Last Updated Aug 18,2022
Canada Declares Latest Express Entry Draw #229
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Immigration
One more draw under all program categories is declared on August 17, 2022, at 13:43:47 UTC. The series of all programs’ draws have begun. The recent amendments are an indication of positive vibes from Canada. Since the Wuhan COVID 19 virus hit the world, all the aspirants who wish to move to Canada went into a huge dilemma. However, from July 6, 2022, a ray of hope has been seen in Canadian Immigration. Now, overseas applicants can also have a chance to apply or reapply for the Federal Skilled Worker and Provincial Nominee Program.
Canada declares the latest Express Entry Draw #229 is also published under the No Program Specific Criteria. It has invited 2250 express entry candidates and the CRS score of the lowest-ranked invited candidates is 525 points.
Key Points Of Latest Express Entry Draw #228
- This is the fourth continues to draw under the No Program Specified.
- In this draw, 2250 new express entry candidates have been nominated.
- Those 2250 candidates from the Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades and Provincial Nominee Program were eligible for this round of invitations.
- Some of the interesting analyses have come across from the last four draws.
- First, from July 6 to till the latest draw the CRS cut-off is getting down. However, there is no significant downfall in CRS points but it is noticeable.
- Secondly, the nominations numbers are continuously increasing draw-by-draw. From the first “No Program Specified” draw to till the latest one, 250 more candidates are getting invitations per draw.
- As per the speculations, if the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) will continue to declare the draw at the same pace then the listed below probabilities about to come
- If per month two draws string continuous then till December 2022 eight draws are about to announce.
- If an average CRS cut-off goes down by five to eight points per draw then the new year’s draw may be declared within the range of 470 to 485 points.
- If Canada Immigration continues to declare the draw with the pace then there are likely chances that they can match the December 2020’s scenario in terms of the number of ITAs and CRS cut-off.
- The tie-breaking rule applicable for the draw was December 28, 2021, at 11:03:15 UTC.
Here is the in-detail information of the latest draw and their comparison,
| DRAW’S NUMBER | DATE OF DRAW | IMMIGRATION PROGRAM | INVITATION TO APPLY | CRS CUT-OFF |
| 229 | August 17, 2022 | No program specified | 2,250 | 525 |
| 228 | August 3, 2022 | No program specified | 2,000 | 533 |
| 227 | July 20, 2022 | No program specified | 1,750 | 542 |
| 226 | July 6, 2022 | No program specified | 1,500 | 557 |
| Total No Program Specific Invitations till now | 7500 | |||
CRS Score Distribution in the Express Entry Pool as of August 15, 2022
| CRS SCORE RANGE | NUMBER OF CANDIDATES |
| 601-1200 | 538 |
| 501-600 | 8,221 |
| 451-500 | 62,753 |
| 491-500 | 5,435 |
| 481-490 | 9,129 |
| 471-480 | 18,831 |
| 461-470 | 16,465 |
| 451-460 | 12,893 |
| 401-450 | 58,113 |
| 441-450 | 12,200 |
| 431-440 | 12,721 |
| 421-430 | 9,801 |
| 411-420 | 11,138 |
| 401-410 | 12,253 |
| 351-400 | 68,440 |
| 301-350 | 35,745 |
| 0-300 | 5,137 |
| Total | 2,38,947 |
Conclusion
As Canada Immigration has started making changes in full fledge. As a result, a few significant changes are supposed to come. In the last quarter of the year, the TEER System could replace the current NOC system. Apart from this, there is some other news also about to come in terms of Express Entry draw patterns. According to some analyses, the draw pattern may be declared based on the occupations in demand in the particular regions. In the present scenario, it is advisable to at least be in the pool so that even any changes declared can be benefited us.










