Canada Express Entry ended the first half of 2020
having issued the second-most Invitations to Apply on record,
despite the country being in the grip of the coronavirus
crisis.
The first six months of the year saw 49,900 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued, second
only to the 54,507 issued in 2017 and eclipsing each of the last
two years.
The second quarter featured 27,300 ITAs, equally the
second-most prolific quarter of all time and also only beaten by
the same quarter of 2017.
It means that, despite the Canada-U.S. border closure and
the restricted entry of foreign travelers to try and slow the
spread of the pandemic, it has not stopped Immigration, Refugees
and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) from issuing ITAs in huge
numbers.
