EXPRESS ENTRY
Express Entry is a selection system the Canadian Government implemented to expedite the Permanent Resident visa process for various Economic Immigration Programs. It is an electronic process with online submissions which allows for quicker processing times, on average, ranging from 6 months. to 9 months.
It is important to understand that Express Entry is not a Program but an electronic system which holds a pool of professional applicants and calculates their scores to select the strongest candidates with highest scores due to their professional qualifications, skills, work experience, language proficiency, education and other factors.
Express Entry covers the following programs (in other words, it collects profiles from all those Programs and calculates them):
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Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) - some programs
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Federal Skilled Worker is for candidates who are fluent in English, have a post secondary degree and job experience in a profession
Canadian Experience Class is for candidates who have at least 1 year Canadian Job Experience in a profession or trade
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Federal Skilled Trade is for candidates who have a job offer, 2 years of work experience in a trade, moderate fluency in English
Provincial Nominee Program is for candidates who have PNP sponsorship from a province. There are many programs candidates can apply under this category.
To be Eligible to apply under Express Entry:
You must meet the eligibility requirements for one of the Immigration Programs that are processed by Express Entry. Each program has its own eligibility requirements. If you meet the requirements, an expression of interest to apply can be made by creating a profile detailing personal information including skills, work experience, language ability (test scores), education.
All candidates who meet the eligibility requirements to apply with be placed into a pool and are ranked using a Comprehensive Ranking System. Periodically, a certain number of the highest ranked applicants will be invited to apply for Permanent Residence. Once a candidate receives an Invitation to Apply (ITA), they have 90 days to submit an application for permanent residence with ALL necessary accompanying documents. All required documents must be submitted within this timeline, otherwise they will be refused. After completing the process, successful candidates and their dependants (spouse and children) can land in Canada as Permanent Residents and be on their way to becoming Canadian Citizens.
Candidates who are in the Express Entry pool and have yet to receive an ITA (invitation to apply), will remain in the pool for 12 months and may be selected at a future date. If a candidate is not selected after being in the pool for 12 months, a new expression of interested can me made by creating another profile.
Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)
The CRS ranks eligible candidates for immigration to Canada through Express Entry. The CRS ranks candidates based of the following factors:
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accompanying spouse or common-law partner factors
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skill transferability factors
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factors relating to a provincial nomination or a qualifying offer of arranged employment.
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As you can see Immigration Program can be very challenging and specific as shown above, so if you need more information about the programs mentioned above or for assistance in preparing your application, we'll be glad to help you to choose the best Program.