In latest Express draw Canada had invited 27,332 candidates to apply for permanent residence. The Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada invited candidates from Canadian Express Class with minimum 75 CRS score for the very first time for express entry.

Last year about 5000 Invitations to Apply (ITA’s) were issued. Before this the cut off was 199 points in May 16, 2017 in Federal Skilled Trade Programmes. The Express Entry was launched in Jan 2015.

There is also an invitation for candidates to apply in PNP by inviting 654 Express Entry Drawon Wednesday which makes the total of 27,986 in this week. The tie-break rule is implemented by ICRS which states that the candidates having minimum score of 75 were included only when they submitted their profile for Express Entry before Sept. 12, 2020 at 15.31 UTC.