For the first time since March 4th, the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced an all program Express Entry draw encompassing candidates in the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and the Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP).
Today’s draw (155) was held at 13:08:41 UTC. 3,900 candidates that had a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 478 received an invitation to apply (ITA).
The total number of ITAs issued in 2020 is now up to 53,800. This signifies that despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada is committed to reaching its immigration targets for 2020.
IRCC applied its tie-breaking rule with the timestamp of February 11, 2020, at 03:17:13 UTC. This simply means that all candidates with a CRS score of 478 or above, and previous candidates with a score of 478 or above who entered their profile in the Express Entry pool before the selected tie-breaking date and time will receive an invitation in this round.
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** Candidates must have a provincial nominee