🇨🇦 Draw #281
General draw held on January 31, 2024
What This Draw Means
In Draw #281, IRCC set the CRS cutoff at 541 and issued 730 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) on January 31, 2024. This means all candidates in the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 541 or higher received an invitation to submit a permanent residence application.
This was a general (No Program Specified) draw, open to all Express Entry candidates regardless of program or occupation. General draws are purely CRS-based — only the highest-scoring candidates are invited.
This draw's cutoff was close to the category average of 539, 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.