On November 24 Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held the new draw. Canada invited 613 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence.
All of the invited candidates had previously received nominations through a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The 600 automatic points that came with the nomination brought the minimum cut-off score to 737. Without the nomination, the lowest-rated candidate would have had 137 points.
This is the sixth PNP-specific Express Entry draw that Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has held in a row. In the previous draw, IRCC invited 775 applicants with scores of at least 685.
