In its new draw, held on July 25, 2018, the Government of Canada keeps its high number of invitations to apply. With the minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 441 – one point lower than the last draw – 3,750 Express Entry candidates were invited to apply for Canadian Permanent Residence.

The number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued are the same as the previous three invitation round. All candidates who submitted their profile before the tie-break December 31, 2017, at 12:14:21 UTC, with CRS score above 441 received and ITA in this invitation round.

Altogether 15,000 ITA’s were issued in June-July what highlights these months as the best one in terms of number of invitations since the Express Entry was introduced in 2015.

The Express Entry Annual Target for this year is 74,900 invitations. So far, 47,200 ITAs were issued by IRCC.