🇨🇦 Draw #288
General draw held on March 12, 2024
What This Draw Means
In Draw #288, IRCC set the CRS cutoff at 525 and issued 2,850 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) on March 12, 2024. This means all candidates in the Express Entry pool with a CRS score of 525 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 14 points below the category average of 539, 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.