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Express Entry

The Canada Immigration Express Entry Program was introduced in January 2015 in the IRCC system for Canadian immigration. This program is designed for the selection of workers who are looking to migrate to Canada for financial stability. This is an entirely online process that involves the federal government, provincial governments, and employers in Canada. This new Canadian immigration selection system strives to eliminate all the complicated processes involved in immigration.

Canada Immigration Express Entry makes the immigration process simpler, faster and efficient and benefits the qualified skilled worker in obtaining permanent residence in 6 months.

Express Entry Program is not an immigration program in itself. Express Entry is an application management system that is used by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to manage and process the application received through different federal economic immigration programs of Canada for skilled workers.

  • Federal Skilled Worker Class
  • Canadian Experience Class
  • Federal Skilled Trades Class
  • Part of the Provincial Nominee Programs

Eligibility requirement

Eligibility requirements differ for each of Canada Immigration Express Entry aligned programs. All the candidates are required to at least one year of skilled work experience and language proficiency in Canadian official languages – French and English. All the Express Entry applicants will be screen for criminal history and medical issues – biometric tests.

Express Entry is a competitive system where the eligible candidates from the Express Entry Pool are ranked against one another and then the best ranked candidate will be invited to apply for Canadian PR status. Ranking system is based on following criteria:

  • Core human capital factors
  • Common-law partner and accompanying spouse factors
  • Transferability of skill
  • Provincial nomination
  • Canadian study experience
  • Language proficiency
  • Qualification and work experience

There are a total of 1,200 points available under the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The higher the CRS score, the higher chances for the candidate to receive an Invitation of Apply (ITA).

Under the Canada Immigration Express Entry, candidates along with dependants family members wishing to settle in Canada can become new permanent residents within just a few months.