{"id":50510,"date":"2025-08-06T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50510\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:12:09","slug":"ircc-holds-first-express-entry-draw-of-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/50510\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCC holds first Express Entry draw of August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system.<\/p>\n<p>The immigration department issued 225 ITAs in a draw for Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) candidates.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered in this draw, candidates needed to have:<\/p>\n<p>A minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 739; and<br \/>\nCreated an Express Entry candidate profile before 6:35 a.m., Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) on 23 April, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-23_ircc-issues-more-invitations-in-third-express-entry-draw-of-the-week_58106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See how competitive your Express Entry profile is<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary of Express Entry draws in 2025<\/p>\n<p>\tDateDraw TypeNumber of ITAsCut-off CRS score <\/p>\n<p>\tAugust 6Provincial Nominee Program225739<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/07\/thousands-of-healthcare-professionals-invited-in-latest-express-entry-draw-0758027.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 22<\/a>Healthcare and social services4,000475<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/07\/express-entry-invitations-issued-to-candidates-in-third-draw-of-the-week-0757528.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 21<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program202788<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/07\/more-express-entry-invitations-issued-to-cec-candidates-0757469.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 8<\/a>Canadian Experience Class3,000518<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/07\/ircc-invites-more-express-entry-candidates-in-second-consecutive-week-0757201.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 7<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program356750<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/canada-holds-second-express-entry-draw-of-the-week-2-0656924.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 26<\/a>Canadian Experience Class3,000521<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/canada-extends-more-invitations-to-pnp-candidates-in-latest-express-entry-draw-0656515.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 23<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program503742<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/canada-holds-second-express-entry-draw-of-the-week-0656424.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 12<\/a>Canadian Experience Class3,000529<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/more-express-entry-invitations-issued-in-third-draw-of-the-week-0656217.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 10<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program125784<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/ircc-issues-more-invitations-to-express-entry-candidates-0656127.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 4<\/a>Healthcare and social services500504<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/06\/canada-holds-first-express-entry-draw-under-new-immigration-minister-0655348.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 2<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program277726<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/05\/ircc-issues-more-invitations-in-second-express-entry-draw-of-the-week-0555300.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 13<\/a>Canadian Experience Class500547<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/05\/canada-holds-another-express-entry-draw-0555028.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 12<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program511706<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/05\/express-entry-canada-holds-first-healthcare-professions-draw-of-the-year-0554904.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 2<\/a>Healthcare and social services 500510 <\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/05\/canada-invites-more-express-entry-candidates-in-first-draw-after-national-election-0554703.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 1<\/a>Education1,000479<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/04\/ircc-holds-first-cec-draw-in-more-than-two-months-0454103.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 28<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program421727<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/04\/canada-invites-pnp-candidates-in-first-express-entry-draw-after-crs-points-change-0453249.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 14<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program825764<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/03\/ircc-invites-more-express-entry-candidates-in-second-draw-of-the-week-0352984.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 21<\/a>French language proficiency7,500379<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/03\/canada-invites-pnp-candidates-in-third-express-entry-draw-of-the-month-0352458.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 17<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program536736<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/03\/4500-express-entry-candidates-invited-with-lowest-crs-cut-off-score-since-august-2024-0352292.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 6<\/a>French language proficiency4,500410<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/03\/express-entry-ircc-invites-more-pnp-candidates-0351820.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program 725667<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/02\/breaking-ircc-invites-6500-candidates-in-first-category-based-draw-of-2025-0251762.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 19<\/a>French language proficiency 6,500428<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/02\/ircc-issues-more-express-entry-invitations-to-pnp-candidates-0251316.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 17<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program 646750<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/02\/ircc-issues-more-cec-invitations-in-second-express-entry-draw-of-the-week-0251288.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5<\/a>Canadian Experience Class4,000521<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/02\/ircc-holds-second-express-entry-draw-for-pnp-candidates-0250989.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 4<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program455802<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/01\/express-entry-ircc-invites-4000-cec-candidates-0150373.html#gs.jmjfo7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 23 <\/a>Canadian Experience Class4,000527<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/01\/canada-holds-first-cec-draw-of-the-year-0150302.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 8<\/a>Canadian Experience Class1,350542<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2025\/01\/ircc-invites-candidates-in-first-express-entry-draw-of-the-year-0149562.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 7<\/a>Provincial Nominee Program471793<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express Entry<\/a> draw is the first of the month, and follows a Healthcare and social services category-based selection on 22 July, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/provincial-nomination-program.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Provincial Nominee Program<\/a> (PNP) draw on 21 July, and a Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draw on 8 July.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, IRCC has issued 49,628 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry-invitation-to-apply-for-permanent-residence.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITAs<\/a> through the Express Entry system in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Express Entry draws this year have primarily focused on PNP draws, with the remainder of Express Entry ITAs dedicated to CEC candidates, candidates with French-language proficiency, and those in the Express Entry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/eecategories.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">priority occupation categories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\tDraw TypeNumber of Draws<\/p>\n<p>\tProvincial Nominee Program (PNP)14<\/p>\n<p>\tCanadian Experience Class (CEC)7<\/p>\n<p>\tFrench-language proficiency3<\/p>\n<p>\tHealthcare and social services3<\/p>\n<p>\tEducation1<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the Express Entry system has followed a pattern of PNP and CEC draws held every two weeks, which the department has maintained since 10 June. IRCC has also held a draw for the Healthcare and social services category in each of the last three months (May, June and July, 2025)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottom-btn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background: #e52237;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadavisaplus.com\/assessment?utm_source=cicnews.com&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-23_ircc-issues-more-invitations-in-third-express-entry-draw-of-the-week_58106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">See how competitive your Express Entry profile is<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITA) through the Express Entry system.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,34472,34473,34474,34475,34476,34477,34478,11968,34479,34480,34481,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-50510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canada-ita","11":"tag-canadian-experience-class","12":"tag-cec","13":"tag-cec-draw","14":"tag-express-entry-news","15":"tag-immigrate-to-canada","16":"tag-immigrate-to-canada-as-a-skilled-worker","17":"tag-invitation-to-apply","18":"tag-ita","19":"tag-latest-express-entry-draw","20":"tag-latest-ita-draw","21":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}