On July 8, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held a new Express Entry draw for French language proficiency candidates. In round #302, IRCC issued 3,200 Invitations to Apply (ITA) to francophone candidates. The cut-off score of this draw was 420 points, ten points more than the previous draw for this category, held on April 24, 2024, and it was the highest CRS score of all the draws issued this year for the category. The tie-breaking rule for this round was May 30, 2024, at 03:37:43 UTC. As of July 2, 2024, were 222,547 profiles registered in the Express Entry pool. Canada issued 53,124 ITAs through the Express Entry draws this year, including 15,600 ITAs for French language proficiency candidates.
