Express Entry draw #244: No Program Specified
On March 23, 2023, IRCC invited 7,000 candidates in a No Program Specified round. The lowest score invited, the cutoff, was 484.
Key facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Round | #244 |
| Date | March 23, 2023 |
| Round type | No Program Specified |
| Invitations | 7,000 |
| CRS cutoff | 484 |
| Tie-break | Profiles at 484 submitted before May 19,2022 06:48:41 UTC |
| Programs | Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades and Provincial Nominee Program |
How it compares
The previous general round, #243 on March 15, 2023, cut off at 490 with 7,000 invitations. This round was 6 points lower, 8 days later.
It was the lowest general cutoff of the 5 such rounds since 2023 up to that date.
It was round 8th of 2023. By then IRCC had issued 30,559 invitations that year.
The pool at the time
IRCC's snapshot of the pool on March 22, 2023: 240,146 profiles in total.
| CRS score | Profiles |
|---|---|
| 601–1200 | 310 |
| 501–600 | 534 |
| 451–500 | 63,666 |
| 401–450 | 61,323 |
| 351–400 | 71,424 |
| 301–350 | 37,208 |
| 0–300 | 5,681 |
What a general round means
General rounds consider every candidate in the pool, whatever their program. Apart from nominee rounds, they usually have the highest cutoffs. See Express Entry draw types for how the round types differ.
Where does your score stand?
The CRS calculator works out your score from your test results and profile, and shows how far it is from the last Canadian Experience Class cutoff.