Canada invites 600 PNP candidates to apply for permanent residence

The latest federal Express Entry Draw #160 was held on August 19, 2020, at 12:41:09 UTC. With a ranking score of CRS 771 and above, 600 candidates with provincial nominations have received invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

CRS stands for Comprehensive Ranking System, a system of establishing the precedence of profiles in the Express Entry system based on a score allotted out of certain factors. The CRS score is out of a total of 1,200. Canada eligibility calculation, on the other hand, is out of 100 points.

As this was a PNP-specific draw, the CRS was on the higher side. A provincial nomination in itself gets the Express Entry candidate an additional 600 CRS points. Hence, without the nomination, the invited candidates would have had a CRS score of 171 made up of human capital factors.

The previous Express Entry draw was held on August 6, 2020.

The tie-breaking rule applied in the round was that of July 24, 2020 at 11:39:23 UTC. As per Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC], “If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.”

Canada’s Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates for 3 of the main economic immigration programs – the Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP], the Federal Skilled Trades Program [FSTP], and the Canadian Experience Class [CEC] – of the Canadian government.

Provinces and territories part of the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] with Express Entry-aligned streams routinely goes through the pool of candidates. Following this, candidates found to possess the most potential for thriving in their respective province/territory are invited to apply for a provincial nomination.

In order to be considered by any province/territory for a nomination through the PNP, the candidate must have created their Expression of Interest [EOI] profile with the respective PNP.

Once a candidate is successful in securing a provincial nomination, they can apply to IRCC for Canada PR.

The latest Express Entry draw was the 27th to be held in 2020 so far. With this, a total of 62,450 ITAs have been issued in 2020. A record for this date.

ITA stands for Invitation to Apply. It is the highest-ranking candidates that are issued ITAs in the Express Entry draws that are held.

The Canadian government has standard processing of 6 months for Canada PR applications that are filed through the Express Entry system.

Total 27 Express Entry draws held in 2020 so far.

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
Total ITAs issued in 2020 so far – 62,450.

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