Canada Conducts 115th Express Entry Draw And Issues 3,350 ITAs For Permanent Residence
18 Apr 2019
Canada invited 3,350 candidates in the Express Entry candidates to seek permanent residence in Canadian in the draw of April 17. The cut-off score was 451.
The details
The federal
Express Entry system manages online applications for three main economic immigration programs of Canada.
These are the:
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Federal Skilled Trades Class
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Canadian Experience Class and finally
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Federal Skilled Worker Class,
All the Eligible candidates in these categories enter the Express Entry pool and get the score depending upon the language proficiency age, work experience, and education factors. The candidates with the top rank also get the invitation to seek PR in Canada. There are regular pool draws.
In 2019 Canada has so far issued 27,900 ITAs to its Express Entry candidates. In 2018 had issued 21,000 ITAs by April 17.
Additionally, IRCC has a plan for more admissions in its Federal High Skilled classes during the present year and also in 2020. It is sure to surpass the record of 2018 in 2019.
Other facts
IRCC has applied its tie-break mechanism in this draw. The time and date were 15:01:49 UTC - April 2nd, 2019. All the candidates who had a CRS score of and above 451, and a profile entry in the EE pool prior to that date/time, received the ITA in this round. Moreover, there are many options for EE candidates to improve their rank in the pool and increase their score. They can opt for provincial nomination also. This also results in 600 additional CRS points that effectively guarantee to obtain the ITA for Canadian permanent residence in a later draw of Express Entry.
The provincial nominee streams having a link to the Express Entry are active in Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
Conclusion
Furthermore, the candidates taking the TEF Canada and scoring well in speaking and writing, reading and listening had a chance of success. An IELTS score of 8.5 in listening and 8 in other sections was sufficient to get an ITA. It is likely that IRCC will hold big and frequent draws in the future to attract more candidates.
We bring all the relevant facts of these draws and you can contact us for additional details.
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