Express Entry: 284 PNP candidates invited in 4th draw of March

In the latest round of invitations – Express Entry Draw #180 held on March 31, 2021 at 11:21:22 UTC– another 284 Canada immigration candidates have been invited by the federal government of Canada.

Those invited can now proceed to applying to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] for their permanent residence in Canada.

Continuing with the trend of targeting candidates that were more likely to already be within Canada, as per IRCC, “Candidates from the Provincial Nominee Program were eligible for this round of invitations”.

Of the 10 provinces and 3 territories that together make up Canada, 9 provinces [with the exception of Quebec] and 2 territories [with the exception of Nunavut] are a part of Canada PNP.

While Quebec has its own immigration program under the Canada-Quebec Accord, Nunavut has no immigration program for the induction of newcomers into the territory.

An Overview of Express Entry Draw #180
Date and Time of round	March 31, 2021 at 11:21:22 UTC
Number of invitations issued	284
Candidate invited from	Provincial Nominee Program [PNP]
Minimum CRS cut-off	CRS 778   [PNP nomination = 600 CRS points]
Tie-breaking rule applied	March 16, 2021 at 16:09:32 UTC
Invitations issued by date [March 31]	22,600 [in 2020] | 44,124 [in 2021]

Note.- CRS: Comprehensive Ranking System.

As this was a PNP-specific Express Entry draw, the CRS was on the higher side.

A PNP nomination on its own fetches 600 CRS points, thereby guaranteeing an invitation by IRCC.

As on March 29, 2021, there were 165,476profiles in the IRCC Express Entry pool of candidates.

Applying for Canadian permanent residence is by invitation only. It is the highest-ranking Express Entry profiles – based on their CRS scores – that are issued Invitations to Apply [ITAs] by IRCC.

With the tie-breaking rule applied to the latest Express Entry draw by IRCC, all those Express Entry candidates that were provincial nominees and had a CRS of 778 and above received invitations, provided they had entered their profiles into the pool of candidates before March 16, 2021 at 16:09:32 UTC.

The tie-breaking rule by IRCC is only applicable to profiles that had the minimum required CRS cut-off.

According to 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”.

Put simply, if more than 1 Express Entry profiles has the minimum CRS required, precedence will be given to profiles created earlier as compared to those created at a later date.

This is the 10th draw to be held by IRCC so far in 2021. With the latest draw, a total of 44,124 have been invited so far this year to apply for their Canada PR.

The Express Entry admissions target for 2021 stands at 108,500.

Express Entry Draws in 2021   Total draws so far: 10 ITAs issued so far: 44,124
Sl. No.	Draw No.	Invited	Date of Draw	Time of Draw	CRS cut-off	ITAs issued	Tie-breaking rule applied	For details
1	#171	PNP	January 6, 2021	14:39:02 UTC	CRS 813	250	November 2, 2020 at 11:11:52 UTC	Canada holds first Express Entry draw of 2021
2	#172	CEC	January 7, 2021	14:15:32 UTC	CRS 461	4,750	September 12, 2020 at 20:46:32 UTC	Express Entry: 4,750 invited with Canadian experience
3	#173	PNP	January 20, 2021	14:13:12 UTC	CRS 741	374	September 5, 2020 at 19:39:04 UTC	Express Entry: 374 invited with a PNP nomination
4	#174	CEC	January 21, 2021	14:22:20 UTC	CRS 454	4,626	July 23, 2020 at 17:32:00 UTC	Canada holds second Express Entry draw within 2 days
5	#175	PNP	February 10, 2021	14:31:18 UTC	CRS 720	654	August 14, 2020 at 06:51:00 UTC	Express Entry: 654 PNP candidates invited in the latest draw
6	#176	CEC	February 13, 2021	11:56:56 UTC	CRS 75	27,332	September 12, 2020 at 15:31:40 UTC	Express Entry: A historic 27,332 invited in a single draw
7	#177	PNP	March 08, 2021	13:53:21 UTC	CRS 739	671	February 16, 2021 at 19:10:25 UTC	Canada invites 671 PNP candidates in latest EE draw
8	#178	PNP	March 17, 2021	11:49:48 UTC	CRS 682	183	March 04, 2021 at 16:56:20 UTC	Express Entry: 183 ITAs issued in latest draw by IRCC
9	#179	CEC	March 18, 2021	11:30:56 UTC	CRS 449	5,000	February 19, 2021 at 15:59:57 UTC	Express Entry: Another draw held in 2 days, CEC invited
10	#180	PNP	March 31, 2021	11:21:22 UTC	CRS 778	284	March 16, 2021 at 16:09:32 UTC	--

Note. PNP: Provincial Nominee Program, CEC: Canadian Experience Class [CEC].

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