLC 7 or above in all the four language abilities [listening, reading, speaking, and writing] in French can fetch a candidate 25 additional points, provided they have either scored a Canadian Language Benchmarks [CLB] level of 4 or lower in English or not appeared for their English test at all.

 

50 additional points can be earned by those with a NCLC or 7 and above in French along with a CLB 5 or higher in all 4 English skills.

 

These additional points are on top of the points that a candidate would have usually got for their official languages.

 

With a tie-breaking rule of October 26, 2020 at 22:44:19 UTC applied, Express Entry candidates that had a CRS of minimum 478 and had submitted their profile before the tie-break applied were issued an ITA.

 

Recently, Canada announced its 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan, setting one of the highest levels of immigration in its history.

 

401,000 immigrants are to be welcomed by Canada in 2021. The immigration target for 2022 and 2023 stands at 411,000 and 421,000 respectively.

 

With the latest Express Entry draw – the 33rd Express Entry draw in 2020 – a total of 87,350 ITAs have been issued so far this year.

 

Sl. No.	Draw No.	Date of Draw	Minimum CRS	ITAs issued
1	#134	January 8, 2020	473	3,400
2	#135	January 22, 2020	471	3,400
3	#136	February 5, 2020	472	3,500
4	#137	February 19, 2020	470	4,500
5	#138	March 4, 2020	471	3,900
6	#139 [PNP]	March 18, 2020	720	668
7	#140 [CEC]	March 23, 2020	467	3,232
8	#141 [PNP]	April 9, 2020	698	606
9	#142 [CEC]	April 9, 2020	464	3,294
10	#143 [PNP]	April 15, 2020	808	118
11	#144 [CEC]	April 16, 2020	455	3,782
12	#145 [PNP]	April 29, 2020	692	589
13	#146 [CEC]	May 1, 2020	452	3,311
14	#147 [PNP]	May 13, 2020	718	529
15	#148 [CEC]	May 15, 2020	447	3,371
16	#149 [PNP]	May 27, 2020	757	385
17	#150 [CEC]	May 28, 2020	440	3,515
18	#151 [PNP]	June 10, 2020	743	341
19	#152 [CEC]	June 11, 2020	437	3,559
20	#153 [PNP]	June 24, 2020	696	392
21	#154 [CEC]	June 25, 2020	431	3,508
22	#155	July 8, 2020	478	3,900
23	#156 [PNP]	July 22, 2020	687	557
24	#157 [CEC]	July 23, 2020	445	3,343
25	#158	August 5, 2020	476	3,900
26	#159 [FSTP]	August 6, 2020	415	250
27	#160 [PNP]	August 19, 2020	771	600
28	#161 [CEC]	August 20, 2020	454	3,300
29	#162	September 2, 2020	475	4,200
30	#163	September 16, 2020	472	4,200
31	#164	September 30, 2020	471	4,200
32	#165	October 14, 2020	471	4,500
33	#166	November 5, 2020	478	4,500
Total ITAs issued in 2020 so far – 87,350.

 

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