Know Canada Express Entry & How To Apply For Canada Permanent Residency

Canada Express Entry is one of the popular immigration programs that provides Canada Permanent Residency to the eligible migrants. IRCC has introduced CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) to assess the candidate’s skills based on certain criteria to provide ITA for Canada PR visa. Hence, know the step by step procedure to apply for Canada Permanent Residency from India using 2019 Canada Express Entry program.

1.      Know your National Occupational Classification (NOC):

NOC is an official resource that is used by each governmental body in Canada providing the job information. It is mainly employed for collecting 500+ NOC codes and provides a unique structure for assessment and evaluation by generating groups with distinct expertise 0, A, B, C or D.

2.      Acquire your Educational Credential Assessment(ECA):

Using ECA, it is simple and easy to find out if the Indian Occupant degree is equivalent to any of the Canadian Foreign Degree. Suppose if your credential is awarded by an Educational body in Canada, then you need to provide an ECA. You don’t need to possess a minimum education level in case of the Canadian ExperienceClass or Trades to qualify for Canada Express Entry process. The validity of ECA is about 5 years and can be attained from seven significant organizations.

3.      Qualify the English or French Language Test:

Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trade Program are three significant programs of Canada Express Entryprocess that requires language capability assessment. The candidates will get CRS points based on their French and English proficiency levels when they take IRCC approved tests.

4.      Know your eligibility for the Express Entry:

The candidates must ensure whether they belong to Federal Skilled Trades, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Workers to be eligible for acquiring the permit.

5.      Know your CRS score:

The Express Entry system uses CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) to award the points to the candidates based on their age, education, work experience and language expertise levels. Thus, you need to score out of 1200 based on your qualifying criteria, including the human capital factors, Spouse or Common-law partner factors, Skills Transferability, and Additional points.

6.      Entering the EE pool and receive ITA:

The shortlisted candidates will enter the Express Entry pool where the applicant’s proficiency is determined by draws that occuronce in every two weeks. The successful candidates are granted with an ITA to apply for Canada Permanent Residency. Participants who have maximum CRS points will get an ITA (Invitation to Apply). ITA is a letter offered to the participants with maximum CRS points above the cutoff score as per draw and is valid for 60 days.

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Saskatchewan Province Moves to Expression Of Interest System

The Saskatchewan government is trying hard and putting all needed efforts to attract a large number of migrants who can help contribute towards the economic growth of the above province and also help bridge the skill gap. That's not all; it has also come forward and made some significant changes for its program targeting the international skilled workers.

Starting from July this year, the above province is no longer accepting any application under first come, first served for its sub-category International Skilled Worker Express Entry (EE).

All those eligible candidates who are willing to migrate to this province under SINP Express Entry sub-category must create EOI (Expression of Interest) profile. After submission of the profile, it gets reviewed and a specific score gets allotted to the eligible candidates and those candidates, who get a high score on the CRS, have high chances of getting an invite to apply. After receiving an invite, they will be eligible to apply provincial nomination for Canada PR.

 ITA does not guarantee Canada PR; the candidates have to submit the required documents. After the submission, they get reviewed and only those candidates who meet the eligibility criteria for Canada PR receives the status of Canada PR.

The Saskatchewan province has made public its revised In-Demand Occupations list. Below you can find the occupations which are in high demand for the above province:

• Engineering Managers
• Computer Engineers
• Civil Engineers
• Software Engineers
• Web Designers & Developers
• Land Surveyors
• Software Designers
• Psychiatrists
• Medical Radiation Technologists
• Psychologists
• Paramedics
• Medical Laboratory  Technologists
• Early Childhood Educators & Assistants
• Medical Sonographers
• Social and Community Service Workers
• Economic Policy Researcher/Economist/Analyst

On 21st August 2018, the Saskatchewan province conducted its 1st draw and it sent nearing to 466 invitations to eligible candidates to apply for Provincial Nomination under SINP Express Entry Sub-Category.  The minimum CRS score for the draw was 360.

All those candidates who got an invite and receive a provincial nomination certificate from the above province were rewarded extra 600 points towards their Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System for Canada Express Entry.  

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Still Not Received An ITA? How To Improve Your Chances?

The CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) has recently issued an latest update, as per the update, nearing to 80% of the visa applications are processed in less than 6 months time, after the applicant has got an ITA( Invitation to Apply).  

Below you can find details, as to how the authorities process the visa after an individual's creates an Express Entry (EE) profile and what could lead to delay in visa processing. 

The selection criteria to receive an Canada Invitation to Apply (ITA)

All those individuals who have got the cutoff CRS (Comprehensive Ranking System) score needed for the Express Entry  draw would be eligible to receive Canada PR. Canada immigration sends them  ITA's  through regular draws. In some cases, the candidates have lower score then the cutoff score needed for sending an invite for the Express Entry draw. If the Express Entry profile has been created more than a year, due to lower score, the candidates were unable to receive an invite, in those scenarios, they must create new Express Entry profile. The reason why they must take this action is because the earlier profile would have been expired automatically.  If these candidates do not create a new profile, it would result in delay in getting their visa approved. 

The candidates must also remember a significant point, if they have got an ITA, it is not an guarantee they would be receiving Canada PR. Numerous procedures have to be undertaken, more importantly the candidates  after receiving ITA, they must respond within the stipulated time. 

How to improve the CRS Score?

