🇨🇦 Draw #240
Federal Skilled Worker draw held on February 2, 2023
What This Draw Means
In Draw #240, IRCC set the CRS cutoff at 489 and issued 3,300 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) on February 2, 2023. This means all candidates in the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 489 or higher received an invitation to submit a permanent residence application.
This was a Federal Skilled Worker draw, part of IRCC's category-based selection system that targets candidates with specific skills or attributes beyond raw CRS scores.
This draw's cutoff was close to the category average of 489, reflecting a typical round for this draw type.
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.