EXPRESS ENTRY DRAW - NOV 08, 2017 - CRS - 458

Results: Rounds of invitations

Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system – November 8, 2017

No program specified

Number of invitations issued: 2,000*

Rank required to be invited to apply: 2,000th or above

Date and time of round: November 8, 2017 at 13:40:54 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 458

Tie-breaking rule: October 23, 2017 at 15:58:27 UTC

• If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.

*Candidates from the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, Canadian Experience Class and Provincial Nominee Program were eligible for this round of invitations.

New approach to rank candidates with the same CRS score

We can now break ties between candidates with the same rank in the pool.

The Express Entry system ranks candidates in the pool by their CRS score. In case of a CRS tie, the system will then rank all tied candidates based on the date and time that they submitted their profile.

For example:

The highest ranked candidates are invited during rounds of invitations. If we issue 3,500 invitations during a round, the system will pick the top 3,500 candidates at that time. The cut-off for the round is set by the CRS and submission date of the 3,500th candidate. It could look something like this:

Note, if you update your profile, the system will keep the original date and time stamp when you first submitted your profile. But, your profile will have a new time and date stamp if: 

• you choose to withdraw your profile and create a new one instead or
• your profile expires and you submit a new one