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Posted on November 06 2020

Canada invites 4,500 to apply for permanent residence

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By  Editor
Updated January 12 2024

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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