Latest Express Entry Draw 2023 | New Rounds of Invitations

On September 19 and 20, 2023, the latest Express Entry draw sent out 4,200 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) in ‘no program specified’ and first transport targeted rounds of invitations.

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cutoff score jumps by 35 points to 531 in ‘no program specified’ draw.

Below are the full details of the latest Express Entry draws in September, as well as all the draws in 2023 and the next draw prediction.

Description	September 20	September 19
Express Entry Program	Targeted for 10 Transportation occupations	No Program Specified
Invitations	1,000	3,200
CRS Score cutoff	435	531
Tie-breaking rule	June 17, 2023 at 06:44:01 UTC	September 12, 2023 at 12:16:31 UTC

Click here for the full list of 10 transportation occupations eligible for this draw.

New Express Entry Certificate of Qualification Occupation List

IRCC held these Express Entry draws after not having any rounds of invitations since August 15, 2023, which is definitely the reason for the high CRS cutoff.

We saw a significant drop in the CRS cutoff score in the August 15 ‘no program specified’ Express Entry draw, but with the absence of a draw since then, we were already expecting the CRS cutoff to jump back beyond the 520s.

On September 8, 2023, IRCC added more occupations to thexe list of occupations eligible for 50 additional CRS points with a certificate of qualification.

Click here for the complete list of 101 professions that can now receive 50 extra CRS points for a certificate of qualification.

The IRCC also introduced its first-ever skilled trades draw last month, targeted at 10 select occupations with the lowest cutoff score of 388.

Click here to see the full list of 10 Skilled Trades occupations with their NOC codes.

Latest Express Entry CRS Score distribution

CRS score range	Total profiles as of September 19	Total Profiles As Of August 15
601-1200	2,637	984
501-600	3,091	2,172
451-500	58,838	55,924
491-500	3,596	2,709
481-490	8,510	6,721
471-480	19,326	19,351
461-470	15,170	14,976
451-460	12,236	12,167
401-450	54,240	53,709
441-450	11,331	11,184
431-440	11,601	11,596
421-430	9,813	9,573
411-420	10,414	10,282
401-410	11,081	11,074
351-400	60,575	61,289
301-350	31,418	31,980
0-300	5,236	5,298
Total	329,113	211,356

CRS Score Trend In 2023

Immigration Program	Total Invitations	Average CRS Score	Lowest CRS Score	Highest CRS Score
Trades Targeted Draw	1,500	388	388	388
Targeted Draw for French Speakers	7,600	416	375	439
STEM Targeted Draw	500	486	486	486
Healthcare Targeted Draw	2,000	469	463	476
No Program Specified	63,900	495	481	531
Provincial Nominee Program	2,848	740	691	791
Federal Skilled Worker	3,300	489	489	489
Canadian Experience Class	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Next Express Entry Draw 2023 Prediction (Updated every Friday)

IRCC has now resumed biweekly rounds of invitations and introduced all the new category-based draws, except for 3 Agriculture occupations.

It seems like 510 is the new normal for all program Express Entry draws, given the recent round of invitations declaring a CRS cutoff score of 531.

If you don’t qualify for any of the category-based draws and your score is less than 500, it seems like you need to explore other options.

We are yet to see the draw targeted for 3 Agriculture occupations, which are the only anticipated rounds of invitations left to debut in 2023.

The CRS cutoff is expected to be one of the lowest in these Agri draws, with only quite a low number of profiles qualifying under these occupations.

Future Guidance

IRCC Express Entry draws continue to be unpredictable and there seems to be quite a bit of hope for profiles with a CRS score less than 510 and not qualifying for category-based rounds of invitations.

Profiles with less than 510 CRS scores should focus on improving their profile by getting a certificate of qualification, improving language scores, gaining more experience, etc.

Check out 6 ways to increase your CRS score. 👇

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We still expect that IRCC will continue ‘no program specified’ and targeted draws this year in the upcoming weeks.

Among the category-based draws, the CRS cutoff is expected to be comparatively low for Transport, Agriculture, Trades, and Francophile draws, while it is expected to be higher for STEM and healthcare occupations.

For all program draws, as we already quoted, we are expecting the CRS cutoff score to not drop below 510s now, until or unless there are back-to-back multiple ‘no program specified’ rounds of invitations.

Our conservative expectation regarding the cutoff score in targeted agriculture draws is expected to be between 350 and 400, or we may even see a surprising number on the lower side.

For ‘no program specified’ Express Entry draws, we expect the cutoff score to stay above 520+ (depending on the size of the draw).

There are definitely high chances of another STEM and healthcare-targeted round of invitations.

Our General Advice

Check out the complete list of 101 professions that can receive 50 extra CRS points for a certificate of qualification, which the IRCC updated on September 8, 2023.

Our advice for eligible applicants is to create their Express Entry profile as soon as possible, even if their occupation is not on the list of targeted categories, and then try for PNPs.

If you are someone already with a valid profile in the Express entry pool, but your spouse has at least 6-month experience in one of these 82 eligible occupations for targeted draws and your overall CRS score is less than 480, then make them your primary applicant, even if your overall CRS score drops to near 450–430.

Candidates with at least 6-month experience in one of these occupations who have not yet created a profile: What are you waiting for? Create your profile asap.

We are also updating our prediction on the next Express Entry draw cutoff as below:

Next Express Entry Draw CRS Score prediction (Updated every Friday)

Program	CRS Cutoff
Transport targeted draw	400
French focused draw	436
STEM Targeted Draw	490 (if draw size is less than 1,000)
Healthcare Targeted Draw	480 (if draw size is less than 1,000 – 1,500)
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)	725
No Program Specified	520+
Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)	540 (less likely that there will be FSW draw)
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	482
Federal Skilled Trades (FST)	Not enough latest data

Disclaimer: The Express Entry draw prediction is just speculation based on the available information and historical data, there is no confirmation from IRCC. This is what INC News expects, but it may not happen the same way.

Express Entry 2023 Processing Time

Check out the latest Express Entry processing times as of September 19, 2023. Furthermore, check the comparison with the previous week.

Application Type	Current Processing Time	Change since August 22
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	5 months	No Change
Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)	6 months	+1 month
Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)	(not updated by IRCC since March 1 as there could be no application in processing for FSTP as of now	No Change
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) via Express Entry	8 months	-1 month

Express Entry Draw History Since 2015

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