🇨🇦 Draw #215
Provincial Nominee Program draw held on February 2, 2022
What This Draw Means
In Draw #215, IRCC set the CRS cutoff at 674 and issued 1,070 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) on February 2, 2022. This means all candidates in the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 674 or higher received an invitation to submit a permanent residence application.
This was a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw. PNP draws have high CRS cutoffs because provincial nominations add 600 points to a candidate's score. A provincial nomination virtually guarantees an Express Entry invitation.
This draw's cutoff was 69 points below the category average of 743, indicating a more favorable round for candidates. Lower cutoffs like this can result from IRCC issuing a larger number of invitations or from seasonal fluctuations in the candidate pool.
Candidates who received an ITA have 60 days to submit a complete permanent residence application. Those not invited remain in the pool for up to 12 months and will be considered in future draws.