
Canada Immigration Express Entry Rounds Update
The Canadian Government rank candidates in the Express Entry pool using a points-based system and select the highest-ranking candidates from the pool and invite them to apply for permanent residency who are interested in Canada Immigration.
In last six rounds of invitation, the Government sent 34,124 invitations to apply to the candidates under only Provincial Nominee and Canadian Experience Class. The invited candidates get 60 to 90 days to submit their applications for Canada permanent residency.
The breakdown of each invitation round is given below:
Express Entry Round – 31 March 2021
- Program: Provincial Nominee Program
- Number of invitations issued: 284
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 284th or above
- Date and time of round: March 31, 2021 at 11:21:22 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 778
- Tie-breaking rule: March 16, 2021 at 16:09:32 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).
Express Entry Round – 18 March 2021
- Program: Canadian Experience Class
- Number of invitations issued: 5,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above
- Date and time of round: March 18, 2021 at 11:30:56 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 449
- Tie-breaking rule: February 19, 2021 at 15:59:57 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).
Express Entry Round – 17 March 2021
- Program: Provincial Nominee Class
- Number of invitations issued: 183
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 183th or above
- Date and time of round: March 17, 2021 at 11:49:48 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 682
- Tie-breaking rule: March 04, 2021 at 16:56:20 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).
Express Entry Round – 08 March 2021
- Program: Provincial Nominee Class
- Number of invitations issued: 671
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 671th or above
- Date and time of round: March 08, 2021 at 13:53:21 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 739
- Tie-breaking rule: February 16, 2021 at 19:10:25 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).
Express Entry Round – 13 February 2021
- Program: Canadian Experience Class
- Number of invitations issued: 27,332
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 27,332th or above
- Date and time of round: February 13, 2021 at 11:56:56 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 75
- Tie-breaking rule: September 12, 2020 at 15:31:40 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).
Express Entry Round – 10 February 2021
- Program: Provincial Nominee Class
- Number of invitations issued: 654
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 654th or above
- Date and time of round: February 10, 2021 at 14:31:18 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 720
- Tie-breaking rule: August 14, 2020 at 06:51:00 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).
Source: Canada Immigration & Citizenship, Government of Canada