The latest Express Entry draw invited 1,750 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canada Immigration on July 21, 2022. The minimum CRS score for this draw is 542, Candidates do need to have a CRS of at least 542 to get invitations. 

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited Express Entry candidates in the new invitation draw. There was no program specified for this draw, meaning candidates from the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) or Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) had the potential to be invited.

Now Invited candidates to have 60 days to apply for Canadian permanent residence.

The CRS requirement for the new draw is 15 points lower than the previous all-program draw on July 6, when the minimum cut-off score was 557. Also, Canada issued 250 more invitations in this draw compared to the previous round of 1,500 invitations.

Under the current levels plan, Canada expects to bring in 83,500 immigrants through Express Entry-aligned and base PNP categories in 2022. The new targets are greater than what the government projected in the previous levels plan, which was 81,500 PNP immigrants for 2022, and 83,000 for 2023.