137th Express Entry Draw: Issued 4,500 Invitations To Apply For Canada PR

20 Feb 2020

Invitations to Apply for Canada PR 

Invitations to apply for Canada PR have been announced to 4,500 Express Entry applicants in the biggest draw ever held by the Canadian Government on 19 February 2020.

Comprehensive Details about 137^th Express Entry Draw

The minimum required Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in this most recent invitation round was 470 points, which is a drop of 2 points over the prior draw held on 5 February 2020.

The Federal Express Entry system monitors the pool of candidates for 3 main skilled immigration categories those are Federal Skilled Trades Class, Federal Skilled Worker Class and Canadian Experience Class.

Qualified applicants exclusively enter into the pool of Express Entry and will be ranked based on their CRS score that analyzes several parameters such as age of the applicant, educational background, skilled relevant work experience and ability in English or French.

An offer of a job is not needed to be eligible for an Express Entry's Invitation to Apply (ITA), though extra CRS points are given if a candidate has an offer of a job.

A planned number of the most leading ranked applicants are issued an ITA for Canada PR through cyclic draws from the Express Entry pool. These invitation rounds commonly take place every couple of weeks and the large majority involves applicants from all 3 Express Entry controlled categories. The Canadian Government has a processing standard of 6 months for PR applications registered by the Express Entry system.

In order to achieve this year’s 85,800 ITA goal for new PR admissions, the federal government requires beginning issuing more extensive numbers of invitations in each draw. This draw is the 4th of 2020 and leads the entire number of ITAs announced in 2020 to 14,800.

The tie break included in the 19 February 2020 draw and the time stamp was 13 January 2020 at 10:52:52 UTC. It means that all applicants with CRS scores over 470, and also with the CRS score equal to 470 who registered their profile in the pool of Federal Express Entry before this timestamp received an ITA.

Two territories and nine provinces in Canada have enhanced PNP streams that are associated with the Federal Express Entry system. A provincial nomination issues in a supplementary 600 CRS points and eventually guarantees an invitation to apply for Canada PR.

Since the commencement of 2020, several Canadian Express Entry associated PNP streams have issued invitations to apply, including streams in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island.

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