Express entry program is one of the major drivers of skilled immigrants to the country through its three Canada skilled immigration programs including, Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class and Canadian Experience Class. The term Federal in the name of the program clearly indicates that the federal government of Canada is responsible for the operation and management of this program in the country. After the introduction of Express entry program in 2015, Immigration Refugees and Canadian Citizenship (IRCC) began to follow the Comprehensive Ranking System.

CRS is a point-based system used to evaluate the applications against each other in the Express entry pool. This system operates through some selection factors like age, education, work experience, language ability, connections in Canada and more. Based on the selection factors, express entry candidates receive their scores and ranking. Only higher-scoring candidates receive the invitation to apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent resident visa through express entry draws.

In general, IRCC announces its Express entry draws after every fifteen days to invite candidates to apply for Canada Permanent Residency.  Till date, 138 Express entry draws have been released by IRCC.

On March 04, 2020, the Federal government of Canada issued 3,900 invitations through its latest Express Entry draw of 2020 for Canadian permanent residence. So far in 2020, five Express entry draws have occurred. After this draw, the total number of invitations through CRS Express entry draws has reached 18,700 in 2020.

Express Entry Draws trend in last few months:

In 2020, the first Express Entry draw was held on January 08, 2020 with threshold CRS cut-off score of 473 (highest CRS points cut-off so far in 2020) and then it went down and up alternatively.

The above records of Express Entry draw clearly demonstrate that in the last few months, the CRS score cut-off ranged in 470s only. In the latest Express Entry draw, the minimum CRS point cut-off was 471, it means in order to get invitations from IRCC, and express entry candidates must have a minimum score of 471.

Will the CIC CRS score go below 450 in 2020?

Keeping the trend of CRS express entry score in mind, it is difficult to have CRS score below 450 in 2020. In fact, approximately 145, 436 candidates have registered in the Express entry pool till March 03, 2020.

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of March 03, 2020:

In the latest CRS draw, 3,900 candidates with express entry CRS points above 471 got invitations, and total candidates in the pool above 450 CRS score till March 03, 2020, were 22,473. It means on subtracting the invited candidates from the total, 18,573 Express entry candidates left in the pool with above 450 CRS score. So, it is clearly seen that there are no chances of having the score below 450 in the coming draws.

What are the options to get Canada PR with a low CRS Score?

In case an applicant does not get sufficient score for EE draw, then he/she can apply to express entry-linked Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). PNP CRS score are generally lower than the minimum CRS score drawn through Express Entry draws. Moreover, nominated candidates are awarded with an additional 600 points in their EE score and move them to the front of the line for an ITA.

Since the beginning of 2020, several provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia have issued a large number of invitations through their respective Express Entry-aligned PNP streams.

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