123rd Express Entry Draw Conducted in Canada - Issues 3,600 ITAs

Canada Immigration on Aug 12th, 2019, held the 123rd Express Entry draw, and in it 3,600 candidates belonging to Express Entry received invitations to seek permanent residence in Canada. The CRS cut-off threshold in it was set at 466 points. No Program was specified and there was a Tie-breaking rule set at Aug 6th, 2019. In the 122nd Express Entry Draw of July 24, 3,600 ITAs were offered to the aspirants at a cut off threshold of 459. This Draw was the second to happen in the month of July.

There was a continuous decline in the CRS cut-off threshold in the previous five draws. Also the reason for this increase of seven points is that The IRCC conducted the Express Entry draw with a bigger gap than the normal of two weeks. While there was CRS cut-off increase the numbers for ITAs issued were 3,600 an identical figure to the previous draw. Canada will continue to hold large draws because of its ambitious target to welcome more than one million newcomers in the next three years. Experts also feel that the cutoff will decrease in the future weeks. 

The performance of Express Entry has been impressive and there were 3,600 ITA's in the 123rd draw held on 12 August 2019. The figures for the 122nd draw were 3,600 on 24th July 2019. There was progressive growth in the 121st draw also and it should 3,600 ITA's on 10th July 2019. The figures for 120th draw were 3,350 held on 26th June 2019 and finally, these were 3,350 for the draw held on 12th June 2019.