Posted on December 11 2020

Canada invites another 5,000 to apply for PR

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated January 12 2024

Canada has invited another 5,000 candidates in latest Express Entry Draw #169 held on December 9, 2020 at 14:30:47 UTC. With the latest round of invitations, a record-breaking total of 102,350 invitations to apply [ITAs] have been issued in 2020 so far.

Those invited can now proceed to applying to the federal government of Canada for their permanent residence in Canada.

The previous Express Entry draw was held on November 25, 2020.

As no program had been specified by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] for the latest Express Entry draw, candidates under any of following programs were eligible for receiving invitations –

Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP]
Federal Skilled Trades People [FSTP]
Canadian Experience Class [CEC]
Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] Express Entry linked streams only

In order to be invited, the candidates were required to have a minimum ranking score – the Comprehensive Ranking System [CRS] score – of 469.

Out of a maximum 1,200 CRS points available, while 600 are core points given on human capital factors [age, education, work experience, and language ability], another 600 points are kept aside for “additional factors”.

Up to 200 CRS points can be got through arranged employment in Canada, that is, a valid job offer from a Canadian employer. The number of points given for arranged employment depend upon the National Occupational Classification [NOC] code that the job comes under.

Now, a provincial or territorial nomination – under the Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] of Canada – fetches a candidate 600 CRS points, thereby guaranteeing that the nominee will be issued an ITA in the next round of invitations by IRCC.

Job offer in NOC 00	200 CRS points
Job offer in any other NOC 0, A, B	50 CRS points
PNP nomination	600 CRS points

The tie-breaking rule applied in the December 9 was that of June 4, 2020 at 22:26:05 UTC.

As per the tie-breaking rule applied by 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.”

The tie-breaking rule is only applicable to profiles with the minimum CRS cut-off as per the specific draw. Hence, in the December 9 IRCC draw, those candidates with a CRS of 469 and above received an invitation that had created their Express Entry profile before the tie-breaking rule applied.

With the latest Express Entry draw – the 36th Express Entry draw in 2020 – a total of 102,350 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
34	#167	November 18, 2020	472	5,000
35	#168	November 25, 2020	469	5,000
36	#169	December 9, 2020	469	5,000
Total ITAs issued in 2020 so far – 102,350.