Express Entry holds first Skilled military recruits round: CRS 368, 4 invitations

Express Entry’s newest category-based round, Skilled military recruits, made its debut on 2026-07-23 with a CRS cutoff of 368 and 4 invitations issued. Because this is the first recorded round in the series, the event establishes the baseline for the category rather than offering a comparison against prior draws.

A debut round with no prior series to measure

The Skilled military recruits series has no earlier recorded rounds, so there is no previous cutoff or invitation count to measure against. The 2026-07-23 draw, identified as draw #430, targeted candidates under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program. With 4 invitations issued, the round starts the series at that volume, and the CRS cutoff of 368 stands as the initial reference figure for future draws in this category.

Cutoff position inside the published pool band

The pool snapshot as of 2026-07-19 contained 231,533 profiles. The cutoff of 368 falls within the 351-400 published score band. That band is one of several published ranges, and the cutoff’s position there reflects where the 4 invitations landed relative to the overall profile count. No other score bands are relevant to this round, as the cutoff sits entirely within the 351-400 segment.

No comparable history for the series

Since this is the first recorded Skilled military recruits round, the useful baseline starts here rather than with another category. There is no prior round in the series to establish whether 4 invitations or a 368 cutoff is typical or unusual for this category. The tiebreak date of 2026-06-02T20:11:26.000Z applies to this round, but without historical data, it cannot be interpreted as a trend. The absence of a previous comparable round means the category’s future movement will only become measurable after subsequent draws occur.