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Canada Express Entry Draw: In latest draw, record 4, 250 permanent invites issued

Canada’s IRCC issued invitations to 4,250 candidates with the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 500 in the latest round of the Express Entry draw. It was the eighth all-program draw held since then since the program resumed on 6 July. 

The candidates were eligible to receive invitations from the canadian experience class , federal skilled worker program and the federal skilled trades program and all the programs that operate under the express entry system as per the CIC reports. 

According to the latest express entry draw. The latest draw is a continuation of lower CRS scores and lowering the score helps in  increasing the number of candidates who are eligible to receive ITAs through Express Entry and the score for that draw was 557 and for the first five draws, decreased by eight or nine points each time and the two most recent draws on September 14 and 28 saw smaller decreases of six points and as many as 4,250 invites were issued this time according to the research. 

Express Entry all-program draws were paused for over 18 months starting in December 2020, owing to pandemics and candidates from the CEC or Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) were issued invitations to apply. 

For the CEC in September 2021, IRCC also paused draws. As part of the Immigration levels plan 2022-2024 IRCC is looking at hitting the target of some 432,000 new permanent residents.  Each year IRCC releases a new plan year. This plan  outlines the number of immigrants Canada hopes to welcome over the coming three years. 

The Immigration levels plan targets 55,900 new permanent residents through express entry for 2022 and Canada has admitted just over 28,000 new permanent residents through express entry programs between January and August 31 and in the coming days express entry is likely to see some changes.

Rather than the current system of issuing ITAs to a wide range of candidates solely on their CRS scores, IRCC is likely to have more authority to target express entry candidates based on specific work experience, education, or language abilities etc.