Since, the adoption of the IRCC pivotal application management system, on January 1st 2015, the term Express Entry has become a synonym for Canadian Immigration. This is because the system is by far the fastest way of gaining Permanent Residence status in Canada.
The Express Entry system has been a significant change from the earlier immigration systems. The preceding Federal Immigration programs to Canada used to be “First Come First Served”. The Express Entry on the other hand is a highly competitive system. Under the Express Entry System, eligible candidates are ranked against one another based on their Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS).
Calculation of the Comprehensive Ranking Score is done on the following factors:
Holding true to its name, Express Entry promises speedy PR Application processing. Approximately 80% of the cases are processed within 6 months or less. In many cases, candidates don’t require any Canadian experience or studies within Canada to apply for this program. Such applicants can directly land in Canada and obtain their Permanent Resident status right after they go through CBSA security checkpoints. On the other hand certain cases, one does gain some additional leverage for having Canadian Work Experience.
The minimum requirements under this program:
Once an applicant receives an ITA through the Federal Skilled Trades Program there are certain minimum requirements that need to be fulfilled:
The minimum requirements under this program:
Apart from these, Provinces periodically nominate candidates from the Express Entry Pool based on the respective PNP’s sub-category