Express Entry: 385 PNP candidates receive ITAs
Express Entry candidates who had provincial nominations were invited to apply for permanent residence in the May 27 draw.
Canada has just held a new Express Entry draw, inviting candidates who had previously received a provincial nomination.
A total of 385 Invitation to Apply (ITAs) were issued to Express Entry candidates in the May 27 invitation round.
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates in the Express Entry pool are awarded an additional 600 points on top of their original human capital score. This is why the minimum CRS score requirement was 757 for this draw. Without the additional points from the provincial nomination, invited candidates would have had a human capital score of 157.
This is the sixth PNP only draw from the federal Express Entry system since special coronaviruses measures went into place on March 18. Canada has been alternating between holding Express Entry draws targeting PNP and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates.
Draws targeting CEC candidates typically have a much lower CRS cut-off. The last CEC-only draw invited candidates with CRS scores of at least 447, the lowest requirement for these candidates since January 2019.
A tie-break rule was applied in this draw. All candidates with a CRS score of at least 757 who submitted their profile before April 27, 2020, at 10:19:01 UTC, received an ITA in this round.
Draws dates have also become more unpredictable. Earlier in the year, all-program draws that covered the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP), and CEC candidates, happened every two weeks. Now IRCC is holding targeted draws, they may happen days or hours apart.