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 the last two express entry rounds, the Government sent 3,463 invitations to apply to the candidates under only Provincial Nominee and Canadian Experience Class. The invited candidates get 60 days to submit their applications for Canada permanent residency.
The breakdown of each invitation round is given below:
Express Entry Round – 19 August 2021
- Program: Canadian Experience Class
- Number of invitations issued: 3,000
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,000 or above
- Date and time of round: August 19, 2021 at 13:25:22 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 403
- Tie-breaking rule: August 01, 2021 at 10:13:57 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 – 18 August 2021
- Program: Provincial Nominee Program
- Number of invitations issued: 463
- Rank required to be invited to apply: 463rd or above
- Date and time of round: August 18, 2021 at 14:10:39 UTC
- CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 751
- Tie-breaking rule: April 13th, 2021 at 16:29:29 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