August 20, 2020

Express Entry Draw Update August 20, 2020

Results: Rounds of invitations

Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #161 – August 20, 2020

Canadian Experience Class

Number of invitations issued: 3,300

Rank required to be invited to apply: 3,300th or above

Date and time of round: August 20, 2020 at 11:10:05 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 454

Tie-breaking rule: July 27, 2020 at 17:05:11 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.

For more details please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations.html

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of August 18, 2020

CRS score range Number of candidates
601-1200 462
501-600 284
451-500 22,385
491-500 217
481-490 409
471-480 4,302
461-470 8,506
451-460 8,951
401-450 41,235
441-450 8,602
431-440 9,246
421-430 7,241
411-420 7,606
401-410 8,540
351-400 48,929
301-350 25,401
0-300 3,316
Total 142,012

The numbers in this table reflect the total number of people in the pool overall, a few days before an invitation round. The score distribution may change as people submit new profiles and other profiles expire.