The latest express entry draw took place on the 30th of October. Along with that, 3,300 candidates in the express entry pool got the opportunity to apply for permanent residency. Along with that, the total number of express entry visits surpassed 71,700. If you are looking forward to securing your Canadian PR via the express entry system, this is something that you need to be mindful of.
In the most recent draw, the cut-off mark of the Comprehensive Ranking System was 475. The primary objective of the express entry system is to manage a pool of candidates and offer Canadian PR to the highly qualified individuals out of them. There are three different classes within the express entry system. They include Canadian experience class, federal skilled trade class, and federal skilled worker class.
All the candidates who are looking for a Canada PR visa will be able to subscribe to this program. Depending on the skills and qualifications that you have, you can receive a score. The score that you can secure would depend on the education, age, proficiency in French or English and the work experience that you have. You don’t always need to have a Canadian job offer to be eligible for this.
Depending on the scores of individuals who stay within the pool of express entry candidates, a group of highly ranked candidates will be provided with an invitation. Then they will be able to proceed with immigration to Canada through the express entry program. These invitations are offered via the express entry draws. The express entry draws take place every two weeks.
In the most recent draw, the cut-off mark was a bit high. If you have been following the cut off marks for the past few draws, you might feel a bit disappointed with it. However, there’s nothing to worry about it at all. That’s because the most recent draw took place after a period of 28 days. On the 16th of October, there was a draw, but it was a smaller one. It only focused on the Federal Skilled Trader Class. In other words, it was not an all-program draw. That’s the main reason why the cutoff mark was relatively high this time.
When there a long time gap between the express entry draws, the cut off marks usually increase. Therefore, only the highest-ranking candidates will be able to move forward with it and secure their immigration to Canada.
As mentioned earlier, the most recent draw ended up with a cutoff mark of 475 points. It was 11 points higher when compared to the draw that took place on the 2nd of October. On the 29th of August this year, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada went ahead and applied a tie break. In other words, all the candidates who had at least 475 marks were provided with the opportunity to obtain an ITA.
Along with all the successive draws, we have seen how a total number of 71,700 invitations have been issued so far. However, we are still 2,500 invitations behind when compared to the pace of the last year. The last year ended up with issuing 89.800 invitations. We will be able to see a similar figure by the end of December.
In fact, the Canadian government has come up with higher admission targets for the three different immigration programs. This is applicable within the year 2019 as well as within the year 2020. Therefore, an excellent opportunity is available for people to go ahead and secure excellent results.
If you didn’t have enough points in the most recent draw, you don’t need to worry about anything. That’s because plenty of opportunities are available for you to increase your score and secure your chances of ending up with positive results.
One of the best opportunities available here for you to consider would be to go ahead with the provincial nomination program. If you can make yourself eligible for the provincial nomination, you will be able to receive 600 additional CRS points. Then you are guaranteed to receive an invitation to go ahead and apply for a Canada PR visa. During the last few weeks, we have seen how the provincial nominee programs of the provinces British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan issued more than 2,000 different invitations. People who were waiting in the express entry pool were able to secure these changes and go ahead with them. In fact, Saskatchewan had a record draw where they issued over 1,000 different Express Entry invitations in the recent past. Likewise, Nova Scotia issued invitations for 430 candidates.
Alberta State went ahead and issued invitations for the candidates who had around 350 marks during the draw that took place on the 9th of October. Hence, it can be considered as one of the best opportunities available for you to consider. You are encouraged to take a look at these provincial nomination programs and then see if you can make yourself eligible to get through them. Otherwise, you will need to think about focusing more on your skills and qualifications, so that you can easily surpass the cut-off marks and secure your Canadian PR visa invitation.
