Latest Details of Canada Express Entry

Updated on August 29, 2015

Till now CIC has conducted 15 Express Entry rounds of Invitations.

Awaiting for 16th Draw

Draw #	Date of       Draws	Number of ITA’s Issued	Cut-off   score	Draw Interval (days)	ITA Differences	CRS Difference	Points of       Valid Job Offer (LMIA)
1	2015-01-31	779	886	0	0	0	600
2	2015-02-07	779	818	7	0	-68	600
3	2015-02-20	849	808	13	70	-10	600
4	2015-02-27	1187	735	7	338	-73	600
5	2015-03-20	1620	481	21	433	-254	600
6	2015-03-27	1637	453	7	17	-28	600
7	2015-04-10	925	469	14	-712	16	600
8	2015-04-17	715	453	7	-210	-16	600
9	2015-05-22	1361	755	35	646	302	600
10	2015-06-12	1501	482	21	140	-273	600
11	2015-06-26	1575	469	14	74	-13	600
12	2015-07-10	1516	463	14	-59	-6	600
13	2015-07-17	1581	451	7	65	-12	600
14	2015-08-08	1402	471	22	-179	20	600
15	2015-08-21	1523	456	21	121	-15	600

 ITAs Recieved by various people belonging to varied Nations

CIC to launch Canada Express Entry scheme

With thriving and flourishing economy, Canada welcomes good number of immigrants over each year. In order to effectively address the skills shortages in various key sectors, the country has designed a fast and responsive electronic system entitled as Express Entry that ensures that only the best skilled immigrants are entered to the country.

Express Entry Presentation

(http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/employers/express-entry-presentation.asp)

The launch of Express Entry system Effective 1 January 2015, the new Express Entry system will transform the current immigration system into more flexible that expedites and facilitates the visa process for skilled professionals. This system facilitates the recruitment process and benefits both employers and employees. And, it helps to reduce backlogs and make sure that applications will be processed within six months.
Unlike other Canada immigration programs, the new Express Entry system is applicable to all categories of people regardless of their occupation listed in the set of eligible occupations.

The procedure of Express Entry

Initially, potential Candidates who are interested to immigrate to Canada should create an online express entry profile. The profiles are shortlisted and ranked based on the selection factors such as education, work experience, language and others, which demonstrates the applicant’s ability to succeed in Canada. After evaluating the applicant’s criteria, qualified applicants will be placed in a pool.


Highly ranked applicants, who acquired a job offer or nominated by a province or territory will be invited to apply for PR under any one of the four economic immigration programs. Applicants with no job offer must promote themselves to the Canadian employers through job bank and private sector boards.

What are the immigration programs?

Express Entry manages applications for four programs such as:

• Federal skilled worker class
• Federal trade class
• Canada experience class
• A portion of Province and nomination program

After getting an invitation letter, applicants must apply under any of the above mentioned programs within 60 days.

Benefits of Express Entry System

The following are the few benefits of Express Entry system:

• There are no caps on the acceptance of number of applications
• No occupation list
• Applicants can include all the credentials that they consider as most important
• Applications will be processed within six months