Canadian Express Entry

"Canada Express Entry Criteria – Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)"

Overview

The primary objective of the Canada Express Entry system is to provide the Canadian government with greater control over selecting skilled workers for immigration. It enables Citizenship and Immigration Canada to efficiently manage and streamline the intake of applications from qualified candidates looking to migrate under the skilled worker category.

The key components of the Canadian Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) are as follows:

Core Human Capital

Accompanying Spouse

Skill Transferability

Provincial nomination or arranged employment

Total number of points available under the Express Entry is 1,200.

Core Human Capital Factors

With a spouse: Maximum 460 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points are available across all core human capital factors.

Without a spouse: You can earn up to 500 CRS points based on core human capital factors under Express Entry.

Age	With Spouse (Max 100)	Without Spouse (Max 110)
17 years or less	0	0
18 years	90	99
19 years	95	105
20 to 29 years	100	110
30 years	95	105
31 years	90	99
32 years	85	94
33 years	80	88
34 years	75	83
35 years	70	77
36 years	65	72
37 years	60	66
38 years	55	61
39 years	50	55
40 years	45	50
41 years	35	39
42 years	25	28
43 years	15	17
44 years	5	6
45 years or more	0	0

Level of Education	With Spouse (Max 140)	Without Spouse (Max 150)
Less than Secondary school (high school) credential	0	0
Secondary school (high school) credential	28	30
One-year post-secondary program credential	84	90
Two-year post-secondary program credential	91	98
Post-secondary program credential of three years or longer	112	120
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	119	128
University-level credential at the Master’s level OR an entry-to-practice professional degree	126	135
University-level credential at the Doctoral level	140	150

Official Languages Proficiency – First Official Language

Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Total Points for Each Ability:

32 with spouse

34 without spouse

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level per Ability	With Spouse (Maximum 128 points)	Without Spouse (Maximum 136 points)
Less than CLB 4	0	0
CLB 4 or 5	6	6
CLB 6	8	9
CLB 7	16	17
CLB 8	22	23
CLB 9	29	31
CLB 10 or more	32	34

Official Language Proficiency – Second Official Language

Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Total Points for Each Ability:

6 with spouse

6 without spouse

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level per Ability	With Spouse (Maximum 128 points)	Without Spouse (Maximum 136 points)
CLB 4 or less	0	0
CLB 5 or 6	1	1
CLB 7 or 8	3	3
CLB 9 or more	6	6

Canadian Work Experience	With Spouse (Max 70 Points)	Without Spouse (Max 80 Points)
None or less than a year	0	0
1 year	35	40
2 years	46	53
3 years	56	64
4 years	63	72
5 years or more	70	80

Spouse Factors (If Applicable)

Level of Education	Points (Max 10)
Less than Secondary school (high school) credential	0
Secondary school (high school) credential	2
One-year post-secondary program credential	6
Two-year post-secondary program credential	7
Post-secondary program credential of three years or longer	9
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	9
University-level credential at the Master’s level OR an entry-to-practice professional degree	10
University-level credential at the Doctoral level	10

Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level Per Ability	Points (Max 20)
CLB 4 or less	0
CLB 5 or 6	1
CLB 7 or 8	3
CLB 9 or more	6

Spouse Canadian Work Experience	Points (Max 10)
None or less than a year	0
1 year	5
2 years	7
3 years	8
4 years	9
5 years or more	10

Skill Transferability Factors

Education Level	Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9	Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials and at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50

Education Level	Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Max 25 points)	Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Max 50 points)
Secondary school (high school) credential or less	0	0
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer	13	25
Two or more post-secondary program credentials and at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer	25	50

Foreign Work Experience – With Good Official Language Proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level CLB 7 or Higher)

Year of Experience	Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Max 25 points)	Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Max 50 points)
No foreign work experience	0	0
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience	13	25
3 years or more of foreign work experience	25	50

Additional Points (Maximum 600 Points)

Additional Points	Points
Arranged Employment – NOC 00	200
Arranged Employment – any other NOC 0, A or B	50
Provincial or territorial nomination	60
Sibling living in Canada	50

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Canadian Express Entry

"Canada Express Entry Criteria – Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)"

Overview

Core Human Capital Factors

Spouse Factors (If Applicable)

Skill Transferability Factors

Foreign Work Experience – With Good Official Language Proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level CLB 7 or Higher)

Additional Points (Maximum 600 Points)

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