Specific Entry: Canada invitations 761 PNP candidates

Canada invited 761 Express Entry candidates to use for everlasting residence on September 29.

Invited candidates had beforehand obtained nominations underneath a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which quantities to an automated 600 factors added to their base Specific Entry rating. On account of the award, candidates wanted a rating of no less than 742 as a way to be invited.

Within the earlier PNP draw, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 521 PNP candidates with scores of no less than 732. The brand new draw is bigger but additionally has a better rating cutoff, suggesting there are extra high-scoring candidates within the pool underneath the Provincial Nominee Class.

File variety of ITAs issued

IRCC invited extra Specific Entry candidates to use for everlasting residence this yr than ever earlier than. In 2020, IRCC issued 107,350 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) by the Specific Entry system. Up to now this yr, it has issued greater than 108,000 invites, with three months left to go within the yr.

The variety of ITAs have been pushed by the roof on February 13, when IRCC invited each single Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidate within the pool.

Up to now this yr, IRCC has solely held CEC and PNP attracts. For that reason, the minimal rating cutoffs have been up and down. At any time when there’s a PNP draw the minimal rating is significantly greater, since PNP candidates have all obtained a 600 level award. CEC attracts are usually decrease, as a result of the invited candidates should not competing with candidates which are eligible for different applications. Nevertheless, if the CEC draw is significantly smaller, it might increase the rating cutoff since IRCC is taking much less off the highest.

What’s Specific Entry?

Canada’s hottest immigration applications use the net Specific Entry system to handle purposes. There are three applications that use Specific Entry: the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program. PNP candidates within the Specific Entry pool have already certified for one among these applications. They then utilized for a nomination from a province and obtained it, which raised their rating by 600 factors.