Canada Express Entry Draw March 04, 2020

3900 invited for Canada PR in Express Entry Draw March 04

In the Express Entry Draw March 04 2020, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited 3,900 to apply for Canadian permanent residence. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITAs) in the draw was 471, compared to the February 19 draw, which had a cut-off score of 470. However, the number of ITAs issued was 600 less than those issued in the previous draw of 4,500.

IRCC has now issued a total of 18,700 ITAs in 2020 through the federal Express Entry system. The IRCC has set higher Express Entry admissions targets for the years 2020 and 2021, with new permanent resident admissions through the three federal high-skilled programs slated to rise to 85,800 this year and 88,800 in 2021.

The Express Entry system allows Canada to actively recruit, assess and select skilled immigrants under the three Federal High Skilled economic-class immigration programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Class; the Federal Skilled Trades Class; and the Canadian Experience Class.

The Express Entry immigration selection system

In order to enter the federal Express Entry pool, candidates must first meet the eligibility requirements for one of the three programs: the Federal Skilled Worker Class; the Federal Skilled Trades Class; and the Canadian Experience Class. The first step is to create an Express Entry profile. A job offer is not required to enter or be selected from the Express Entry pool.

A certain number of the highest-ranked candidates who have submitted their profiles into the pool are issued ITAs for Canadian permanent residence through regular draws which typically take place every two weeks. A candidate’s CRS score is based on factors such as age, education, skilled work experience and proficiency in English or French.

Find out if you are eligible to enter the Express Entry pool.

Candidates with scores below the latest 471 cut-off can improve their CRS scoring in a number of ways, particularly if they enroll in any of the provincial nomination programs that have Express Entry component. Express Entry candidates with a provincial nomination receive an additional 600 CRS points. If their provincial nomination is approved, the invited candidates will be issued an additional 600 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points. The additional points place them in a favorable position to receive a federal Invitation to Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence in a future IRCC) draws.

March 04, 2020 Express Entry Rounds of invitations results

Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system – February 19, 2020
See full text of Ministerial Instruction

Number of invitations issued: 3,900

Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,900^th or above

Date and time of round:   March 4, 2020 at 13:44:16 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 471

Tie-breaking rule:  February 24, 2020 at 06:02:57 UTC (This means that all candidates with a score of 471 who submitted their profile before this date and time received an ITA.)

If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of March 3, 2020

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1,200	568
451-600	21,905
401-450	41,512
441-450	9,660
431-440	9,561
421-430	6,595
411-420	7,307
401-410	8,389
351-400	50,130
391-400	8,613
381-390	10,704
371-380	10,480
361-370	10,380
351-360	9,953
301-350	27,719
0-300	3,602
Total	145,436

The numbers in this table reflect the total number of people in the pool overall, a few days before an invitation round. The score distribution may change as people submit new profiles and other profiles expire.

The unbolded table numbers are a detailed breakdown of the bold number immediately above.

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