Immigration will not be a tough pursuit anymore after you get to hear that Canada has completely overhauled the immigration process. The Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has completely taken a wedge on the “first-come-first-serve’ basis and has launched it with a new and completely unprecedented programme termed as Express Entry.
The Express Entry 2015 programme for Canada has definitely ignited new hopes in the minds of the immigrants. So, if you are looking forward to the Maple Leaf Country, you would always want to get a comprehensive knowledge about the Express Entry programme and this piece will help you in all possible ways.
What is Express Entry Programme?
In the beginning of 2015, the CIC introduced an immigration programme termed as Express Entry. Under it, prominence is given to skills and immigrants can move under three broad categories:
- Federal Skilled Workers Programme (FSWP)
- Federal Skilled Trades Programme (FSTP)
- Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
If you fit in any of the category, you can straightway visit the Canada Express Entry profile ad give in your credentials like age, work experience, educational qualification and language proficiency (basic proficiency level in English and French). Once you fit in the category and parameters demanded, you will enter in the Canadian Job Bank, and from there the respective employers can pick the right candidate.
How the movement is evaluated?
The movement of the immigrant is evaluated based on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). You will have to understand the CRS in the best way to make sure that you improve the possibilities and ensure that you are able to move.
The CRS system broadly segregates different categories based upon which the immigration points for movement are awarded. Take a look at points based on which the movement is evaluated.
| Factors | Points per factor – With a spouse or common-law partner | Points per factor – Without a spouse or common-law partner |
| Age | 100 | 110 |
| Level of education | 140 | 150 |
| Official Language Proficiency | 150 | 160 |
| Canadian Work Experience | 70 | 80 |
Skill Transferability
Foreign work experience with strong official language proficiency will yield 50. Canadian work experience and foreign work experience will yield 50 points. So, you can take the right programme and make sure that you are able to move in the best way.
Take a look at the records of the Express Entry 2015 so far
Draw Invitation to Apply Number of invitation to Apply Minimum CRS Point Required
Draw 1 January 31 779 886
Draw 2 February 7 779 818
Draw 3 February 20 849 808
Draw 4 February 27 1,187 735
Draw 5 March 20 1,620 481
Draw 6 March 27 1,637 453
Draw 7 April 10 925 469
Draw 8 April 17 715 453
Draw 9 May 22 1,361 755
Draw 10 June 12 1,501 482
Draw 11 June 27 1,575 469
Draw 12 July 10 1,516 463
Draw 13 July 17 1,581 451
Draw 14 August 7 1,402 471
Draw 15 August 21 1,523 456
Federal Skilled Workers Programme
The programme is meant for those immigrants who are skilled and appear in the National Occupation List (NOC). These applicants must ensure that they are able to meet up with the following requirements.
- At the minimum, you must have 1,560 hours of experience.
- You must be in the paid work.
- You must be in the same job.
- You must have been engaged in the last 10 years of service.
- The skill type 0, A and B.
Federal Skilled Trades Programme
You must be engaged in the trade that is in high demand and you must fulfill that in the first place. Take a look at requirement that it demands.
- You must plan to live outside Quebec.
- You must meet the desired proficiency level in English and French
- You must have two years of experience
- You must be engaged in the full time employment.
Canadian Experience Class
- You must have 12 months of experience
- You have gained your experience in Canada
- You must meet the required language level
- You must plan to live outside Quebec.
