Express Entry

The Canada Express Entry system was created to cater to Canada’s demand for skilled workers and professionals. Canada’s Express Entry is candidate assessment and selection system used by IRCC to select candidates for immigration to Canada. Express Entry is not an immigration program in itself, but it is a system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to select applicants for immigrate to Canada using the following immigration categories:

• Federal Skilled Worker Class
• Federal Skilled Trades Class
• Canadian Experience Class
• Provinces and territories can also recruit candidates from the Canada Express Entry Pool through their Provincial Nominee Programs to meet local labor market needs.

Outlined below are the key requirements for each of the three economic programs:

1. Federal Skilled Workers Program: To qualify, candidates must meet the minimum language proficiency requirements, have at least one year of continuous full-time work experience, and obtain an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) to validate their foreign education credentials.
2. Federal Skilled Trades Program:This program is designed for individuals with work experience in skilled manual trades. Requirements include meeting the language proficiency standards, having at least two years of full-time work experience, and obtaining a valid job offer or a Certificate of Qualification in a skilled trade issued by a Canadian provincial or territorial authority.
3. Canada Experience Class:This program targets individuals who have gained skilled work experience in Canada. Applicants must have at least one year of Canadian work experience, meet language proficiency requirements, and plan to live outside the province of Quebec.

By meeting these requirements and attaining a competitive Comprehensive Ranking System score, applicants have a higher chance of receiving an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence through express entry immigration to Canada.

Express Entry Process

1. Determine your eligibility: Applicants qualified to move to Canada under a federal immigration program may enter the Express Entry pool. Thusly, the initial step to be taken ought to be to decide your qualification for one of these programs.
2. Improve your profile and ranking: Applicants in the Express Entry pool are ranked according to the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The Government of Canada selects applicants from the pool according to their ranking or points. So, it is in a candidate’s best interests to improve his or her scores in the Express Entry pool to increase their chances of receiving an Invitation to Apply for permanent residency.
3. Got an Invitation to Apply and submit application for Permanent Residency: The highest-ranked Applicants and those with valid job offers or provincial nominations, are then invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence. From this point, applicants have 60 days to submit an online application for permanent residence. IRCC aims to process applications within six months of the date of submission.
   Applicants in the Express Entry pool who do not receive an Invitation to Apply for PR in Canada after 12 months may resubmit their profile and re-enter the pool if they still meet the criteria of at least one of the immigration programs.

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