Ray of Hope - 169th Draw - All Program

[13nitinsharma]

Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #169 – December 9, 2020

No program specified

Number of invitations issued: 5,000

Rank required to be invited to apply: 5,000th or above

Date and time of round: December 9, 2020 at 14:30:47 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 469

Tie-breaking rule: June 4, 2020 at 22:26:05 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.

Footnotes
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Candidates from all Express Entry programs were eligible for this round of invitations.

 

[13nitinsharma]

CRS score distribution of candidates in the Express Entry pool as of December 7, 2020

CRS score range	Number of candidates
601-1200	413
501-600	537
451-500	25,216
491-500	314
481-490	759
471-480	1,735
461-470	10,858
451-460	11,550
401-450	44,820
441-450	10,499
431-440	10,538
421-430	7,386
411-420	7,719
401-410	8,678
351-400	47,574
301-350	24,854
0-300	3,300
Total	146,717

 

[Teenkatigda]

Results: Rounds of invitations
Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #169 – December 9, 2020

Tie-breaking rule: June 4, 2020 at 22:26:05 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.

Strange that draw 168 had tie breaker in October and draw 169 has tie breaker of June !?

 

[EscoBlades]

Strange that draw 168 had tie breaker in October and draw 169 has tie breaker of June !?

Folks may have created their profiles earlier, but then improved their language scores and/or accumulated increased work experience. The profile creation date remains the same regardless of those updates.

 

[mona247]

Good News- 5000 profiles got cleared today!!
Bad News- The trend of high scoring profiles >471 continue to flood into the pool consistently, irrespective of the pandemic situation.

 

[nellyrow]

Good News- 5000 profiles got cleared today!!
Bad News- The trend of high scoring profiles >471 continue to flood into the pool consistently, irrespective of the pandemic situation.

out of the 5k cleared, about 1-2k will reject their ITAs. That’s why the scores aren’t dropping.

 

[mona247]

out of the 5k cleared, about 1-2k will reject their ITAs. That’s why the scores aren’t dropping.

Oh, I thought about 300 would reject ITA. 1000 to 2000 is such a large number . I doubt that's true!!

 

[sun2088]

out of the 5k cleared, about 1-2k will reject their ITAs. That’s why the scores aren’t dropping.

Why would people reject their ITA's? Could it just be a timing thing? So those people don't feel that they're ready to immigrate just yet?

 

[nellyrow]

Why would people reject their ITA's? Could it just be a timing thing? So those people don't feel that they're ready to immigrate just yet?

This is just my thought due to the tie break rule. Not saying it’s set in stone. It could also be a number of people updating their profiles.

 

[aaeahmed]

Quick question, I hope someone can help. My score is 474 and I did not receive any email today for ITA. Is it taking time to receive this email or there is something wrong? thanks in advance

 

[BlindGoku]

Quick question, I hope someone can help. My score is 474 and I did not receive any email today for ITA. Is it taking time to receive this email or there is something wrong? thanks in advance

Can take up to 24h

 

[aaeahmed]

Many thanks! just received the ITA now

 

[13nitinsharma]

Congratulations to those who received ITA in yesterday's draw

 

[Amanpreet Kaur Dhandli]

Hi guys, i got invitation on 3rd September and lodged my file on 2nd december. My medicals were done on 29th November.
my query is, I have not got the Biometric letter yet. I am really worried. What should I do? And are biometric centres accepting appointment for Express entry candidates? Or is it just for student and family cases?

 

[13nitinsharma]

Hi guys, i got invitation on 3rd September and lodged my file on 2nd december. My medicals were done on 29th November.
my query is, I have not got the Biometric letter yet. I am really worried. What should I do? And are biometric centres accepting appointment for Express entry candidates? Or is it just for student and family cases?

Biometrics Instruction letter is triggered after 30-60 days from your AOR date. You have lot of time, please be patient, nothing to be worried.