The craze of Canada Immigration is increasing day by day aligning to the fact the number of prospects applying for Canada Immigration has also increased simultaneously. With flooding applications how does Canadian Government chooses the right candidates? The answer would be your CRS score. Higher the CRS score faster you secure the nomination from the IRCC. Irrespective of the score you have achieved (67 Points or 85 Points) in the Canada PR eligibility calculator (FSW score) this doesn’t mean that you will receive nomination from IRCC. Your CRS score defines your Nomination.
IRCC nominates your profile based on a ranking based scoring system named as CRS (Comprehensive Ranking system). CRS being the selection factor of your Canadian dream.Since the number of applications submitted is on the higher end, the Canadian government selects highly skilled potential candidates using the system Express Entry and it is on a scale of 1200 points which is CRS. The profile with the highest score in the pool gets ITA (invitation to apply) and occupational demand.
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The CRS score in total contains 1200 points overall. It is further partitioned into 600 and 600. The First 600 is comprised from your skills and the remaining 600 is issued by state government of Canada and other additional factors
The total CRS score is 1200 which is split into 600 (Human capital + skill transferability) and the other 600 (Additional factors).
CRS score on your profile is calculated based on a consolidation of the 4 factors below:
Part | Factor | CRS Score Without Spouse | CRS Score With Spouse |
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A | Core Human capital factors | 500 | 460 |
B | Spouse Factor | NA | 40 |
C | Skills transferability | 100 | 100 |
D | PNP + additional Points | 600 (Max) | 600 (Max) |
Total | 1200 | 1200 |
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Our clients with CRS score of 350 and less are securing nomination under PNP stream on a regular-intervals and the draw happens once in 14 days. Don’t worry about the Low IELTS score even with Less IELTS score we secure nomination (use any box of effect for this content)
All applicants who create their Express Entry profile are given a score based on factors that play important role in economic success of the immigrants once they migrate to Canada
Your age, education, language proficiency, and Canadian work experience are considered the core/ human capital factors. The maximum you can score here is 450 with spouse and 500 without spouse.
Factors | Points per factor – With a spouse or common-law partner (500) | Points per factor - Without a spouse or common-law partner (460) |
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Age | 100 | 110 |
Level of education | 140 | 150 |
Official languages proficiency | 150 | 160 |
Canadian work experience | 70 | 80 |
This is exclusively for those candidates who are accompanying their spouse or common-law partners. A maximum of 40 points can be obtained as a part of the human capital factors.
Factors | Points per factor (Maximum 40 points) |
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Level of education | 10 |
Official language proficiency | 20 |
Canadian Work Experience | 10 |
A consolidation of your educational level (maximum 50 points), foreign work experience (maximum 50 points), and certificate of qualification (maximum 50 points) clubs your overall points for skills transferability.
Education | Points per factor (Maximum 50 points) |
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With good/strong official languages proficiency and a post-secondary degree | 50 |
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree | 50 |
Foreign work experience (india) | Points per factor (Maximum 50 points) |
With good/strong official languages proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark [CLB] level 7 or higher) and foreign work experience | 50 |
With Canadian work experience and foreign work experience | 50 |
Certificate of qualification (for people in trade occupations) | Points per factor (Maximum 50 points) |
With good/strong official languages proficiency and a certificate of qualification | 50 |
A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Transferability factors = Maximum 600 points
You may get an additional 600 points for nomination from any Canadian province or 200 -> arranged employment, 30 -> Canadian study, 50 -> French language proficiency besides English, and 15 -> siblings residing in Canada.
Education | Maximum points per factor |
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Brother or sister living in Canada (citizen or permanent resident) | 15 |
French language skills | 50 |
Post-secondary education in Canada ( 1 & 2 Years) | 15 |
Post-secondary education in Canada ( 3 Years or more) | 30 |
Arranged employment (NOC O,A,B) | 50 |
Arranged employment (NOC O,A,B) | 200 |
PN nomination | 600 |
A. Core/human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors + C. Transferability factors + D. Additional points = Grand total – Maximum 1,200 points
CRS – A. Core / human capital factors
With a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 460 points total for all factors.
Without a spouse or common-law partner: Maximum 500 points total for all factors.
