Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has conducted a new Canadian Experience Class (CEC) Express Entry draw on June 12,2025 and invited 3000 candidates from the pool to apply for permanent residency. This is a great news for international graduates and other foreign workers in Canada.
EE CEC Invitation Highlights
Program: Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
Date of Draw : June 12, 2025
Number of Invitations Issued: 3000
Minimum CRS score required: 529
Tie-Breaking Rule Applied: September 28, 2024 at 18:06:46 UTC
The amazing news is this is the largest CEC draw of 2025 so far, signaling IRCC commitment to transition more temporary residents in Canada to Permanent Residents. We hope for more CEC draws in upcoming weeks.
What is Canadian Experience Class
CEC is program under Express Entry designed only for people possessing Canadian work experience and want to become permanent resident of Canada. There are some requirements to be eligible for EE CEC. These are:
You must have valid skilled work experience in Canada in last 3 years.
You must have valid language test results.
You plan to live outside of Canada.
What’s Next for Applicants
If you have received and invitation to apply (ITA) you must submit your complete file for permanent residency to IRCC via your account. You have 60 days to do it. You must review before submitting and there should be no misrepresentation in it. If you didn’t receive the invite don’t loose hope consider PNP options.