The candidates can improve their CRS score by below steps

·         By attaining more proficiency in language(English and Canada Preferred)

·         Gain more work experience

·         Increase in  education qualification

For the period of 2018 to 2020, Canada immigration plan has been revealed, ending 2020, the  nation aims to have nearing to 9, 80,000 new Canada PR holders. The lowest score witnessed for the year 2018 till now for Express Entry draw was around 440. Even though the score is not high but still some of them have not got an invite. These candidates can look out for other alternatives such as Provincial Nomination Program, if they are unable to meet the requirement for Express Entry Program.

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Why Express Entry Candidates should aim to get Provincial Nomination?

The Provincial Nominee program is designed specifically so that the aspirants can participate in Canada PNP and the territories PNP in an urge to apply for nomination and receive permanent residence if the candidates got an invite to apply. 

Each of the Canadian province and Territories PNP from now on has minimum one Express Entry linked nomination stream. These streams are liable to manage the applicant profile under 3 federal economic immigration.

• Federal Skilled Trades Class
• Federal Skilled Worker Class
• Canadian Experience Class

All those Express Entry candidates who desire to fast track their invitation to apply for the Permanent residence should aim to receive a provincial nomination. When they get provincial they receive an additional 600 points towards their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score.

Saskatchewan Moves to EOI

The applicant to be eligible for the EOI system for Saskatchewan, they are required to submit Expression of Interest by making EOI profile and they offered ranks based on the answer provided related to their experience, education and proficiency in the English or French etc.

All those applicants of Saskatchewan PNP who have received about 60 points on Saskatchewan’s assessment grid receive invites for their provincial nomination. Nearing to 691 invites was issued in the recent draws. 

Under the Ontario PNP, the human capital priorities stream helps to find all eligible candidates who accomplish the federal as well as provincial criteria from the Express Entry Pool.

The second draw was conducted this year in August, which pinpointed the Express Entry applicants holding a job offer in Ontario province. Even though the job is not essential under Ontario’s eligibility criteria, but job holding applicants were given preference. The two subsequent draws held surprisingly drifted away from the eligibility criteria established by choosing the applicants with less than 400 CRS score. 

Repeatedly dropping in the CRS score to 400 depends majorly on a number of eligible candidates in the Express Entry pool, the Ontario labour market needs as well as the province’s economic immigration priorities. 

The French Speaking Express Entry applicants get invites through Ontario French-speaking Skilled Worker stream, regularly weekly draws are conducted and it has issued nearing to 419 NOI.

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Canada Express Entry: What You Must Do When Your CRS Score Low

The Canadian Express Entry immigration system is considered to be the fastest way to get Canada PR. It is also one of the best point- based immigration system in the world. However, securing high point score does remain the major concern for the most express entry applicants.  The IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) selects those candidates having the best point score (CRS) with the help of periodic draws. 

If you do not have a good score your profile would be just listed in the Canada Express Entry and you will not be able to receive an invitation. After one year, you need to create a new profile in the Express Entry system because the profile gets expired after a year. 

The Comprehensive Ranking System score is cumulative of the key selection factor of an applicant, they include age, education, work experience and language skills. For the present year, the CRS requirement from IRCC never really came down. It remained constant 440 points or more each time. The express entry candidates having low CRS scores were disappointed because they were unable to get an invite.

When you see that your scores nowhere near the required mark to be able to receive an ITA (invitation to Apply) for Canadian PR, it is essential to explore the alternate pathways to get the same. 

Alternate pathways to receive Canada PR

Due to low express entry score, if you are not able to get an invite, it is wise to find ways to increase your chances of getting the Canada PR Visa. You can increase the points in your profile factors i.e. language skills, you should consider reappearing for the IELTS test again and improve your language test score this would automatically result in an increase in the CRS score in the Express Entry based on the same. 

The individuals can opt for the French Language for the same purpose. French is an official language for Canada along with English. This is the reason, as to why the IRCC (Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada) allocates some valuable point if you know French as a Primary or the secondary language. 

Canada Provincial Nomine Program

The Provincial Nominee Program of Canada offers a vital pathway to receive Canada PR. The Canada PNP are the immigration programs for Canada Provinces.

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Immigrants Majorly Contributed to the Population growth of Canada

During the past year, the population of Canada has recorded growth more than 500,000 as per the recent report. Thus, this has led to growth in population totaling to 37 million. The major factor which has influenced the population increase is the influx of new migrants coming into the nation.

This nation has been able to increase population mainly due to migrants. It also includes Canada Permanent Residents immigrating though family as well as economic sponsorship pathways. These migrants apply for Canada Express Entry and Canada PNP if they invite they are able to apply for Canada PR. We also find some of the individuals entering Canada on a temporary basis such as for work and study purpose even the asylum claimants are one of the factors which help in increasing the population. 

Maple leaf nation has followed a long-term strategy in order to accept a large number of immigrants every year so that it can offset the rapidly growing aging population.

Numerous new immigrants have entered Canada through economic channels. These economic immigration programs do help the foreign- born individuals who showcase the potential to join this nation’s workforce. Below you can find the most popular immigration pathway for skilled workers who wish to make a new home in this nation. 

1.       Express Entry: The Canada Express Entry program is for a skilled worker having high levels of education as well as language proficiency. This program is highly competitive and only those candidates having competitive profiles are selected.

2.       Provincial Nominee Programs: The PNPs are designed in a way that they are able to meet the unique labor requirements of the each of the provinces individually. Different province of Canada organizes varied PNP streams. Some of the PNP targets foreign born individuals having work experience in specific fields while other province tries to target those individuals having connection to the province in terms of education, experience or relatives.

3.       Atlantic Immigration Pilot: The above program enables Canada four Atlantic Provinces to hire foreign workers with the promise that the employer would assist the new worker with both immigration as well as a settlement in Canada.

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