Those who have applied for Canada PR Visa through the Express Entry Program - PR Visa Fastest Immigration Pathway, wait for the express draw with interest to find out what is the lowest minimum CRS score to receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA).

If you are able to clear the CRS score cut-off, you can submit an application for a Canada PR visa to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) through ITA.

Through this article, we will monitor CRS scores prior to 2020, and fully assist the candidate in the next Express Draw to predict the minimum CRS required for a Canada PR visa.

CRS score Prediction for 2021

Predicting the next CRS score cut-off is a bit of a difficult task, especially given the previous express draw, the minimum CRS score required for a PR visa is higher. The CRS score cut-off of each express draw held is affected by two main factors:

• About the time interval between two consecutive express draws: This proves that if the time interval between two consecutive express drawings exceeds the two-week average, the CRS score cut-off always increases. Having a long time interval allows the express pool to be replenished from more efficient and skilled express entry candidates. Again when the time interval is less than two weeks, the CRS score cut-off decreases.
• Express Draw Size: The lowest required CRS score also depends on the size of the express draw. If the number of ITAs issued is larger than the average size of the draw, it will reduce the CRS score cut-off.

As of August 4, 2020, the following table shows the candidates appearing in the express pool respective to the CRS score range:

However, CRS score cut-offs are likely to come down to meet the immigration target of more immigrants under the Canadian government’s three-year immigration plan (2019, 2020 and 2021). Under a three-year immigration plan, the Government of Canada seeks to increase the admission rate of skilled immigrants through its various immigration departments and keeps coming. The following table up holds the plan-based admissions targets through the Economic Immigration Departments according to the 2019-2021 immigration levels:

2019-2021 Immigration Levels Plan

To meet the goals of the three-year immigration plan, the IRCC will have to hold express draws at higher frequencies or draw larger expresses, which could reduce the minimum CRS score required for a Canada PR visa.

Canada PR Visa with Low CRS Score in 2020
What if you are having a low CRS Score? Not able to meet the high demands of the Federal Government’s Express entry program, other ways can help you to apply for a PR Visa with a low CRS Score.

Two major factors that can help the candidates to get an ITA with lows CRS score are as follows:

• Get a Provincial Nomination Certificate: For an Express entry candidate to get a provincial nomination certificate, it can get them a major boost of 600 CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) points. These many points effectively make sure that the candidate can get an ITA and apply for a PR Visa.
  Some PNPs have invited candidates with low CRS scores such as Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) have invited express entry candidates with CRS score as low as 300 points.
• Get a Job-offer: If the candidate can get a pre-arranged employment offer for a full-time skilled occupation, it can award those CRS points ranging from 50 to 200 CRS points depending on the NOC (National Occupation Classification) skill type of the occupation. Following is the list of occupations in Canada that can get you maximum 200 CRS points for a pre-arranged job-offer:
  1. Legislators (NOC Code 0011)
  2. Senior Government, managers, and officials (NOC Code 0012)
  3. Senior Managers – financial, communications and other business services (NOC Code 0013)
  4. Senior Managers – health, education, social and community services and membership organizations (NOC Code 0014)
  5. Senior Managers – trade, broadcasting, and other service note elsewhere classified (NOC Code 0015)
  6. Senior Managers – construction, transportation, production, and utilities (NOC Code 0016)

Express Entry Lists: 2021

CRS score Cut-Off Trend in 2020

From the starting of this year 2020, as of now, following are the express entry draws have been held with the following details:

How Express Entry Works?

Express entry program was introduced in 2015 to manage the profiles of the immigrants who have applied for Canada PR Visa through three major skilled economic immigration programs:

Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP), Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC).

All the profiles are submitted together in the express pool, wherewith the use of CRS, they are ranked in the pool. Through regularly held express draws, ITAs are issued to the higher-ranked profiles in the express pool. Express entry candidates have to submit their application for Canada PR Visa to the IRCC within 60 days of getting the ITA.

What are the Minimum Requirements to apply for a Canada PR Visa in 2021?

For a candidate to be eligible to apply for Canada PR Visa through the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) in 2020, they must be able to meet the following minimum requirements:

• Must score a minimum of 67 points in FSWP point assessment grid
• Must be minimum of 18 years of age
• Have a minimum of one year of work experience in the past 10 years in a skilled occupation that is categorized under NOC skill type 0, A or B
• For foreign education, they must have an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) to prove the equivalency of the education to a completed certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian secondary institution (high school) or post-secondary institution
• Must have a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 7 or IELTS score of 6 per band
• Must show that candidate have enough money for themselves and any accompanying family to settle in Canada
• Must be admissible to Canada