Alberta Express Entry Stream: Latest Draw Issues 374 ITAs For Canada PR

11 Oct 2019

Alberta’s recent Express Entry selection round issues Invitations to 374 candidates with CRS score as low as 400 to apply for a nomination from the province for Canadian PR.

Details of the draw held on 25 Sept 2019 were announced today by the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (A.I.N.P).

The A.I.N.P is a part of Canada’s PNP, which enables participating territories and provinces to nominate an allocated number of Economic-Class immigration applicants for Canada PR each year.

All territories and provinces that take a role in the PNP have minimum one stream that is connected to Canadian Express Entry system, which controls the pool of applicants for Canada’s 3 principal skilled worker immigration programs: 

• Canadian Experience Class
• Federal Skilled Trades Class
• Federal Skilled Worker Class

The draw capped a Sept in which the A.I.N.P carried three selection rounds by its Stream of Alberta Express Entry and invited 852 Express Entry applicants to apply for a nomination from the province.

Alberta’s Express Entry Stream Draw Details

The Alberta Express Entry Stream enables the Alberta PNP to search the pool of federal Express Entry for skilled international workers with strong links to Alberta or who are working in a profession that supports the economic development of province and diversification preferences.

Applicants are not expected to have an employment offer in the province of Alberta, but the Alberta PNP says having a job offer may increase the possibility of an applicant being invited.

A nomination from the province results in an extra 600 points below the Comprehensive Ranking System (C.R.S) of Federal Express Entry.

The lowest-ranked applicant in the Alberta's Express Entry obtained an Invitation in the AINP’s selection round held on 25 September had a CRS score of 400.

This score was greater than the previous A.I.N.P selection rounds, which have seen applicants with scores as less as 300 selected. However, a minimum score of 400 is still prominently lower than the cut-off CRS score in the recent federal Express Entry draw was 464.

The 374 invitations announced on Sept 25 draw brought the entire number of Express Entry applicants invited by the A.I.N.P in 2019 to 6,088.

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