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CRS POINTS DROP IN CANADA EXPRESS ENTRY LATEST DRAW
On 1st May 2019, under Express Entry 3,350 applicants have been invited to apply for Permanent Residence visa to Canada.
The Government of Canada conducts Express Entry draw twice a month, or every 15 days. Applicants with minimum cut-off points will be invited to lodge permanent residence application to Canada. If more than one candidate has the cut-off, then the selection will be based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.
The cut-off points as on 1st May 2019 draw was 450 points, which is one point lower than the minimum score in the previous draw on 17th April 2019, which was 451 points.
The minimum cut-off for CRS score and the time between Express Entry draws keep varying.
- The first draw in January 2019, invited applicants who had the CRS score of 449 points and points were decreasing in subsequent draws.
- In February 2019, the points went upto 457 points, which is the highest in recent times.
- Then again the points started decreasing in subsequent draws.
- Since 20th February 2019, this is the fourth time that the cut-off Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score has decreased.
- The lowest cut-off so far had been 415 points, we don’t expect the CRS points to drop below 400 points.
The Express Entry pool has applicants for Canada’s Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class. The above are three of Canada’s primary economic immigration categories and contributes the highest part of economic class immigrants each year.
Counting the draw of 1st May 2019, the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued to Express Entry candidates in the year 2019 comes to 31,250. This count is ahead of the number of ITAs issued in 2018, where the year 2018 saw Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) creating new Express Entry ITA record of 89,800 invitations issued in a single year.
The growing number of invitations shows the increasing admissions targets for the above mentioned three Express Entry-managed programs, which are established to increase annually between 2019 and 2021.
It is likely that the minimum CRS score could be further reduced if Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) holds larger or more regular draws for this year 2019.
Prospective applicants can contact us and we will be happy to guide eligible applicants to meet the requirement to lodge an application for Residence visa to Canada.
Bilimoria & Associate is specialised in Immigration visas to Canada with 23 years of experience and will be able to guide applicants on various visa types based on the eligibility.
Bilimoria & Associate liaisons with Member of Law Society of Upper Canada and Canadian Bar Association (Immigration section) (CPTLS).
We can assist you with preparing a successful visa application to Canada. Applicants can forward their resume to assess their eligibility under Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program and Canadian Experience Class or Provincial Nominee Program and be successful in obtaining a family Immigration visa.
You can write to us to assess your eligibility at: neville@bilimoriaassociate.com (or) contact us +9144 28227222 / 28239229 / 43508191 between Monday – Saturday - 10.30 am to 5.30 pm