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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has conducted the first Express Entry draw of the month and has issued invitations to 2,850 candidates. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement for this draw was a minimum of 525.
In February, six draws invited a total of 16,110 candidates. Two of them were category-based selection draws for individuals with strong French language proficiency. The first draw took place on February 1 and invited 7,000 candidates with a minimum CRS score of 365. The second draw occurred on February 29 and invited 2,500 candidates with a minimum score of 336, which is the lowest CRS score in any draw so far this year.

In addition, there were two category-based draws. The first one was on February 14, which invited 3,500 candidates in healthcare occupations with a minimum CRS of 422. The second one was on February 16, which invited 150 candidates in agriculture and agri-food occupations with a minimum score of 437.

The remaining two draws were general Express Entry draws that took place on February 13 and 28. IRCC invited 1,490 candidates on February 13 with a minimum score of 535 and 1,470 on February 28 with a minimum CRS score of 534.Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has recently conducted its first Express Entry draw of the month, issuing invitations to 2,850 candidates who meet the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirement, which was set at a minimum of 525.