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:

1. Federal Skilled Workers Programme (FSWP)
2. Federal Skilled Trades Programme (FSTP)
3. 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.