Highlights: #254 Express Entry draw for STEM professionals
- #254 Express Entry draw of 2023 invited 500 STEM professionals.
- This category based Express Entry draw was held on July 05, 2023.
- Candidates with a CRS score of 486 were invited in this draw.
- In the next category based draw, IRCC plans to invite 1500 healthcare professionals.
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First Express Entry STEM draw
In 2023, first Express Entry STEM draw was held on July 05, 2023 and invited 500 STEM professionals. Candidates with 486 cut-off score received ITAs.
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Eligible occupations under Express Entry STEM Draw
- Architects
- Architecture and science managers
- Business systems specialists
- Civil Engineers
- Computer and information systems managers
- Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
- Computer systems developers and programmers
- Cybersecurity specialists
- Data scientists
- Database analysts and data administrators
- Electrical and electronics engineers
- Engineering managers
- Industrial and manufacturing engineers
- Information systems specialists
- Land surveyors
- Landscape Architects
- Mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries
- Metallurgical and materials engineers
- Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants, and program officers
- Software developers and programmers
- Software engineers and designers
- Urban and land use planners
- Web designers
- Web developers and programmers
Express Entry draws in 2023
Express Entry held 17 draws till date in 2023 and issued 60,748 ITAs to apply for the Canadian PR. The below table gives you all the information about the Express Entry draws held in 2023, along with the CRS score.
| Draw no. | Date | Immigration program | Invitations issued | CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited |
| 254 | July 05, 2023 | STEM occupations (2023-1) | 500 | 486 |
| 253 | July 04, 2023 | All Program draw | 700 | 511 |
| 252 | June 28, 2023 | Healthcare occupations (2023-1) | 500 | 476 |
| 251 | June 27, 2023 | All Program draw | 4,300 | 486 |
| 250 | June 8, 2023 | All Program draw | 4,800 | 486 |
| 249 | May 24, 2023 | All Program draw | 4,800 | 488 |
| 248 | May 10, 2023 | Provincial Nominee Program | 589 | 691 |
| 247 | April 26, 2023 | All Program draw | 3500 | 483 |
| 246 | April 12, 2023 | All Program draw | 3500 | 486 |
| 245 | March 29, 2023 | All Program draw | 7000 | 481 |
| 244 | March 23, 2023 | All Program draw | 7000 | 484 |
| 243 | March 15, 2023 | All Program draw | 7000 | 490 |
| 242 | March 1, 2023 | Provincial Nominee Program | 667 | 748 |
| 241 | February 15, 2023 | Provincial Nominee Program | 699 | 791 |
| 240 | February 2, 2023 | Federal Skilled Worker | 3300 | 489 |
| 239 | February 1, 2023 | Provincial Nominee Program | 893 | 733 |
| 238 | January 18, 2023 | All Program draw | 5500 | 490 |
| 237 | January 11, 2023 | All Program draw | 5500 | 507 |
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