If your Invitation to Apply (ITA) had a technical error and expired before you could act on it:
- Don't count on an automatic replacement. As a general rule, IRCC does not reissue a new ITA once one has expired — you typically need to re-enter the Express Entry pool and wait for a new invitation under a new profile/round.
- Keep pursuing the webform channel, but expect only automated responses at first. If the fault was genuinely on IRCC's system, escalation through webforms is still the correct channel, even if early responses are generic.
- A replacement ITA is only realistic if IRCC formally acknowledges their own system error. Community experience suggests this is possible but not guaranteed — it depends on IRCC admitting fault, not on the applicant's account of what happened.
- In the meantime, create a new profile and keep your CRS score current, since re-entering the pool and waiting for a new invitation is the fallback path regardless of the webform outcome.
This reflects community experience rather than official policy — outcomes for technical-error cases can vary, so keep detailed records of the original ITA and all correspondence with IRCC.