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Total 5,000 Express Entry candidates have received their Invitations to Apply for Canadian Permanent Residence in 169th Express Entry invitation round held on December 9, 2020. The minimum cut-off score for this EE draw was 469 with a tie breaking rule of before June 4, 2020, at 22:26:05 UTC.
In a latest Express Entry draw held by the IRCC on December 9, 2020, total 5,000 ITAs were issued to eligible candidates. All the invited ones are now eligible to submit their eAPR, i.e. electronic Application for Permanent Residence of Canada.
Invitations were issued to applicants under all three economic immigration streams managed by the federal Express Entry system, including:
This is for the third time in a row when the Canadian government has invited 5,000 candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence via Express Entry system. With this draw, total number of Invitations to Apply issued so far in 2020 has reached up to 102,350, which created a new record of inviting highest number of applicants in a single year?.
Draw Number |
Draw Date |
No. of Invitations Issued |
Minimum Score Requirement |
Tie-Breaking Rule |
#169 |
09-Dec-2020 |
5,000 |
469 |
Before June 4, 2020, at 22:26:05 UTC |
In this round of invitation conducted by Immigration, Refugee, Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the minimum score requirement was only 469 points. This is the second time in a row when IRCC dropped the CRS requirement below 470 points.
Whereas, the tie-breaking rule implemented by the IRCC was of June 4, 2020, at 22:26:05 UTC, which clearly explains that all those candidates who have submitted their Express Entry profiles before the said date and time and have scored minimum 469 points or above have received their invitations to apply for Canada PR visa.
The Express Entry system creates a pool of eligible candidates who may qualify to permanently immigrate to Canada under any of the three programs mentioned above. In order to enter the pool of candidates, you must be eligible for one of the three programs. Inside the pool, you'll be awarded with points based on the information you share on the profile, like your age, skills, educational qualification, work experience, etc.
To get selected from the pool and obtain an invitation to apply, you must be the one among highest-ranking candidates. If you get an invitation, you will qualify to apply for permanent residence.
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