Canada has conducted a new Express Entry draw, issuing 829 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) to Provincial Nominee Program candidates. The April 27 draw required a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 772 points, 10 lower than the previous PNP draw. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is continuing to avoid conducting all-program draws, the last of which took place in December 2020. It says it is focusing on clearing the current significant backlog before it resumes issuing ITAs in larger numbers. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser recently announced that all-program draws would resume in early July. Canada has so far issued 7,299 invitations, all to PNP candidates, in 2022. IRCC issued a record 114,431 ITAs in 2021, all to Canadian Experience Class (CEC) and PNP candidates. It beat the previous record of 107,350 set in 2020. During the coronavirus crisis, IRCC switched to draws for PNP and CEC candidates, to focus on candidates already in Canada on work or stu