Latest Express Entry Draw 2023 | New Rounds of Invitations

Latest Express Entry draw: 3 new rounds of invitations on September 26, 27, and 28, sent out 4,100 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) in ‘no program specified’ rounds of invitations, for French speakers, and for Agriculture and agri-food occupations.

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cutoff score drops by 27 points to 504 in this ‘no program specified’ draw.

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

Description	September 28	September 27	September 26
Express Entry Program	Targeted draw for Agriculture and agri-food occupations	Targeted for profiles having level 7 in French	No Program Specified
Invitations	600	500	3,000
CRS Score cutoff	354	472	504
Tie-breaking rule	June 12, 2023 at 10:23:21 UTC	August 16, 2023 at 09:00:14 UTC	September 11, 2023 at 20:24:18 UTC

Click here for the full list of job titles eligible for Agriculture and agri-food occupations.

New Express Entry Annual Report Is Now Out

IRCC held back-to-back ‘no program specified’ Express Entry draws in the last two weeks and the good news is that the CRS cutoff score finally again drops to near 500.

Similarly, we saw a significant drop in the CRS cutoff score in the August 15 ‘no program specified’ Express Entry draw, but the absence of a draw after then increased the CRS cutoff beyond the 530.

Hopefully, IRCC now continues with regular Express Entry draws and we see the CRS cutoff below 500 in the upcoming round of invitations.

On September 8, 2023, IRCC added more occupations to the 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	Number of candidates
601-1200	544
501-600	2,923
451-500	58,645
491-500	3,727
481-490	8,544
471-480	19,143
461-470	15,048
451-460	12,183
401-450	54,225
441-450	11,205
431-440	11,590
421-430	9,810
411-420	10,478
401-410	11,142
351-400	60,843
301-350	31,532
0-300	5,288
Total	214,000

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	8,100	416	375	472
STEM Targeted Draw	500	486	486	486
Healthcare Targeted Draw	2,000	469	463	476
No Program Specified	66,900	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)

Uncertainty continues to loom around Express Entry draws, with IRCC surprising now and then by skipping the draws or holding back-to-back draws.

With the targeted Express Entry draw for transport and agriculture/agri-food occupations, IRCC has now completed the task of holding all the different category-based draws in 2023.

It seems like 500 is the new normal for all program Express Entry draws, given the recent round of invitations declaring a CRS cutoff score of 504.

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

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 500 and not qualifying for category-based rounds of invitations.

Profiles with less than 500 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, we are now expecting to see significant-sized STEM and healthcare-targeted draws, along with Francophile draws.

Our expectation is that Express Entry draws for Transport, Agriculture/Agri-food, and Trades would be less frequent as compared to STEM and healthcare categories, as well as francophones.

For all program draws, we are expecting the CRS cutoff score to hover around 500, until or unless IRCC continues the streak of back-to-back ‘no program specified’ rounds of invitations.

An important thing to watch out for is the number of rounds of invitations in the upcoming weeks, which will determine the CRS cutoffs.

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	430
French focused draw	460
STEM Targeted Draw	484 (if draw size is less than 1,000)
Healthcare Targeted Draw	478 (if draw size is less than 1,000 – 1,500)
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)	725
No Program Specified	494-500
Federal Skilled Worker (FSW)	540
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 28, 2023. Furthermore, check the comparison with the previous week.

Application Type	Current Processing Time	Change since September 19
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	5 months	No Change
Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)	6 months	No Change
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	No Change

Express Entry Draw History Since 2015

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