Last Express Entry selection in 2021
Canada ends the year having admitted more immigrants through the system than planned.
On December 22, Canada sent 746 invitations to candidates registered in Express Entry. Luck favoured participants in provincial programs. The past selection was a record-breaking one in this category.
The minimum passing score on the Comprehensive Ranking System was 720, 22 points higher than it was in the previous selection held on December 10. The point requirement may seem high, but that's because all the invited participants had previously received provincial nominations. Express Entry candidates who receive a nomination are automatically awarded 600 points on top of their original score for age, education, language skills and other factors.
Express Entry is Canada's system for selecting immigrants through three federal economic class programs:
- Highly skilled professionals;
- specialists in the working professions;
- specialists with experience in Canada.
Under a new immigration plan for 2021-2023, Canada aims to admit about 110,000 immigrants annually through Express Entry. For 2021, more than 114,000 invitations have already been issued.
Express Entry selections have become much less frequent since Canada met its annual target for the number of invitations through the system. Now held only for provincial program participants. Drawings under the program for skilled have not been available since 2020. Also, the Government of Canada has said that supervised selections for professionals with Canadian work experience have been temporarily suspended.
To increase your chances of receiving an invitation to apply for Express Entry selection, we recommend keeping an eye on history of passing scores and number of invitations.
