Second Express Entry Draw Declared, Invited 1750 Candidates

Canada announced the second all-program (FSW, CEC & PNP) Express Entry draw on 20 July 2022. The latest draw has invited 1750 candidates from the pool. This draw goes down by 15 CRS points from the previous draw. On the other end, the draw has also invited 250 more aspirants than the last draw.

From January 2021, the Canadian government has stopped Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades program draws. Moreover, from September 2021, they have stopped Canadian Experience Class draws as well. Since September 2021 Canada Immigration was declaring draws under the Provincial Nomination Program only.

As per the above table, the last Canadian Experience Class draw was held on 14 September 2021. From then to 22 June 2022, twenty-one draws have been declared under the Provincial Nominee Program.

Key Points of Latest Express Entry Draw #227

• This is the second consecutive draw for all programs category.
• The draw has brought plenty of positives such as this draw is closed with 15 points lower than the previous 6 July’s draw.
• In the last draw, Canada immigration nominated 1500 candidates and sent them an invitation to apply
• A total of 1750 invitations are issued in the current draw. The draw has 15 points lower than the last cut-off.
• Moreover, it has also issued 250 numbers of more candidates than in the previous draw.
• However, the latest invitations are very less than the previous draws. Before the Wuhan virus pandemic through each draw, Canada was inviting 4000 to 5000 candidates.
• There is a list of factors responsible for the higher CRS Score and a low number of invitations ratio.

Why Canada is Declaring a High CRS Score?

There are range of parameters responsible for the high CRS score.

• The first and foremost reason that could be responsible for such a high cut-off is a huge backlog of applications.
• According to government data, the application backlog number has grown by almost 2.4 million until now.
• Reduced number of express entry targets for the year 2022. For this year government has reduced the target by around 50% because there are a large number of Canada PR applications submitted through a temporary PR program in 2021. However, the number has increased by 25% for the year 2023 and it may raise more for the year 2024.
• The Canada government has occupied some reserve places for the upcoming programs. As per some recent announcements, there is a range of immigration programs supposed to come for temporary residence.