The Express Entry Draw held on 8th August 2018, issued a total of 3, 750 Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Permanent Residence candidates who had a CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) minimum overall score of 440.
This latest draw is the second time in 2018 that IRCC has reduced the minimum cut-off CRS score to 440. All application received before 31st January 2018 with a score of 440 received ITA in the 8th August 2018 draw.
With Canada’s increased admission targets for 2018 and 2019 it is possible that IRCC could surpass the number of ITA’s issued in 2017. Whether draw sizes will increase above 3,750 remains to be seen. If IRCC does resort to larger draws, or more frequent draws, this could also result in a further reduction of the cut-off CRS score.
Express Entry is the application system that manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three main economic immigration classes — the Federal Skilled Worker Class, the Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class. The highest-ranked candidates in the Express Entry pool are issued ITAs in regular invitation rounds.