On March 5, 2026, IRCC ran round #402 of Express Entry, a round in the senior managers with Canadian work experience category. It issued 250 invitations to apply (ITAs), and the lowest-ranked candidate invited held a CRS score of 429.
The numbers
| Date | March 5, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Round number | #402 |
| Round type | Senior managers with Canadian work experience |
| IRCC label | Senior managers with Canadian Work Experience, 2026-Version 1 |
| Invitations to apply (ITAs) | 250 |
| CRS cut-off | 429 |
How it compares
No earlier draw of this category falls inside the history this page reads, so no like-for-like comparison is possible. The one before it of Express Entry, of any kind, came 1 day earlier.
Across the last 10 rounds of any kind, the cut-offs sat between 169 and 789.
What this round selects
Category-based rounds do not draw from the whole pool. IRCC picks one category and invites only the profiles inside it that meet the category’s own requirements, on top of qualifying for a federal program. This category selects profiles with Canadian work experience in the senior management occupations IRCC designates for it.
Eligible occupations for this category
IRCC does not publish the occupations of the candidates it invited. It does publish the list of occupations eligible for each category: in this round, candidates with qualifying work experience in one of the following 4 occupations could be invited, subject to the round’s other requirements.
| NOC 2021 code | Occupation | TEER |
|---|---|---|
| 00015 | Senior managers – construction, transportation, production and utilities | 0 |
| 00014 | Senior managers – trade, broadcasting and other services | 0 |
| 00013 | Senior managers – health, education, social and community services and membership organizations | 0 |
| 00012 | Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services | 0 |
Source: IRCC, category-based selection (page modified June 22, 2026). Occupation titles as IRCC publishes them.
What it means for your profile
Getting an invitation in this round took a CRS score of 429 or above, in the pool and inside the senior managers with Canadian work experience category on March 5, 2026. Scoring under the cut-off changes nothing about a profile — it remains in the pool for twelve months and enters every round it is eligible for. We do not use these numbers to predict the next round. What a round closes at depends on the pool on that date and on the instructions in force, so this figure describes what happened and nothing more.
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Source: the rounds of invitations IRCC publishes, read automatically through our data service. GerCanada is a private consultancy and is not part of the Government of Canada.