EXPRESS ENTRY DRAW 78 | 2,750 ITAS ISSUED
2,750 Express Entry candidates will receive invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence in the 78th Express Entry draw on November 15, 2017. The minimum CRS cut-off score for this draw is 439.
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- Draw Number: 78
- Draw Date: November 15, 2017
- Number of Invitations Issued: 2,750
- Minimum CRS: 439
- Program Specified: None
IRCC invites 2,750 Express Entry candidates to apply in November 15 draw
All candidates with a score above 439 were invited to apply. While some candidates with a score of 439 received ITAs, IRCC said a tie-break procedure was necessary, meaning only those candidates with a CRS score of 439 who entered their profiles in the Express Entry pool prior to a specified date and time were invited to apply. In this case, that time and date was October 19, 2017, at 12:02:28 UTC.
Today’s cut-off CRS score of 439 is 19 points lower than last week’s draw, which had a cut-off score of 458.
It is interesting to note that this latest draw was the fourth in three weeks, which has only happened once before since Express Entry was introduced. Canada announced new three-year immigration targets on Nov. 1 and more frequent draws could have the effect of increasing the number of ITAs issued and lowering the CRS cut-off score as candidates with higher scores are removed from the pool.
Under its recently announced Immigration Levels Plan, Canada is planning to welcome nearly one million new permanent residents between 2018 and 2020. Nearly 250,000 of those newcomers to be admitted through programs managed under the Express Entry system, namely: the Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC), the Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC), and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). The number admitted through these programs is set to increase year-on-year.
This latest draw was the 78th draw to take place since the Express Entry system was introduced on Jan. 1, 2015, and the 28th since the start of 2017. So far this year, 80,523 ITAs have been issued.
