Latest Express Entry Draw 2023 | New Rounds of Invitations

The latest IRCC Express Entry draw on October 26, 2023, sent out 3,600 PR invitations targeted at 35 healthcare occupations. The CRS cutoff score was one of the lowest at 431.

Also on October 25, 2023, IRCC issued 300 permanent residency invitations in a Francophile draw. CRS cutoff score: 486.

Previously, on October 24, 2023, IRCC sent out 1,548 invitations to apply for permanent residency (PR) in a ‘PNP only’ round of invitations.

Why There Is No Express Entry Draw This Week

The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) cutoff score of the lowest-ranked candidate was 776 in this ‘PNP’-only draw.

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

	October 26, 2023	October 25, 2023	October 24, 2023
EE program	Targeted for 35 Healthcare occupations	French speakers with minimum score of 7	Provincial Nominee Program
Number of invitations	3,600	300	1,548
CRS Score Cutoff	431	486	776
Tie-Breaking Rule	May 24, 2023 at 19:47:51 UTC	September 30, 2023 at 04:22:17 AM UTC	July 07, 2023 at 07:28:57 UTC

🇨🇦 Finally, IRCC has resolved the technical glitch in the #ExpressEntry profile builder.

🇨🇦 Invited candidates in previous Express Entry draws can now submit their applications 👇 https://t.co/oAMASrC0h9

— INC – Immigration News Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 (@CanadaImmigra20) November 16, 2023

Click here for full list of 35 healthcare occupations eligible for Express Entry draws.

Canada has now issued a total of 95,221 invitations to apply in 35 Express Entry draws.

Out of these, 70,625 ITAs were issued in ‘no program specified’ rounds of invitations.

IRCC is now expected to announce STEM rounds of invitations in the coming weeks.

Recently, 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 100 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	1,536
501-600	1,307
451-500	60,587
491-500	4,853
481-490	9,514
471-480	18,836
461-470	15,063
451-460	12,321
401-450	54,565
441-450	11,256
431-440	11,705
421-430	9,926
411-420	10,525
401-410	11,153
351-400	60,378
301-350	31,189
0-300	5,311
Total	214,873

CRS Score Trend In 2023

Immigration Program	Total Invitations	Average CRS Score	Lowest CRS Score	Highest CRS Score
Agriculture and Agri-food draw	600	354	354	354
Transport-targeted draw	1,000	435	435	435
Trades Targeted Draw	1,500	388	388	388
Targeted Draw for French Speakers	7,400	441	375	486
STEM Targeted Draw	500	486	486	486
Healthcare Targeted Draw	5,600	456	431	476
No Program Specified	70,625	497	481	531
Provincial Nominee Program	4,396	748	691	791
Federal Skilled Worker	3,300	489	489	489

Analysis and Next Express Entry Draw 2023 Prediction (Updated every Friday)

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

Now we are witnessing the repetition of category-based draws and chances are high that we could see STEM-targeted draws in the coming weeks.

IRCC has not announced any rounds of invitations since October 26 and the cutoff score is expected to rise for all the categories, as well as for no program-specified draws.

We may see a level of CRS cutoff between 515 and 531 depending on the size of all program Express Entry draw.

A total of 30,725 invitations to apply have been issued in 17 Express Entry draws since the introduction of targeted draws.

Overall it is good that the majority of invitations were under ‘no program specified’ draws.

Draw Type	Invitations	Percentage of total invitations
No program’ draw Invitations since introduction of targeted Draws	17,725	49.00%
Francophone invitations	7,700	21.29%
Healthcare invitations	5,600	15.48%
PNP only	1548	4.28%
Trade invitations	1,500	4.15%
Transport invitations	1,000	2.76%
Agriculture and agri-food invitations	600	1.66%
STEM invitations	500	1.38%

So the picture is becoming clearer on the implementation of targeted draws and the continuation of all program draws.

IRCC Express Entry draws continue to be competitive and there seems to be quite a bit of hope for profiles with a CRS score less than 495 and not qualifying for category-based rounds of invitations.

Profiles with less than 495 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. 👇

Express Entry-Know 6 Ways to Increase Your CRS Score

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 the francophone category.

For all program draws, we are expecting the CRS cutoff score to be above 510 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 in the upcoming draws.

Our General Advice

Check out the complete list of 100 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 continues: 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 for the next Express Entry draw cutoff as below:

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

Program	CRS Cutoff
Transport targeted draw	431
French focused draw	486
STEM Targeted Draw	490
Healthcare Targeted Draw	435
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)	740
No Program Specified	530+
Canadian Experience Class (CEC)	494
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 the 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 November 16, 2023. Furthermore, check the comparison with the previous week.

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

Express Entry Draw History Since 2015

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