Glossary · Express Entry permanent residence.

ITA

Invitation to Apply

IRCC invited a ranked profile to file the eAPR. Sixty days from that invitation.

On the official record

• The permanent-residence terms PDI says an ITA is given to Express Entry candidates with the highest CRS scores at the time of a round.
• You can respond, decline and return to the pool, or ignore it and leave the pool.
• Rounds of invitations are general, program-specific, or category-based. Category-based still requires eligibility for one of the three Express Entry programs.

Common mix-ups

• Not an approval of permanent residence.
• Not the eAPR. The ITA opens the 60-day window to file that application.

Confirm on the official page

Start here: IRCC: Express Entry rounds of invitations.

The catch

If your facts change after the ITA and your recalculated CRS falls below the cut-off for that round, the apply page says you should decline. Filing anyway can be refused.

What people mix up

An ITA is not an AOR and not an approval.

Related

CRS · eAPR · Programs hub · Draws

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