Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 529 candidates in the Express Entry pool on May 13, to apply for permanent residence in a program-specific draw.

The minimum Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) score was 718. The last EE draw on invited CEC candidates who had a CRS score of 452.

This draw was geared towards candidates who qualified for a Provincial Nomination. This is second draw conducted by IRCC this month.

Since the introduction of travel restrictions program-specific invitation rounds have become more frequent for Express Entry draws. To date IRCC has held nine program-specific draws concentrating exclusively on PNP and Canadian Experience Class candidates.

Both groups of applicants tend to be in Canada than candidates coming through the Federal Skills workers Class and Skilled Trades Class, which implies that the current travel restrictions will not hinder them.