Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited 5,000 candidates in the Express Entry pool on November 25 to apply for permanent residence. Federal Skilled Workers Program, CEC and Federal Skilled Trades Program candidates are now eligible to receive invitation to apply for permanent residence.

The minimum Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) score was 469, which was 3 points lower than the draw on November 15.

Candidates in the Express Entry pool are ranked using a points-based system called the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The highest-ranking candidates from the pool are selected and invited to apply for permanent residence. To be eligible to be invited to make an application, the candidate must be ranked among the first 5,000 eligible candidates in the general ranking.

This is the sixth consecutive all program draw which denotes that IRCC is slowly getting back to pre-covid-19 draws. Total number of ITAs issued in 2020 will be over 100,000, for the first time.