Age | With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 100 points) | Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 110 points) |
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17 years of age or less | 0 | 0 |
18 years of age | 90 | 99 |
19 years of age | 95 | 105 |
20 to 29 years of age | 100 | 110 |
30 years of age | 95 | 105 |
31 years of age | 90 | 99 |
32 years of age | 85 | 94 |
33 years of age | 80 | 88 |
34 years of age | 75 | 83 |
35 years of age | 70 | 77 |
36 years of age | 65 | 72 |
37 years of age | 60 | 66 |
38 years of age | 55 | 61 |
39 years of age | 50 | 55 |
40 years of age | 45 | 50 |
41 years of age | 35 | 39 |
42 years of age | 25 | 28 |
43 years of age | 15 | 17 |
44 years of age | 05 | 06 |
45 years of age | 0 | 0 |
Level of Education | With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 140 points) | Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 150 points) |
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Less than secondary school (high school) | 0 | 0 |
Secondary diploma (high school graduation) | 28 | 30 |
One-year degree, diploma or certificate from a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute | 84 | 90 |
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute | 91 | 98 |
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute | 112 | 120 |
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years | 119 | 128 |
Master's degree, OR professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree,” the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, | 126 | 135 |
optometry, law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.) | ||
Doctoral level university degree (Ph.D.) | 140 | 150 |
Official languages proficiency - first official language
Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):
32 with a spouse or common-law partner
34 without a spouse or common-law partner
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability | With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 128 points) | Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 136 points) |
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Less than CLB 4 | 0 | 0 |
CLB 4 or 5 | 06 | 06 |
CLB 6 | 08 | 09 |
CLB 7 | 16 | 17 |
CLB 8 | 22 | 23 |
CLB 9 | 29 | 31 |
CLB 10 or more | 32 | 34 |
Official languages proficiency - second official language
Maximum points for each ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening):
6 with a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 22 points)
6 without a spouse or common-law partner (up to a combined maximum of 24 points)
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability | With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 22 points) | Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 24 points) |
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CLB 4 or less | 0 | 0 |
CLB 5 or 6 | 01 | 01 |
CLB 7 or 8 | 03 | 03 |
CLB 9 or more | 06 | 07 |
Canadian work experience | With a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 70 points) | Without a spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 80 points) |
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None or less than a year | 0 | 0 |
1 year | 35 | 40 |
2 years | 46 | 53 |
3 Years | 56 | 64 |
4 years | 63 | 72 |
5 years or more | 70 | 80 |
Subtotal: A. Core / human capital factors
With a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 460 points
Without a spouse or common-law partner – Maximum 500 points
Spouse’s or common-law partner’s level of education | With spouse or common-law partner (Maximum 10 points) | Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply) |
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Less than secondary school (high school) | 0 | n/a |
Secondary school (high school graduation) | 02 | n/a |
One-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute | 06 | n/a |
Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical in school, or other institute | 07 | n/a |
Bachelor's degree OR a three or more year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute | 08 | n/a |
Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years | 09 | n/a |
Master's degree, or professional degree needed to practice in a licensed profession (For “professional degree”, the degree program must have been in: medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry | 10 | n/a |
law, chiropractic medicine, or pharmacy.) | ||
Doctoral level university degree (PhD) | 10 | n/a |
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Spouse's or common-law partner's official languages proficiency - first official language
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level per ability (reading, writing, speaking and listening ) | Maximum 20 points for section Maximum 5 points per ability | Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply) |
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CLB 4 or less | 0 | n/a |
CLB 5 or 6 | 01 | n/a |
CLB 7 or 8 | 03 | n/a |
CLB 9 or more | 05 | n/a |
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Spouse's Canadian work experience | Maximum 10 points | Without spouse or common-law partner (Does not apply) |
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None or less than a year | 0 | n/a |
1 year | 05 | n/a |
2 years | 07 | n/a |
3 years | 08 | n/a |
4 years | 09 | n/a |
5 years or more | 10 | n/a |
Note: (n/a) means that this factor does not apply in this case.
Subtotal : A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner factors = Maximum 500 points
CRS – C. Skill transferability factors (Maximum 100 points for this section)
Education
With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher) and a post-secondary degree | Points for CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, with one or more under CLB 9 (Maximum 25 points) | Points for CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points) |
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Secondary school (high school) credential or less | 0 | 0 |
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer | 13 | 25 |
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer | 25 | 50 |
With Canadian work experience and a post-secondary degree | Points for education + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points) | Points for education + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points) |
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Secondary school (high school) credential or less | 0 | 0 |
Post-secondary program credential of one year or longer | 13 | 25 |
Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer | 25 | 50 |
Foreign work experience – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level [CLB] 7 or higher)
Years of experience | Points for foreign work experience + CLB 7 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 9 (Maximum 25 points) | Points for foreign work experience + CLB 9 or more on all four first official language abilities (Maximum 50 points) |
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No foreign work | 0 | 0 |
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience | 13 | 25 |
3 years or more of foreign work experience | 25 | 50 |
Foreign work experience – With Canadian work experience
Years of experience | Points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience (Maximum 25 points) | Points for foreign work experience + 2 years or more of Canadian work experience (Maximum 50 points) |
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No foreign work | 0 | 0 |
1 or 2 years of foreign work experience | 13 | 25 |
3 years or more of foreign work experience | 25 | 50 |
Certificate of qualification (trade occupations) – With good official language proficiency (Canadian Language Benchmark Level | Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 5 or more on all first official language abilities, one or more under 7 | Points for certificate of qualification + CLB 7 or more on all four first official language abilities |
[CLB] 5 or higher) | (Maximum 25 points) | (Maximum 50 points) |
With a certificate of qualification | 25 | 50 |
Subtotal: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors - Maximum 600 points
CRS – D. Additional points (Maximum 600 points)
Additional points | Maximum 600 points |
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Brother or sister living in Canada who is a citizen or permanent resident of Canada | 15 |
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 4 or lower in English (or didn’t take an English test) | 15 |
Scored NCLC 7 or higher on all four French language skills and scored CLB 5 or higher on all four English skills | 30 |
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential of one or two years | 15 |
Post-secondary education in Canada - credential three years or longer | 30 |
Arranged employment - NOC 00 | 200 |
Arranged employment – any other NOC 0, A or B | 50 |
Provincial or territorial nomination | 600 |
Subtotal: D. Additional points – Maximum 600 points
Grand total: A. Core / human capital + B. Spouse or common-law partner + C. Skill transferability factors + D. Additional points = Maximum 1,200 points
Re taking IELTS and achieving more than your current score can boost your CRS score. Also taking up French language test can boost your CRS by 74 points
Check your eligibility with the provincial Government of Canada. If eligible apply for targeted PNP and secure 600 additional Points
Approach Canadian employers for an LMIA job offer which can add up-to 200 CRS Points (NOC level: OO) For NOC level 0, A,B: 50 Points
Study in Canada to attain a maximum of 30 CRS points.
1or2 year course: 15 Points
3 years or more: 30 Points
Add your spouse or Common law partner into your PR application. If your spouse language proficiency is better than your swap her to be the primary applicant.
Working in Canada for 1560 hours can be considered as one year experience in Canada and qualify under a different stream CEC. Upon having 3 years of Canadian work experience once can claim up-to 80 points for primary applicant and 10 points for spouse
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