142nd Express Entry Draw: Issued 3294 Invitations To Apply For Canada PR

10 Apr 2020

A 2nd Express Entry draw that held on Thursday, 9 April 2020 where a sum of 3,294 invitations to apply for Canada PR were issued to candidates in the Canadian Experience Class with Comprehensive ranking scores of 464 and higher.

This unique second draw on the same day observed the lowest minimum required CRS score since Oct 2019.

Details of 142^nd Federal Express Entry Draw

Today’s draw was the 4th continuous program-specific Express Entry draw and the 2nd one, in shorter than a month to especially target applicants in the Canadian Experience Class, which is accessible to foreign nationals with a minimum of one-year skilled work experience in Canada, among the other requirements.

Earlier of 9 Apr 2020, Canada also invited 606 Express Entry applicants who have a Provincial nomination to apply for Canadian PR.

The Federal Express Entry system is the Canadian principal source of skilled immigrant workers. Qualified candidates can enter the pool of Express Entry and are allotted a CRS score based on their age, level of education, skilled relevant work experience and knowledge in English or French, along with other factors. The highest-ranked applicants are announced with Invitations to Apply (ITA) for Canadian PR during periodic draws from the pool.

Refugees, Immigration and Citizenship Canada (I.R.C.C) implemented a rule of tie break in the current draw; applicants who have submitted their profiles prior to 4 January 2020, at 12:16:45 UTC were considered for this specific draw. This implies that all contestants with CRS scores equal to and above 464, who registered their profile in the pool of Express Entry prior to this date and time, got an ITA.

The 3,294 ITAs declared in the current draw have brought the cumulative number of invitations declared in 2020 to 26,500.

IRCC is proceeding to conduct regularly scheduled Express Entry Invitation rounds despite the truth that specific measures have been put in place to restrain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Canada welcomed 341,000 immigrants in 2019. It is aiming the admissions of 341,000 newcomers in 2020, a further 351,000 in 2021, and added 361,000 in 2022.

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