PNP draws continue as July resumption for FSWP and CEC candidates approaches.

Canada held a new round of invitations on May 25, inviting 589 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence.

The minimum score required to be invited in this draw was 741. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) only invited candidates who had previously received a provincial nomination, which is why the cutoff score was so high. Express Entry candidates who hold a nomination from a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) automatically get 600 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points added to their base score.

This draw was slightly larger and had a lower CRS cutoff than the last. In the previous Express Entry draw, IRCC invited 545 PNP candidates with scores of at least 753.

Express Entry draws for FSWP and CEC candidates to resume in July

Express Entry invitations for Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates will resume by early July, according to Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser. The minister also announced that the majority of new Express Entry applications will once again be processed within the six-month service standard.