First STEM Express Entry Draw Of 2024 Sent 4,500 PR Invitations

Last Updated On 26 April 2024, 9:52 AM EDT (Toronto Time)

Today, the first Express Entry draw of 2024 targeting 24 STEM occupations sent out 4,500 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residency.

Long-awaited STEM targeted the round of invitations after around 4 months, resulting in an increase in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score to 491 as compared to previous STEM-only draw.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Below are the details of the STEM Express Entry draw today:

Category: STEM occupations
Number of invitations issued: 4,500
Rank required to be invited to apply: 4,500 or above
Date and time of round: April 11, 2024, at 13:23:42 UTC
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 491
Tie-breaking rule: February 25, 2024, at 11:55:12 UTC

Recently, the immigration minister has indicated that their department will now be focusing more on the “domestic” pool of candidates in the upcoming draws.

Domestic refers to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates. Let’s hope that we finally see a CEC-only draw in the near future.

Summary of all the Express Entry draw in March 2024

So far, IRCC has sent a total of 7,305 invitations to apply for the four Express Entry draws during the month of March.

Description	March 26, 2024	March 25, 2024	March 13, 2024	March 12, 2024
Draw type	Targeted draw for profiles with high proficiency in French	General or all program draws	Targeted draw for 10 transport occupations	General or all program draws
Invitations	1,500	1,980	975	2,850
CRS Cutoff	388	524	430	525
Tie-breaking rule	March 10, 2024 at 20:06:26 UTC	February 25, 2024 at 14:42:38 UTC	July 31, 2023 at 13:27:26 UTC	March 12, 2024 at 15:56:42 UTC

Express Entry Draw: March 2024

CRS Score Distribution in the Pool

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	1,093
501-600	12,051
451-500	62,073
491-500	9,167
481-490	11,246
471-480	16,933
461-470	13,429
451-460	11,298
401-450	51,694
441-450	10,454
431-440	10,485
421-430	9,461
411-420	10,640
401-410	10,654
351-400	56,015
301-350	27,831
0-300	5,410
Total	216,167

CRS score distribution in the pool

Canada May Now Resume CEC Express Entry Draws

24 STEM Occupations

NOC Code	Occupation
20010	Engineering managers
20011	Architecture and science managers
20012	Computer and information systems managers
21200	Architects
21201	Landscape Architects
21202	Urban and land use planners
21203	Land surveyors
21210	Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
21211	Data scientists
21220	Cybersecurity specialists
21221	Business systems specialists
21222	Information systems specialists
21223	Database analysts and data administrators
21230	Computer systems developers and programmers
21231	Software engineers and designers
21232	Software developers and programmers
21233	Web designers
21234	Web developers and programmers
21300	Civil Engineers
21310	Electrical and electronics engineers
21311	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
21321	Industrial and manufacturing engineers
21322	Metallurgical and materials engineers
41400	Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers

Occupations eligible for STEM-targeted draws

What is the Express Entry?

The Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and the Canadian Experience Class all use Express Entry as their application management system.

Within the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), candidates from all programs are ranked against one another.

Candidates receive points from the system according to their human capital characteristics, which include age, work experience, education, occupation, and language proficiency.

The individuals with the highest cumulative scores stand the best chance of being invited to apply (ITA) to the IRCC for permanent residence status.

According to the department’s stated service standard, candidates should hear back from the IRCC within six months of submitting their final application.

Kamal Deep Singh, RCIC

Kamal Deep Singh, RCIC (Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant) licensed by CICC (formerly known as ICCRC) with member number R708618. He brings extensive knowledge of immigration law and new changes to rapidly evolving IRCC.