Canada's immigration department (IRCC) held another large draw on November 28, 2025, inviting people to apply for permanent residency. This was a special kind of draw, focusing only on people who speak French. A huge total of 6,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) were sent out. This highlights the importance of Canada welcoming French speakers outside of Quebec, a key objective of their immigration plan.

The most important news from this draw was the low minimum score needed. If you spoke French well enough (a minimum score of 7 on the NCLC test in all four areas), you only needed a score of 408 in the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) to get an invitation. This draw is officially called Round of Invitations #382. Because IRCC issued 6,000 ITAs, the required score dropped significantly. This was one of the easiest draws of the year for this specific group of applicants. Just weeks earlier, on** October 29, 2025, IRCC held another French-language draw; in that round, they also issued 6,000 ITAs, but the minimum CRS cutoff was 416.** This suggests that between October and November, the threshold was lowered by 8 CRS points. Comparing November’s draw with the previous one highlights a growing trend: IRCC appears increasingly focused on inviting French-speaking skilled workers and seems willing to relax CRS thresholds where necessary to achieve immigration targets. For applicants who may have narrowly missed earlier draws, especially those with strong French-language skills, this November draw would offer renewed hope.

Basically, the emphasis on French speakers, demonstrated by the high number of invitations and the low minimum score, sends a clear message to applicants: mastering French is a valuable way to secure permanent residency in Canada. For those already in the Express Entry system, this draw confirms that if you qualify for one of the special categories (such as French-speaking), your chances improve significantly, and you need a much lower score than applicants in the regular draws.

As a French student at Learnguage or as an individual interested in learning French, taking your learning seriously and enrolling with Learnguage for your French proficiency is your best choice, as it has been clearly proven how rewarding this can be. For those looking forward to the next draw, bonne chance!