December 19 Express Entry Draw Invites 3200

3200 Candidates Invited for PR in December 19 Express Entry Draw

The December 19 Express Entry draw saw another 3,200 candidates invited by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to apply for Canadian permanent resident.

In total, IRCC has now issued 85,300 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) in 2019. This is 4,500 ITAs short of the 89,800 that were issued in 2018, which stands as the most ITAs issued in a single year through the Express Entry system.

The 3,200 ITAs were issued to candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores of 469 or higher, a 3-point increase from the previous December 11 draw, which had a cut-off score of 472.

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.

In order to enter the federal Express Entry pool, candidates must first meet the eligibility requirements for one of the three programs. 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 469 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 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.

Fluctuations in Minimum CRS Points

Fluctuation in the minimum CRS scores may be partly attributed to the time between draws, which has deviated on a number of occasions from IRCC’s usual pace of a draw every two weeks. For example, the December 19 draw took place only eight days after the previous draw on December 11 and saw the minimum CRS score decrease by three points, from 472 to 469.

More time between draws allows the pool to replenish with higher-scoring candidates, which can have the effect of raising the minimum CRS score.

December 19 Express Entry Rounds of invitations results

Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system – December 19, 2019

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Number of invitations issued: 3,200

Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,200^th or above

Date and time of round:   December 19, 2019 at 13:21:53 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 469

Tie-breaking rule:  November 14, 2019 at 08:41:33 UTC

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.

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CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of December 16, 2019

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1,200	440
451-600	16,226
401-450	40,475
441-450	9,249
431-440	9,607
421-430	6,558
411-420	7,043
401-410	8,018
351-400	47,064
391-400	8,235
381-390	10,041
371-380	9,751
361-370	9,737
351-360	9,300
301-350	26,777
0-300	3,660
Total	134,642

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 table numbers in italics are a detailed breakdown of the bold number immediately above.

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