The Government of Canada keeps its high number of invitations in its new draw, held on August 8, 2018. Altogether 3,750 Express Entry candidates were invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence, with the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 440.

The Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued are the same as the last four invitation round. All candidates who submitted their profile before the tie-break January 31, 2018, at 00:06:40 UTC, with CRS score above 440 received and ITA in this invitation round.

The Express Entry Annual Target for this year is 74,900 invitations. So far, 50,950 ITAs were issued by IRCC.