In the third Express Entry draw of the year, Canada issued 730 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) in the General category.
The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score for the draw on January 31 was 541 points, which was 2 points less than the score for the previous all-program draw, which took place on January 23, 2024. In the previous IRCC draw, 1,040 ITAs were issued.
Since the first Express Entry draw in 2024, fewer invitations have been issued, and the cutoff score has been increasing.
British Columbia has implemented a provincial ban on new colleges enrolling international students for a two-year period, following the federal government’s introduction of a temporary two-year cap on the number of Canada study permits issued.
The province wants to end “exploitative practices” in the field, according to BC Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson.
In addition, the province is imposing minimum language requirements at private institutions in order to make sure that international students are “better prepared” before entering BC.
In order to ensure that criteria are met, inspections of schools would occur more regularly. Additionally, private colleges and universities would have to demonstrate that their new curricula satisfy the demands of the job market and be more open about their tuition costs.
Did you know that international students can apply for benefit and credit payments, like the GST/HST credit as soon as they arrive in Canada?
You are eligible for this credit if you are a resident of Canada for income tax purposes at the beginning of the month in which the CRA makes a payment (see When your GST/HST credit is paid). In the month before the CRA makes a quarterly payment, you must be at least 19 years old. Students are also eligible for this type of benefit.
GST and HST: The goods and services tax (GST) is a tax that everyone has to pay on most goods and services sold or provided in Canada. In New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island, the GST has been blended with the provincial sales tax and is called the harmonized sales tax (HST).
The territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut have no territorial sales taxes, so only the GST is collected.
On January 24, 2024, 1,469 invitations to apply for permanent residency status were handed out by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) in its new draw. In a separate general draw, OINP sent 1,344 invitations to profiles created under the Masters Graduate Stream with an Expression of Interest score of 50 or above.
Moreover, 125 invitations to apply for the PhD Graduate stream would be sent to all EOI profiles that score 45 or above. These OINP drawings were only open to Expressions of Interest (EOI) profiles that were produced between January 24, 2023, and January 24, 2024.
OINP Stream
Number of invitations issued
Date profiles created
Score range
Notes
Masters Graduate stream
1,344
January 24, 2023 – January 24, 2024
50 and above
General Draw
PhD Graduate stream
125
January 24, 2023 – January 24, 2024
45 and above
General Draw
In order to get permanent residency (PR) in Ontario, invited candidates now have 14 days to submit an application corroborating the details in their Expression of Interest profile.
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The IRCC invited Express Entry profiles with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 543 or above in a general draw today, and 1,040 invitations to apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residency (PR) were given out in the second Express Entry draw of 2024.
Detail of Draw:
Number of invitations issued: 1,040
Rank required to be invited to apply: 1,040 or above
CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 543
Tie-breaking rule: January 21, 2024, at 07:43:47 UTC
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Tie-breaking: The day and time that candidates submitted their Express Entry profiles determines the cut-off if multiple candidates have the lowest score.
