Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system #91 – May 30, 2018

Results: Rounds of invitations

Programs specified:

  • Federal Skilled Trades Program
  • Provincial Nominee Program

Candidates invited under the Federal Skilled Trades Program

Number of invitations issued: 500

Rank required to be invited to apply: 500th or above

Date and time of round: May 30, 2018 at 14:52:06 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 288

Tie-breaking rule: June 7, 2017 at 20:11:13 UTC

Candidates invited under the Provincial Nominee Program

Number of invitations issued: 200

Rank required to be invited to apply: 200th or above

Date and time of round: May 30, 2018 at 14:52:06 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 902

Tie-breaking rule: March 23, 2018 at 05:38:02 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.

Full text

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to section 10.3(1)(i) and (j) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, gives the annexed Ministerial Instructions Respecting Invitations to Apply for Permanent Residence under the Express Entry System (May 30, 2018).

Ottawa, May 30, 2018

Ahmed D. Hussen
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Ministerial Instructions respecting invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Express Entry system (May 30, 2018)

Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply in these Instructions.

eligible foreign national
means a foreign national whose expression of interest is in the express entry pool established by the Express Entry Instructions. (étranger admissible)
Express Entry Instructions
means the Ministerial Instructions Respecting the Express Entry System, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on December 1, 2014, as amended from time to time. (Instructions concernant le système Entrée express)
invitation
has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Express Entry Instructions. (invitation)
specific ranking means
  1. for a class referred to in any of paragraphs 2(a) to(c) of the Express Entry Instructions, the ranking established only among the eligible foreign nationals who are eligible to be invited to make an application in that class; and
  2. for the class referred to in paragraph 2(d) of those Instructions, the ranking established only among the eligible foreign nationals who are members of that class. (classement spécifique)

Invitations — Period

2 Invitations may be issued under these Ministerial Instructions during the period beginning on May 30, 2018, and ending on May 31, 2018.

Invitations — Number

3 The number of invitations that may be issued for a class referred to in column 1 of the table of this section is the number set out in column 2.

Table

Number of Invitations

Classes Number of Invitations
Class referred to in paragraph 2(a) of the Express Entry Instructions (Federal Skilled Worker) 0
Class referred to in paragraph 2(b) of the Express Entry Instructions (Canadian Experience) 0
Class referred to in paragraph 2(c) of the Express Entry Instructions (Federal Skilled Trades) 500
Class referred to in paragraph 2(d) of the Express Entry Instructions (Provincial nominee) 200

Invitations — Rank

4 Invitations may be issued to eligible foreign nationals who are ranked as follows:

  1. in the case of the class referred to in paragraph 2(c) of the Express Entry Instructions, they must be ranked among the first 500 eligible foreign nationals in the specific ranking for that class; and
  2. in the case of the class referred to in paragraph 2(d) of the Express Entry Instructions, they must be ranked among the first 200 eligible foreign nationals in the specific ranking for that class.

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